PLUS BREAKING NEWS: CAMERAS ! POLICE! ACTION OUTSIDE NOYES’ FRONT DOOR- NOYES PICTURE REMOVED! Capitalising on the seven day internet silence of Pattaya Times founder American Drew Noyes some wag is now promoting a new anti-virus programme that, I guess, beats as it sweeps as it cleans. With the files in Pattaya Provincial Court now […]
MANIPULATING GOOGLE! REAL MEN AT WORK. “You see that’s what separates the men from the boys. Once you start fucking with me I become ruthless. I don’t care how long it takes, how much money I spend, how much of employees time is used” – Drew Noyes, Founder of the Pattaya Times. – on SubZeroSiam. Former […]
BRIT DEATHS, HOSPITALISATIONS, UP BY 31% IN THAILAND- It’s that time of year again when the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office issues their annual ‘British Behaviour Abroad Report’. It is of course a misnomer. Sounds like a school report on Brits abroad doesn’t it? I detect a little condescension. It sort of deflects from the […]
(Cover: British rice worker – Thailand. He was a former millionaire who lost everything first to his wife then an unscrupulous foreign businessman. He worked for free, just a bowl of rice and a roof over his head) There’s a monumental campaign going on at the moment to save Thailand’s rice industry. The country has […]
‘I never thought it would come this far; but Phuket is now worse than Pattaya!’ – German Consul. If that’s bad – wait until you get to the Gomorrah of Tawdry Overindulgence! Flying Sporran’s Midweek Diary Do television crews filming in Phuket now require an armed guard? Oh dear, Phuket’s international reputation as a rip-off […]
This video I present without much comment – unless to perhaps to say that mass tourism can breed mutual contempt and these sort of incidents are getting more common. A Brit is arguing at a bar. He is angry. A mention of refund is made but it is not clear over what and who has […]
ITS NOT THE SIZE! The Bangkok Post today has possibly come out with the ‘news intro’ of the year. “The government plans to purchase more large-sized condoms, to cater for the growing needs of Thai men under 30 years of age”. The Bangkok Post adds: “The Health Ministry says that Thai men are getting taller […]
After a short experiment with Google+ I have changed back to the former system of ‘comments’ on stories here. This is in the main because Google+ puts them straight into the system and I am not able to field libels. It has not presented any problems but could do so if left unchecked. Thank you […]
. MOVE FOLLOWS CLAIMS THAT TWO PATTAYA DISC JOCKEYS ARE BEING HUNTED DOWN BY THAILAND’S ‘HIGH TECH POLICE’. Tommy ‘unconcerned’ This site has now entered the realms of hip now that two alleged supporters have been identified as Pattaya DJs. In breaking news in the ‘coffee morning’ website andrew-drummond-blogspot Drew Noyes claims he has […]
PLUS UP THE CHAO PHYA ON ‘H.M.S – CENSORED’- Well this headline may be a bit misleading because I am sure many factories in Cambodia are complying to labour laws as much as I am sure many are not. And this is not a guide to go-go dancers. I am just mentioning them in the […]
Andrew Drummond is a British independent journalist and occasional television documentary maker. He is a former Fleet Street, London, journalist having worked at the Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, News of the World, Observer and The Times.