Community News

06-08-2011
Pattaya Food & Hoteliers Expo 2011 Opens With Big Ambiance, Grand Displays And Great Food[734 views]

The Pattaya Food & Hoteliers Expo 2011 was officially opened by the CEO of Chonburi Provincial Administrative Organization. The annual event was highly successful with many hoteliers from various hotels attending.
06-08-2011
Pattaya Food & Hoteliers Expo Starts With Flower Arrangement Competition[1,107 views]

The Pattaya Food & Hoteliers Expo 2011 kicks off at the PEACH, Royal Cliff Beach Pattaya. The flower arrangement was the first competition of the international food and hotel show. Magnificent, multicolor, richly scented flowers galore. The former champion, the Sign hotel, annouced that they would defend their 2010 championship title.
05-08-2011
Honda Wave Rider Crushed to Death by Garbage Truck[1,937 views]

A motorbike rider swerved to avoid a big hole on the road, lost his balance fell off his bike and was crushed to death by a garbage truck. The locals demand the municipality to repair the pot holes to prevent further accidents.
05-08-2011
Cruise Vessel with 80 Russians on Fire in Sattahip[986 views]

A boat carrying 80 Russian tourists caught fire near Bang Saray beach in Sattahip. The holiday makers were stuck onboard and later rescued. No one was injured.
05-08-2011
Pattaya’s Jet Ski Problems Not Solved Yet[2,628 views]

Pattaya Municipalily called for the jet ski operators to register their jet ski businesses, to have insurances and stop extorting money from tourists. The jet ski operators claimed that they could not afford the insurance fee.
02-08-2011
Sattahip Jetty Collapses Truck Carrying 18 Tons Salt Falls into the Sea[1,824 views]

The Pratheung jetty in Satthahip collapses and a truck carrying 18 tons of salt for fish preservation dives into the sea. The collapse could have been caused by the jetty which was constucted over 100 years ago
02-08-2011
Drunk Russian Leaps to His Death Off 14th Floor Condo in Pattaya[5,872 views]

A drunk Russian man leaped from the 14th floor of the Viewtalay condominium in Nongprue. His death might have been caused by from a querrel with his wife.
02-08-2011
Japanese turtle smuggler pleads guilty in US[645 views]

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2011 - A Japanese man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of illegally smuggling 55 live turtles and tortoises into the United States, the US Department of Justice said in a statement Monday.
28-07-2011
ASA bans Julia Roberts’ retouched L’Oreal ad[2,394 views]

L'Oreal ads of Julia Roberts and Christy Turlington banned for airbrushing
28-07-2011
Pattaya Municipality Will Deal Urgently with Jet Ski Mafia[2,847 views]

Pattaya Municipality Hurry to Solve Jet Ski mafia problem as it severely affects the image of Pattaya.
25-07-2011
Hundreds of gay couples marry in New York[714 views]

Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples excitedly became the first to tie the knot Sunday as a New York state law took effect and was hailed as a milestone toward legalizing gay marriage nationwide.
22-07-2011
British artist Lucian Freud dies aged 88[1,007 views]

LONDON, July 22, 2011 - Realist painter Lucian Freud, grandson of the inventor of modern psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud and widely seen as Britain's top contemporary artist, has died in London aged 88, his lawyer said.
22-07-2011
Australian boy survives fall into stormwater drain[1,276 views]

SYDNEY, July 22, 2011 - A 12-year-old Australian boy who was dragged some 80 metres (yards) underground after falling into a stormwater drain said he thought he was going to drown before he popped up behind a Chinese eatery.
20-07-2011
Down & Out Tourist in Pattaya Finds a Tree As Dwelling[3,110 views]

A broke tourist in Pattaya used a tree as his dwelling. Local people informed police as their concerned of his safety. The volunteer police and local people took more than 2 hours to take him from the tree
18-07-2011
Bangkok Karaoke Girl Leaps to Her Death[4,230 views]

A part time karaoke girl had a quarrel with her boyfriend as he did not allow her to go to the sea. So she committed suicide by jumping from room at a mansion in Dindeang,Bangkok.
17-07-2011
Thai prince plane affair in hands of German justice: Berlin[2,386 views]

BERLIN, July 15, 2011 - Thailand's foreign minister flew into Berlin Friday for talks on the impounding of an aircraft owned by the Thai crown, but the German government insisted that it was a matter for the courts.
14-07-2011
Young Chinese Tourist Drowns on Ko Lan Island[1,532 views]

A 24-year-old Chinese tourist drows on Tavan Beach, Ko Lan. The police assumes that his death was caused by an underlying disease.
13-07-2011
Sattahip Locals Face Respiratory Problems Due to Soy Dust[1,111 views]

Locals including children in Plutaluang, Sattahip have been suffering from respiratory problems due to soy dust. The Sutthahip District Deputy Governor and officers contacted the local community to solve the problem
12-07-2011
Hacker group claims hit on US defense contractor[1,107 views]

SAN FRANCISCO, July 12, 2011 (AFP) - Hacker group Anonymous on Monday released a trove of military email addresses and passwords it claimed to have plundered from the network of US defense consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton.
12-07-2011
Thai Navy Special Somali Pirate Suppression Mission Vaccinated[1,176 views]

Apakornkietkiwong Hospital Sattahip Naval Base in cooperation with Bumrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institue and Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health implemented a vaccination program against influenza,meningitis, yellow fever and cholera for the sailors of the Royal Thai Naval Ship HMS Similan and HMTS Narathivas prior to their second mission to suppress the Somali Pirates in the Gulf of Aden