Yearly Archives: 2012
New Year spending expected to reach several billion baht, highest in...
BANGKOK, Dec 24 - Thailand's spending during the New Year period is expected to reach several billions of baht, which will be the...
Thai-Cambodian meet touches on crucial issues
BANGKOK, Dec 26 – Economic cooperation between Thailand and Cambodia along their common borders will be upgraded to emphasise road and railway construction,...
Men in uniform to teach southern students
NARATHIWAT, Dec 26 – Thai army soldiers and border patrol police will be assigned to teach in state-run schools in violence-plagued provinces in...
Car manufacture volume in Nov hit highest record in 51 years
Thailand’s volume of cars manufactured reached a record high of 256,000 units, according to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) Automotive Industry Club....
PM mulls alternative if referendum for charter change fails
BANGKOK, Dec 26 – The government will seek other means to change certain sections of the constitution if a referendum on charter amendment...
Dirty Harry’s verdict: The Colour of Romney
So there you have it folks. The US elections are over for another four years, and we now know that America has chosen Barack...
North Pattaya Road turned into sea of orange and white
North Pattaya Road from the Samsai intersection to the Dolphin Roundabout is awash with saffron robed monks receiving alms from white clad Buddhists in...
Pattaya officials lead junket to study unity in Issan
Pattaya residents and government officials traveled to three northeastern provinces to study community-building projects in hopes of creating a “dream team” for Pattaya....
Pattaya dispatches doctors to Old Naklua Market neighborhood
Doctors and city officials made house calls in Naklua as Pattaya continued its “Doctor at Home” program. Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome dispatched medical staff...
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Thailand’s rule of law stands still as the world moves on
BANGKOK, Thailand - On 17 December in Bangkok, a new report quietly confirmed what many people in Thailand already feel in their daily lives:...
Pattaya’s Soi Siam Country Club Road resurfacing nears completion with final manhole adjustments
PATTAYA, Thailand – Motorists passing through Phornprapanimit Road or Soi Siam Country Club in Pattaya may notice construction crews carefully cutting around manhole covers...
Indian tourist cuts across road, motorcyclist seriously injured in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 41-year-old woman from Buriram province was seriously injured after her motorcycle lost control and crashed on Pattaya Beach Road early...
Kazakh tourist asked to remove tent from Pattaya Beach
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers on morning patrol found a Kazakh tourist camping on Pattaya Beach near Soi 6/1 on Saturday, setting up...
Even–odd parking rules in Pattaya welcome, but residents say problems run deeper
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City’s renewed enforcement of even–odd day roadside parking along South Pattaya from Sukhumvit Highway entrance to Wat Chaimongkol intersection, has...