A Rude Wake-Up Call
(11/9/2017) A 5.0 earthquake on the Richter scale struck in the ocean 11 kilometers off the northeast coast of Bali at 5:54 am local time on Thursday morning, November 9,
No Standing on Ceremony
Governor Declares Bali Mandara Hospital ‘Open for Business’ Minus Any Formal Ceremonial Launching (11/3/2017) Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika has declared Bali’s Mandara Hospital open for business despite the lack
Indonesian Holidays 2018
The official holidays and “shared holidays” creating long weekend as decreed by the Indonesian Government for 2018: Monday, January 1, 2018 – New Years Day Friday, February 16, 2018 –
There’s No Place Like Home
Many Mount Agung Evacuees in Temporary Camps Slowly Return to Homes Outside the ‘Red Zone.” (11/3/2017) The State News Agency Antara reports that the Klungkung Regency Agency for Disaster Mitigation
When Your Wife Reads Your Telephone Texts
Bali-Bound Flight Bound from Doha to Bali Diverts to India to Disembark Angry Iranian Woman and Her Family (11/10/2017) The Times of India report that a drunken and badly behaved
Watch: Balinese priest leads ceremony on top of smoking Agung volcano
Captivating footage shows a Balinese priest performing a ceremony at the summit of Mount Agung, the island’s rumbling, smoking volcano. The priest rings a bell and chants prayers as white
‘She look bomb’: Comment gets Indian man blocked from boarding flight at Bali airport
Bali Airport’s international terminal. Photo: Coconuts Bali An Indian man was prevented from boarding a flight and pulled into custody for questioning on Monday at Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport after
GIFs no longer accessible on Whatsapp in Indonesia after government blocks Tenor due to ‘pornographic’ content
Before and after the Indonesian government blocked Tenor, effectively disabling Whatsapps GIF feature. After Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Kemkominfo) issued dire warnings to Whatsapp Monday, stating they
Two held over murder of elderly Dutch man in Bali
Two men have been arrested over the murder of an elderly Dutch man whose decomposing body was found at his home on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali. The corpse
Bali politician on the run over drug dealing allegations, kicked out of Gerindra party
Jero Komang Gede Swastika, also known as Mang Jangol, has been removed from Indoneisa’s Gerindra political party. Photo via baliprov.go.id Indonesia’s Gerindra party has announced that it has kicked out
