Yearly Archives: 2018
Odds and Ends – Friday September 7, 2018 – September 13,...
Black bear wandered into hotel that inspired 'The Shining'
Estes Park, Colo. (AP) - A black bear wandered the lobby of the Colorado hotel that...
Pattaya Ganesh festival begins Sept. 7
Hindu and Buddhists again are celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi in Pattaya with an eight-day festival that kicks off today, Sept. 7, and will culminate in...
Lovesick car thief thwarted by GPS
A lovesick car thief who planned to drive a stolen Nissan to see his Issan girlfriend was busted when police followed the car’s GPS...
Expert: Fires will get deadlier as cities grow, planet warms
Athens, Greece (AP) - A senior German scientist who will lead an independent inquiry into this summer’s deadly Greek wildfire says fires are expected...
PEA upgrades Jomtien power grid
The Provincial Electricity Authority upgraded the power system on Sukhumvit Soi 54.
A PEA crew replaced 14-meter-tall electrical posts with 14.3-meter poles, and took down...
Pattaya cleans up after garbage tide
Sanitation workers were deployed to clean up after a tide of garbage washed up on Pattaya Beach.
Stormy seas dumped snack bags, rope, and plastic...
Pattaya windsurfer earns bronze at Asian Games
Local windsurfer Sirporn Kaewduang-ngam earned a bronze medal at the recently concluded Asian Games in Hong Kong.
Sirporn, who dominated last year’s Southeast Asian Games,...
Cassa finally gets chance to celebrate
PSC Golf from The Growling Swan
Monday, August 27 Mt Shadow - Stableford
Nineteen golfers departed the Growling Swan a little earlier than the 8.30 departure...
Inmates clean Pattaya sewers
Inmates from Pattaya Remand Prison were drafted to scrape out clogged sewers on Jomtien Second Road.
Well-behaved convicts, under the direction of guards and Pattaya...
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When property agents in Thailand become targets too
Risks in Thailand’s unregulated real estate market
PATTAYA, Thailand - For years, Thailand’s real estate market has been described often half-jokingly as the Wild West....
Drunken tourist causes disturbance near Pattaya school, authorities step in as wife talks him...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya authorities acted swiftly on January 13 to calm a foreign tourist who became intoxicated and disruptive near Pattaya City School...
Pattaya condo raids find foreign nationals violating immigration laws
PATTAYA, Thailand – Chonburi immigration police, in collaboration with Pattaya City Police and Tourist Police, conducted a coordinated raid at a condominium on Pattaya...
Pattaya City updates progress on Khao Noi road upgrade, public voices mixed reactions
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials have provided an update on the ongoing road improvement works along Soi Khao Noi, confirming that the project...
Stricter action under ‘Better Pattaya’ targets beggars, homeless and trafficking networks
PATTAYA, Thailand – Authorities in Pattaya have intensified ongoing efforts to regulate begging and address issues involving homeless and destitute individuals, as part of...