A 77-year-old Australian man who got lost in the forest at Koh Larn, a small island 7.5 kilometres off Pattaya’s coast, was rescued last night after hours of search by a large team, Amarin TV said today (July 4). The unidentified Australian tourist had travelled to Koh Lan with 20 friends to see the
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Foreign street racers again causing chaos in Pattaya
FOREIGN bikers, mainly from the Middle East, are again causing trouble in Pattaya by frequently racing up and down Soi 18, Second Pattaya Road, and police said they will take action regardless of their coming to this seaside town for a holiday, TV Channel 7 said today (June 29). A motorcycle taxi rider based in
Read morePattaya ladyboys steal gold necklace from Indian tourist
IN A REPEAT of transgenders stealing gold necklaces from tourists, an Indian holidaymaker was targetted by two Pattaya ladyboys who made off with his gold chain worth over 100,000 baht in the wee hours of this morning (June 22), Naewna newspaper said. At 1.30 a.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Nattawat Ploenchit, an inspector at Pattaya
Read moreHolidaymakers find Pattaya pool villa crawling with roaches and rats
A FACEBOOK member wrote about her hair-raising experience at a luxury Pattaya pool villa which she and her party had rented for two nights for 47,000 baht but instead of an idyllic holiday in opulent surroundings they found lots of cockroaches and rats running around the swimming pool, Naewna newspaper said. The unidentified Facebook
Read morePattaya bustling as pubs, bars gear up to reopen on June 1
THERE is a lively mood in Pattaya as pubs and bars in this seaside city start cleaning their premises and equipment for reopening till midnight from June 1 onwards as permitted by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, Naewna newspaper said this evening (May 28). The Covid administration had on May 20 allowed entertainment
Read more‘Ladyboy’ and friend steal gold necklace from Indian tourist
JUST three weeks after a transgender stole a gold necklace from a Belgian tourist downtown Bankok an Indian tourist was similarly robbed in Pattaya by another transgender who had paired up with a woman in stealing his gold chain worth 33,000 baht after hugging him, Amarin TV said this morning (Apr. 22). Mr. Satish
Read moreSeveral noted figures running for Bangkok governor
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SEVERAL PROMINENT persons today (Mar.31) applied to run for Bangkok governor. A gubernatorial election scheduled for May 22 will see Bangkokians in all 50 districts of the capital going to the polls to pick either one of those contestants including: Former Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang, former deputy Bangkok governor Sakoltee
Read moreAswin steps down to contest Bangkok governor election
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BANGKOK GOVERNOR ASWIN Kwanmuang has stepped down today (Mar.24) with intent to contest a gubernatorial election, scheduled for May 22. Aswin has tendered his resignation as an unelected governor and planned to vie as a non-partisan contestant for a return to the top post at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. Since
Read moreCabinet nod for Bangkok governor and Pattaya City mayor elections
THE Cabinet gave the green light for holding Bangkok governor and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration council as well as Pattaya City mayor and Pattaya City council elections today (Mar. 8) with the Election Commission to name the date and this is expected to be Sunday May 29, 2022, Matichon newspaper said. The Cabinet approved the
Read more2-year-old boy drowns at Pattaya pool villa on Valentine’s night
A PHOTOGRAPHER and his wife are heartbroken after their two-year-old son drowned in the swimming pool of a villa in Pattaya they had rented for a photo shoot on Valentine’s night, Sanook.com said this evening (Feb. 15). Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation’s rescue unit quickly got to the villa in Soi Pratumnak 4, Pattaya City, at
Read more12 Pattaya bar owners arrested for violating Covid rule
A RAID mounted by Chonburi and Pattaya police last night (Jan. 12) led to the arrest of 12 bar owners for staying open after 9 p.m. in violation of Covid control orders with many Thai and foreign customers found to be having fun drinking at these watering holes without any concern about the pandemic,
Read morePattaya music festival revellers told to quickly get tested for Covid
CHONBURI PROVINCIAL Public Health Office issued an urgent announcement on its Facebook page today (Nov.25) calling on people who attended the Pattaya Music Festival on Nov. 12-13 but were grouped together outside the event area to quickly undergo an antigen test for Covid-19 infection, Sanook.com said. The health office said many people outside the
Read morePattaya gears up to close over 20,000 hospitel rooms
WITH THE number of Covid-19 patients having greatly decreased in Pattaya City, the administration is now moving to shut 1,600 hospitel rooms within the city and 20,000 others in other places, Siam Rath newspaper said today (Nov. 24). Mr. Manoch Nongyai, deputy mayor of Pattaya City, said the situation improved after a big vaccination
Read moreLively but orderly concert at Jomtien beach
THE second week Pattaya’s music festival kicked off last night (Nov. 12) with a large number of people flocking to the stage at Jomtien beach but tight control ensured orderliness amid bustling fun within the demarcated zones, Matichon newspaper said. Tourists sat and waited from evening onwards for the concert by their favourite musicians and
Read moreRussians nabbed in Phuket, charged with stealing ancient painting
THREE of four Russians wanted for the theft of an ancient painting from a Swiss man in Pattaya were arrested in Phuket today (Sept. 8) under warrants issued by Chonburi court, Siam Rath newspaper said. Immigration police in Phuket raided two houses in Koh Kaew sub-district, Mueang district, Phuket, under a search warrant issued by
Read moreInflatable boats seen on Pattaya’s roads after torrential rain
AFTER several hours of heavy downpour today (Aug. 27) some Pattaya roads were so badly flooded that cars and motorcycles could not pass leading to a few residents bringing out their inflatable boats to cruise through them, Sanook.com said. Worst hit were Pattaya 3rd road and Wat Tham Samakkhi alley where the flooding was
Read moreFarang barflies nabbed In lockdowned Pattaya
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEARLY A DOZEN FARANG males were arrested for allegedly drinking alcoholic beverages at a Pattaya bar despite a current lockdown last night (July 27), police said. The police from Nong Prue police station raided Fat Boys Bar & Grill in Pattaya and found 11 foreign males and a Thai male drinking
Read moreYoung British man falls to death from Pattaya hotel
PATTAYA police and rescuers rushed to a well-known hotel at Jomtien beach early this morning (June 7) after being informed of a young British man having fallen to his death there, Sanook.com said. At the eight-storey hotel, Pol. Col. Nattapon Saengsee from Dong Tan police station and his team, including rescuers from Sawang Boriboon
Read morePattaya plans to reopen to foreign tourists in fourth quarter
Chonburi (NNT) – Pattaya plans to welcome back foreign tourists, without quarantine requirements, in the fourth quarter of this year and seeks more Covid-19 vaccine doses to cover at least 70% of local residents. Pattaya mayor Sontaya Kunplome said, under the “Pattaya, Move on” project, that foreign tourists who have received two vaccine doses will
Read moreBoyfriend fails to save Australian man from plunging to death from condo
AN Australian man fell to his death from the eight floor of a condominium in Pattaya last night after his Thai boyfriend was unable to pull him back to the balcony after he jumped off, Sanook.com reported today (Jan. 9). When Pol. Capt. Sombat Kaewmoonmuk, deputy inspector of Mueang Pattaya police station, arrived at the
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