Yearly Archives: 2013
Churches should be held accountable
Editor; Re: Taxing the churches (PM Friday, 28 December 2012) - I agree that the Churches should be held accountable and pay tax....
That was the year that was!
I sat at the computer and dialed up the Dining Out columns for 2012, all 52 of them, looking for stand-outs. And there...
South by South West
So then, what’s the largest wine-producing area in France? Bordeaux? Or Burgundy perhaps? Well actually, neither. In terms of volume alone, they are...
Mela Cotta con salsa d’arancia e gelato
(A New Year’s dessert) Language is a most wonderful medium. You have to admit that the Italian name for today’s recipe is much more...
Catholic clerics celebrate triple birthday
The Pattaya area’s two top Roman Catholic officials and the head of the Pattaya Orphanage celebrated a triple birthday at a Chinese-style party...
Bt13 billion spent on New Year’s festival tourism
BANGKOK, Jan 2 - The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is satisfied with the robust tourism cash exchange during the New Year period...
Charity art auction raises 60,000 baht for orphanage
On a warm evening a few days before Christmas the 4 star dusit D2 baraquda pattaya was the location for a charity art...
US side-step from ‘fiscal cliff’ a plus for Thailand
BANGKOK, Jan 2 – The last-minute U.S. deal over tax hikes and massive spending cuts to avert a "fiscal cliff" will be a...
Smaller Thai industries soon to be shaken by minimum wage requirement
BANGKOK, Jan 2 – Five to ten per cent of Thailand's labour intensive businesses, unable to tolerate the new Bt300 daily minimum wage,...











