Yearly Archives: 2013
Koh Samet looking ‘normal’ again, but 20% of marine life may...
Rayong officials plan to rebuild Koh Samet’s oil-stained beaches with new sand as authorities try to gauge how much of last month’s petroleum spill...
2 ladyboys arrested on pickpocket charges
Two transvestites were arrested for allegedly pick-pocketing a Russian man cruising Pattaya Beach at 2:30 a.m. Urassaya Jariya, 36, and...
Murder-suicide claims 2 on Pattaya school campus
A jealous sailor fatally shot his teacher girlfriend before turning the gun on himself in a teacher’s dormitory at Pattaya’s Wat Nongket Noi School....
Suspected drug dealer arrested on Pratamnak Hill
A Banglamung man was arrested for allegedly dealing crystal methamphetamines out of a Pratamnak Soi 5 condominium. Kittipong Bunsai, 46,...
Anti-tank gun found in middle of Sattahip street
Panic hit a Sattahip neighborhood where someone left an old antitank weapon in front of a wealthy businessman’s home. Police...
2 Turks arrested in quick-change scam
Two Turkish men were arrested for running quick-change scams on a number of currency-exchange booths in Pattaya. Ramazan Tekelioglu, 47, and Hamit Ayaz, 45,...
Lovelorn man needs rescue after second thoughts about bridge jump
A distraught man who thought he wanted to commit suicide had to be rescued after deciding he did want to jump from a Sukhumvit...
Volunteer Vacations in Thailand winner announced
Since May of this year, the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s (TAT) online “Voluntourism” campaign called “The Little Big Project” (with the tagline: You’ll Be...
DASTA solicits ideas from tourism-related businesses at latest hearing
The Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration continued work on the proposed 15 billion baht sustainable-tourism “master plan” for Pattaya, quizzing tourist-related businesses at...













