HEADLINES

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

Teachers Get Front-Line Anti-Rabies Role

DENPASAR Teachers have been recruited as the latest weapon in the fight against rabies, in a further bid to get – Read More...
December 13, 2010

New Warnings Sounded Over Too-Crowded Bali

SANUR Further warnings have been sounded over the pace of tourism development in Bali, with Dutch professor of service management – Read More...
December 13, 2010

Catching Illegal Workers Too Hard, Says Immigration Chief

DENPASAR The head of the Denpasar immigration office says catching foreigners working illegally on the island is a problem — – Read More...
December 10, 2010

Couple Caned in Aceh over Kiss

JANTHO Two people were caned in Aceh province on Friday after being caught having an extramarital kiss. Hundreds of people – Read More...
December 9, 2010

Australia Piles Pressure on SBY over Bali Prisoners

NUSA DUA Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd lobbied President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Bali on Thursday over convicted drug smuggler – Read More...
December 9, 2010

Jl Legian Joins the Car-Free Club

KUTA Jl Legian at Kuta has joined Bali’s burgeoning car-free zones — already in use in Denpasar — with a – Read More...
December 9, 2010

Dutch Weekenders Robbed in Violent Break-In

AMLAPURA Karangasem Police have made sketches of the likenesses of two men who broke into a villa at Jasri, near – Read More...