KUTA Harley Davidson riders invaded Nusa Penida — but it was all in a good cause. They were there to hand over money to help with temple works at Majapahit on Nusa Ceningan and assist schools on Penida itself. Thirty...

LEGIAN Bali and much of Indonesia could end up having no dry season this year with forecasters saying bad weather is expected to return after the Idul Fitri holiday starting this Friday, bringing heavy rain, high seas and stormy skies...

It is not unique to Indonesian politics that they can often degenerate into a self-serving affair, benefiting the officeholder far more than the people he or she was elected to serve. Rare are the few — worldwide — whose ego...

NEGARA Doctors refusing treatment to patients presenting at a number of health posts have led to revelations that the Jembrana free health card, issued by the regency as a local alternative to the provincial card for low income families, is...

DENPASAR More Australians than ever are calling Bali their second home, going on the latest tourism figures — for January to July — just released by the Bali tourism office. Its chief, Ida Bagus Subhiksu, said 50.8 percent more Australians...

DENPASAR Badung Regent Anak Agung Gede Agung has gotten a please-explain from Governor I Made Mangku Pastika over the collection of hotel tax in the regency. Regent Agung had told Pastika Badung rejected provincial rules that require hotel taxes to...

LEGIAN East Bali’s problem port development, Tanah Ampo in Karangasem, would be one of the potential infrastructure developments to benefit from moves in the national legislature to introduce compulsory land acquisition. A law being drafted would introduce “eminent domain,” under...

DENPASAR Bali businesses are unlikely to get any change out of Governor I Made Mangku Pastika over his plan to raise the groundwater tariff by 1,000 percent as part of his bid to conserve dwindling water supplies. Prominent provincial legislator...

SEMARAPURA A Klungkung foster home that has been caring for disabled children and children from poor families since 1984 has appealed for public support to keep going, saying rising costs are making it difficult for administrators to make ends meet....

DENPASAR Bali’s new police chief, Hadiatmoko, has reminded his senior officers that hotels and villas in Bali were still potential terrorist targets and said no one could afford to relax about the threat. “Bali’s tourism is still threatened as a...