DENPASAR Lindsay June Sandiford, a British citizen, will be sentenced to death for attempting to smuggle 4.7 kilograms of cocaine into Bali. “The defendant is guilty of attempting to smuggle cocaine into Bali,” said Judge Amser Simanjuntak, during a court session. The penalty is heavier than the prosecutor’s demand for 15 years in jail and [...]

DENPASAR Bali governor Made Mangku Pastika said the death sentence for British national Lindsay June Sandiford was fair. “We must honor the court’s ruling. They must have calculated consequences in narcotic crimes,” he said here. Lindsay was sentenced to death after she was proven guilty of smuggling 4.7 kilograms of cocaine to Bali. The former [...]

Six out of ten Australians rate their own beaches higher than those of their most popular overseas destinations, research by Tourism Australia has revealed as quoted from Travel Blackboard. Comparing six of Australia’s most well known coastlines – Queensland’s Gold Coast, Tropical North and Whitsundays, Western Australia’s Broome/Exmouth/Ningaloo Reef, South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula/Kangaroo Island and [...]

DENPASAR Indonesia Forum for the Environments (Walhi) predicted that almost all area in Bali will be collapse on 2015 because of the rapid construction of tourism accommodations which neglect environment preservation. “It is aggravated by the excessive amount use of water in the Southern area,” Deputy Director of Walhi Bali Suriadi Darmoko stated in Denpasar. [...]

DENPASAR Officers of Water Police at Bali Regional Police station had blocked the turtle sale from Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara as well as arrested three sellers. Head of the Action Section of Water Police at Bali Regional Police station, Commissioner Ketut Rai Suandi, said that those three sellers, Jun, FA and El, had been ascertained as [...]

DENPASAR The number of cruise passengers berthed at Benoa harbor is increasing on 2012, General Manager PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III Benoa chapter, Iwan Sabatini said. “The number of passengers on 2012 is 27.195 passengers that increase compare to 2011 that is 21.588 passengers although the number of ship is the same,” he said. The growth [...]

DENPASAR Garbage consignment such as woods, leaves, and plastics which had been driven ashore in the last few days stacked up at Kuta Beach, Bali. “The trash is more than several days ago. We have organized three heavy equipment since this morning,” Head of Kuta Beach Task Force, Gusti Ngurah Tresna stated in Denpasar. To [...]

JAKARTA The government indicates it is not in favor of moving the capital city from Jakarta saying it opts for seeking to prevent the city’s almost annual flooding. Presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha said here President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has hinted no interest in moving the capital city. Yudhoyono instead ordered for the improvement of [...]