Tag: Rotary Club of JomtienPattaya
Max gets birthday surprise from fellow Rotarians
Lorena Paso (left) presents Max Rommel with a lovely birthday cake in commemoration of his birthday recently. Friends from the Rotary Club of...
Annual Rotary Cross Bay Swim a winner for our children
Nic Wilson (main photo) races home under stormy skies, wining the 3.5 km swim across Pattaya Bay. 10-year-old Erika Heltne (left) won the short...
Dream of new children’s home is ‘this close’ to becoming reality
Rotary Club of Jomtien-Pattaya together with Baan Jing Jai Foundation Building Committee raises 340,000 baht towards that goal In October 2011, the...
Rotary Club of Jomtien-Pattaya celebrates 25 years of humanitarian service
"The foundation upon which Rotary is built is friendship; on no less firm foundation could it have stood" - Paul Harris, founder of...
Rotary program helps orphans learn English Down Under
Australian Embassy and Thai Airways assist to make dreams real In an ideal world every student in Thailand would receive English classes taught by...
Securitas-led coalition continues flood-relief efforts
A local coalition of private companies and associations led by Securitas Thailand continued to bring relief to Thai flood victims, again delivering aid to...
St Andrews International School, Pattaya Sports Club, Café Royale and Rotary...
Donations of water filter units and blankets to little children displaced from their flooded homes in Rangsit Members of the Pattaya Relief Group met...
International Food Fair for Flood Victims
Saturday November 5th at School Number 8, Pattaya Tai and Second Road School Number 8 at the corner of Second Road and South...
Pattaya Relief Group presses forward in humanitarian undertaking
Gudmund Eiksund (centre right), president of the Rotary Club of Jomtien-Pattaya presents a cheque of 200,000 baht to Steve Graham, chair of the Pattaya...
Jon Tellefsen
Jon Tellefsen was born in Hoevik Norway on March 18 1936. He was the owner and CEO of X-Lager, a wholesale company located...
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Everyone passes the buck on paying for emergency medical treatment in Thailand
The unfortunate British tourist Pamela Gatehouse is facing medical and repatriation costs of around 80,000 pounds (3 million baht) and much more if a...
The dilemmas of Thai visa agencies assisting foreigners with their immigration problems
It’s not only Thailand. Visa agents have held a prominent place throughout south east Asia for at least 30 years. Even today it is...
No sign of Thailand’s Schengen visa
WEEKEND EDITORIAL
Thailand has long been the key promoter of the “six countries one destination plan” which would allow international tourists entry to all after...
Two Thai women harassed by Indian men, fistfight breaks out on Pattaya Beach
PATTAYA, Thailand – A chaotic scene unfolded on Pattaya Beach when two Thai women were harassed by two Indian men, leading to a physical...
Free visa policy boosts Pattaya tourism, but experts warn of potential risks
PATTAYA, Thailand – The free visa policy for tourists visiting Pattaya and other parts of Thailand has been a topic of considerable discussion. According...