Yearly Archives: 2019
Bangkok City Hall urges public not to litter Chao Phraya River
Bangkok - The Bangkok Metropolis Assembly (BMA) has launched a campaign urging residents along the Chao Phraya River not to litter or discharge waste...
Loydall bags a brace
The Jomtien Golf Society
Monday, Sept. 9, The Emerald - Stableford
We just had a small group out today with only one division. The semi-rough...
Culture minister lauds new market attraction
Pelanchay Market, Pattaya’s recently opened new tourist attraction, received an official visit on Saturday, Sept. 14 from Thailand’s Asst. Minister of Culture, Poramet Ngampichet....
Underground toilets planned for beachgoers
Pattaya City plans to construct new subterranean bathroom facilities on Pattaya and Jomtien beaches as part of a larger project to upgrade the city’s...
Woman steals t-shirts then gives them away
Police arrested a woman Sept. 16 on suspicion of stealing a batch of t-shirts from a vendor at The Avenue shopping mall in Pattaya....
DLT to inspect public transport every 90km
Bangkok - Pheeraphol Thawornsuphacharoen, Director-General of the Department of Land Transport (DLT), has disclosed that the DLT will be conducting safety inspections on all...
Digital Ministry, LINE launches Stop Fake News seminar
Bangkok - The Minister of a Digital Economy and Society, Puttipong Punnakanta, presided this week over the opening ceremony of a Stop Fake News...
Apple apologizes for use of contractors to eavesdrop on Siri
San Francisco (AP) — Apple is apologizing for allowing outsiders to listen to snippets of people’s recorded conversations with its digital assistant Siri, a...
Government says flood victims have not been abandoned
Bangkok - Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha said the government is racing to provide relief for flood victims and has been setting up of...
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When Expat fixed incomes meet a moving target
The quiet financial squeeze on retired foreigners in Thailand
Retirement is supposed to be the most predictable chapter of life. Income is fixed. Habits are...
Testosterone – Andropause
The short answer to the question, “Are all men destined to become grumpy as they age?” is NO — no man must become a...
Nach dem Countdown fragen Touristen, ob Pattaya ein Strandparadies oder eine Müllhalde ist
PATTAYA, Thailand – Kaum waren die letzten Feuerwerkslichter am Himmel verblasst, zeigte sich am Pattaya Beach ein ganz anderes Bild zum Jahresbeginn. Als Touristen...
Rauchwolken über Zentral-Pattaya nach Brand nahe Beach Road
PATTAYA, Thailand – Am Neujahrstag ist am Nachmittag hinter einem Hotel in der Soi 12 an der Beach Road ein Feuer ausgebrochen. Dichte Rauchschwaden...
Russischer Motorradfahrer stirbt an tödlicher Jomtien-Kurve
PATTAYA, Thailand – Ein russischer Motorradfahrer ist am Neujahrsmorgen tödlich verunglückt, sein Freund wurde verletzt, nachdem ihr Motorrad an der berüchtigten „tödlichen Kurve“ auf...