Yearly Archives: 2013
Traders keep watchful eye on state rice subsidy
BANGKOK, June 19 – The Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) today set up a special body to closely monitor the government’s controversial rice pledging...
THAI revitalises holiday trips to Japan after visa waiver
BANGKOK, June 19 – Thai Airways International (THAI) is revising its travel packages to Japan following the island country's waiving of visa requirements for...
Business owners warned about continuing music-copyright scams
A gang of grifters operating in the Soi Bunkanchanaram neighborhood again has authorities warning business owners about music-copyright scams. Piyada Pleesai, 34, said a...
Buddhist Lent candle parade, contest set for July 18-19
Candles decorated for Buddhist Lent will be on full display as students carry them down Beach Road and present them to area temples July...
STOU opens university-education center in Chonburi Prison
Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University will help Chonburi Prison inmates gain an education with the opening of its latest Special Education Center. ...
Amid promises of a long-term flooding cure, Pattaya officials clear blocked...
City workers cleared sand blocking a stormwater drainage canal in Naklua, where heavy rains flooded the Naklua Market and Lan Po Park neighborhoods. ...
Mayor hands out relief bags, reassurances to flood victims
Pattaya officials distributed relief supplies to 190 homes hit by flooding in Central Pattaya. Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome and city council members visited Pacific Village,...
Hotels association tells members to refuse paying higher wastewater-treatment rates
The Thai Hotels Association - Eastern Chapter has advised Pattaya resorts to refuse to pay higher wastewater-treatment rates being imposed by the city. At...
Suspected drug dealer, 7 users arrested in Huay Yai
A Huay Yai man was arrested for allegedly running a seven-man drug-dealing operation out of his house and paying his employees in methamphetamines. ...
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Two massage workers fight during reconciliation meeting in Pattaya, one injured in face
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Indian tourist reports gold chain theft worth over 100,000 baht in Pattaya beach area
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