Tag: Itthiphol Kunplome
As rainy season kicks in, unfulfilled storm-drain repair means more flooding...
A day long series of rain showers left many parts of Pattaya under a sheet of standing water. A...
Business leaders tell mayor Pattaya lacks main selling point
Foreign tourists have lost confidence in Thailand and Pattaya isn’t doing enough to bring them back, a panel of academic and business leaders...
Wheelchair marathoners roll from Pattaya to Issan
A half dozen cross-country wheelchair racers are traveling 1,479 kilometers from Pattaya to Isaan to raise awareness and money for the disabled. ...
‘Pattaya Brand’ project gets underway at first planning meeting
Residents from 38 area neighborhoods were urged to develop two products and one service that could be marketed under a new “Pattaya Brand” to...
Private sector donates 9,500 beach umbrellas, benches to Pattaya
A group of tourism-related businesses have donated thousands of beach benches and umbrellas to Pattaya to help the city’s effort to beautify its...
Stung by international criticism, Thai officials turn to media to help...
Denounced internationally for the past two years for their inability to combat human trafficking, Thai officials are hoping the media can educate people...
City assists four families whose houses were destroyed by fire
Pattaya officials gave emergency supplies and 2,000 baht to four families whose homes were destroyed by fire in the Thamsamakkee Temple area. ...
Despite the heat, music fans pack the beach
Pee Sadued rocks the crowd during the annual Pattaya Music Festival. The searing heat did not deter the crowds, as hundreds of thousands of...
Mayor addresses foreign business community
Pattaya Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome addressed an interested group of ex-pats at a special dinner in the Amari Orchid Resort, organized by the Eastern Seaboard...
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Ex-hotel worker nabbed after CCTV exposes Pattaya resort theft
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police in Najomtien have arrested a former hotel employee accused of stealing air-conditioning equipment from a well-known beach resort after investigators...
Mystery deepens after unknown man found dead in remote Pattaya water pit
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police in Pattaya are investigating the discovery of an unidentified man found dead floating face down in a large excavation pond...
Sedan crashes into palm tree and streetlight on Pattaya Beach Road leaving one injured
PATTAYA, Thailand – A sedan lost control and crashed into a coconut tree and a streetlight pole in front of Mike Shopping Mall along...
Crumbling toilets and abandoned projects push Pattaya to act on Koh Larn problems
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City Council has raised fresh concerns over deteriorating infrastructure and abandoned development projects on Koh Larn, as officials discuss urgent...
Pattaya Mayor explains endless roadworks as major infrastructure push faces cost crisis
PATTAYA, Thailand – Mayor Poramet Ngampichet has responded to growing public frustration over the city’s seemingly nonstop road excavations, explaining that the extensive works...