March

March 2, 2007

Cement Balls Dropped into ‘Mud Volcano’

JAKARTA ~ A plan to use concrete balls to stem the disastrous ooze from a “mud volcano” in East Java – Read More...
March 2, 2007

Cigarette Production Rises

JAKARTA ~ Indonesia produced 230.3 billion cigarettes in 2006, up 4.5 percent from the previous year, reports said. Official data – Read More...
March 2, 2007

Celebrity Chef’s Brother Arrested

DENPASAR ~ The brother of British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has been arrested for possession of heroin in Bali, police – Read More...
March 2, 2007

The French are Coming. Hurrah!

By Henry James The Bali Times   CANGGU, Bali ~ While I am neither for nor against the arrival of – Read More...
March 2, 2007

Confiscated Airline Items Are Big Sellers

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania ~ What happens to those scissors, lighters and the occasional machete confiscated at American airports? Many are auctioned – Read More...
March 2, 2007

Govt Reaps $1.6bn from Freeport

JAKARTA ~ American mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc. paid the central government US$1.6 billion last year from its – Read More...
March 2, 2007

Garlic’s Cholesterol Value Questioned

Garlic – long touted as a wonder food for treating everything from the common cold to heart ailments – is – Read More...
March 2, 2007

LifeTimes – Wayan Sana

I Wayan Sana, 67, a retired headmaster of an elementary school, is from Pejeng village in Gianyar. What’s the greatest – Read More...
March 2, 2007

Ferry Disaster Toll Rises; President Demands Better Safety

JAKARTA ~ The death toll from the country’s latest ferry disaster rose to 54 by Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang – Read More...
March 2, 2007

More Fish Washed Up

Thousands of fish were washed up on Kedungu Beach in Tabanan this week, possibly because of the rapid grown of – Read More...