Yearly Archives: 2018
Singing Pattaya students win cash for country music
Nineteen area students vied for 30,000 baht in prize money at the Pattaya Youth Country Singing Contest.
City Councilman Choluek Chotekamjorn presented prizes and plaques...
Fly now, pay later: Are travel loans a good deal?
Dreaming of a spring getaway with white-sand beaches and a cool drink in your hand?
A search for airline tickets can bring your dream down...
Peace Boat calls Laem Chabang on human rights cruise
A “floating university” operated by a Japan-based NGO focused on peace, human rights, environmental protection and sustainable development pulled into Laem Chabang Port while...
The first Toyota
If my sources are correct, the first “Toyota” was actually a “Toyoda”, model number AA.
The AA was born in 1936 at the Toyoda Automatic...
What were they thinking?
Bosch invented the intermittent windscreen wipers, but Lucas went one better, inventing the intermittent headlights. Poor old Lucas (AKA The Prince of Darkness) has...
Baku is next
The F1 calendar has Azerbaijan next weekend (April 29). The six kilometer, anti-clockwise layout of the circuit was designed by circuit architect Hermann Tilke,...
Autotrivia Quiz
Last week I asked what car had cost $2,300. It had a top speed of 23 km/h. It might have even run on loaves...
Conflict in Syria may affect Thai economy
Bangkok - An academic at Thailand's Rangsit University, Anusorn Thamjai, says the US, UK and French air strikes on Syria could drive up crude...
Tour company boss arrested for selling fake packages
Bangkok - Police have arrested the owner of tour company Thai Alpha Andaman for offering fake tour packages to tourists, causing some 10 million...
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PM showcases OTOP and Thai textile innovation at Government House exhibition
BANGKOK, Thailand – Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul led Cabinet members, senior executives, and ministry officials to an exhibition on OTOP product...
Tourism Permanent Secretary inspects Nakhon Ratchasima ahead of 13th ASEAN Para Games
BANGKOK, Thailand – Permanent Secretary for Tourism and Sports Natthriya Thaweevong has conducted an on-site inspection in Nakhon Ratchasima province to review preparations for...
Cabinet backs Chiang Mai’s bid for UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape status
BANGKOK, Thailand – The Cabinet has approved a proposal to nominate Chiang Mai, the capital of Lanna, for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage...
Bar life isn’t easy in Pattaya phones pressure and a job few truly understand
PATTAYA, Thailand – Complaints about “lady drinks” and bar staff being glued to their phones are common among Pattaya Mail readers, but behind the...
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...