Yearly Archives: 2014
Miss Mimosa Queen winners release sea turtles in Sattahip
Top finishers in November’s Miss Mimosa Queen transvestite beauty pageant made merit by releasing sea turtles into the wild in Sattahip. Mimosa Managing Director...
Phuket seizes fashion accessories using protected species
PHUKET, Feb 5 - Phuket authorities on Tuesday detained three suspects and seized more than 300 items made from parts of protected species of...
PTT Pattaya Open players plant trees for stadium
Tennis players participating in the PTT Pattaya Open served up 10 volleys for the environment by potting trees to be planted at the Eastern...
Pro-govt faction rejects move to nullify polls
BANGKOK, Feb 6 – Thailand's pro-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) has vowed to fight against any attempt to invalidate last Sunday’s...
Yingluck admits rice subsidies need revamp if re-introduced
BANGKOK, Feb 6 – Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has blamed the House dissolution for disrupting payments to farmers under the rice pledging scheme...
Le Parrot’s Inn – dining en famille
An invitation was given to the Dining Out Team to join ‘Oh-so-French’ Christophe and his Francophone wife for dinner at their Parrot’s Inn on...
Thai Army told to handle protesters with leniency
BANGKOK, Feb 6 – Thailand's authorities will refrain from using force against protesters even if they break into the Defence headquarters, which has become...
Early-arriving drought starting to affect farmers
BANGKOK, 6 February 2014 The early-arriving drought has forced large dams to reduce their rate of water release and started to affect farmers in...
Off the Beaten Track
There was a time, not so long ago, when most of the roads in France - except the motorways - were grandly known as...
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A strong Baht, who wins, who loses and why expats are paying attention
PATTAYA, Thailand - “The baht is strengthening.” It sounds like an ordinary line from an economic report. For expats living in Thailand, it is...
Pattaya authorities enforce sidewalk rules, ticket cars blocking pedestrian paths
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers cracked down on vehicles obstructing sidewalks, issuing a ticket to a white Honda Jazz parked on South Pattaya...
Pattaya bustles with festive cheer on Christmas Eve
PATTAYA, Thailand — Pattaya came alive on Christmas Eve as tourists and locals flooded the city’s famous Walking Street, soaking up the festive atmosphere....
Foreign tourist injured in fight outside Jomtien beer bar in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand — At around 2:00 a.m. on December 25, police at Pattaya City Station were notified of a brawl with injuries in front...
Foreign tourists clash in street fight along Pattaya Beach over minor bump
PATTAYA, Chonburi — A street brawl between two foreign tourists erupted along Pattaya Beach, causing alarm among onlookers and disrupting the area’s normally festive...