Yearly Archives: 2014
Southern teachers call for improved safety measures
YALA, Jan 16 – State authorities have been asked to strengthen security for educators as they have become targets of insurgent attacks in this...
Imaginations run wild as Eastern Seaboard celebrates Children’s Day
Imagination became reality for Eastern Seaboard kids as the area’s annual Children’s Day celebrations offered opportunities to play fireman, soldier and superhero. Pattaya Mayor...
Smoking and the law
Sir, Like many others I detest nanny government. It has taken a lot of the joy out of life and has led to an...
Haunted Westerner
Dear Editor, Re: Farang conceit (PM Mailbag Friday, 10 January 2014) - The comment of Mr. Barry Kenyon is rather disconcerting but probably sent...
Correcting a correction
Dear Editor, On 14th November 2013 the Irish Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform, Mr Alan Shatter T.D. issued a press release advising...
Randall Blacet
Dec. 1, 1953 - Dec. 18, 2013 A great gathering of old friends turned up for Randy’s funeral on Monday, January 6th, including a...
Ayutthaya farmers demand rice payment from DIT
AYUTTHAYA, 16 January 2014 Rice farmers in Ayutthaya province have submitted a letter to the government via the Department of Internal Trade (DIT), calling...
O’Gara’s Bar and Grill
Information about O’Gara’s Bar and Grill in the Tara Court was received by the Dining Out Team, and we were so impressed on our...
Border crossing in Trat given extended opening hours to boost trade
TRAT, 15 January 2014 An extension of operating hours has become effective at Ban Hat Lek Border Crossing in the eastern province of Trat...
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Thailand’s rule of law stands still as the world moves on
BANGKOK, Thailand - On 17 December in Bangkok, a new report quietly confirmed what many people in Thailand already feel in their daily lives:...
Pattaya’s Soi Siam Country Club Road resurfacing nears completion with final manhole adjustments
PATTAYA, Thailand – Motorists passing through Phornprapanimit Road or Soi Siam Country Club in Pattaya may notice construction crews carefully cutting around manhole covers...
Indian tourist cuts across road, motorcyclist seriously injured in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 41-year-old woman from Buriram province was seriously injured after her motorcycle lost control and crashed on Pattaya Beach Road early...
Kazakh tourist asked to remove tent from Pattaya Beach
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers on morning patrol found a Kazakh tourist camping on Pattaya Beach near Soi 6/1 on Saturday, setting up...
Even–odd parking rules in Pattaya welcome, but residents say problems run deeper
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City’s renewed enforcement of even–odd day roadside parking along South Pattaya from Sukhumvit Highway entrance to Wat Chaimongkol intersection, has...