The notorious presenter and newly “one-woman man” Raffi Ahmad will of course celebrate his wedding to “Gigi” Nagita Slavina in style. The couple selected Bali as the site for their big post-wedding party and you can expect nothing less than glam and over-the-top from them. Celebrity presenter Ayu Dewi will give guests something to talk […]
150 women lined up in Tabanan yesterday to get their breasts checked and better understand the threat of breast cancer. That’s a lot of tatas. The breast cancer screening was put on by Bali Pink Ribbon Foundation in collaboration with Prima Medical Hospital and is the first in a series of screenings for Breast Cancer […]
Ade Rai is an Indonesian household name. The muscle man is so ubiquitous across the archipelago that his portrait can been decorating the walls of fitness centers and warungs alike across the country. Just look for the framed shrines of the one really big macho muscly Indonesian man. Yup, that’s Ade Rai. Rai’s latest stir […]
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 […]
Earlier today at the Bali Democracy Forum in Nusa Dua, Philippines President Benigno Aquino III let the leaders of ASEAN know what’s up with the need to prioritize democracy in their respective countries. Aquino adeptly weighed the pros and cons of totalitarian rule, but urged that it’s ultimately detrimental. Sure, things get done quicker and […]
Who said gold was too luxe of a good for promos? Today’s special deal for gold was buy 100 grams, get 1 free at the “Shiny Gold” seminar earlier today at Nikki Hotel in Denpasar, according to Tribun Bali. Another deal provided a free voucher of a Rp 100k value for the purchase of 50 […]
Enough of those Japanese and American comics that dominate the comic scene. Rising Indonesian stars are pushing to get their work out there in their own “Indonesian” style. Art supplies manufacturing giant Faber-Castell will hold a comic strip contest in Bali this month to paint the way for young Indonesian comic artists, according to Berita […]
Luxury and elite hotels can be found all over Bali, but Nusa Dua is the crème de la crème of Bali at its fanciest. To remind everybody of that, the resorts of Nusa Dua will host the Nusa Dua Fiesta, a multi-day event to celebrate “culture, art, sports and, above all, fun,” according to a […]
There’s something kind of funny about banning protests from an international democracy event, but that’s what’s going down in Bali this Friday, as the seventh Bali Democracy Forum is scheduled to open. Police announced that protests and demonstrations of any kind will be prohibited during the two-day international event in Nusa Dua, where the forum […]
