Editor; Re: No big tour busses allowed (PM Mailbag Friday, 19 June 2015) – Don, I fail to see the logic of your comment. Ours is a “user pays society”. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Who are
Driver arrogance reached a new level in Pattaya when motorcyclists moved barriers blocking a dangerous U-turn because they didn’t want to travel the short distance to a safe turn. ![Driver arrogance r
More than 100 Thai tour guides petitioned Pattaya police and city officials to crack down on illegal foreign guides operating locally. The group, led by Paisarn Suethanawong of the Tour Guide Associat
There is one of those aphorisms that goes “When life deals you lemons, learn to make lemonade.” Well, today I met a man who learned to make lemonade. Alain, the owner of the Aroi restaurant in Jomtien
Events The next meeting of the Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) will be held on Sunday, June 28. Everyone is warmly welcome. PCEC member Darrel Vaught will be speaking about an online service for order
Banglamung officials traded their suits for cowboy hats to rustle up a wild buffalo that broke out of its pen at the Pattaya Elephant Village. ![Banglamung officials were able to corner, and eventuall
Pattaya journalists put down their notepads and put on aprons as they served lunch to students at the Redemptorist School for the Blind. Atipbdee Boonchalee, editor of the Sieng Siam newspaper, led th
At St. Andrews International School Green Valley, teachers, students and parents are celebrating after being awarded the top award – Gold standard by a team of UK inspectors, which makes St. Andrews t
Top Drops (Thailand) Co. landed 28 brands of Australian wine at the U Pattaya Hotel. The newish Bang Saray hotel is situated right on the beach and offers an expansive view of Jomtien Beach, local isl
Round Square week at Regents International School Pattaya is one of the most looked-forward to dates on the calendar. An organisation based on education philosopher Kurt Hahn’s teachings; Round Square
A responsibility to future generations that extends to the “7th generation yet unborn” (about 200 years) is an American Indian belief. This should be our goal was one of the messages given to the Patt
The Royal Cliff Beach Resort wants to be sure its staff is as good at putting out fires as it is pampering guests at the five-star hotel. Pattaya’s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office hosted the
Dear Hillary, You have often mentioned books that newcomers to Thailand should read and you should add “Falangs in Thailand” to that list. This cartoon book by Mike Baird is based on truth and everyon
When you say a city is ‘raunchy’ is your first thought Pattaya? Many countries have found themselves with the title of “raunchy”, and in fact, Pattaya gets its fair swag of sanctimonious finger-pointe
Pattaya and the East Water Group have agreed in principle to the company building an environmentally friendly utility system officials hope will result in more and cleaner water for the city. Mayor It
Pattaya has launched a 26-million-baht project to scrape clean the city’s sewers and dredge drainage canals to better prevent flooding during the rainy season. Blocked sewers, drainage pipes and canal
The Provincial Electrical Authority has brought new power poles and lines to a three kilometer stretch between Mapthatho intersection with Soi Nernplabwan, to Boonsamphan Temple School on Soi Khao Tal
Pattaya officials brought basic necessities and cash to two infirm residents of the Baan Nernrodfai community. Deputy Mayor Wutisak Rermkitkarn and health volunteers and nurses from Pattaya Hospital p
Jomtien Beach’s 270-million-baht facelift is underway and officials promise that, two years from now, it will look a lot better than it does currently. Contractors have begun taking out trees and ripp
In Pattaya, cables go up, but they never come down. The gravity defying cables are the ones hanging high, and sometimes low, from the city’s utility poles. There are electric wires, phone lines, lots