Pattaya Local News
On Tuesday Afternoon at Pattaya City Hall, Khun Wirawat, Deputy Mayor of Pattaya held a further preparation meeting for the Pattaya Music Festival 2010 which will take place between 19th and 21st March at 4 locations along Pattaya Beach. This meeting discussed the security preparations
On Tuesday Morning in front of the Battleship Service Division Building which is located within the Sattahip Navy Base, Admiral Supagon, the Commander of the base opened a new market for second hand goods which will operate every Tuesday between 3pm and 8pm and is
On Monday morning we travelled to Utapao Airport, located 45 minutes from Pattaya for their 21st Anniversary celebration which also marks a change in name for the airport to the Pattaya-Utapao International Airport. The event was hosted by Rear Admiral Sorashar, the Director of the
On Friday Morning at Pattaya City Hall, Khun Wirawat, Deputy Mayor of Pattaya chaired a further preparation meeting for the upcoming Pattaya Music Festival which will take place between 19th and 21st March. There will be 4 sound-stages located around Pattaya. The International Music Stage
On Thursday Afternoon at Pattaya City Hall, Khun Sontaya, former Sports and Tourism Minister along with Khun Itipon, the Mayor of Pattaya chaired a press conference to announce the new look Pattaya United for the 2010 Soccer Season. The team, otherwise known as the Blue
On Tuesday Afternoon on Jomtien Beach in front of the Grand Jomtien Hotel, an emergency situation occurred involving a tourist from Belgium, Mr. Raymond Gevaert aged 75. An unusual current caused him to be swept out to sea but he was rescued by a fellow
Just after 2am on Wednesday in Soi Loylang in North Pattaya, Fire Rescue Units rushed to the scene of a major house fire which had completely engulfed the property. Khun Janpen, aged 37, the owner of the house and three other occupants, including her Children,
An unusual sight led to local residents calling in the Police on Wednesday Morning after a Thai Man sat in the road and began to pray, only meters away from the entrance to the Sattahip Temple, just outside of Pattaya. The man, later named as
On Tuesday Morning at a Eucalyptus Field in Pong Sub-District, members of the public discovered the body of an elderly man who appeared to have collapsed and died. Police Lieutenant Colonel Samae from Huoy Yai Police Station was called in to investigate the death and
A chilling story now from Bang Saray, located on the outskirts of Pattaya where reports spread throughout a small village of a young girl whose body had been taken over by ghosts. The problem began when the girl aged 16, visited a local haunted house
On Sunday, Pattaya along with the rest of Thailand celebrated Maka Buscha which takes place on the full moon day of the 21st lunar Month. This day is a religious public holiday. It came from the day when 1,250 disciples from the Lord Buddha gathered
Following the Supreme Court decision relating to the seizure of some assets belonging to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a group of around 100 red shirts gathered at the office of People Radio 89 FM which is located in Soi Day Night 2 in South
On Thursday Night at their regular venue at the corner of Soi Kow Tha Low where it intersects with the Sukumvit Road, the Pattaya Branch of the anti-government and pro-Thaksin Red Shirts held a rally, just hours before a Supreme Court Decision relating to the
On Thursday Afternoon at Pattaya City Hall, Khun Wattana, Deputy Mayor of Pattaya held a press conference to announce the Pattaya Footsal Cup 2010 which is due to be held at Pattaya School Number 7 between 1st and 12th March. There will be two divisions,
The British honorary consul in Pattaya has announced that he will stand down in June 2010 when his current contract expires. The British embassy in Bangkok is expected to advertise the vacancy via its website and in local media over the next few weeks.
On Thursday Morning at the Pacific Park Village in North Pattaya, we joined Rescue Workers who were called in to remove a snake that was caught in an exposed drainage hole. A Fire Rescue Unit was also called in to assist with the rescue as
On Tuesday Morning at the Sattahip Navy Base a final preparation meeting for the 2010 CARAT US/Thai Naval Exercises was held, chaired by Rear Admiral Chaiyot representing the Thai Navy and Rear Admiral Nora Tyson, CTF-73 Commander, Logistics Group, Western Pacific based out of Singapore.
We have been contacted by residents at the Spanish Place Condominium located on the Sukumvit Road in Central Pattaya who claim that condominiums purchased under their names have yet to be officially transferred over to them by the developers of the condominium despite the completion
This years US/Thai Joint Military Exercise known as Cobra Gold has now come to an end and the thousands of US Military personnel involved in the exercises are now free to enjoy what Pattaya has to offer. It is thought that around 5,000 US Navy
On Tuesday Afternoon at the Tourist Police Station a ceremony was held to bid farewell to the outgoing Inspector of the Station and to welcome a new inspector who has been assigned to the Station. Police Lieutenant Colonel Suwan has been transferred to the Railway
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