Yearly Archives: 2018
China’s lobster imports keep US price high, but no tariffs
Biddeford, Maine (AP) - China’s hunger for American lobsters is helping keep prices high to U.S. consumers, but a tariff on the seafood does...
Bangkok International Motor Show 2018
Motor shows are big business all over the world. Some of the famous are Geneva, Turin, Paris and New York. These motor shows are...
OIC launches 10-baht travel insurance for Songkran revelers
Bangkok - The Office of Insurance Commission (OIC) has unveiled a low cost travel insurance package to be offered to holidaymakers this Songkran Festival.
OIC...
Beach lovers escape, so police go after cameraman
The Russian couple caught on video having sex on Jomtien Beach won’t be returning to Thailand after they were blacklisted from the country, but...
How to find hidden cancers? Doctors try glowing dyes
Philadelphia (AP) - It was an ordinary surgery to remove a tumor - until doctors turned off the lights and the patient’s chest started...
Nesbitt on fire at Pattaya Country Club
PSC Golf from Siam Country Resort Pattaya
Tuesday, March 27, Wangjuntr – Stableford
On Tuesday we took the long drive to Wangjuntr Golfpark and played the Highland...
Sattahip foreigner burns down home before suicide
Firefighters responding to a house fire in Sattahip discovered its foreign owner hanging from a water tank outside.
The man, believed to be in his...
McGuigan stars at Silky Oak
The Tara Court Golf Society
Sunday, March 25, Silky Oak - Stableford
A Flight
1st Andy Featherstone (4) 36pts
2nd Nick Caulfield (6) 36pts
3rd Kevyn Wright (14) 35pts
B Flight
1st Francis McGuigan (16)...
Latest Stories
Pattaya officials stop beach camping as public debate grows over overnight use
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers intervened after tourists were found setting up tents to stay overnight on Pattaya Beach, reminding visitors that camping...
Five-day holiday turns Pattaya beaches into money makers
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya’s tourism sector enjoyed a strong boost during the extended New Year holiday, as large numbers of Thai and international visitors...
Do rich tourists in Pattaya really care about the baht as costs rise across...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Every time the baht strengthens, the same warning resurfaces: Thailand is “pricing tourists out.” Comment sections fill with claims that visitors...
One more beer or 20,000 baht Pattaya makes it clear
PATTAYA, Thailand – The joke has worn thin. “Sorry officer, I’m too drunk to take the test” might get a laugh online, but on...
If prostitution is unwanted why does it remain so visible in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Every few months, headlines return declaring that Pattaya has “cleaned up” Beach Road. And every few months, arrests quietly test that...