Yearly Archives: 2015
Brazil’s party fails to mask troubles beneath the surface, Part 1
It’s all about money. What we need to do is keep up public pressure for improvements in infrastructure, transport, sewerage. - Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio...
CEA on track with Bangkok rail delivery
CEA Project Logistics Thailand has been in the media spotlight recently due to a high profile venture that will greatly assist further development of...
Walking Street to be given drainage system upgrade
Deputy Mayor Verawat Khakhay and a team of engineers inspect the current drainage system in South Pattaya. (Photo by Urasin Khantaraphan). ...
Pattaya pledges Walking Street vendor crackdown
Pattaya authorities will ban street vendors on Walking Street after 7 p.m. and bring more security to Pratamnak Hill as part of efforts to...
Workers scoop out remains of storm damage from beachfront drains
The cleanup from last month’s devastating storm continues with Pattaya workers scooping out the mud, debris and other junk washed into drainage pipelines along...
Top Chinese diplomat requests tourist-safety overview from Pattaya officials
Following the rape of two Chinese tourists in Pattaya, Beijing’s No. 2 diplomat in Thailand called on Pattaya-area officials to get an overview of...
PEA replaces tilting utility poles
The Provincial Electricity Authority began replacing utility poles weakened by last month’s devastating storm, installing larger, sturdier models in their place. ...
293,000 still dealing with Vamco damage in Chonburi
More than 283,000 Chonburi residents still are dealing with flood and storm damage from tropical depression Vamco, Gov. Khomsan Ekachai said. The province has...
Mabprachan Reservoir gains 70cm from Vamco
While meters of water seemingly covered Pattaya for days, tropical depression Vamco did very little to help the water situation at Mabprachan Reservoir because...
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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...