Yearly Archives: 2013
Transport Ministry plans 15 million baht Sukhumvit bridge for disabled
The Transport Ministry will spend 15 million baht to create a wheelchair-accessible pedestrian bridge over Sukhumvit Road. Assistant Minister Prasert Janthrawongthong joined Rev....
City pledges better maintenance of road lines, traffic lights
City engineers will repaint traffic lines throughout Pattaya yearly and fix broken traffic lights within 30 minutes as the city moves to comply...
Police announce 9 arrests as part of high-season crackdown
Area police announced the arrest of two men wanted for attempted murder and another six alleged drug dealers and users as part of...
Suspected bag snatchers, gunmen jailed in crime sweep
Area police arrested a pair of alleged bag snatches, three men with illegal firearms and a host of drug users in their latest...
160,000 ya ba pills seized, 4 arrested in drug raid
Nongprue police seized more than 1,600 methamphetamine pills and arrested four during a raid of a house in Takientia linked to a major...
Central Pattaya grocery robbed of 60,000 baht
Police are looking for a man who stole 60,000 baht from an elderly market owner in Central Pattaya. Ubon In-am, 66, told police...
27 arrested, 391 fake phones seized in Tukcom raid
Nearly 400 counterfeit mobile phones were confiscated and 27 vendors arrested as regional intellectual-property police swept through South Pattaya’s Tukcom electronics mall. ...
5 injured in alcohol- related crash in Jomtien
Five people were injured when a drunk driver slammed into a minivan in Jomtien Beach. Van driver Thossapol Jaemsai, 32, suffered lacerations to...
Eyes in skies watch Thailand’s changing shape
Thai officials are hoping to get a better grasp on environmental changes affecting the kingdom by watching the country from space. At a...
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Government stands firm on airport rail and U-Tapao projects as EEC investment push targets...
BANGKOK, Thailand – Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said the government will not amend contracts for the high-speed rail project linking...
Blazing heat grips Pattaya as Thailand sizzles with 42°C in the North
PATTAYA, Thailand – Summer heat is intensifying across the country, with Pattaya facing hot and hazy conditions while northern Thailand sees temperatures soar as...
Thai PM signals nighttime fuel station closures after Songkran to conserve energy
PATTAYA, Thailand – The government is preparing to introduce energy-saving measures that could see fuel stations nationwide close overnight, but only after the Songkran...
Pattaya built for everyone now struggles with what that means
PATTAYA, Thailand – Scroll through any Pattaya forum and a pattern quickly emerges — admiration, frustration, nostalgia, and blunt criticism all colliding in the...
After Songkran price freeze ends Pattaya faces rising transport costs and daily expenses
PATTAYA, Thailand – When the holiday calm ends, the real bill begins. Thailand’s decision to freeze bus fares through Songkran may ease the immediate...