Yearly Archives: 2019
Father Ray SOS Rice campaign runs Dec. 1-8
The Father Ray Foundation’s SOS Rice campaign returns Dec. 1 with department stores across Pattaya accepting donations of rice and cash for charity.
Pattaya mayoral...
Pope’s cousin takes star turn in Thailand as papal whisperer
BANGKOK (AP) — She made him wait for her while she chatted with Thailand's king and queen. She chided him for only visiting Bangkok...
Rare bat habitat found in Trang
TRANG - A large habitat of some 400 rare lesser great leaf-nosed bats has been discovered in Trang province. Villagers believe it is the...
Thepprasit roadwork to continue until March
Roadwork creating traffic backups on Thepprasit Road will continue until March as a Department Of Provincial Administration contractor lays new tap water pipes in...
4 new dengue cases reported in Pattaya
Four Soi Arunothai Community residents have been diagnosed with dengue fever, sparking a fresh round of pesticide spraying and campaigning to eliminate mosquito breeding...
False killer whale dies after beaching in Pattaya
An oceanic dolphin commonly called a “false killer whale” died after beaching itself on Pattaya Beach.
The 300-kilogram “Pseudorca crassidens” was hooked inadvertently by a...
Motorist drives through barriers, into hole
A driver who didn’t see a large hole on Sukhumvit Road plunged headfirst into it.
No one was hurt in the Nov. 18 accident near...
Pattaya man retries suicide leap after police let him go after...
Hours after being talked down from a highway overpass from which he wanted to jump, a suicidal man returned and made the leap.
Boontieng Saokaew,...
Glenn Smith’s game was the best for the day
PSC Growling Swan Golf played out of “Bogey’s Bar & Grill”
Monday, 18 November “Big Navy,” Plutaluang G.C. Stableford.
Ten saw their way fit to put their...
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A strong Baht, who wins, who loses and why expats are paying attention
PATTAYA, Thailand - “The baht is strengthening.” It sounds like an ordinary line from an economic report. For expats living in Thailand, it is...
Pattaya authorities enforce sidewalk rules, ticket cars blocking pedestrian paths
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers cracked down on vehicles obstructing sidewalks, issuing a ticket to a white Honda Jazz parked on South Pattaya...
Pattaya bustles with festive cheer on Christmas Eve
PATTAYA, Thailand — Pattaya came alive on Christmas Eve as tourists and locals flooded the city’s famous Walking Street, soaking up the festive atmosphere....
Foreign tourist injured in fight outside Jomtien beer bar in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand — At around 2:00 a.m. on December 25, police at Pattaya City Station were notified of a brawl with injuries in front...
Foreign tourists clash in street fight along Pattaya Beach over minor bump
PATTAYA, Chonburi — A street brawl between two foreign tourists erupted along Pattaya Beach, causing alarm among onlookers and disrupting the area’s normally festive...