TUBAN ~ A man who flew to Bali from Australia with marijuana allegedly hidden in rolled-up socks was arrested on Monday, police said. The man, identified as Robert Paul McJannett, 48, was arrested on Monday night after disembarking from a Virgin Blue flight from Perth, Bali Police spokesman Gede Sugianyar said on Tuesday. “His hand [...]

By William J. Furney The Bali Times In what has been called “One of the biggest scandals of the recent history of medicine,” the heads of an association that promotes the relatively nascent field of anti-aging have been duelling with the scientific community for years over claims their health-engendering approach is a sham, and now [...]

KUTA ~ The body of a Japanese woman has been found naked and bound in Kuta, police said on Sunday. Hiromi Shimada, 41, had been stabbed repeatedly in the stomach. Her body was discovered in a rented house in the popular tourist area on Saturday evening, Bali Police spokesman I Gede Sugianyar said. “The victim [...]

DENPASAR ~ Bali Police have put a fugitive Indonesian property company director on their most-wanted list following the arrest of two British citizens resident here over an alleged property scam involving a Russian. The man on the run was named by police as Agus Setiawan Wawo Runtu, commissioner of Asian Estates Investment, who listed a [...]

Welcome On Board, This Is Capt Gila Speaking THE Yogyakarta air crash, in March 2007, was a shocking event. All air crashes are. But the circumstances of the disaster in Yogyakarta in 2007 made it more shocking than most, because of the expert evidence presented in the aftermath that the Garuda captain in command of [...]

By Dr. Robert Goldman For The Bali Times Longevity News and Review provides readers with the latest information in breakthroughs pertaining to the extension of the healthy human lifespan. These news summaries are compiled by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M; www.worldhealth.net), a non-profit medical society composed of 22,000 physician and scientist members from [...]

DENPASAR ~ A prominent Bali lawyer has been barred from practicing for a year over claims he embezzled funds from a British man investing in Bali. In a judgment dated December 4, and revealed to The Bali Times this week, the Indonesian Lawyers Association (Peradi) struck off lawyer Rizaldy Watruty for failing to abide by [...]

TABANAN ~ Bali’s official rabies death toll reached 22 this week with the deaths of two more victims in Tabanan, Bali’s worst-affected regency, which now accounts for half the island’s rabies fatalities. A 28-year-old father of two originally from neighbouring Buleleng died on Monday after being attacked and bitten by a dog two months ago [...]

JAKARTA ~ An upgrade of the power transmission line from Java to Bali will be part of a six-month feasibility study conducted by public power provider PLN due to start next month. PLN said the upgrade, proposed to improve the efficiency of electricity distribution in Bali and Java and estimated to cost US$340 million, would [...]

Ho-Ho-Ho: Santa Claus and his reindeer take flight across a well-known supermarket in Seminyak, Kuta, where Father Christmas was reportedly picking up toy supplies, en route to delivering gifts to sleeping children all over Bali on Christmas Eve. Forecasts for the night: Cloudy with a chance of rein.

So I glanced in the mirror this morning (I assure you, it was an accident) and I didn’t like what I saw. I mean, I’ve never been one of those narcissistic types that just melt with adoration at the sight of my reflection – but this was b-a-d. Maybe once I had a body that [...]

How did you get started in the wine business? Hatten Wines is a family business. We started making rice wine, Brem, around the 1960s and then we decided to create Hatten Wines in 1994. Since 1990, the government has prohibited the opening of new alcohol- producing business. Considering Hatten established in 1994, how did you [...]