Tag: Pattaya
Inflatable boats seen on Pattaya’s roads after torrential rain
AFTER several hours of heavy downpour today (Aug. 27) some Pattaya roads were so badly flooded that cars and motorcycles could not pass leading to a few residents bringing out their inflatable boats to cruise through them, Sanook.com said. Worst hit were Pattaya 3rd road and Wat Tham Samakkhi alley where the flooding was …
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Farang barflies nabbed In lockdowned Pattaya
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEARLY A DOZEN FARANG males were arrested for allegedly drinking alcoholic beverages at a Pattaya bar despite a current lockdown last night (July 27), police said. The police from Nong Prue police station raided Fat Boys Bar & Grill in Pattaya and found 11 foreign males and a Thai male drinking …
Young British man falls to death from Pattaya hotel
PATTAYA police and rescuers rushed to a well-known hotel at Jomtien beach early this morning (June 7) after being informed of a young British man having fallen to his death there, Sanook.com said. At the eight-storey hotel, Pol. Col. Nattapon Saengsee from Dong Tan police station and his team, including rescuers from Sawang Boriboon …
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Pattaya plans to reopen to foreign tourists in fourth quarter
Chonburi (NNT) – Pattaya plans to welcome back foreign tourists, without quarantine requirements, in the fourth quarter of this year and seeks more Covid-19 vaccine doses to cover at least 70% of local residents. Pattaya mayor Sontaya Kunplome said, under the “Pattaya, Move on” project, that foreign tourists who have received two vaccine doses will …
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Boyfriend fails to save Australian man from plunging to death from condo
AN Australian man fell to his death from the eight floor of a condominium in Pattaya last night after his Thai boyfriend was unable to pull him back to the balcony after he jumped off, Sanook.com reported today (Jan. 9). When Pol. Capt. Sombat Kaewmoonmuk, deputy inspector of Mueang Pattaya police station, arrived at the …
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Young foreigner kills self after a Pattaya shooting spree
A YOUNG American man shot himself dead at a condominium in Pattaya with a pistol he had stolen from a shooting gallery after firing at the instructor twice and that same evening firing a shot at police but inadvertently injuring a journalist, Sanook.com reported this afternoon (Nov. 3, 2020). Police said the American man, who …
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Communication cables burst into flames in Pattaya
SOME badly tangled communication cables suddenly caught fire in front of a convenience store in Pattaya this morning (Oct. 16) leading to disruption of services provided by various companies in the neighbourhood, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Policemen at Pattaya city station rushed to the site of the cable fire at Hanuman bend on Pattaya 2 …
Neighbours shocked to see foreigner hanged at balcony
PANICK spread throughout an alley in Pattaya yesterday afternoon (July 22) after the hanged body of a foreigner was clearly seen dangling out on the balcony of his second floor apartment, Sanook.com reported this morning. Pol.Lt.Col. Natthawat Ploenchit, head of investigation at Pattaya City police station, rushed to the four-storey apartment building in Soi Photisan …
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Foreigner commits strange suicide in Pattaya
AN Australian man was found to have committed suicide in an unusual manner at a Pattaya apartment yesterday afternoon (July 4) with there being no trace of an intruder, Sanook.com reported this afternoon. At 4.30 p.m. Pol Lt Col Nithat Waenpradap, superintendent at Mueang Pattaya police station, rushed to the apartment upon getting word that …
Speeding teens badly injured in Motorway accident
THREE of five high school students out for a night on the town ended up getting severely injured as they raced back home from Pattaya to Chonburi province after their sedan flipped over on the Motorway, Sanook.com reported today (July 5, 2020). At 1.30 a.m. this morning Pol Lt Col Suyin Inchuay, investigation inspector at …
Chinese gamblers nabbed in Pattaya raid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NINE CHINESE nationals were arrested on emergency rule-breaking and gambling charges in Pattaya last night, police said. The police raided a house in Jomtien area of the beach resort city and rounded up the poker-playing Chinese males, aged between 30 and 42 years. The Chinese nationals were charged with breaking emergency …
Pattaya police enforce strict controls at Tree Town fun spot
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SOCIAL DISTANCING rule was last night (June 26) strictly maintained at Tree Town night market in Pattaya as dozens of young women were spotted hanging around and looking to offer themselves in suspected flesh trade, police said. The adolescent females mingled with hundreds of other visitors, mostly being Thais, at Tree …
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Hundreds of revellers brazenly pack together in Pattaya last night
BOTH Thai and foreign merrymakers totaling hundreds threw caution to the wind and gathered in a tightly-packed crowd to eat and drink alcohol at a market in front of Pattaya’s Tree Town Night Market last night without worrying about spreading or catching Covid-19 infection, Naewna newspaper reported today (June 25, 2020). At 11 p.m. last …
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Pattaya beach booze ban still in place
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO PEOPLE ARE AS YET allowed to drink alcoholic beverages on the beaches of Pattaya under anti-pandemic measures, confirmed a city official today (June 22.2020). Noppradol Viravat, deputy chief of Pattaya City’s Cleanliness and Orderliness Department, confirmed no tourists or local villagers are currently allowed to drink on the beaches of …
Pattaya slashes prices to draw Thai tourists
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HOTELS, RESTAURANTS and spa parlours in Pattaya will offer a 50% price cut for Thai visitors as part of a concerted plan to promote the beach resort city’s tourist industry. Pinnart Charoenphon, director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Pattaya branch office, confirmed today (June 19) more than 100 hotels, restaurants …
Two teenagers die at Pattaya’s ‘Death U-turn’
DUBBED the Death U-turn by the people of Pattaya because of frequent crashes and fatalities, this particular spot in front of Macro South Pattaya lived up to its name again last night (May 29) as two motorcycle-riding teenagers got killed there after they lost balance and were immediately hit by a sedan driven by a …
Pattaya beaches reopen with social distancing in place
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PATTAYA BEACHES are reopening to members of the public on the upcoming Monday. Pattaya City Mayor Sonthaya Khunpleum confirmed today (May 29) all the Pattaya beaches will reopen on condition that people strictly observe social distancing order and no group activity on the beaches is allowed for the time being. People …
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Pattaya heavily flooded after bad summer storm
BOTH Pattaya and Banglamung district of Chonburi province were heavily flooded at 3.30 p.m. yesterday after a violent rainstorm lashed the whole area for an hour with floodwaters being 50 centimetres to a metre high at some points, Sanook.com reported this morning (15.5.2020). Flooding was heaviest at Pattaya’s Soi Khao Noi, Sukhumvit and railway roads …