Pattaya News

On Wednesday a Husband and Wife presented themselves to Police at Dongtan Sub-Station located on Jomtien Beach. The Male complainant, Khun Nakorn aged 31 had just come from the Hospital where he received medical attention for a problem with his penis.

An unidentified man was found dead on a stretch of road near Soi 2, Jomtien on the morning of the 8th April.

Asean meeting is besieged by at least 2,000 pro-Thaksin protesters who are now reportedly at the gate of the Royal Cliff Hotel and within 200 metres of the convention hall.

Mr. Douglas H. Robinson, Chief of Naval Security Force Protection Department at the US Embassy in Bangkok paid a visit to Pattaya City Hall on the morning of the 7th April.

Recent activity at a local garbage area has got local residents scratching their heads. Always a blight on the landscape the site recently seemed to change and not look as offensive as usual. The reason behind the transformation? Two large groups of Heron’s have ditched their normal hunting grounds for food and decided to utilise the easier picking at the garbage site.

(...) On Tuesday Morning hundreds of Police wearing full riot gear were deployed in the surrounding area and the plan was to contain Red Shirted Anti-Government Protesters who turned up in large numbers and to keep them at a safe distance from the Royal Cliff so the Cabinet Meeting would not be disrupted.

In the early morning of the 5th April 2009 a teenage street racer died instantly when his motorbike collided head-on with an oncoming pick up truck while racing with other bikers along highway 331 in the Kow Mai Geow district. The youth was part of a gang totaling 100 teenagers who were racing along the stretch of road that night.

On Friday Afternoon, Police Lieutenant Colonel Sanae from Pattaya Police Station was called to a popular Motel called “Cheun Ruk Inn” located just off Third Road in North Pattaya to investigate an apparent suicide.

In the early hours of the morning, trucks carrying newspapers speed around the Kingdom of Thailand to ensure that the papers are delivered on time. Sometimes, because of the pressure on the drivers, they will often drive at high speed and on occasion, an accident will occur.

Representatives of the Pattaya Floating Market on Sukhumvit Road met up with members of the Pattaya Media on the 3rd April to announce their activities for the Songkran festival.