HEADLINES

January 10, 2011

Nightclubbing Tourist Robbed in Transvestite Tryst

KUTA A seduction gang including two transvestites is under lock and key after a British tourist complained he had been – Read More...
January 10, 2011

High-Price E-Passports Under Fire

DENPASAR Biometric passports – popularly called e-passports – start being introduced for Indonesian citizens this year, with 10,000 released for – Read More...
January 10, 2011

Balicon Probe Seeks Missing $43m Deposits

DENPASAR The Directorate of Criminal Police has said local insurance-investment company PT Bali Consultan Life Insurance apparently owned assets valued – Read More...
January 9, 2011

Govt Threat over BlackBerry Porn Sparks Anger

JAKARTA A threat by the government to curb BlackBerry smartphone services unless the company filters pornographic sites prompted a wave – Read More...
January 8, 2011

BT Editorials

Playing with Fire More than a dozen people in Bali were spending the early hours of 2011 in hospital due – Read More...
January 7, 2011

Fake Inmate Exposes Nation’s Prison Corruption

JAKARTA When Kasiem, a 55-year-old woman, was condemned to seven months in prison she decided she would prefer not to – Read More...
January 7, 2011

Mass Bird and Fish Deaths Stoke Global Curiosity

WASHINGTON Five thousand dead blackbirds rained from the sky on the first day of the New Year in Arkansas. Then – Read More...
January 7, 2011

Smart Health Cards Delayed

DENPASAR Electronic smart-cards for free healthcare have been delayed because districts have been slow in getting information to the Bali – Read More...
January 7, 2011

Weighbridge Plan to Curb Truck Overloads

DENPASAR Governor I Made Mangku Pastika is considering whether to reintroduce weigh stations to check truck weights, because of “excessive” – Read More...
January 7, 2011

WA Warning Over Bali Dengue Risk

PERTH The West Australian health department has issued a special warning to travellers to Bali over dengue fever, saying there – Read More...