Tag: Itthiphol Kunplome
Pattaya doubles size of grassroots health-monitoring team
Pattaya trained a new, expanded class of Surveillance and Rapid Response Team members, who work at the grassroots level to eradicate mosquitoes and report...
Vegetarian festivals sizzle in Eastern Seaboard
The dragons danced and the rice sizzled when the Pattaya Vegetarian Festival served up food enough for a village to go along with spiritual...
Pattaya to spend 1.1m baht to repair Naklua Bridge
Pattaya will spend 1.1 million baht to repair the Naklua Bridge. Erosion from flooding caused by heavy rain has damaged the bridge’s foundation, creating...
Thai AirAsia to add 3 more U-Tapao routes in November
Just two days after launching two new flights to China from U-Tapao-Rayong-Pattaya Airport, Thai AirAsia announced it would add three more routes to bring...
Pattaya picking up the pieces after Vamco ‘disaster’
Steps leading to Pattaya Beach in front of the Pizza Hut restaurant on Pattaya Beach Road were turned into a deceptively beautiful waterfall as...
Mayor begins surveying damage in Vamco’s aftermath
As Pattaya’s streets drained, Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome and city officials began the job of surveying the damage to both the city’s residents and property....
Bangladeshi ambassador visits Pattaya
Bangladesh’s ambassador to Thailand visited Pattaya Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome to talk tourist safety and illegal immigration. HE Saida Muna Tasn’eem arrived in the city...
Pattaya readies new 5-year education master plan
Pattaya is preparing a new five-year education plan to set educational methods and standards to raise its schools to international standards. A newly elected...
Council approves 63.6 million for flood control, CCTVs, language lessons
The Pattaya City Council approved more than 60 million baht for new flood-control pipes, security cameras, and language lessons for students. The council on...
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But I don’t give a hoot: March 2025
Bank accounts and retirees
The crackdown on foreigners opening or operating bank accounts in Thailand seems to have been mostly restricted to Pattaya. The excuse...
Thai woman and British boyfriend stop to help Danish tourist after mysterious injury in...
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 22-year-old Danish tourist was found injured and intoxicated near a convenience store on Pattaya Third Road on the night of...
Revenge Attack in Pattaya Slum – Ex-drug informant brutally assaulted by gang in late-night...
PATTAYA, Thailand – In a crowded slum community on Soi Thung Klom-Tan Man, East Pattaya, on February 28, authorities found a 38-year-old man, identified...
Pattaya police raid Jomtien Soi 3 drug hotspot; elderly dealer caught selling openly
PATTAYA, Thailand – On February 28, 2025, Pol. Capt. Prasit Boonprasith, head of the Pattaya City Police Narcotics Suppression Unit, led an operation targeting...
A Beautiful Event, But…! Heavy traffic grips Pattaya Beach Road over the weekend
PATTAYA, Thailand – This weekend, Pattaya Beach Road experienced heavy traffic, frustrating both locals and tourists, with congestion affecting nearly every route in the...