Yearly Archives: 2013
Off the Rails
Over the years there have been many schemes which offer investors a steady rate of return irrespective of whether actual profits or losses are...
Pattaya kicks off area-wide dengue fever campaign
Pattaya officials kicked off an area-wide campaign to curb the skyrocketing rate of dengue fever in Thailand with a pep rally and cooperative agreement...
2 years after national regulation, 20% of Pattaya drinking-water machines still...
More than two years after national public-health officials began regulating drinking-water vending machines, Pattaya still has not cleaned up its dispensers, with more than...
Work on Bangkok-Ban Chang Highway extension to begin in 2015
A 15 billion baht extension of Highway 7 to Ban Chang set to launch in 2015 will be the seventh major road project to...
Officials promise crackdown on Beach Road vehicle-rental agents
Pattaya-area officials have pledged to crack down on vehicle-rental booths taking up precious Beach Road and sidewalk real estate. Pattaya...
Naklua’s Soi Kanrua to get new drainage system
Pattaya will spend 8 million baht to hopefully solve long-running flood problems in Naklua’s Soi Kanrua boatyard district. Deputy Mayor Verawat Khakhay and Sanitation...
Pattaya threatens demolition of illegally expanded Boutique Hotel
City officials will go to court to force the demolition of South Pattaya’s Boutique Hotel nearly a year after discovering the owner illegally added...
Koh Chang Preservation Group leader arrested in April plot to kill...
A leader of the Koh Chang Preservation Group has been arrested for allegedly masterminding a plot to kill a Pong Sub-district village chief. Sombut...
Dutch-Thai gay couple arrested for dealing drugs in Najomtien
A Dutch-Thai gay couple has been arrested for allegedly using and selling methamphetamines in Najomtien. Jacobus van Alphen, 59, Dutch, and Alee Kuma, 25,...
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Classical Connections: Back to Bach
Yesterday, while pottering around in the kitchen, making food for the dogs, I tried to recall the first time I heard Bach's music. It...
Водителю сервиса перевозок в Паттайе предложили «не смотреть» после начала поездки в Южной Паттайе
ПАТТАЙЯ, Таиланд – Поездка через сервис перевозок в Паттайе стала обсуждаемой в интернете после того, как водитель рассказал о неловкой ситуации с парой в...
Bolt-Fahrer in Pattaya soll „wegschauen“ – unangenehme Situation nach Fahrtbeginn in Süd-Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Eine Fahrt über einen Fahrdienst in Pattaya hat in den sozialen Medien für Aufsehen gesorgt, nachdem ein Fahrer von einer unangenehmen...
KI übertrifft Menschen in medizinischen Tests, scheitert jedoch an realer Diagnostik – Studie zeigt...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Immer mehr Menschen greifen bei medizinischen Fragen auf künstliche Intelligenz (KI) zurück, um Symptome und Befunde vor einem Arztbesuch zu analysieren....
Thailändischer Eistee erreicht weltweite Anerkennung und zählt zu den besten alkoholfreien Getränken
PATTAYA, Thailand – Thailändischer Eistee hat sich einen Platz unter den beliebtesten alkoholfreien Getränken der Welt gesichert und belegt Rang neun in einer internationalen...