Royal Farewell: Hundreds of people took part in the cremation in Ubud on Saturday of Tjokorda Putra Dharma Yudha of the Ubud Royal Family. Yudha, who was 76, died on July 7. Thousands of spectators thronged the route of the Hindu ceremony. Photograph by Juliyusman Sine/The Bali Times.

When Elaine Pearce left Sydney for the seaside peace of Old Bar 12 years ago, she was assured her new house was a solid investment, with a century’s worth of frontage to guard against erosion. But three neighbours have already lost their homes to the rising ocean and there are scores more at risk as [...]

TABANAN The Tabanan regency government will not allow unlimited tourism development, the deputy regent said last week. Speakign on Thursday, Komang Gede Sanjaya said that the authorities in the west Bali regency were very selective when granting permits for new tourism-related construction projects. He said that the move was needed to protect the agricultural land [...]

DENPASAR The provincial administration is hoping to find jobs for 18,000 unemployed people of working age this year. Wayan Wiratha of the Bali Manpower and Transmigration Department said that last year the administration had been able to assist 15,000 people to find work in both the public and private sectors. He said that many of [...]

DENPASAR Even as Bali experiences an economic boom fuelled by tourism, the level of poverty in urban areas is on the increase, according to officials. According to government spokesman Ketut Teneng, a total of 92,000 urban residents across the island were recorded as living below the poverty line last year, an increase of 9000 from [...]

DENPASAR A woman died of suspected rabies last week, raising concerns that efforts to rid Bali of the deadly disease by the end of the year may not be successful. The woman, 55-year-old Made Wanti from Puseh hamlet in Ketewel, Gianyar, died last Thursday suffering from rabies-like symptoms. “The clinical symptoms make the doctors suspect [...]

DENPASAR Officials have found dangerous chemicals in several traditional foods on sale in the Bali capital this week. Staff from the National Drug and Food Monitoring Agency (BPOM) been conducting tests on snacks on sale around Denpasar in the evening as part of the current Muslim fasting month, Ramadan. On Monday, tests revealed the cancer-causing [...]

Resistance to AIDS drugs, a problem that has been widely feared over the last decade, is growing in parts of Africa but should not hamper the life-saving drug rollout, according to researchers. Tiny genetic mutations that make HIV immune to key frontline drugs have been increasing in eastern and southern Africa, something that should be [...]