Artikel tagged “pattaya”

  • Pattaya netizens blast marine safety photo-opportunity as PR stunt

    Pattaya officials have conducted urgent marine safety checks following the Phuket boat tragedy where two boats sank and 47 Chinese tourists drowned on July 6. In yet another knee-jerk reaction to an incident, the Marine Department and municipal police checked licenses, boat seaworthiness and life-jacket use at Bali Hai Pier in Pattaya. The checks follow the sinking of the tour boats Phoenix and Serenata in heavy seas between Koh Racha and Koh Hei, on their way back to Chalong Pier.

  • Pattaya foreigners claim damage caused by next door condo construction

    A group of European residents bought houses in Pattaya only for a an unexpected large condominium complex to be built next door. They say they’ve suffered damage to their houses in the construction phase and now claim they can’t even rent out their properties due to the noise. Complaints to the local authority and the police have fallen on deaf ears while the condo developers have just given superficial help. They say calls to police and City Hall proved useless. Now they’re turning to the media for some justice.

  • “Tourists will come flooding back to the world class resort”

    PHOTOS: ข่าวพัทยา Pattayanews An enthusiastic Pattaya News is reporting that, in relation to the restoration of the beach in Pattaya, it was only a matter of time before the tourists came flooding back to the sands. The report is from a meeting where it was declared that 400 metres of the restoration work was done meaning that 100 metres was back in the hands of beach operators. “A further 300 metres will definitely be done by year’s end giving operators a further 100 metre stretch to earn a living.” The sand is coming from Koh Rangwian in a 430 million baht project to widen the beach by 3.5 metres.

  • Pattaya: Crackdown on street racers nets 203 arrests

    Nearly 200 motorbikes and as many people have been arrested in a crackdown on racing in areas around Pattaya. Regional police arrested more than 200 people for racing or selling parts for modified motorcycles in a province-wide sweep.

  • Woman’s ex steals car in Pattaya

    Woman’s ex steals car in Pattaya

    Sophon Cable reports that the Pattaya police station chief has announced the arrest of a man who stole his ex girlfriend’s car from outside her apartment. Pol Col Apichai Krobpetch says the white Yaris went missing in April and 26 year old Jinda Cheuyphonklang  suspected her ex who she had just split up with

  • Pattaya: 19th SingSiam war games in the Gulf of Thailand

    PHOTOS: trattoday.com Military exercises are taking place in the northern Gulf of Thailand between Sattahip and Koh Samui. Col. Anthony Lee, commander of Singapore’s 188th Squadron, and Rear Adm

  • Green turtle found in Chonburi, full of plastic

    The reporting of the deaths of these magnificent marine creatures, found to be riddled with plastic they’ve unfitly consumed as they feed in the seas off Thailand, puts more pressure on the Thai Government. Let’s hope their deaths are not in vain.

  • Suspected Russian pedophile arrested in Pattaya

    Thai police continue to close in on foreign pedophiles operating in Thailand. A 39 year old Russian man has been arrested by Thai Tourist Police on charges related to the possession of child pornography.