12-02-2010
A very entertaining “thank you party” was held for some of the senior staff and associates of the Bangkok Pattaya International Hospital, at the Hotel-J on North Pattaya Road. Leading officials included the Director, Dr. Pichit Kangwolkij MD, spoke of maintaining their program of expansion and their recent Sept. 2009 “Joyce Commission International” (JCI) accreditation; - (There are only nine of these superior private hospitals in Thailand and only 140-world-wide).
12-02-2010
Investigators involved with uncovering the cause of Ethiopian Flight 409’s devastating crash are closer to discovering the truth, after the successful recovery of the cockpit voice recorder was announced on Thursday.
12-02-2010
A ladyboy successfully stole the wallet of a drunken British national in the early hours of Thursday morning, before he was then apprehended shortly after by his victim. The incident occurred in the vicinity of ‘Tuk Com’ computer city, South Pattaya.
12-02-2010
Three Russian competitors have successfully advanced through to the quarter-finals of the PTT Pattaya open on Thursday. This included the current title holder and tournament favourite Vera Zvonareva.
12-02-2010
A meeting has been held at the Chon-Buri Immigration offices to discuss the ever increasing problem of illegal immigrant workers and beggars in Thailand, specifically on the streets of Pattaya.
12-02-2010
The five-man crew of the aircraft carrying weapons from North Korea to Ukraine via Sri Lanka will be deported to their home countries after Thailand's Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) dropped all charges against them, a senior prosecutor said on Thursday.
12-02-2010
Three Turkish nationals have been arrested in a Bangkok department store following a police investigation into alleged credit/debit card forgeries being committed in the Kingdom. The Three men were in the process of purchasing various items with a forged bank card at the time of their arrest.
12-02-2010
Thailand's joint-session of Parliament on Thursday resolved to postpone the charter amendment motions lodged by the coalition parties and the People's Committee for Amending the 2007 Constitution amid fears that the amendment will raise the temperature of the country's already politically heated atmosphere.
11-02-2010
A Thai man contracted to erect a signpost out the front of a Pattaya 7/Eleven has been electrocuted by high voltage powerlines. It is believed that the man was working at height when his head came into contact with the power cables.
11-02-2010
Internationally famous American Soprano, music Professor Pamely Hinchman, was accompanied by Australian piano Professor, Laurence Davis, to present an absolutely stunning operatic style performance. This was sponsored by Pattaya’s Marriott Resort & Spa, plus the Pattaya Branch of the Navy League of the United States.
11-02-2010
The Pattaya Business & Tourism Association met for the 2nd time in 2010 where they discussed various major issues and events affecting the Pattaya region.
11-02-2010
A woman traveling to Bangkok on 9th February 2010 suffered a serious head injury when a stone was thrown through the window of the train carriage.
11-02-2010
A foreign man has died enroute to the hospital following a motorbike accident on the under-construction Thappraya Road between Jomtien and South Pattaya. At present the man is yet to be identified.
11-02-2010
The local favorite at the PTT Pattaya Open, Tamarine Tanasugarn claimed an unlikely three set upset victory over the second-seeded German on Wednesday.
11-02-2010
A Japanese national, who is allegedly the leader of an organized crime syndicate, known as the Yakuza, has been arrested in a Bangkok hotel following a multinational police cooperation investigation.
11-02-2010
An Iranian national has been arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport trying to smuggle nearly 3kg of methamphetamines, commonly known as ‘Ice.’
10-02-2010
A massive ATM fraud network has been uncovered, with leading members and the Iranian gang head arrested in Bangkok. It is believed that the total of the monies fraudulently obtained by the gang amounts to over 50 million baht.
10-02-2010
Anti-government protesters led by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) on Wednesday rallied atThailand’s police headquarters demanding progress on key cases involvingthe anti-Thaksin yellow-clad activists.
10-02-2010
A Thai national arrested by the Cambodian military last February will be sentenced at court this week on a string of charges after laying several land mines along the Thai-Cambodian border.
10-02-2010
A conference was held at Pattaya City Hall on Tuesday to announce and organise preparations for the 5th Thai volleyball league and how the presence of the newly established team from Chon-Buri could be promoted to benfit the region.