Tag: Maptaput
200 protest IRPC expansion in Rayong
More than 200 Rayong residents protested outside Integrated Refinery & Petrochemical Complex Co.’s Maptaput facility to oppose the company’s 42 billion baht expansion...
NESDB presents solutions to Map Ta Phut problems
BANGKOK, 16 May 2011 – The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) has planned three solutions to the prevailing problems of Map...
PM calls decentralization ‘essential’ in solving Thailand’s problems
Calls for increased local funding, universities, at Jomtien seminar Despite objections from power-conscious politicians and bureaucrats, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he plans...
PM to inspect Maptaput Nov. 20
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is scheduled to visit Rayong’s Maptaput industrial district Nov. 20 to inspect the progress being made on the final...
Greenpeace joins locals to close Maptaput offices
Greenpeace activists march through the Maptaput Industrial Estate. Greenpeace activists in two inflatable boats invaded...
Latest Stories
How long-term expats make the most of Thailand’s low season
PATTAYA, Thailand - When the months of May to October arrive, bringing the rain during what is known as the Green Season, economic and...
Duncan Foster briefs Pattaya City Expats Club on Changing Thai Visa, Banking and Driving...
PATTTAYA, Thailand - Duncan Foster, company director of Mots Services, told members of the Pattaya City Expats Club during their meeting on August 5...
Police probe Sriracha woman’s death after workplace note found
SRIRACHA, Thailand – A woman was found dead inside a Honda HR-V parked along the Khao Bang Phra–Khao Chalak route in Sriracha, Chonburi, on...
Arab motorcycle groups return to Pattaya, leaving expats divided
PATTAYA, Thailand – The return of large groups of Middle Eastern motorcycle tourists to Pattaya has once again triggered a familiar debate among Pattaya...
Meta hit with $567 million penalty over child safety failures
NEW MEXICO, USA – A New Mexico court has ordered Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to pay an additional US$567 million,...