Tag: Songkran
TAT supports “Together Festival” music experience
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is extending publicity support to A. G. Productions and Bangkok’s most prominent house music promoter, Retox Sessions, in...
Nong Nooch celebrates National Elephant Day
With 40 pachyderms in its stables, there couldn’t have been a better place to celebrate National Elephant Day than Nong Nooch Tropical Garden. ...
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...
Hotel execs updated on minimum wage increase
Executives from more than 60 Pattaya-area hotels were brought up to speed on the Thai minimum wage increase set to take effect April 1....
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...
Bikers Without Borders pulls into Pattaya
About 50 motorcycle enthusiasts pulled into Pattaya on the latest stop in their “Bikers Without Borders” friendship tour of Thailand. The...
Pattaya cuts spending on public-health programs by 33%
Pattaya will cut spending on specialized public-health programs by a third in 2012, putting only 16 million baht into projects for diabetes prevention, the...
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...
Wife arrested for killing husband who planned to leave her
A woman who tried to stop her husband from leaving her by threatening him with a gun was arrested for murder after, she claimed,...
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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...