Barry Kenyon
Pattaya’s “new” nightlife begins at 9 pm
Pattaya, the city which never slept, is safely tucked up in bed long before midnight these days. The nightly curfew which begins promptly at...
Yorkies Pork Platter up for sale in Pattaya
Yorkies personified the English hold on Pattaya in the early years of this century. Run by no-nonsense and martial arts black-belted Yorkshireman Norman Denning...
Pattaya’s transport lockdown has unexpected results, say critics
The policy of the government and the provincial authority to semi-isolate Pattaya in an attempt to reduce virus casualties is a mixed-bag of consequences,...
Jomtien Immigration crowded out again
The double public holiday on Monday and Wednesday of this week produced the typical early morning immigration surge Thursday morning with 100 people already...
Chonburi immigration issues reminders to foreigners
After a fair number of disappointed customers turned up at Chonburi immigration police headquarters in Jomtien today, Monday, 26 July, officers remind the public...
Foreign worker numbers in Pattaya take a tumble
The pandemic has reduced the need for foreign labour to supplement the Thai workforce by up to 50 percent. In 2019, Chonburi province (which...
The China-Wuhan padlock model is not the answer to Thailand’s health...
In Wuhan China last year, food parcels were delivered by hand to locked-in residents.Thailand’s Department of Disease Control is not known for humorous remarks....
The question now is whether the Pattaya lockdown will actually work
With the screws tightened yet again on dark red zones, including Pattaya, public morale is at rock bottom. But it was always inevitable that...
Pattaya photo album: a softish start to the latest shutdown
The Beaches
They remain technically open although all customer services are withdrawn. Here, a large group of Pattaya’s homeless people await the arrival of a...
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PATTAYA, Thailand – Les Amis de L’Ophelinate de Pattaya, eine seit vielen Jahren engagierte französische Wohltätigkeitsorganisation, hat diese Woche erneut ihre langfristige Unterstützung für...
Foreign tourist found dead in Pattaya Beach incident
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials and police from Pattaya City Station responded to reports of a foreign man found drowned near the entrance...
Pattaya tightens city regulations following fireworks festival vendor complaints
PATTAYA, Thailand – Deputy Mayor Wuthisak Rermkijakarn chaired a meeting with the Pattaya City Administration Division to evaluate progress on prior directives and address...
Pattaya’s traffic has hit a breaking point
PATTAYA, Thailand – Spend enough time behind the wheel in Pattaya and you eventually confront a blunt truth: this city does not run on...
Undercover sting leads police to active unlicensed massage service in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Provincial Police Region 2 and the Chonburi Public Health Office have intensified their campaign against unlicensed massage parlors, launching another high-profile...