By Dr Robert Goldman 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 24,000 physician and scientist members from 110 nations, united in [...]

By Ahmad Suaedy In Yogyakarta, the governor, Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, has set an interesting precedent by refusing to ban the Ahmadiyah religious group. The group was founded by a 19th century Indian religious leader, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who claimed he was the promised Messiah foretold by the Prophet Muhammad. Though Ahmadis consider themselves Muslim, mainstream [...]

By Natana J. DeLong-Bas What do Asmaa Mahfouz, Munira Fakhro and Tawakul Karman all have in common? They are all strong, capable women defying the popular Western image of the oppressed, repressed, suppressed Muslim woman hidden behind a black chador or blue burqa, helplessly waiting for Western liberation. The biggest challenge these women face is [...]

JAKARTA Australian drug smuggler sentenced to death in Bali has lost his appeal against the punishment, his lawyer said on Friday. Andrew Chan learned of the decision when the Supreme Court posted its ruling, dated May 11, on its website, lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis. “We just found out today that Andrew Chan’s judicial review has [...]

International Talent: Thousands of artists from around Bali, the entire country and from overseas took part in a parade at the opening of the annual Bali Arts Festival on Saturday. The month-long showcase highlights the works and performances of Indonesian and foreign artists. Photograph by Juliyusman Sine/The Bali Times

DENPASAR The World Health Organisation (WHO) in cooperation with the Animal Health Directorate, Directorate General of Animal Husbandry and Animal Health and Denpasar Veterinary Office, has conducted epidemiological studies of the rabies outbreak in Bali. “The study is connected with antibody response of dogs that have been vaccinated in Bali, except Nusa Penida, a separate [...]

DENPASAR Bali is ready to become an economic corridor, Governor Made Mangku Pastika declared this week. The governor said that for Bali to become an economic corridor was in line with the central government’s Master Plan of the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesian Economic Development. “In [master plan] Bali is defined as the corridor and [...]

By Novar Caine Now that Osama has been wiped out, Obama has set his sights on the late Al-Qaeda leader’s second-in-command, who has undertaken the brave task of running the scattered militant organisation and is issuing edicts Osama-style. In his latest audio message, released this week and picked up by the SITE Intelligence Group, which [...]

By Jonathan Cainer June’s second big eclipse takes place later this week. Have you seen any magic in your life yet? Have unimagined possibilities arisen? If not, why not? Might it be because you have not really tried to reach for change? Have you dared to dream? Have you allowed yourself to stretch your imagination [...]

By Vyt Karazija Bike-riding is on the increase in Bali. I’m not talking about motorbikes, but pushies. Sepeda. Deadly treadlies. Oh, there have always been frighteningly fit expats around who power through the streets, easily keeping pace with nominally faster motorbikes in our terminally clogged thoroughfares. There have always been those expat women floating serenely [...]

By Dr Robert Goldman 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 24,000 physician and scientist members from 110 nations, united in [...]

Our government has never been as busy – at least on the drawing board. There’s a dizzying array of projects lined up to bring this island into a new era of development and tourism. That’s the plan anyway. Whether anything will come out of these large-scale projects remains to be seen with our own eyes. [...]