JAKARTA Security at various foreign missions, including the US embassy here, has been increased following the emergence of the anti-Islam film, ‘Innocence of Muslims’. Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said before attending a plenary cabinet meeting,“Efforts have been made to increase security at foreign missions in Jakarta, including the US embassy. The US government and [...]

DENPASAR Bali’s Aids Controlling Commission (KPA) said around 500 pregnant women in Bali carry HIV/AIDs every year. A Commission chairman Prof I Dewa Nyoman Wirawan said here on Saturday a survey showed that 1 percent of around 50,000 pregnant women every year in Bali are infected by HIV/AIDs . Dewa Nyoman blamed husbands who have [...]

DENPASAR The Indonesian military (TNI) is ready to secure the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the first Bali bombing incident here, commander said. Major General Wisnu Bawa Tenaya, the regional military commander overseeing among others Bali said here on Tuesday “Australia and the organizer has come to us and the police (in connection with [...]

DENPASAR The world’s famous tourist island of Bali said it does not worry about food security despite the long drought which has hit various areas in the country. Bali maintains surplus in food production mainly the staple rice and soybean production, head of the food crop division of the provincial agriculture office Ida Bagus Wisnuardana [...]