Destroying Paradise
There is a virulent debate underway about the direction that Bali is heading as it becomes ever-more heavily developed and welcomes rising numbers of tourists. A portion of this important discussion is...
View ArticleThe Real Satan Among Us
Indonesia sent another signal to the world on Tuesday that it is not entirely comfortable with the modern, democratic age when its police force capitulated to Islamic hardliners and banned one of the...
View ArticleWelcome News
Everyone involved in Bali, and Jakarta, in shepherding the process of Bali’s subak system to be recognised with world heritage status deserves credit. UNESCO has now listed the stunning ricefields that...
View ArticleAnd They Just Keep Coming
Editorial By now, anyone with any germ of an idea in their head about smuggling drugs in or out of Bali really should need that head examined by a medical professional. It is not possible to be...
View ArticleGone for Good
Editorial “Critically endangered” are two words we hear often in this country in relation to our fast-dwindling stocks of indigenous wildlife. We hear it of the majestic orangutan, a glorious...
View ArticleSpare Some Change?
Editorial It is ironic that under the dictatorship of late president Suharto, Indonesia operated an open-door visa policy, one that permitted relatively free and easy access to tourists wanting to come...
View ArticleIn It for Themselves
In Governor Pastika’s denunciations this week of the elements blocking his laudable poverty-reduction efforts, one of those harmful ingredients stood apart from the rest and its nature is deplorable....
View ArticlePointless Prison
Editorial There’s well over 800 people behind bars in Kerobokan Prison, most of them serving stretches for drug abuse. Many remain drug-addicted, continual users, while there. In recent years prison...
View ArticleTaking Off, Guardedly
Editorial There is ample hope for the future of Bali’s main economic driver, tourism, after confirmation was received this week that plans are, after all the talk, going ahead for the construction of a...
View ArticleThe Lingering Threat
Editorial It will shortly be 10 years since the terrorist atrocity visited on Bali that wiped out 202 lives and was followed by more attacks three years later. That terrorists have not struck since has...
View ArticleTarget Practice
With another human death from rabies in Bali, it is evident that the campaign to wipe out this scourge that has claimed close to 150 lives since it emerged here towards the end of 2008 has some way to...
View ArticleHardcore Hypocrisy
The intolerance and outright vigilantism displayed by a group of thugs in Jakarta last weekend, mostly youths, trying to stop people from enjoying themselves during the fasting month, has become all...
View ArticleSeeking a Solution
Hardly a day goes by now without news of another overcrowded and rickety boat sinking under the weight of desperate people having boarded in Indonesia and trying to reach Australia. Far from resolving...
View ArticleColonising Indonesia
As we celebrate our 67th year of independence from centuries of Dutch rule, it is worth remembering why those who came before us fought so valiantly for our freedom. Did they give their blood and lives...
View ArticlePeace Message of Bali Blast Commemoration
October 12, 2002, maybe the day that will not be forgotten by most people of the world, because on that day, the devastating blast occurred in Paradise Island which is now known as Bali Bombing I. As a...
View ArticleMangrove Leasing Receives Mixed Responses
The policy of Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika permited PT Tirta Rahmat Bahari for the utilization of eco-tourism in Taman Hutan Raya (Tahura) Ngurah Rai, Suwung, Denpasar, covering an area of 102.22...
View ArticleDoubts about the Ceasing Cold War between Bali Governor and Vice Governor?
A number of people and communities suspect that “cold war” has occurred between Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika with Vice Governor AA Ngurah Puspayoga. The indication of the cold war, appeared from...
View ArticleWhat’s Next for the Oil and Gas Sector?
The Constitutional Court’s ruling to disband the oil and gas industry’s regulating body, BPMigas, and return its function and authority to the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has been widely...
View ArticleSafety Important Factors Tourists to Bali
Safety and convenience are one of the factors that determine a person’s interest and community groups to travel. This can be in their own country or abroad. But we are asking ourselves if all tourists...
View ArticleCitizens Awareness about HIV/AIDS are Still Low
Awareness of citizens and community groups who have a high risk of contacting with HIV and AIDS are still low for a health check. Though the government has provided “Voluntary Counseling and Testing”...
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