December

December 15, 2010

Big Balicon Fraud Investigators Find only Rp38m

DENPASAR Police have so far found only Rp38 million (US$4.2 million) of the multibillions of rupiah in depositors’ funds missing – Read More...
December 15, 2010

Spot-a-Homosexual Sketch Leads Police to Shop Bandit

NUSA DUA    A man who allegedly robbed a minimarket in Jl Uluwatu, Jimbaran, has been caught by South Kuta Police – Read More...
December 15, 2010

Governor’s School Aid Package Undelivered

SEMARAPURA Special assistance promised by Governor I Made Mangku Pastika to a Klungkung school wrecked by a flood in September – Read More...
December 14, 2010

Aussie Airgun Shooter to Face Charges

SEMARAPURA A 60-year-old Australian man who allegedly shot a tour guide with an air rifle at his business premises on – Read More...
December 14, 2010

‘Time Bomb’ Ticking on Bali’s Customary Law

DENPASAR Governor I Made Mangku Pastika and the Bali Police both say the conflict between customary law and official national – Read More...
December 14, 2010

Rail Plan Warms Up

NUSA DUA Bali’s slow train proposal — flagged earlier this year by Governor I Made Mangku Pastika as a way – Read More...
December 13, 2010

Radical Cleric Bashir Could Face Death Penalty

JAKARTA Prosecutors promised a swift trial of radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir after police charged him on Monday with inciting – Read More...
December 13, 2010

Happy Times: Bali’s beaches are popular with tourists and locals alike. Sindhu Beach at Sanur last week was extra crowded, – Read More...
December 13, 2010

Democracy Decorum

How strange it is that Bali hosts an annual forum about democracy when it is an island that is far – Read More...
December 13, 2010

Training Wheels

A railway system for Bali is a great idea. Creating a workable off-road mass transit infrastructure makes sense in the – Read More...