Yearly Archives: 2019
Cabinet approves Nov 4, 5 as holidays to reduce traffic during...
A meeting of the Cabinet Ministers on October 15 approved November 4 and 5, 2019, as additional public holidays in Bangkok and Nonthaburi, as...
Cabinet approves five projects to help disaster-hit farmers
The cabinet meeting has approved five projects, worth 3.12 billion baht in total, to help farmers affected by drought and floods. Prime Minister Prayut...
Government, opposition whips discuss time frame for budget debate
The national budget bill is set to start being debated in the House of Representatives today. The government and opposition whips met yesterday to...
G stands for Gluttony
Australians, if you lump all the statistics together, tend to be obese. Read on and you will see why. We had gone to a...
Communities reach out to children with special needs on Lions Service...
Scholarships and daily necessities were donated to families with special-needs children on Lions World Service Day in Pattaya.
Banglamung District Chief Amnart Charoensri and Amnuay...
Digital creativity
Photographers who were interested in a little experimentation used to try all kinds of camera settings to under expose or over expose the negatives...
Tom Kha Gai a la Sopa
This soup recipe was from a simple country girl who went to work for a restaurateur. He found that her soup was better than...
PCEC learns how “Chinetics” can improve your body and health
Joyce Lah, speaker at the October 6th meeting of the Pattaya City Expat Club, used the catchy title of the book “Eat, Pray, Love”...
How risky is eating red meat? New papers provoke controversy
New York (AP) — Eating red meat is linked to cancer and heart disease, but are the risks big enough to give up burgers...
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Thailand’s long term visas: A welcome mat or a quiet tax trap?
PATTAYA, Thailand - For years, Thailand has marketed itself as one of the world’s most accommodating destinations for long-term foreign residents. Retirees, digital nomads,...
Wenn Ersparnisse unantastbar werden: Wie thailändische Bankenregeln den Ruhestand von Expats verändern
PATTAYA, Thailand - Über viele Jahre galt das thailändische Ruhestandsvisum als eines der klarsten und unkompliziertesten Modelle des Landes. Die unausgesprochene Übereinkunft war einfach:...
Neujahrsansturm auf die Schiene: Thailands Bahnverkehr bewältigt Reiseandrang reibungslos
PATTAYA, Thailand — Thailands Eisenbahnsystem hat den starken Reiseverkehr zum Jahreswechsel auch am zweiten Tag der Feiertagsperiode problemlos bewältigt. Nach Angaben des Department of...
Volle Strände, leere Kassen bei Pattayas Kleinbetrieben
PATTAYA, Thailand - Mit dem Beginn der traditionellen Hochsaison zeigt sich Pattaya belebt wie gewohnt. Die Strände sind gut besucht, Touristen kommen weiterhin in...
Warme Sonne und frische Brisen sorgen für ideales Strandwetter in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand - Pattaya erlebt derzeit freundliches und angenehmes Wetter. Warmer Sonnenschein und erfrischende Meeresbrisen locken zahlreiche Besucher an die Strände und schaffen ideale...