KUTA PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Persero) Tbk presents “Umeetme” technology service to support long distance learning program or e-learning in Indonesia. “The technology is to support long distance learning (PJJ) program conducted by Information and Technology College Association (Aptikom),” said EGM Telkom Solution Convergence Division Achmad Sugiarto in Kuta. The learning program could be done via [...]

Years of ocean waves for which it is so famous for with surfer world wide, have eroded the cliff base putting this ancient temple in peril of falling into the sea.

BULELENG A Balinese woman living in the United States was found dead at a roadside in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday, after allegedly being murdered by a carjacker. Ni Luh Endang Susiani, 31, was from Buleleng. She had been living in the US since 2009 after singing up with PT QKAI, a Yogyakarta-based employment [...]

DENPASAR Bali is banking on another bumper year for tourist arrivals, with figures released this week by the Central Statistics Agency revealing a 10.08% jump in arrivals at Ngurah Rai International Airport against last year’s figures. In March 2011 a total 202,500 foreigners entered Indonesia through Ngurah Rai; this year the same month saw 223,000 [...]

DENPASAR The Bali Health Authorities swung into action over the weekend, conducting tests and closing poultry markets in an effort to stop the spread of bird flu. Officials raided the Satria Poultry Market in Denpasar, conducting tests on birds. The market was shut down on Friday after test results revealed several bird on sale there [...]

TUBAN Two Russian citizens have been arrested for attempting to smuggle hashish into Bali. Thirty-year-old Alexander Simonov was arrested last Tuesday and 43-year-old Sergei Chernykh, an art designer, was arrested after arriving in Bali on a Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. Head of customs at Ngurah Rai airport Made Wijaya said both [...]

JAKARTA Bali local Ines Putri Tjiptadi Chandra has been named Miss Indonesia 2012 during a beauty pageant in Jakarta. Ines was chosen from among 33 hopefuls during the contest Kemayoran in Jakarta at the weekend. She was chosen by a four-strong judging team consisting of Liliana Tanoe Sudibyo, Martha Tilaar, Ferry Salim and Harry Darsono. [...]

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