HEADLINES

January 19, 2011

Taxman Jailed in Massive Corruption Case

JAKARTA A Jakarta court sentenced a low-level tax official on Wednesday who admitted to causing hundreds of millions of dollars – Read More...
January 18, 2011

Authorities Probing Legionnaire’s Outbreak in Bali

DENPASAR The authorities are investigating reports of an outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease in Bali, an official said on Tuesday after – Read More...
January 18, 2011

Corby ‘Home Detention’ Plan a Step Closer

JAKARTA Bali’s celebrity prisoner Schapelle Corby and others may be a step closer to being sent home to serve their – Read More...
January 18, 2011

Temple Theft Man Gets Six-and-a-Half Years’ Jail

AMLAPURA One of the men in the temple theft ring broken by police last year has been sentenced to six-and-a-half-years’ – Read More...
January 14, 2011

Flood-Ravaged Australia Thanks Indonesia for Aid

DENPASAR The Australian government thanked Indonesia on Friday for giving financial assistance to help it with deadly flooding in Queensland. – Read More...
January 14, 2011

Big Blow Shuts Lombok Ferries Down

PADANG BAI A traffic queue up to five kilometres long built up outside Padang Bai on Wednesday and Thursday, when – Read More...
January 14, 2011

Thai Woman Held on Death-Count Drug Charge

TUBAN A Thai sales clerk is facing a potential death sentence after being caught at Ngurah Rai International Airport carrying – Read More...
January 14, 2011

Bali Nine Man Loses Final Appeal

DENPASAR Bali Nine heroin-smuggling gang member Martin Stephens, 34, has lost a final Supreme Court appeal against his life sentence. – Read More...
January 14, 2011

Rabies-Hit Penida Mounts Mass Dog Cull

SEMARAPURA Authorities on Nusa Penida killed more than 1,000 stray dogs in two days this week after the island’s first – Read More...
January 13, 2011

WikiLeaks Chief Blasts Chinese Internet Censorship

LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has blasted China as the “technological enemy” of his whistleblower website because of its aggressive – Read More...