Littering is against the law and offenders should be punished, but some say the capital city’s inspectors are perhaps a little too vigilant Many foreign tourists in Bangkok have complained they have been “burned” after being fined for littering by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s (BMA) inspectors. An investigation by a Spectrum team lasting several weeks […]
BANGKOK, Aug 18 – Almost 1.5 million foreign workers currently live in Thailand, most of whom are not legally registered with the authorities. Speaking at a national seminar on developing public health services for foreign workers, Deputy Permanent-Secretary of Public Health, Dr Siriwat Tiptaradol, said that according to statistics from the Ministry of Labour as […]
Police, in organised raids on 7 locations in Pattaya on Friday, arrested 3 foreigners and 30 offenders involved with illegal activities. The three foreigners were arrested at a “sex party” and were discovered to be using a variety of class-1 restricted drugs. Pattaya, the 23rd of July 2010 [PDN]: At approximately 5:00am on Friday, Colonel […]
Of course I will wait for you……. don’t forget to send the money!…….. I have resided in Thailand for just about 5 years now, but I am still astonished at how inexperienced many tourists can be when they visit this wonderful country!. This is how the story goes….the usual eventuality is that a foreign man […]
FEAR is spreading that the Sweethearts Bar body-in-a-bag killer may still be on Phuket, and that he may strike again. Bar girls across the island are terrified and hoping that the 50,000 baht reward now on offer will lead to the man’s swift arrest. ”If he does not get caught, there will be a next […]
On Monday Afternoon, we joined a group of foreign tourists and ex-pats who collectively made a Police complaint at Banglamung Police Station regarding a Tour Company based in Naklua. A group of 10 including complainants from Germany, Austria and The Netherlands filed a complaint against the Lee Tours Company located next to the Aksorn School […]
BANGKOK, June 5 (TNA) – Prime Minister Abhsit Vejjajiva will attend the World Economic Forum East Asia in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Sunday, his first foreign trip since last month’s bloody political violence in Bangkok, aiming to restore confidence among foreign investors and tourists, according to Deputy Secretary General to the Prime Minister […]
Thailand’s government is facing a no-confidence vote in parliament over a bloody suppression of lengthy political protests in the capital, Bangkok. The 19 May crackdown, after days of skirmishes, left more than 80 people dead and 1,800 injured. The debate has focused on the conduct of government troops during the action. But Prime Minister Abhisit […]
