Tag: Phawat Lertmukda
Pattaya celebrates HM the King’s birthday with parades, songs and prayers
Eastern Seaboard residents marched, ran, prayed and sang in unison to celebrate the 86th birthday of HM the King Bhumibol Adulyadej. From Banglamung to...
Nong Nooch celebrates Loy Krathong Nov. 16
Nong Nooch Tropical Garden will celebrate Loy Krathong Nov. 16 with children’s contests and other activities at the Najomtien tourist attraction’s lakefront. ...
Sattahip flood-relief center collects donated items
Sattahip officials set up a temporary flood-relief center to collect donated food and other emergency supplies. Mayor Phawat Lertmukda, village chief Radjai Banthitsilp, police...
Sattahip police capture 10 illegal laborers, arrest Thai foreman
Ten Cambodian and Burmese laborers were captured when Sattahip officials swooped down on a Najomtien construction site. Mayor Phawat Lertmukda led police and volunteers...
Accused scam artist arrested in Sattahip
A Sattahip man has been arrested for allegedly impersonating a government official to solicit sponsorships for a fake football match. City officials and police...
Nong Nooch celebrates elephant day with call to end ivory trade
Nong Nooch Tropical Garden celebrated Thai Elephant Day with a call to stop the ivory trade. Sattahip Mayor Phawat Lertmukda, Tourism Authority of Thailand...
Naklua parents hold engagement ceremony for their 4-year-old twins
Call them old fashioned or just superstitious, but a Naklua couple had their 4-year-old fraternal twins engaged to be married to ward off...
99 couples wed on Valentine’s Day at Nong Nooch
Valentine’s Day brought 99 couples to Nong Nooch Tropical Garden to get married while riding elephants. Sattahip Mayor Phawat Lertmukda and district Permanent Secretary...
Storm sinks fishing boats in Sattahip
Four fishing boats sank when a thunderstorm blew through Sattahip Bay. High pressure over China pushed a cold front through Thailand Jan. 28,...
Built on a flood plain, Najomtien housing project again hit with...
For the third straight year, more than 4,600 families in a Najomtien housing project are suffering from a series of deep and fast...
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Pattaya hosts environmental awareness event to promote sustainable waste management and green initiatives
PATTAYA, Thailand - Mayor Poramet Ngampichet presided over the opening ceremony of the "Love the Earth: Caring for the Environment and Learning Waste Separation"...
Miraculous escape as train collides with car at railway crossing in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand - Banglamung Police Station was notified of a train colliding with a car at a railway crossing in Soi Khao Ta Lo,...
Violent clash between motorcycle taxi driver and customer outside Pattaya Police Station
PATTAYA, Thailand - A violent altercation erupted outside the Pattaya Police Station between a motorcycle taxi driver and his customer, drawing a crowd of...
Myanmar cleaner injured while breaking up a fight in Pattaya hotel
PATTAYA, Thailand - A 33-year-old Myanmar cleaner was injured while attempting to intervene in a fight between guests at the Sota Residence Hotel on...