Yearly Archives: 2022
NHSO pays for 3 medicines with marijuana content for Thai people
The board of the National Health Security Office included three medicines with marijuana content in its list of free medicines for Thai people.
NHSO secretary-general...
Thai PM to meet Joe Biden and ASEAN leaders in Washington...
Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha departed for Washington D.C. on May 11 to attend the 2nd ASEAN-U.S. Special Summit, said Government Spokesperson Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana.
The...
Thailand’s expat retirees face yet another visa choice
The Thai Cabinet has confirmed that applicants for the yet-to-be-introduced Long Term Resident (LTR) ten-year visa will need to pay only a 50,000 baht...
Drunken pillion rider hurts head in fall from speeding motorbike
A group of friends met for drinks on the morning of May 8 around the Charknok Reservoir area in east Pattaya. After the morning...
Heated posts on social media lead to gunfight in south Pattaya
An attempt to clear up a misunderstanding between two friends ended up in a gunfight in Huay Yai sub-district south of Pattaya.
Witnesses at the...
Pattaya road construction abandoned leaving residents in a rut
A local contractor hired to rebuild a road in Soi Takentia 16 in East Pattaya abandoned the job, leaving it partly finished causing havoc...
Boy receiving Covid vaccination lost sight from bacterial infection: Phuket doctors
A team of Phuket province physicians has determined that a 12-year-old boy who went blind after receiving a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine lost...
Thailand’s Highways Dept. clarifies bamboo-rubber guideposts in Nan province
Authorities have issued a clarification after guideposts were discovered to be made of rubber, rather than concrete, along a highway in Nan province. The...
Businessman donates food and supplies to Pattaya underprivileged children
Children living at Baan Eua Aree children’s home under the care of the Child Protection and development Center were thrilled by the visit of...
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Wine World: Doing the Twist
If you recognise that expression, you must be getting on a bit. The lines were made famous by an American singer called Chubby Checker...
Citywide operation targets public-space living as Pattaya seeks balance between care and order
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials have continued coordinated operations to manage and support homeless individuals in public spaces, while maintaining order in key...
Russian mother flies to Pattaya in desperate search for missing son, fears foul play
PATTAYA, Thailand – A Russian mother has flown to Pattaya in a desperate attempt to locate her missing son, who vanished more than a...
Pattaya moves forward with smart city development, reviews public space survey proposal
PATTAYA, Thailand –– Pattaya City is advancing its smart city development agenda by considering a proposed project to survey and analyse public spaces, aimed...
Pattaya to add 200 more cameras, expanding real-time coverage of beaches, Jomtien and Koh...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City is moving ahead with an expanded smart-city surveillance initiative by adding 200 more CCTV cameras to the Pattaya Connect...