Yearly Archives: 2013
Thai finance ministry lowers GDP growth for 2013.
Thailand’s forecast of the country’s economic growth for this year has been trimmed from 4.8 percent to 4.5 percent, according to Fiscal Policy Office...
Mind the Gap
Planning for retirement is always a tricky subject - it is often placed at the bottom of our priority list. Many people working abroad...
Gold price plunges below psychological Bt18,000/baht weight level
Thailand’s domestic gold price nosedived below the psychological resistance level of Bt18,000 per baht weight Friday (June 28). Boonlert Siripatvanich,...
Gov’t to conduct impact assessment on water project
The government will conduct an environmental health impact assessment (EHIA) for the mega water management project as ruled by the Administrative Court, a senior...
Rice theft uncovered at 29 mills
Twenty-nine rice mills nationwide were found to have defrauded the government’s subsidy scheme, National Police Chief Adul Saengsingkaew said Friday (June 28). ...
Officials make annual inspection of clogged Pattaya drainage canal
Banglamung District Chief Sakchai Taengho (2nd left) and Pattaya Deputy Mayor Verawat Khakhay (2nd right), along with local officials, inspect the troublesome South Pattaya...
Banglamung area marks International Day Against Drug Abuse
The Banglamung National Command Center for Drugs commemorated International Day Against Drug Abuse, inviting more than 3,000 people to drink holy water and swear...
Organizers push for larger Pattaya Grand Sale discounts
With the start of the Pattaya Grand Sale just days away, organizers of the low-season tourism promotion are pushing hotel participants to offer 50...
14 Chiang Mail tourists suffer food poisoning
More than a dozen Chiang Mai conventioneers were hospitalized after suffering apparent food poisoning at their Pattaya hotel. Sawang Boriboon Foundation medics and three...












