July

July 26, 2010

What’s in a Name? Well, a Laugh for Starters

Being a wordsmith from way back, I’ve trained myself to refrain from dashing about the place with marker pens and – Read More...
July 25, 2010

Floods, Landslide Kill 21

JAKARTA At least 21 people have been killed in floods and a landslide triggered by heavy rains across the country, – Read More...
July 25, 2010

‘Winter’ Weather Casts Cloud Over Tropical Bali

ULUWATU Dense, rumbling clouds, sporadic rain and unusually chill temperatures for tropical Bali are continuing far beyond forecasters’ predictions and – Read More...
July 24, 2010

Ways Around Indonesia Passport Bar, Say ‘Flattered’ Israeli Author

Etgar Keret has told The Bali Times he has accepted an invitation to attend this year’s Ubud Writers and Readers – Read More...
July 24, 2010

Sumatra Struck by Quake

DENPASAR A 6.0-magnitude quake hit North Sumatra province on Saturday morning, the Meteorological and Geophysics agency said, but there were – Read More...
July 24, 2010

Israeli Writer’s Festival Invite Flouts Govt Ban

UBUD The Ubud Writers and Readers Festival has invited leading Israeli author and filmmaker Etgar Keret to this year’s festival, – Read More...
July 21, 2010

Explosive: Deliveries of government-subsidised cooking gas being made in Kuta on Wednesday morning. The 3-kilogram canisters have been exploding all – Read More...
July 20, 2010

Bypass Work Priced at $2.4bn

DALUNG Badung regency’s concept for improving traffic flow on the Ngurah Rai bypass has won approval in principle from the – Read More...
July 20, 2010

Hotels Learn to Play Boy Scout

SANUR Bali’s top hotels are taking a leaf out of the Boy Scouts’ manual — they are following the motto – Read More...
July 20, 2010

Rabies Vaccine Runs Out Again

DENPASAR Six of Bali’s nine districts — including Denpasar, where Sanglah, the chief rabies hospital which has its own supplies, – Read More...