Tag: Paralympic Games
Redemptorist annual Sports Day produces many highlights
In mid-June the students at the Redemptorist Vocational School for People with Disabilities competed in their school’s annual sports competition.
For three days they participated...
Thai athlete wins silver medal at Paralympic Games
A Thai wheelchair-racing athlete has won a silver model at the Paralympic Games 2016, giving Thailand its first silver medal in the international competition.
The...
Pattaya School for the Blind celebrating 25-years
World Sight Day, Oct. 13 The Pattaya School for the Blind is this year celebrating its twenty fifth anniversary. For a quarter...
Returning Paralympians receive great welcome in Pattaya
The Kingdom of Thailand first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952 and since then Thai athletes have won seven gold, six silver...
Thailand scores 4 gold medals at 2012 London Paralympics
Thai athletes won eight medals, including four gold, at the recently concluded Paralympic Games in London, surpassing the expectations of even the participating...
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Good Samaritan pulls British man from wreck after fiery Pattaya crash
PATTAYA, Thailand – A British man escaped serious injury after a violent two-car collision at a South Pattaya traffic-light intersection early on October 26,...
Pattaya prepares to clamp, lift and fine motorcycles occupying public parking spaces
PATTAYA, Thailand – Public parking spaces along Pattaya Beach are for everyone, not private stockpiles for motorcycle rental businesses. Pattaya City is stepping up...
Jomtien Beach is for everyone, but renting out mats and chairs is off-limits
PATTAYA, Thailand – Jomtien municipal enforcement officers have seized beach mats and chairs allegedly being rented out to tourists without authorization, in a campaign...
Pattaya backs tourist police volunteers with new uniforms
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya Deputy Mayor Damrongkiat Pinijkarn presented uniforms to Pattaya Tourist Police Volunteers on the afternoon of October 26, supporting their work...
Laem Chabang Port seizes 3.1 tons of ivory hidden inside timber cargo
CHONBURI, Thailand – Thai customs officials have seized more than 3.1 tons of ivory and other wildlife remains worth an estimated 155 million baht...