Well, We All Had A Good Yak, Anyway The Diary generally avoids KLS (Kuta-Legian-Seminyak) on a Friday night, because of the parking difficulties, the overcrowded venues, the danger of running into a lot of loudmouths and the generalised distemper that inevitably follows this trio of woes. There are exceptions to this rule. One is when [...]

Deadly Dogs: Dozens of dogs await buyers at a makeshift dog market in Denpasar, with one recent purchase testing positive for rabies. See report below. (Photo: The Bali Times)

MELBOURNE Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, in the middle of an election campaign, says she supports a clemency plea by convicted drug trafficker Schapelle Corby. Gillard said in Melbourne on Thursday she was concerned about Corby’s personal circumstances in Kerobokan Jail in Bali. “I support, the Australian government supports, her plea for clemency,” she said. [...]

DENPASAR An Australian woman living in Bali bought a puppy as a pet a month ago at a pet market in Denpasar but the animal bit three people, including her young daughter, and turned out to have the deadly rabies virus that has now killed almost 70 people around the island. The woman, who asked [...]

JAKARTA Hundreds of people protested in Jakarta on Wednesday against the local branch of the Buddha Bar chain, demanding its closure and saying it threatened interfaith relations. About 300 people from a group calling itself “People’s Alliance to Close Buddha Bar” gathered in white shirts outside the bar, shouting “Close Buddha Bar right now.” The [...]

AMLAPURA Karangasem Regent I Wayan Geredeg says his district, Bali’s poorest, should now get a new lease of life from being recognised for efforts in building a cooperative system and boosting the local economy. He said after receiving awards for Karangasem from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta that the five-year local level economic expansion [...]

DALUNG Badung’s legislature has called for quick finalisation of local land and development levies to avoid the possible loss of Rp100 billion (US$11 million) in revenue next year. Commission C chairman in the legislature I Nyoman Satria said on Sunday the regional revenue service had given its draft proposal to the Badung legal department on [...]

LEGIAN A new report highlights issues women and poor communities throughout Indonesia face in accessing justice. The report, Access to Justice: Empowering Female Heads of Household in Indonesia, produced by an Indonesian non-government organisation, highlights the issues faced by more than nine million Indonesian women who are the main breadwinners in their households. The research [...]

On the Beach: Fishermen at Kedonganan, Jimbaran, have been forced to stay ashore by recent heavy seas and high winds. See weather report below. (Photo: The Bali Times/Juliyus)

…because I love the culture, art and music, and Bali makes me more creative. Rie Mandala, 31, Japan BT/AE

  Mangku Wayan, 70, is a religious leader from Legian Kaja What’s the greatest lesson life has taught you? Learn from it and live your life. What’s most important? Food is the most important, to maintain your health. What advice you would give the younger generations? Be healthy by eating the right food. Don’t take [...]

  From the perspective of Fabian Fruigling, 24, an exchange student at Udayana University from Dortmund, Germany   Do you believe people arrived in their present form on Earth? No. Well, I believe that Adam and Eve were sent to Earth, so humans are not from Earth themselves. I believe in God and Adam and [...]