Yearly Archives: 2013
Choking on garbage, Koh Larn to get its own landfill
Pattaya officials are proposing building a landfill on Koh Larn, where broken sanitation trucks and suspended ferry service has left the island choking...
Jomtien Soi 5 merchants protests construction, fines
Dozens of Jomtien Soi 5 business owners protested at Pattaya City Hall, claiming construction and over-zealous municipal officers were putting them out of...
Police open 5 more checkpoints targeting motorbike drivers
Motorbike drivers beware as Pattaya police have erected even more roadway checkpoints in the name of preventing crime. Officers are waving over motorcyclists at...
Russian woman robbed of handbag
Police are searching for a Thai couple who stole a Russian tourist’s handbag in Central Pattaya. Nina Vitiutneva, 53, called police after a...
Young Dane dies in fall from Jomtien hotel
A Danish man died after apparently falling from the 23rd floor of a Jomtien Beach hotel. The body of David Rogen, 22, was...
Policeman shot by friendly fire trying to stop drunk Danish driver
Police shot one of their own after opening fire on a pickup truck driven by an allegedly drunken Danish man who refused to...
Neighbor arrested in rape, killing of Rong Pho beautician
An Nakhon Phanom man has been arrested for allegedly raping and killing the owner of a beauty salon located next to the Rong...
Stepfather charged in rape of 5-year-old
A 45-year-old window technician has been charged with allegedly molesting his 5-year-old stepdaughter. Buriram native Peng Chanatlay was taken into custody Jan. 14...
7 Omanis jailed on drug charges
Seven Omanis were arrested when police broke up a drug party taking place in their South Pattaya hotel room. Fahad Mohamed Shaaban, 27,...












