Yearly Archives: 2016
Fidel Castro dies at 90 in Cuba
Havana (AP) - Fidel Castro, who led his bearded rebels to victorious revolution in 1959, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10...
Chuckling all the way down the road
The Backyard Golf Society
On 1 April, 1986 the IAAF re-designed the men’s javelin. The world record at the time stood at some 105m and...
Korean Ambassador at the Dusit
Neoh Kean Boon (second right), general manager of Dusit Thani Pattaya recently welcomed H.E. Noh Kwang II, Korean Ambassador to Thailand when he visited...
Army launches crackdown on taxi parking
The military launched its promised crackdown on taxi drivers parking in prohibited areas and blocking traffic.
Lt. Santiban Saendee, head of the National Council for...
Not so Pleasant Valley
IPGC Pattaya Golf Society
A cloudless sky dawned over Pattaya on Monday, 21st November as the Pattaya Golf Society took to the road to play...
Play it again Sam
Golf from Siam Country Resort Pattaya
Tuesday, Nov. 22, Treasure Hill - Stableford
On Tuesday we went to Treasure Hill on a nice sunny day and...
Collett sails to victory
Golf from Café Kronborg
Monday, Nov. 21, Plutaluang - Stableford
A Flight (0-20)
1st Hans Collett (11) 40pts
2nd Kenneth Madsen (17) 36pts
3rd Anders Pedersen (7) 35pts
4th Ronnie Ratte (19) 33pts
B...
A superhero CPA in Ben Affleck’s ‘The Accountant’
Los Angeles (AP) - The bean counter cometh!
In Gavin O’Connor’s “The Accountant,” starring Ben Affleck, the paper-pushing CPA — roughly the exact opposite of...
Hartley’s ‘eagle’ propels him to victory
Jomtien Golf with the IPGC
Monday, Nov. 21, Treasure Hill - Stableford
A brilliant package here today for us and we had seven groups out with the...
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A strong Baht, who wins, who loses and why expats are paying attention
PATTAYA, Thailand - “The baht is strengthening.” It sounds like an ordinary line from an economic report. For expats living in Thailand, it is...
Pattaya authorities enforce sidewalk rules, ticket cars blocking pedestrian paths
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers cracked down on vehicles obstructing sidewalks, issuing a ticket to a white Honda Jazz parked on South Pattaya...
Pattaya bustles with festive cheer on Christmas Eve
PATTAYA, Thailand — Pattaya came alive on Christmas Eve as tourists and locals flooded the city’s famous Walking Street, soaking up the festive atmosphere....
Foreign tourist injured in fight outside Jomtien beer bar in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand — At around 2:00 a.m. on December 25, police at Pattaya City Station were notified of a brawl with injuries in front...
Foreign tourists clash in street fight along Pattaya Beach over minor bump
PATTAYA, Chonburi — A street brawl between two foreign tourists erupted along Pattaya Beach, causing alarm among onlookers and disrupting the area’s normally festive...