Information for foreign residents of Pattaya regarding the 2010 Thailand Census
The 2010 Population and Housing Census here in Thailand, will take place during the month of September, and will involve the gathering of information from Thai citizens around the Kingdom, and information from long-term foreign residents. This is the 100th Anniversary of the census which takes place every 10 years. Over 70,000 enumerators will gather the [...]

Bangkok Hospital Pattaya assists in Free Health check-up scheme in Sattahip
Recently at the Sattahip Community Health Centre, over 250 elderly members of the local community attended a registration meeting to ensure they can take advantage of a new scheme which is being backed by the Bangkok Pattaya Hospital and the Queen Sirigit Hospital. This new scheme ensures the registered elderly can receive free regular chuck-ups, along [...]

Customs Find Stash Of Hash Inside Tombstone
US Customs officials have seized more than 50lb of marijuana hidden inside a tombstone destined for Britain. The tombstone was being shipped from Kingston, Jamaica, to the UK via Cincinnati. It has the name of 35-year-old Delroy Senior inscribed on it. Part of the inscription read: “Your place no one can fill.” The marijuana ia thought to have a [...]

Furyk disqualified for oversleeping
American golfer and world number six, Jim Furyk, was kicked out of the first FedEx Cup play-off on Wednesday after missing his tee-off time by oversleeping. Furyk, 40, told the official website of PGA Tour that he set an alarm on his cell phone which ran out of power overnight and failed to wake him up. “The [...]

Dr Daniel Ubani’s gagging bid rejected
A German doctor who accidentally killed 70-year-old Cambridgeshire patient David Gray has lost his legal bid to stop his sons talking to the media. Dr Daniel Ubani, who was struck off by the General Medical Council, claimed Rory and Stuart Gray should not be able to call him a “killer” and “charlatan”. A German court rejected his [...]

Finance minister expects baht to continue strengthening
Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij on Tuesday predicted that the Thai baht will continue strengthening, but the trend will not affect Thailand’s export competitiveness because other currencies in the region are moving in the same direction. “Undeniably, the baht has appreciated for a year and is very likely to continue strengthening,”  he said. What could have an impact [...]

DSI ready to issue autopsy results
Though most autopsy results on the 89 victims of the redshirt crackdown in May are ready to be made public, “it is still difficult to identify who killed them”, a senior Department of Special Investigation official said yesterday. “The identification process is rather problematic, given the fact that firearms were used by both security officials and [...]

Policy rate raised to 1.75%
The meeting of the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Wednesday decided to raise the repurchase rate (RP) by 0.25%, from 1.50% to 1.75%, reports said. The new policy rate takes effect immediately. The panel said the policy rate is now on an upward trend, in line with economic recovery. Earlier, Federation of Thai Industries chairman Payungsak [...]

Cambodian ambassador arrives in Bangkok
Cambodian ambassador to Thailand You Aye on Wednesday arrived in the Thai capital, a day after the Thai envoy returned to resume his duties in Phnom Penh, amid hopes that bilateral ties between the two neighbouring countries will gradually improve. Ms You Aye arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport Wednesday morning via Bangkok Airways flight PG 932. She [...]

House votes in 2011 Budget Bill
Following a marathon five-day debate, the 2011 Budget Bill got the nod in the House of Representatives yesterday with an overwhelming number of votes. The Lower House voted 253-178 to pass the government-sponsored bill, with 14 abstentions. Twenty-one MPs did not vote. While coalition partners showed the strong support that was expected, some opposition MPs from Pracharaj [...]