HEADLINES

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...
December 9, 2010

Court Hears New Temple Theft Evidence

AMLAPURA Three of the six Balinese men charged over the four-year rash of thefts of sacred pratima objects from temples – Read More...
December 9, 2010

Insurance Company Boss Held Over Missing Mega-Funds

DENPASAR A local insurance company boss is under arrest while police and accountants try to work out how many hundreds – Read More...
December 6, 2010

Elevated Highway Plan Gets a Big Lift

DENPASAR The so-called “third option” to solve chronic traffic congestion in the Kuta-airport-Jimbaran area — an elevated highway to run – Read More...
December 6, 2010

Mystery Month-Long Grounding Threatens Beach Oil Spill

SANUR There are fears a small oil tanker left stranded on Mertasari Reef off Sanur after it ran aground outside – Read More...
December 1, 2010

Bali Holiday Romance With a Sting

NUSA DUA A 37-year-old Japanese woman who befriended a 28-year-old East Java man and had a five-month relationship with him – Read More...
December 1, 2010

Police to Get Prison Drug Raid Rights

DENPASAR Badung Police and Kerobokan jail authorities are negotiating a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in a new joint bid to – Read More...
December 1, 2010

‘Citizen’ Scam Fails: Man Can’t Speak Indonesian

DENPASAR A Taiwanese businessman has been detained by immigration over an alleged identity scam discovered when he presented documents including – Read More...