Sangiran Museum showcased a several of fossil collection at one of the biggest mall in Kuta, Bali, hoping to attract tourists for vacation to Sangiran. The exhibition runs December 13 to 16. At the exhibition showcased 30 items, one of which is fossils of ancient bison. The fossils on display were only one percent of [...]

DENPASAR Prosecutors in Bali have sought a relatively lenient one-year sentence for a British woman alleged to be part of a transnational drug-smuggling attempt, arguing that her involvement was minor. Prosecutor Putu Astawa told the Denpasar District Court that Rachel Lisa Dougall, 39, should only be convicted for not informing the authorities about known drug [...]

MELBOURNE An Australian judge jailed two men who claimed to be members of a neo-Nazi group for the brutal beating of an Asian student that left him “almost unrecognizable as a human being.” Two men, along with a youth who cannot named because of his age, set upon Vietnamese student Minh Duong in an unprovoked [...]

NUSA DUA The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), formulated by the UN in 2000, have benefitted the people of Indonesia by reducing the country’s poverty rate and enhancing the healthcare services in Indonesia, said the president. “MDGs accelerate the development of a country. It is not a treaty. It is non-binding, and it does not need [...]

SINGARAJA Buleleng administration has said it would improve access to clean water, since many areas in the regency had experienced drought despite there being many water sources. Regent Putu Agus Suradnyana said the administration would optimize all water sources in the regency through better management. “Buleleng has many rivers, but villages and rice fields have [...]

DENPASAR The provincial administration is trying to finish a draft bylaw on cultural preservation to protect the island’s precious arts and cultural heritage from being wiped out by modernization. “Bali is famous for its arts and cultural wealth, but the current profits from tourism still bring little benefit to its culture,” said Ketut Wija, second [...]

DENPASAR The Water Police Unit of Bali confiscated 33 rare sea turtles from a boat in the Tanjung Benoa Beach, Bali, since the boat did not have the proper legal documents. “We suspect the sea turtles were deliberately being brought into Bali. However, we have not identified their owners. Once we find the owners, we [...]

DENPASAR Buleleng Regent, Putu Agus Suradnyana, promised to develop the tourism sector with a different concept. This concept is going to be different from other regions in the province of Bali. “Hopefully, next year we have developed and documented a new concept, because I would like to expand a different kind of attraction in the [...]