Finland’s national carrier, Finnair, has been named the world’s safest airline by a European group of airline safety enthusiasts. Air New Zealand was named the second-safest airline in the world, with Virgin Australia coming in at number nine. Qantas was ranked 13th and Jetstar 20th. The Germany-based Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre, or JACDEC, calculates its […]
Continue ReadingA MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIIn light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, […]
Continue ReadingFollowing months of speculation, the British Embassy in Bangkok have now confirmed on their website that the British Consulate in Jomtien will close. The British Ambassador to Thailand H.E. Mr. Mark Kent made the announcement in a statement issued on the British Embassy Website www.ukinthailand.fco.gov.uk on Tuesday, confirming the closure of the British Consulate which has […]
Continue ReadingSince 1880 the world has warmed by 0.75 degrees Celsius The world stopped getting warmer almost 16 years ago, according to new data released last week. The figures, which have triggered debate among climate scientists, reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August 2012, there was no discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures. This means […]
Continue ReadingA small island state in Southeast Asia has come out tops in a listing of countries that boast of the richest expatriates. In an annual survey released by HSBC on Monday — which was conducted across 100 countries and involved more than 5,000 expatriates — Singapore emerged as the most favored expat destination to make […]
Continue ReadingBangkok’s senior sex tourist population is facing its greatest crisis in decades as the demolition of the nightlife zone known as Washington Square has left them with nowhere to go. Dozens, and sometimes up to a hundred portly Western men with bad skin, aged 55-80, have been reported wandering around the Sukhumvit Soi 22 area […]
Continue ReadingNew service aimed at foreigners who went to wrong airport by mistake Thai Airways today announced the launch of service between Bangkok’s Don Muang Airport and Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. Beginning April 30, passengers can fly six times daily from one side of Bangkok to the other in under an hour. “Last year alone we had […]
Continue ReadingAffordable housing, food, and medical care combined with an exotic location and good weather. As populations age in the expensive developed world, retiring overseas has become an increasingly seductive idea. For prospective expat retirees, the Internet has made it possible to research the details of what an overseas retirement could entail. But not all Internet […]
Continue ReadingHighest rainfall in 50 years for Thailand; more to come According to the Meteorological Department’s forecast, thunderstorms will affect most parts of Bangkok and its adjacent provinces until next Monday. Cloudbursts are expected in many areas too. Following hour-long downpours, traffic became paralysed in several parts of Bangkok as dozens of roads were swamped. Bangkok’s total […]
Continue ReadingMalcolm McVicar, vice-chancellor and president of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), has spent the past three to four years nurturing a project to open a full-scale campus in Thailand. “This will be the first British university here. We chose Thailand because the country is a good centre to reach other parts of the region and […]
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