HEADLINES

December 11, 2009

PLN Threatened With Class Action Over Blackouts

DENPASAR ~ Bali’s Consumer Protection Agency (LPK) has threatened monopoly state power provider PLN with a class action in the – Read More...
December 11, 2009

Brand Bali or Lose Tourism Warning

SANUR ~ Bali, now the icon of Indonesian tourism and a top global destination, would within 20 years end up – Read More...
December 4, 2009

Airport Immigration Faces ‘Names for Sale’ Timeshare Tout Probe

LEGIAN ~ Police are investigating a timeshare touts’ scam in which the names and full details of tourists arriving in – Read More...
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...