Yearly Archives: 2016
Future climate change field test doesn’t make Earth greener
Los Angeles (AP) - In the course of a 17-year experiment on more than 1 million plants, scientists put future global warming to a...
Disney to make live-action ‘Lion King,’ Favreau directing
New York (AP) - The animated classic “The Lion King” will be the latest Disney film to get a live-action remake.
Disney announced last week...
Labradors and white sticks
I have always said that getting older isn’t necessarily fun, but it still beats the alternative. I have been very lucky to inherit some...
Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ takes readers on riveting ride
“Born to Run” (Simon & Schuster), by Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen’s life is now officially an open book.
The autobiography “Born to Run” takes readers on...
Pattayaland 1 seeks hole-y intervention
Residents are complaining about huge potholes that have deepened on a South Pattaya side street after years of heavy flooding.
Holes on Soi 13/3 have...
City Hall gets last laugh in dispute with Beach Road peddlers
Pattaya City Hall has demolished a narrow walkway in front of Pizza Company where street vendors had taken up shop.
Maintenance chief Buddhiset Charonepoj led...
Hancock high scores with 40-pointer
Jomtien Golf with the IPGC
Monday, Sept. 26,
Bangpra - Stableford
A totally deserted course here today and we teed off 25 minutes ahead of schedule with...
Baht bus pickpocket gang arrested
Two accused members of a three-person pickpocketing gang were arrested for stealing an Australian tourist’s wallet on a Pattaya baht bus.
Usa Eimsa-ard, 35, and...
Navy launches newest patrol boat
The Royal Thai Navy anointed its newest patrol boat, the 700-million-baht HTMS Laem Sing.
Navy Commander-in-Chief Adm. Na Areenij presided over the Sept. 21 blessing...
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CRS, remittances and the expat question in Thailand, 2026
Why greater transparency does not mean greater taxation
PATTAYA, Thailand - As Thailand moves further into 2026, few topics have generated more discussion among the...
Heartbreaking Pattaya house fire leaves elderly couple escaping death by seconds
PATTAYA, Thailand — A late-night house fire narrowly spared the lives of an elderly couple in Nongprue on January 10. At around 10 p.m.,...
Transgender fight outside Pattaya home disturbs family, owner calls for police action
PATTAYA, Thailand — A South Pattaya resident has expressed frustration after repeated incidents of public fighting outside their home in Soi Kor Pai 2....
Wild brawl erupts among Russian tourists in Jomtien, friend knocked out while trying to...
PATTAYA, Thailand — Chaos broke out in front of a convenience store at the entrance of Jomtien Soi 15 late on January 8, when...
Tolerance has broken Pattaya’s streets
PATTAYA, Thailand – Every major festival in Pattaya follows the same script: bright lights, big crowds, and official talk of “order” and “safety.” Then...