Hello Pattaya News Readers and Supporters!
The following is our weekly feature in which we highlight the top local stories in our area, Pattaya and Chonburi, from the past week. The number of stories differs from week to week.
These are chosen and curated by our editorial team and are designed for our readers to get a quick “catch-up” of important stories they may have missed. We publish many stories daily and it is easy to lose track of important events or changes in our area. We do national recaps in a separate article, this is only the top local stories in our area and province.
They are in no particular order of importance but roughly in order of publishing. These are from Sunday, January 23rd, 2022, to Saturday, January 29th, 2022.
Let’s get started and see what the top local stories were!
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1. Drinking hours officially extended to 11:00 P.M. at “restaurants” in Chonburi
Good news for fans of alcohol in Pattaya and Chonburi.
2. Banglamung Police back to regular police checkpoints in the Pattaya area with CCTV mobile cameras
Police have returned to numerous daily checkpoints in Pattaya after almost two years of them being on pause due to Covid-19. Many local residents, however, have expressed their annoyance at this on social media but Pattaya police say this is about keeping everyone safe and not money.
Banglamung Police back to regular police checkpoints in the Pattaya area with CCTV mobile cameras
3. Naklua Walk and Eat Festival returns!
Good news for fans of, well, walking and eating!
Naklua Walk and Eat festival in Pattaya to resume in early February
4. Pattaya hotels and hospitals prepare for Test and Go to resume February 1st
Here are the details, if you missed them before, for Test and Go in Pattaya.
5. Elderly foreign ex-pat dies while getting a massage at a massage shop in Pattaya
Our most discussed article of the week on social media. See why here:
Elderly foreign expat dies while getting a massage at a massage shop in Pattaya
6. Banglamung police raid a total of seven allegedly illegally open entertainment venues in Pattaya early this morning
Raids continue as, technically, bars and nightlife are still legally closed and supposed to be “restaurants”. The main issue in these raids, however, was allegedly being open past 11:00 P.M., the current legal drinking time.
