HEADLINES

October 2, 2010

Women Caned in Aceh for Selling Food during Ramadhan

BANDA ACEH Two women have been caned in staunchly Muslim Aceh province for selling food during the fasting hours of – Read More...
September 30, 2010

Huge 2011 Draft Budget Worries Legislators

DENPASAR Bali’s legislature is looking at a draft provincial budget for 2011 that requires total investments of Rp15.78 trillion (US$1.75 – Read More...
September 30, 2010

Naked Knife Girl Knew Her Killer, Says Crime Expert

DENPASAR Dewa Agung Ayu Diah Cahyani, the 18-year-old health sciences student found naked and stabbed to death in her Denpasar – Read More...
September 29, 2010

Study Finds Rising Intolerance Among Indonesian Muslims

JAKARTA Indonesia’s Muslim majority has become less tolerant over the past decade and the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono – Read More...
September 29, 2010

Airport Expansion Budget Gets a Trim

DENPASAR Bali’s airport expansion is going ahead — but with a reduced budget following analysis and verification of the project – Read More...
September 29, 2010

Bali Gets Towering $240m to Solve Power Woes

DENPASAR The months-long series of electricity blackouts that struck Bali multiple times daily from October last year into January may – Read More...
September 29, 2010

Foreign Money Buys Bali a Softer Rabies Approach

DENPASAR Bali’s government has signed up to a mass dog vaccination campaign — targeting 400,000 animals — financed by foreign – Read More...
September 27, 2010

Prosecutors Demand Death Be Upheld for Bali 9 Rush

DENPASAR Prosecutors argued before the Denpasar District Court on Monday that Australian Scott Rush, a member of the so-called Bali – Read More...
September 26, 2010

Extra Precautions in Bali Over Terror Threat

DENPASAR Security forces have gone on increased alert throughout Bali in the wake of the Sumatra terrorist bank raid and – Read More...
September 25, 2010

Bali Peace Park Still a Car Park as Deadline Nears

PERTH The Bali Peace Park Association — which wants to build a memorial and “reflection centre” on the Sari Club – Read More...