Yearly Archives: 2021
Pattaya’s pandemic-weary pack for home amid new shutdown
Taxi driver Supawadee stuck it out during Pattaya’s four-month shutdown last spring. She’s not sticking around for the second one.
Her savings gone and uncertain...
Pattaya teen arrested for raping, pimping out 14-year-old ‘girlfriend’
A Pattaya teenager was charged with abusing, raping and prostituting a 14-year-old girl who she considered her “boyfriend”.
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WYSIWYG – Don’t forget it
There are many ‘rules’ in photography, all of which can be broken, but as far as composition of a shot is concerned, the ‘rule’...
New Kids on the Block
A few days ago, I found a couple of recent additions in the modest wine section of our local supermarket. I first noticed the...
NASA moves forward with campaign to return Mars samples to Earth
NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) are moving to the next phase in a campaign to deepen understanding of whether life ever existed on...
Thailand strict on gatherings, urges social distancing over New Year 2021...
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) would like to provide the latest update regarding the Royal Thai Government’s latest announcement on the ban of...
Thai Food and Drugs Administration to fast-track COVID-19 vaccine approvals
The Food and Drugs Administration of Thailand will provide special facilitation for all COVID-19 vaccine approval requests both within the country and from abroad,...
Extra holidays in 2021 to benefit Thailand domestic tourism before COVID-19...
Special long holidays that the government announced would be beneficial to tourism said the chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce.
Kalin Sarasin, the chairman,...
Thailand domestic airlines continue to fly with stricter health and safety...
The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) maintains that airlines must continue to follow the health and safety regulations during the current resurgence of...
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Thailand’s rule of law stands still as the world moves on
BANGKOK, Thailand - On 17 December in Bangkok, a new report quietly confirmed what many people in Thailand already feel in their daily lives:...
Pattaya’s Soi Siam Country Club Road resurfacing nears completion with final manhole adjustments
PATTAYA, Thailand – Motorists passing through Phornprapanimit Road or Soi Siam Country Club in Pattaya may notice construction crews carefully cutting around manhole covers...
Indian tourist cuts across road, motorcyclist seriously injured in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 41-year-old woman from Buriram province was seriously injured after her motorcycle lost control and crashed on Pattaya Beach Road early...
Kazakh tourist asked to remove tent from Pattaya Beach
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers on morning patrol found a Kazakh tourist camping on Pattaya Beach near Soi 6/1 on Saturday, setting up...
Even–odd parking rules in Pattaya welcome, but residents say problems run deeper
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City’s renewed enforcement of even–odd day roadside parking along South Pattaya from Sukhumvit Highway entrance to Wat Chaimongkol intersection, has...