Yearly Archives: 2015
deVine Wine Club has a Di..Vino Affair
The Royal Cliff’s deVine Wine Club went Italian at its recent wine dinner, introducing Federico Rainero, the export manager at the San Patrignano winery,...
Community Happenings – Friday November 20 – November 26, 2015
Events The next meeting of the Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) will be held on Sunday, November 22. Everyone is warmly welcome. The speaker...
Crab and Avocado Soup
Avocados are still in season right now. To check the ripeness of an avocado, gently squeeze it, and you should feel a slight “mushiness”....
Report: 14 wild weather events last year goosed by warming
Washington (AP) - New scientific analysis shows the fingerprints of man-made climate change on 14 extreme weather events in 2014, hitting every continent but...
NASA: Sun stripping away Martian atmosphere, left dry planet
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) - NASA’s Mars-orbiting Maven spacecraft has discovered that the sun likely robbed the red planet of its once-thick atmosphere and...
Dog that ate BBQ skewer wins award for most unusual claim
Princeton, West Virginia (AP) - A dog that ate a barbecue skewer has won a national competition for most unusual pet insurance claim. The...
Boston pol says Bieber-graffiti tweet was sarcasm
Boston (AP) - A Boston City Councilor says he was being sarcastic when he tweeted that he would introduce an emergency ordinance prohibiting Justin...
Seattle’s ‘gum wall’ to be cleaned after 20 years
Seattle (AP) - After 20 years of people sticking their gum to the walls of an alley by Seattle’s Pike Place Market, officials say...
Diwali Delights at GIS
Garden International School (GIS) celebrated Diwali in spectacular fashion with dances, songs and traditional Indian snacks. The main hall was packed on November 5...
Latest Stories
Jomtien municipal officers remove unclaimed tent found on sidewalk
PATTAYA, Thailand – Municipal officers in Jomtien removed an unclaimed tent found set up on a public sidewalk near the beach access point at...
Busy beaches but empty registers for Pattaya’s small businesses
PATTAYA, Thailand – As Pattaya enters the traditional high season, the mood among small business owners is far from festive. While beaches are busy...
Man found dead in Pattaya sea after disappearing while swimming for five hours
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 57-year-old man was found dead in the sea off Pattaya Beach on Saturday morning after disappearing while swimming during the...
German engineer reports alleged hair-growth herbal scam to Pattaya Police
PATTAYA, Thailand – A German engineer has filed a police complaint after allegedly being deceived into purchasing expensive herbal products falsely claimed to restore...
Indian tourist injured in assault near Pattaya Walking Street after payment dispute
PATTAYA, Thailand – An Indian tourist was injured after being assaulted by a group of transgender individuals following a dispute over payment near Walking...