Ronnakit Ekkasingh, deputy mayor of Pattaya, cuts the cake to celebrate the ninth anniversary of Zico’s Brazilian Grill & Bar at Sky Bar. Fabulous food, great music and spectacular samba dancers plus fashion show are featured at the event.
On hand for the celebration which raised funds for the Father Ray Foundation are Andre Brulhart, general [...]
by David Martin
We live in a world that places an importance on being able to speak more than one language. This is so we can communicate with people from other countries and, as the world becomes more and more global, this is an essential skill to have. However, we must not loss the value of [...]
A culinary jewel from the warm seas and coral reefs of Australasia
Fantastic lobster repertoires await you as Chef Adrian W. O’Herlihy works his magic in creating innovative dishes featuring the most-sought after Phuket lobster:
• Lobster Salad with Kaffir Lime Maltaise Aioli with Fennel remoulade, black truffle & fresh raspberries (THB 1,200)
• Lobster Salad with Pink [...]
Neoh Kean Boon (far left), resident manager of the Dusit Thani Pattaya, and Pramote Sothana (far right), front-desk manager, seen here with a group of Swiss journalists during Songkran. The journalists visited Bangkok and Pattaya on a familiarization and public relations exercise.
JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon will face shareholders’ wrath Tuesday after admitting that the top US bank lost $2 billion in derivatives trading in just six weeks.
A day after JPMorgan let its chief investment officer go in the wake of the huge loss and the bank’s shares took another sharp fall on the stock [...]
Syrian troops on Monday pushed an assault on a central rebel bastion, with dozens reportedly killed across the country, as Saudi Arabia warned that Kofi Annan’s peace efforts appeared to be failing.
The EU, meanwhile, slapped fresh sanctions on Damascus, while Russia said it was “absolutely clear” Al-Qaeda was behind last week’s twin bomb attacks in [...]
The spiralling global population and over-consumption are threatening the future health of the planet, according to conservation group WWF.
The demand on natural resources has become unsustainable and is putting “tremendous” pressure on the planet’s biodiversity, the body said on Tuesday.
In its latest survey of the Earth’s health, WWF named Qatar as the country with the [...]
The second reading of a bill to allow the establishment of a Constitu-tional Drafting Assembly finished yesterday with the final article requiring the recruitment of CDA members to begin within 15 days after the law takes effect.
While there must be a break of at least 15 days before the third reading and finalisation of the [...]
Yellow-shirt leader Karun Sai-ngam has denied all police charges against him in connection with the seizure of two Bangkok airports in 2008, police said yesterday.
Police had completed questioning Karun, who was arrested after a 24-hour drama, and he denied all the charges, according to chief investigator, Pol General Somyot Pumpanmuang.
Somyot said Karun would be released [...]
Pheu Thai MPs in five provinces in the Northeast have grouped together to fight political problems in the ruling party while a majority of party members disagree with the move.
Deputy Education Minister Sakda Kongpetch has merged Pheu Thai MPs in Roi Et, Si Sa Ket, Surin, Maha Sarakham and Yasothon together to create the “Thung [...]
