Looking ahead there is still lots of opportunity to develop in Bali

Homeward Bound: Thousands of Muslims living in Bali departed the island en mass this week for their hometowns, to celebrate Idul Fitri, which falls Tuesday (30/08). Photograph by Juliyusman Sine/ The Bali Times

SINGARAJA A final decision has not been made on the location for the construction of a second airport in Bali, destined to be built somewhere in the island’s underdeveloped north. A joint team has been appointed to investigate possible locations, but it has yet to make a decision, Buleleng Regent Bagiada announced this week. “No, [...]

DENPASAR Members of the Bali division of the Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia (PHDI), Indonesia’s main Hindu organisation, said on Tuesday that they would support moves to ban smoking in all Hindu temples. Bali chairman of PHDI, I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana, said that as temples were the hub of Balinese Hindu society, they should be kept [...]

NUSA DUA Three Bali hotels were among businesses recognised by the Labour Ministry in a recent awards ceremony for employer-employee relations. Hotel Melia in Nusa Dua, Amankila in Candidasa and Sanur Paradise received the award at a ceremony in Jakarta last week. Businesses from other parts of Indonesia included manufacturing and sales companies, but all [...]

A breakthrough drug that could extend survival in some patients with advanced skin cancer has been approved by US regulators, offering the first new treatment for melanoma in 13 years. Zelboraf was given the nod by the US Food and Drug Administration more than two months early, after a global clinical trial showed it could [...]

Researchers in Britain have revealed they are exploring whether the nightclubbers’ drug ecstasy could be effective in treating blood cancers. Scientists at the University of Birmingham in central England said modified forms of the drug boosted its ability to destroy cancerous cells by 100 times. Six years ago, researchers found that cancers affecting white blood [...]

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 Muqtedar Khan A superficial study of the media coverage in the past two years conveys a misleading picture about the state of American Muslims and their relationship with the rest of the nation. The terrible attack on Fort Hood by Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the attempted June 2010 bombing of Times Square, the shrill [...]

By Dr. H.A. Hellyer There’s a new Egypt now — an Egypt where public opinion actually matters. The country has gone through a tumultuous seven months and Ramadan provides something of a break from politics as Muslim communities engage in a month of fasting and spiritual contemplation. But parliamentary elections are drawing closer — probably [...]

By Richard Boughton Familiarity breeds contempt, as the old saying goes (to which Mark Twain added “and children”). I don’t know about contempt, but certainly it brings a dulling of the edge, both of one’s own perceptions and attitudes, and of the “character” of the place one finds oneself in – yes, that same place [...]

By Vyt Karazija I can’t help feeling just a little bit cheated. My Retirement KITAS, plus its essential companion, the Multiple Entry and Exit endorsement, lets me live in Indonesia for a year while using it as a travel hub to explore other countries, right? Umm, not really. Yes, I can live in Bali for [...]