Yearly Archives: 2018
Several dams at maximum capacity
Petchaburi - Heavy rain over the weekend added a large volume of water to three of the nation’s largest dams and prompted urgent drainage...
Sukhumvit Road closures set for Sept. 2-6
Part of Sukhumvit Road and the Central Road bypass tunnel will be closed intermittently from Sept. 2-6 to allow for construction of a wheelchair-accessible...
BoT to issue digital currency
Bangkok - The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is to issue its own digital currency for use in domestic wholesale funds transfers.
The currency is expected...
Thailand continues to experience downpours
Bangkok - Regions across Thailand are warned of flashfloods and forest runoff as heavy rains persist.
Inclement weather over the weekend affected the north, northeast,...
Chinese investors show interest in EEC
Bangkok - The 6th meeting of the Thailand-China Joint Committee on Trade, Investment and Economic Cooperation, has seen 10 memoranda of understand (MoUs) signed...
Migrant workers urged to renew work permits
Bangkok - The Ministry of Labor is allowing 11,000 migrant workers in the fisheries sector to renew their work permits, so that they will...
At-risk kids create homes for fish
Fifty at-risk children created homes for fish to honor HM the Queen for her birthday.
The YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya Center organized the Aug. 14 event for...
Police charge leaders of new party with online offenses
Bangkok (AP) — Police have charged the leaders of a new political party that strongly opposes the current military government with violating the computer...
Remaining state stockpiles of rice to be auctioned off next week
Bangkok - The Ministry of Commerce is to auction off the last batch of rice bought under the previous administration’s rice pledging program.
According to...
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Wine World: Doing the Twist
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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...