Tag: Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome
Norway agency to investigate suspected abuse of Norwegian-Thai children
Norway’s Department of Children and Youth Policy plans to work with Pattaya social workers to investigate whether Norwegian-Thai children are being abused. ...
MPs, local officials hold open house for community leaders
Representatives from Pattaya’s 38 neighborhoods talked with area MPs and city leaders about local problems at an open house at Pattaya School No....
Pattaya marks Global Female Condom Day
Virtually unknown in Thailand, female condoms were handed out free as doctors discussed their use in preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases when...
Drugs, crime top list of priorities for new mayor, residents say
Drugs, crime and infrastructure top the list of issues Pattaya residents want to see resolved by whoever is elected mayor in this month’s...
Pattaya business leaders shrug off threat from coming labor-law liberalization
A provincial labor official warned Pattaya tourism businesses to begin planning now for changes to come in 2015 with the launch of the...
AIS adds 8 Pattaya disabled students to call center workforce
Eight Pattaya disabled students landed jobs when the Father Ray Foundation joined Advanced Information Services’ call center employment program. Father Ray...
Public, private groups ally to combat ‘considerable’ increase in HIV/AIDS in...
Seven public and private-sector organizations have joined forces to help curtail what is being called a “considerable” increase in Pattaya’s HIV and AIDS infection...
Mayor downplays claim 30% of Pattaya land held by foreigners
Government stokes nationalist ire, but called inaccurate, xenophobic Large-scale foreign ownership of land in Pattaya is not affecting the city’s development plans, Mayor Itthiphol...
Hundreds don green, celebrate St Paddy’s Day in Pattaya
Irish eyes smile as Pattaya celebrates St. Patrick’s Day Irish eyes were smiling on Pattaya March 17 as the city celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with...
China Gezhouba Group pays visit to City Hall
Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome (left) receives a gift of friendship from Sophit Phisalsa Kulruk, representing Zou Jun (right) Deputy General Manager South East Asia...
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The entry tax on tourists visiting Thailand again in the news
The Tourism Council of Thailand is again lobbying for the government to introduce the 300 baht (US$8) levy on all foreign tourist arrivals. Vice...
Jomtien Beach crackdown intensifies following gun shooting incident
PATTAYA, Thailand - In response to the alarming incident on April 25, when Thotchaphon Onwong, a 29-year-old former soldier and current Bolt taxi-driver, intoxicated...
Thai navy patrol discovers body floating off Trat province
TRAT, Thailand - Naval officers aboard Thai Patrol Boat 235 discovered the body of an unidentified man floating in the sea approximately 4 nautical...
Berserk American injures family, wrecks Pattaya home in violent outburst
PATTAYA, Thailand - An American national and YouTuber with over 2.4 million followers, Connor Michael Murphy, 30, caused panic and chaos inside his residence...