A number of traditional fishermen living in Banjar Kajekangin of Kubutambahan district complain presence of pearl farming run by an investor in the coastline of their village. Pearl farming facilities often damage fishing nets. Additionaly since the presence of the mentioned pearl farming fishes have gone away from the area, causing decreasing yields of their […]

Police department is having trouble in enforcing community behavior in Bali especially in law jurisdiction of Denpasar. The most problematic is increasing frequency of motor vehicle thefts as well as burglary. Furthermore native Balinese which in the past tend to far away from criminal conducts start to change. A number of native Balinese become the […]

The robbers paid another visit to the villa owned by Australian expat Philip Doyle (52 years old) on Wilis beach. It seemed that they were not satisfied with what they have got from their first robbery at the same place as reported in earlier news post Australian Tourists Robbed in a Villa . After the […]

Crime is increasing within the last few days in Gianyar, Bali. After a few days back happened to an art shop, then three local residential houses, last night a private villas on Wilis beach - at the new emerging Bali villas enclave of Saba - Pering village in Blahbatuh district of Gianyar regency was robbed. […]

Plan of Ocean Blue Bali Korea Co. Ltd., a large investor which intends to push 400 billion Rupiah in Karangasem is threatened for cancellation. The construction of the five star hotel Chateau de Bali a white sand beach at Bias Tugel, Padang Bai, the district of Manggis in Karangasem regency is suspected for violation of […]

There are no significant difference at Bali bomb monument built on the ground zero in Kuta during the last moment before execution of Bali bomber trio Imam Samudra, Ali Gufron, and Amrozy. Occasionally a few foreign tourists are seen starring to the monument on which names of all 202 victims of the first Bali bomb […]

A number of Australian Parliament members met the Chairman of Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Hidayat Nurwahid and Chairman of Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Agung Laksono in Jakarta yesterday (Monday, November 3rd). Delegation of Australian Parliament led by the Chairman Harry Jenkins discussed about various issues including travel advisory and better understanding about democracy […]

Bali police headquarter has started to apply super-security level closing to execution of Amrozy and his fellow 2002 Bali bomb spectators. At least 3,500 police officers are allocated to ensure security in the whole island. Highest security alert implemented not only the main gates like Airport and inter-island ferry ports, beach where traditional fishermen are […]

Teachers from Indonesia including Bali will get an opportunity to know Australia better including latest situation and culture of the land of the kangaroos through Australia-Indonesia Bridge Project. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the program has just been signed at Bali office of the ministry for education by the head of the office Kusuma […]

Executives of Badung Regency has finally instructed additional labor to work on construction project of two sport centers (GOR) at Kerobokan and Mengwi. The Vice Regent of Badung I Ketut Sudikerta has even instructed the contractor to take all necessary actions to ensure that the deadline completion - which is December 2008 - met.