Pattaya Mail – Thai News Reports

Pattaya embraces heavy rains and flash floods this weekend; sea travel in high caution

Eastern Part Weather Forecast Fairly widespread thundershowers with isolated heavy rains in NakhonNayok, Prachinburi, Chonburi (Pattaya), Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat.Minimum temperature 24-26 °C.Maximum temperature 30-35 °C. Southeasterly winds 15-30 km/hr. Wave height about 1 meter and 1-2 meters in thundershowers. 7 days Weather Forecast (June 25, 2022 – July 1,

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Pattaya gay parade emphasizes equality and commercialism

Pattaya’s celebration of gay rights this weekend was the city’s first public parade in the unfolding post-Covid era where mask wearing has just become voluntary. Hundreds of people of all genders, sex workers, feminists and a large contingent of drag artists journeyed in an impressive display of unity and solidarity.

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Indian wedding and honeymoon market booming in Pattaya, Krabi, Koh Samui and Phuket

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) together with leading Indian bridal media brand Wedding Sutra staged the ‘Amazing Thailand Wedding Summit 2022’ in Mumbai and New Delhi on 25 and 27 May, 2022, aiming to grow the lucrative Indian wedding and honeymoon market to Thailand. Mr. Yuthasak Supasorn, TAT Governor,

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Pattaya Nongprue community offers walk-in Covid-19 jabs for kids 5-11

Nongprue launched walk-in Covid-19 vaccinations for children ages 5-11 The June 23-24 event at the Nongprue Health Garden was aimed at providing the first shots for unvaccinated kids. Demand for vaccine jabs have increased now that on-site schooling has resumed. Parents brought students from Sawang Boriboon Wittaya, Ban Tung Klom,

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East Pattaya village hit again by sewage overflow, a problem unsolved for years

Pattaya Deputy Mayor Manote Nongyai and city council members inspected damage to an East Pattaya village which has been dealing with flooding and overflowing sewage for years. The lack of a proper drainage system under Eakmongkol Village 8, off Khao Talo Soi 3, has created nightmares for residents of neighboring

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Another week, another Indian robbed of big gold in Pattaya

The message that tourists shouldn’t flash big gold necklaces in Pattaya still hasn’t gotten back to India. Yet another Indian visitor – the seventh since April – had a big, fat, expensive chain stolen by transgender thieves. This time it was Naresh Kumar Labhshankar Pandya, 47, strolling down Second Road

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Pattaya City rounds up ferocious Pratamnak Hill stray dogs

A Pattaya councilman together with a team of city dog catchers rounded up a pack of wild dogs terrorizing Pratamnak Hill residents. Wuttithon Sang-U-Rai visited Soi Kasetsin 1 on Soi 23 where numerous residents and construction workers complained of being bitten by stray dogs that lived on vacant land there.

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Overhead wires catch fire on Thepprasit Road, South Pattaya

Electricity in South Pattaya was knocked out temporarily by burning electrical and communications wires. Firefighters needed only 10 minutes to put out the June 22 fire spread across five utility poles on Thepprasit Road near Thepprasit Soi 7. The damage, however, knocked out power, telephone, internet and cable-television service in

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Pattaya toddler gets 200 stitches after dog mauling

A Pattaya toddler needed 200 stitches after being mauled by a rottweiler. Police chief Pol. Col. Kullachart Kullachai visited the boy’s French and Chinese parents June 22 and said the 2-year-old is out of the intensive-care unit at Bangkok Hospital Pattaya and is recovering. The parents recounted how a nanny

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Pattaya toddler gets 200 stiches after dog mauling

A Pattaya toddler needed 200 stiches after being mauled by a rottweiler. Police chief Pol. Col. Kullachart Kullachai visited the boy’s French and Chinese parents June 22 and said the 2-year-old is out of the intensive-care unit at Bangkok Hospital Pattaya and is recovering. The parents recounted how a nanny

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Pattaya, Tourist police practice drunk-tourist response

Pattaya and Tourist police practiced how they would handle a violently drunk tourist. Pattaya police chief Pol. Col. Kullachart Kullachai led the training exercise June 21 on Jomtien Beach. The scenario called for a hired actor to play the role of a foreign man who was drunk and acting threateningly

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Pattaya railway-road pipe-laying will be done by August says deputy mayor

Grossly behind schedule, work to lay 2.5 kilometers of new drainage pipe along Pattaya’s railway-parallel road will be done by the end of August, Deputy Mayor Manote Nongyai said. Manote and city engineer Bodinpat Thawatpaiboon met with lead contractor Saha Hydro Pattaya Joint Venture Co. June 22 to push for

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Sour Pattaya vendor unimpressed by government price controls

A sourly pessimistic Pattaya clothing vendor was left unimpressed by the Cabinet extending cost-of-living and energy subsidies for another three months. Announcing the resolution on Tuesday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said that the measures were aimed at helping people and businesses cope with the energy price crisis which was likely

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Pattaya marine-rescue updates lifeguard training

With more tourists returning, Pattaya officials decided it might be a good time to update lifeguard training. Deputy Mayor Kritsana Boonsawat and city council members observed as marine-rescue officials conducted the training course in Jomtien Beach June 22. Kritsana said physical testing now are being run weekly to ensure the

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Compulsory mask wearing to end immediately

The Thai prime minister has signed the order to cancel the wearing of mask in public. Starting June 24, muffling will be optional even in busy places although elderly people, the infirm and pregnant women are advised to continue doing so if in a crowded situation. However, individual businesses can still

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Opponents of marijuana pull out all the stops

Those who want to recriminalize cannabis in Thailand are having a field day. Food stalls offering Pot Tarts and Night Nurse have appeared in Bangkok and Pattaya, leading to dire warnings of abuse by children getting hooked on the stuff. There are rumors of people dying or being hospitalized after

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Harold Shorter is appearing at The Jazz Pit Pattaya

Harold took his first music lesson when he was just 10 years old learning to play the accordion and keyboards. However, by the age of 15, he realised his true passion and started playing the drums where his talent was quickly spotted and he was asked to join the school’s

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Harold Shorter coming to Jazz Pit Pattaya in July

Harold took his first music lesson when he was just 10 years old learning to play the accordion and keyboards. However, by the age of 15, he realised his true passion and started playing the drums where his talent was quickly spotted and he was asked to join the school’s

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Pattaya Grapevine: Immigration Melody

The end of insurance Compulsory Covid insurance ends July 1 for anyone entering Thailand. But those applying for retirement visas at Thai embassies still need comprehensive medical cover. Details on individual embassy sites. Whether you need such cover to extend such a visa for twelve months at immigration depends which

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