Tag: Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation
Sawang Boriboon collecting donations for flood-hit Sakon Nakhon
PATTAYA - The Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation is still taking donations of food, clothing and cash to support victims of severe flooding in Sakon Nakhon.
Sawang...
Sawang Boriboon sends medics to aid Bangkok mourners
The Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation sent Pattaya volunteers to attend to the masses of mourners assembled outside Bangkok’s Grand Palace.
Rescue division director Prasit Thongtithcharoe...
Pattaya Hospital practices upper-floor evacuations
Pattaya Hospital practiced evacuating patients from high floors in case of a fire.
Surapol Sawatvichien, chief of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department, and hospital...
200 dig up Pattaya graves for Buddhist rites
About 200 members of Sawang organizations in Pattaya and Ratchaburi dug up Pattaya graveyard internees without families to clean bones and prepare them for...
‘Year of the Horse’ gallops into Pattaya for Chinese New Year
The “Year of the Horse” got off to a galloping start as Pattaya celebrated Chinese New Year with pageants, pyramids and parades. Mayor Itthiphol...
Chanyuth Hengtrakul celebrates 60th birthday
Politicians, police and bureaucrats filled Chanyuth Hengtrakul’s home to help him celebrate his 60th birthday. Deputy Minister Lt. Gen. Chat Kuldilok arrived from...
Sawang Boriboon organizes merit-making for New Year
The Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation offered Pattaya residents a chance to make merit for New Year’s blessings by offering alms to 49 monks....
Sawang Boriboon raises funds, offers alms at merit-making event
The Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation offered alms and raised funds at its annual merit-making ceremony. Vice-President Wichian Pongthawornpinyo hosted...
Sawang Boriboon posts 5 million baht loss for 2012
The Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation posted a 5 million baht loss for 2012, with donations falling short of expenditures for charity and medical-rescue...
Jaywalking Russian steps in hole, blames city
A Russian woman whose leg got stuck in a hole while she was jaywalking across Sukhumvit Road complained that Pattaya needs to do...
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