The Sukosol comes alive with the sounds of music next month with the return of the Asia International Guitar Festival and Competition. Now in its sixth year, the festival is one of Asia’s biggest and most vibrant events for classical guitar aficionados and music lovers.
This year’s agenda includes master classes, guitar exhibits, competitions and concerts [...]
On his promotion to director of administration at Chonburi police station, Colonel Kreetha (right) of the anti-trafficking division was honored by monks at a making-merit ceremony.
After many public complaints about street crime, police made a determined effort and caught 10 males and one female under 18 involved in stealing jewelry and selling it to a gold dealer. The young thieves were rounded up in a sting operation when they were gathered in Soi Batman, according to Police Lieutenant General Panya [...]
Fifty uniformed police officers and undercover cops descended on cheap guest houses around Pattaya checking the documents of guests. They focused primarily on Soi Honey Inn and Soi Sunee Plaza where many Burmese are legally employed as waiters, roti vendors, etc. The checks turned up a number of guests here illegally; they will be deported. [...]
A tourist from Oman died in a swimming pool accident after picking up a woman on Walking Street. Police were summoned to a hotel on Pratumnak Road when staff reported that an unresponsive body floating in the pool. Hussain Haiderbahram, 43, was pronounced dead at the scene by a Sawangboriboon doctor.
His Walking Street companion, 47-year-old [...]
Thousands of umbrellas have been donated to help in the local publicity campaign Pattaya City Definitely More. They were donated by Bangkok Pattaya Hospital, Air Asia, Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, Visa Card and Central Festival Pattaya Beach. Pattaya Mayor Itthiphol Kunplume said that the umbrellas would be erected around town to add colour and [...]
A party at Foodland, Central Pattaya, featured meat and dairy products as well as baked goods and wines. The annual International Food & Beverage Party 2012 was sponsored by Foodland Supermarket Co., Ltd, and the Food & Beverage Importers. Edwin Lim, Foodland managing director, said the party provides samples to customers as a way of [...]
Officials from various villages and communities in the Pattaya area were invited to City Hall for a seminar on improving the quality of life. It was agreed that being charitable to the poor and solving drug problems were amongst the top priorities.
Ratchadaporn Sangvibut, owner of the Bodika Bar on Soi Post Office, handed to police a wallet which had been dropped outside her bar. Two customers noticed the wallet on the floor and gave it to the bar management. Police said they had not succeeded in tracking down the owner of the wallet, Barry Phillip Morgan, [...]
Banglamung district officers descended in force for one night recently to check the IDs of bar staff and street beckoners in case there were any under-age sex workers. The location was the popular Soi 6 in North Pattaya which has a galaxy of bars and clubs to attract devotees of night life as well as [...]
