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Hotel execs updated on minimum wage increase
Executives from more than 60 Pattaya-area hotels were brought up to speed on the Thai minimum wage increase set to take effect April 1....
Public, private groups ally to combat ‘considerable’ increase in HIV/AIDS in...
Seven public and private-sector organizations have joined forces to help curtail what is being called a “considerable” increase in Pattaya’s HIV and AIDS infection...
Bikers Without Borders pulls into Pattaya
About 50 motorcycle enthusiasts pulled into Pattaya on the latest stop in their “Bikers Without Borders” friendship tour of Thailand. The...
Pattaya cuts spending on public-health programs by 33%
Pattaya will cut spending on specialized public-health programs by a third in 2012, putting only 16 million baht into projects for diabetes prevention, the...
Mayor downplays claim 30% of Pattaya land held by foreigners
Government stokes nationalist ire, but called inaccurate, xenophobic Large-scale foreign ownership of land in Pattaya is not affecting the city’s development plans, Mayor Itthiphol...
Wife arrested for killing husband who planned to leave her
A woman who tried to stop her husband from leaving her by threatening him with a gun was arrested for murder after, she claimed,...
Police arrest 3 in methamphetamine crackdown
Police seized about 5 grams of crystal methamphetamines and 74 ya ba tablets in the arrests of three alleged members of a local drug-dealing...
2 arrested for using fake passports to open bank accounts
Two foreigners were arrested after a French embassy official determined that the passports they used to open a Pattaya bank account were fake. ...
Police arrest South African with huge cache of meth, heroin, other...
A South African man traveling under two names and two passports has been arrested with a large cache of heroin, ecstasy, methamphetamines and other...
Police round up 60 Beach Road loiterers
About 60 Beach Road loiterers were rounded up, fined and released in the Pattaya police’s latest sweep of Pattaya Beach. A...
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Pattaya Social Welfare Dept. hosts disability rights check in collaboration with employment office
PATTAYA, Thailand – Mrs. Niramon Thamthatto, Director of the Social Welfare Department, and her team welcomed officials from the Employment Office for a disability...
NCSA Secretary-General promotes cyber safety through games and donates essentials to children at CPDC
PATTAYA, Thailand – At the Child Protection and Development Center (CPDC) in Huay Yai, East Pattaya, Air Vice Marshal Amorn Chomchoey, Secretary-General of the...
Woman reports safe theft at Pattaya apartment, loses nearly 2 million baht in gold...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pol. Maj. Col. Itthikorn Saikratok, investigator at Pattaya City Police Station, received a report of a burglary involving the theft of...
Barbecue dinner gone wrong in Pattaya – Heated argument over music ends in bloodshed
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police from Banglamung Police Station, Chonburi, were alerted to a violent altercation involving a group of teenage girls outside a barbecue...
Colorful car lights land Russian tourist in trouble in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A Russian tourist was fined 500 baht for decorating his car with colorful flashing lights in Pattaya on December 17. The...