Yearly Archives: 2016
Pattaya resumes monthly school meetings
Pattaya has restarted monthly meetings between the heads of all the city’s public schools following June’s change in administration.
City Manager Wuthipol Charoenpol chaired the...
Newly crowned Miss Japan proud of Indian roots
Tokyo (AP) - The newly crowned Miss World Japan is hardly a typical Japanese woman. Being half-Indian is only part of it.
Priyanka Yoshikawa, crowned...
Spy novelist le Carre relates stories from his life
“The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life” (Viking), by John le Carre
Of stories to dine out on, David Cornwell has an abundance. Or should...
2-way traffic for Second Road on table again as Pattaya mulls...
Pattaya is again considering making Second Road a two-way street as part of an overall review of downtown traffic management.
Acting Mayor Chanapong Sriviset chaired...
Goat polo, stick-wrestling, bone-throwing at nomad Olympics
Moscow (AP) — Olympic Games, stand aside: the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan recently hosted the World Nomad Games, a competition where polo players...
Holland in the Dark Side
This week’s restaurant review is something of a rebirth. There was a well outfitted restaurant (Chez Yvette) within the Holland Tulip Resort complex which...
Queen crowned golfing champion
A young golfing star from Pattaya has won a major competition in the United States.
Queen, who studies at Garden International School (GIS) in Ban...
Euro Cake beach volleyball regionals open in Sattahip
Eastern Seaboard teams hit the sand to compete in the regional qualifying round for the Euro Cake Thailand beach volleyball tournament in Sattahip.
Rear Adm....
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Wine World: Doing the Twist
If you recognise that expression, you must be getting on a bit. The lines were made famous by an American singer called Chubby Checker...
Citywide operation targets public-space living as Pattaya seeks balance between care and order
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials have continued coordinated operations to manage and support homeless individuals in public spaces, while maintaining order in key...
Russian mother flies to Pattaya in desperate search for missing son, fears foul play
PATTAYA, Thailand – A Russian mother has flown to Pattaya in a desperate attempt to locate her missing son, who vanished more than a...
Pattaya moves forward with smart city development, reviews public space survey proposal
PATTAYA, Thailand –– Pattaya City is advancing its smart city development agenda by considering a proposed project to survey and analyse public spaces, aimed...
Pattaya to add 200 more cameras, expanding real-time coverage of beaches, Jomtien and Koh...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City is moving ahead with an expanded smart-city surveillance initiative by adding 200 more CCTV cameras to the Pattaya Connect...