Desa pakraman –village based on small organization in one area spread in every  districts in Bali where the people of the village as its member.

Negara, in order to suppress illegal logging that continuously happened, sooner all of pakraman villages that have access to the forest surround them will get permission to manage it. This management by the village member will be called as village forest. Continue reading »

Moslem and Hindu have been live peacefully for hundred years in Karangasem where they have to maintain that kind of relationship for unlimited period of time. Breaking the fasting that is held at Puri Gede, Amlapura stand as one media to retain the relationship between the two religions in which it had been maintained since a long time ago as been said by Manggala Puri Gede Amlapura, AAb Ngurah Agunf, S.H on Monday. Continue reading »

Omega Group Kyowa, a Japanese marine research and development center celebrated its first anniversary in Seminyak. In the event, Chairman of Omega Group Kyowa, Kimiya Homma, stressed the importance of marine research and development to improve health. Continue reading »

Whilst Idul Fitri holiday is still rather far ahead, queue of exodus has started to appear in the entrance gate of Gilimanuk ferry port on Saturday, September 12th. The queue was dominated by motorbikes in small groups of 5 to 10. A port officer on duty said that there was an increase of about 10% from normal days. Continue reading »

2009 has been announced by Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the year of creativity. In response, many initiatives have been rolled out to encourage growth of creative economy throughout the country. The Community of Economic Department of Udayana University (BKFE Unud) has conducted a seminar on creative economy in the campus on Friday, September 11th. Continue reading »

Since a Memorandum of Understanding between the state power company PT PLN and Indonesian Real Estate Association REI was signed, number of new houses getting electricity supply has increased. However there are still somewhere between 30% to 40% of completely built houses could not be sold for absence of electricity supply. The situation was exposed by Chairman of REI Bali, Sukadana Wendha on Friday (September 11th). Continue reading »

Ninety nine paragliders flew at the same time in the air above Timbis Beach, Nusadua to commemorate the 9th of September 2009. The action was recorded by Indonesian Museum of Records (MURI) as it broke the previous record of last year when 88 paragliders flew together at the same time. Continue reading »

Malaysian market is one of the main feeders of foreign tourists to Indonesia. To attract even more business, the Managing Director of Merry’s Tour & Travel services, Misto Leo Faisal, said that tour agents in Indonesia, including Bali, have been offering discount on tour packages in promotion event in Malaysia. Discounts are expected to motivate more Malaysian to spend their holiday in Bali or other Indonesian destinations. Continue reading »

Revision of contract on land used by BTDC as demanded by Bali Governor less likely to get implemented. BTDC has just confirmed that contract value has been defined in the initial contract with the investor for the whole period ending on 2025. The Director of BTDC, Made Mandra, explained that lease contract between BTDC and the investors of the golf course will remain in force untill 2025. Continue reading »

Number of visiting foreign tourists to Bali in 2009 is showing significant increase compared to similar period of previous year. Compared backward 2009 is breaking record along the tourism history of Bali. Between January and July 2009, 1,242,297 foreign tourists visited Bali, a 11.87% increase compared to the same period of the previous year. Continue reading »