Yearly Archives: 2015
Austrian ambassador visits 2 Pattaya child shelters
Austrian Ambassador HE Enno Drofenik visited two Pattaya-area children’s shelters, donating cash and learning about their mission to aid orphans and street kids. HE...
Redemptorist school offers free electrical repairs to Vamco-damaged appliances
Pattaya Redemptorist Vocational School for Persons with Disabilities gave a lending hand to local flood victims, opening a center to repair electrical appliances for...
Keeping degeneration diseases at bay
Keeping degeneration diseases at bay was the topic at the September 20 meeting of the Pattaya City Expats Club. There are ways to slow...
The medical dangers of being ‘simpatico’
When I was still in my first intern year, I scored a posting to Gibraltar, that rocky finger that hangs off Spain in the...
They don’t call it the “Wet Season” for no reason
We’ve just had the tail end of a cyclone and did it ever dump some rain on our city. One evening it was almost...
Johnny to the rescue!
Dear Hillary, Why do some of your readers want to pick a fight with you? You are doing your best and if they don’t...
Forgive or take a walk?
Dear Hillary, People forget when they are calling Thai women names, that cheating happens all over the world, not just in Thailand. How many...
A randy 80 year old
Dear Hillary, I never thought I would have to write to someone like you, but I’m here from the UK to look after my...
A real loser
Dear Hillary, My girlfriend and I live in an apartment in town. We have a good relationship except for the fact she keeps losing...
Latest Stories
Thailand’s 300 baht tourist fee: clarity, revenue, and the question of purpose
PATTAYA, Thailand - Thailand’s proposed 300-baht tourist entry fee has once again entered public discussion, not because the amount is controversial, but because the...
Brazen Pattaya kidnapping leaves Chinese real estate agent bound in luxury car, rescued by...
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 35-year-old Chinese real estate agent narrowly escaped a violent kidnapping and robbery attempt in Pattaya after a supposed client turned...
Foreign paraglider snared on high-voltage power pole, knocks out electricity across Koh Larn near...
PATTAYA, Thailand – A dramatic rescue unfolded on Koh Larn, the popular island destination off Pattaya, after a foreign paraglider lost control and became...
Drunk foreign tourist found sleeping on Pattaya roadside as officials vow continued patrols
PATTAYA, Thailand – Municipal officers and police in Pattaya intervened after discovering a foreign tourist in an intoxicated state sleeping on the roadside in...
Pickup truck loses control, knocks down three power poles in Pattaya, paralyzing traffic
PATTAYA, Thailand – Traffic was brought to a standstill late Saturday night after a pickup truck lost control on a curve and crashed into...