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Yearly Archives: 2021

Thai Commerce Ministry Tackles Global Shortage of Cargo Containers

BANGKOK - The Commerce Ministry is tackling the container shortage and opens more border checkpoints to increase trade, aiming to reach the ministry’s goal of...

National Vaccine Institute explains Thailand’s COVAX Facility absence

BANGKOK - With online posts circulating that Thailand is the only ASEAN country not receiving any vaccine through the COVAX Facility, the National Vaccine Institute...

Thai Prime Minister stresses comprehensive COVID-19 aid

BANGKOK - The Prime Minister has assured the general public via his podcast of a comprehensive set of COVID-19 aid measures; he added that 50,000...

FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup – One year to go!

Lausanne, Switzerland: The FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup should have ben played on 3-7 February 2021 in Liège, Belgium. But due to the Covid-19...

Pattaya Blind School students can grow their own vegetables on donated...

Behind the Pattaya School for the Blind on Naklua soi 16, is a very large piece of land, overgrown, looking like a jungle and...

Pattaya community opens health center

Group sports and dance are the focus of the Arunothai Community’s new health center, which opened Friday in central Pattaya. Health center Director Saiying Muangthong...

Coronavirus AKA Covid-19

By the time you read this, several hundred more people will have become infected with the Novel (new) Coronavirus. The pandemic has not gone...

Life at 33 1/3: Fireworks of steel

Warren Zevon: “Stand In The Fire” (Asylum) *From the vaults of Carl Meyer, a record review written in February 1981.* The traditional California-rock (Eagles, Linda Ronstadt,...

‘Goodbye Pattaya’: Apartment houses lie vacant as exodus continues

Pattaya’s second coronavirus lockdown accelerated the city’s population exodus that began last year, leaving large tracts of cheap apartments empty. City Manager’s Office chief Teerasak...

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The ad that knows you live in Pattaya

PATTAYA, Thailand - It usually appears in the evening. Not when you are at work, but when you are sitting down perhaps in a...

Jomtien Beach Road returns to two-way traffic, first day sees smooth flow

PATTAYA, Thailand — Jomtien Beach Road in Pattaya officially reopened to two-way traffic on Monday (Dec 22), marking the end of a temporary one-way...

CCTV captures suspect stealing underwear from rental rooms in Pattaya

PATTAYA, Thailand — Police in Pattaya are seeking a suspect after CCTV footage captured a man stealing underwear from a rental property in the...

Why Pattaya’s roads are pushing expats out of the saddle and into cars

PATTAYA, Thailand – In Pattaya, the debate over cars versus motorbikes isn’t about comfort or status anymore — it’s about survival. Ask long-term visitors...

Pattaya Deputy Mayor supports national disability assembly, promoting practical action at local level

PATTAYA, Thailand – The Deputy Mayor of Pattaya Damrongkiat Pinijkarn took part in the National Disability Assembly and Annual General Meeting, highlighting the role...