Bali

March 16, 2007

Govt May Close Airlines after Garuda Disaster

JAKARTA ~ The country’s new air transport chief is to step up the monitoring of airlines and could shut some – Read More...
March 9, 2007

Bali Gains with over 35% Increase in Visitors

Vacationers Largely Unfazed by String of Disasters SEMINYAK ~ Foreign tourist arrivals to Bali were up more than 35 percent – Read More...
March 9, 2007

Probe into Garuda Crash Gets Underway

YOGYAKARTA, Central Java ~ Investigators were combings through the burned-out skeleton of a Garuda Indonesia airliner on Thursday to find – Read More...
March 9, 2007

Fears of Crowding, Pollution in Clean, Green Singapore

SINGAPORE ~ Singapore’s planning for a long-term population of 6.5 million, up nearly 50 percent from the current level, has – Read More...
March 9, 2007

Sumatra Residents, Used to Quakes, Stunned by Power of New Temblor

SOLOK, West Sumatra ~ Relief operations swung into gear on Wednesday, a day after a powerful quake rocked western Sumatra – Read More...
March 2, 2007

In Days of Yore, People Were Sacrificed in Bali, Too

SEMINYAK/DENPASAR ~ People were sacrificed as part of elaborate cremation ceremonies in Bali as recently as the turn of the – Read More...
March 2, 2007

Govt Mulls Lower Age for Aircraft

JAKARTA ~ The central government may impose a 10-year age limit on domestic passenger planes from their first flight in – Read More...
March 2, 2007

Tomb of Jesus – Husband, Father – Found, Says Film

NEW YORK ~ The burial site of Jesus has been found and suggests he had a wife and son, according – 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...
February 22, 2007

Jakarta Ferry Fire Kills 15

JAKARTA ~ At least 15 people, including three children, were killed on Thursday when a ferry carrying more than 200 – Read More...