HEADLINES

June 11, 2009

Bali Airline Boss, Bankrupt over Bombings, Building Nightclub on Bomb Site

Work gets under way at the site of the Sari Club, on Wednesday. Corrugated iron sheets have been erected in – Read More...
June 5, 2009

Bali’s Big Blackout: We Don’t Know Why, Says PLN

LEGIAN ~ State power generator PLN still could not explain at week’s end why Bali suffered a sudden massive blackout – Read More...
June 5, 2009

Poisoned Arak Kills 25, Including Four Foreigners

BADUNG ~ The number of deaths from arak laced with methanol has risen to 25, including English, American, Dutch and – Read More...
June 5, 2009

Malaysia Palace Says Sex Allegations ‘a Private Affair’

KUALA LUMPUR ~ Malaysian royals have described allegations by a teenage US-Indonesian model that she was raped and abused by – Read More...
June 5, 2009

Kantor Kita Boss Reported over $1m Land Fraud

DENPASAR ~ The owner of the well-known company-services firm Kantor Kita has been reported to police over allegations she embezzled – Read More...
June 5, 2009

ADB Lends Indonesia $1bn

MANILA ~ The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Thursday it had lent Indonesia US$1 billion to help maintain spending – Read More...
May 29, 2009

Bali Link OzJet Placed in Administration

LEGIAN ~ The sudden suspension of twice-weekly Perth-Bali services by Australian charter airline OzJet last week was swiftly followed by – Read More...
May 29, 2009

Orangutans Face Abuse in Indonesian Zoos: Study

JAKARTA ~ Orangutans in public and private Indonesian zoos are being abused to the point where they are eating their – Read More...
May 29, 2009

Methanol-Tainted Arak Kills 16

DENPASAR ~ Sixteen people in Bali died after drinking a brew of arak rice alcohol mixed with more than 20 – Read More...
May 29, 2009

Renovated Ancient Buddhist Temple Opens

SINGARAJA ~ Fifteen years after its discovery, a centuries-old Buddhist temple in Kalibukbuk, Buleleng, was declared restored and open for – Read More...