Updates are continuing to flow in about the mysterious body found in the rice paddy and we now know more about the body’s condition and identity. Police have identified the body of the dead man found earlier Tuesday morning as Britishman Robert Kelvin Ellis, 60, a Sanur resident. The body was discovered in between Kuta […]
Can PDAM please get it together? Dry season is seeming to go on forever and we keep hearing about the regional state-owned tap water company’s inefficiencies. The latest headache involves leaky pipes spilling out into the streets of Denpasar. Residents living around Jl. Hasanuddin in the capital city complained about the leaks earlier today, reported […]
Get ready for the next big wave! Because of Virgin Australia’s recent $1 purchase buying up low-cost carrier Tigerair, the airline might start offering flights from Perth to Bali for the budget crowd. Oh no, we hope this doesn’t line up with the dreaded arrival of those wild schoolies. Bali is in the running with […]
Police nailed three men for dealing stolen cars last week. Old habits die hard. These men are all members of a gang of thieves that operate in several Buleleng districts, according to Tribun Bali. Some of them are alleged repeat offenders and have served time for the same crime. The gang runs a pretty established […]
So you want to buy land in Bali? Better reach for your platinum card. Land prices in the city center are quoted at Rp 10-30 million per square meter, according to VIVAnews. Reports that land prices are rising assert that the consequence is thinning building opportunities. Opportunities especially are decreasing in hotel construction, according to […]
Late on Tuesday night, a ground handling officer was struck by an airplane propeller at Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport. The officer is in critical condition and is currently at Kasih Ibu Hospital in Kedonganan, Bali, as of time of writing, Detik News is reporting. The incident occurred when a Wings Air flight from Denpasar to […]
Even though the hot topic last weekend was something along the lines of “Indonesia for democracy” in Nusa Dua with the president’s visit for his special Bali Democracy Forum, posters of Bali’s biggest protest were quickly pulled out of sight to make way for the event. From Ngurah Rai Airport to the Palace of Suakawati, […]
A thief who reportedly stole Rp 1.3 billion off an ATM card is believed be hiding in Bali, according to SINDOnews. Two out of the three thieves involved in the score have allegedly been arrested. Only the initials and not the names have been released: GN, 38, a resident of Jogja’s neighboring city Klaten, Central […]
After the “champion of the common man” Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was elected as Indonesia’s next president, parliament went for a disappointing 180 and stripped its citizens of their rights to directly elect local leaders on September 26. Earlier this morning at the 7th Bali Democracy Forum, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) expressed his remorse over […]
The island’s water supply has reached crisis level and Bali’s governor, Made Mangku Pastika has asked the management of the regional state-owned tap water company (PDAM) to step it up, reported the Bali Times. PDAM should especially target Denpasar and Badung, Pastika urged. Pastika reportedly explained that the water crisis results from lacking water channels […]
