HEADLINES

December 4, 2009

We’ll Build Our Peace Park, Say Aussies

LEGIAN ~ The Australian-based Bali Peace Park Association, which has been trying for years to turn the site of the – Read More...
December 4, 2009

PLN’s Christmas Gift to Bali: Another Month of Power Cuts

DENPASAR ~ State power monopoly PLN had some very bad news for Bali this week – it hasn’t fixed its – Read More...
November 27, 2009

PLN Wins $100m Aid Loan to Fix Bali’s Power Crisis

LEGIAN ~ State power company PLN has been offered US$100 million by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to finance projects – Read More...
November 27, 2009

Famine Hits Penida: And Red Tape Blocks Aid

SEMARAPURA ~ Officials have declared Nusa Penida a disaster area because of the threat of famine in remote areas of – Read More...
November 27, 2009

Pastika Turtle-Kill Request Shot Down

DENPASAR ~ A request by Governor I Made Mangku Pastika for permission to cull 1,000 green turtles a year for – Read More...
November 20, 2009

Your Jail’s a Disaster, Kerobokan Chief Told

DENPASAR ~ New Justice and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar pronounced himself shocked by conditions at Kerobokan Jail when he – Read More...
November 20, 2009

Ex-KK Boss Gets 2 Years For Fraud

DENPASAR ~ Former business and investment adviser Esti Yuliani – known to most of her expatriate clients as Julie Edmond – Read More...
November 20, 2009

Sack for Jailed Policewoman

DENPASAR ~ A Badung policewoman who was sentenced to 20 months’ jail for embezzling three vehicles has been dismissed from – Read More...
November 20, 2009

Call for Park in Place of Governor’s Shopping Mall

DENPASAR ~ Governor I Made Mangku Pastika’s plan for a shopping mall on the site of the former Badung regency – Read More...
November 20, 2009

High-Flying Bali Ups Tourism Target

DENPASAR ~ Bali has set an ambitious target to attract 2.1 million foreign tourists in 2010, announcing the goal immediately – Read More...