Yearly Archives: 2021
Pattaya boat operators hope city re-opens quickly
Pattaya boat operators want the government to reopen the city to foreign tourists as soon as possible, pointing to Koh Larn, where 70 percent...
Bangkok’s main vaccination station runs out of wheelchairs for elderly people
Thailand’s Ministry of Transport says that large numbers of the elderly in Bangkok have been using the walk-in vaccination service at Bang Sue Grand...
Bangkok sets up isolation facilities for patients waiting for hospital beds
The National Health Security Office (NHSO) is working with Piyavate Hospital and health networks in setting up 23 community isolation facilities in Bangkok, to...
Classical Connections: Shall I Compare Thee…
“To a summer’s day?” I hear you murmur. “Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,...
Pattaya scuba divers remove menacing fishing net covering coral reef
Local maritime officials and dozens of fishermen and scuba divers joined to retrieve a giant fishing net dropped off one of Pattaya’s Far Islands.
Mayor...
Philippines suspends travel from Thailand and Malaysia from July 25
The Philippines will suspend travel from Thailand and Malaysia, as well as tighten restrictions in the Manila area, in a bid to prevent the...
Employer imports Covid-19-infected workers into Pattaya to get free tests
A Chachoengsao employer looking for cheaper Covid-19 tests was arrested for illegally transporting 17 migrant laborers into Pattaya with half testing positive for the...
Thailand will have enough Sinopharm vaccine to go around, says CRA
Thailand’s Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA) has assured that there will be enough Sinopharm vaccine to go around, if no one exceeds their allocation or...
Delta variant dominating Bangkok faster than Wuhan and UK strains
The Delta variant (first detected in India) is responsible for 70% of new symptomatic COVID-19 cases in Bangkok, the Center of Excellence in Clinical...













