http://www.thebalitimes.com Indonesia's Leading English News Website, Direct Daily from the Island of Bali Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:35:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/07/prosecutor-seeks-six-years-for-underage-sex-offence/ http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/07/prosecutor-seeks-six-years-for-underage-sex-offence/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:35:11 +0000 The Bali Times http://www.thebalitimes.com/?p=13845 DENPASAR Prosecutors are seeking a six-year jail term for an 18-year-old man charged with having sex with an underage vocational school student. The man, Pratono, also known as Rudi, was caught in the act in January by a passing pecalang (neighbourhood security) patrol that noticed four motorbikes and a pair of red slippers outside a [...]]]> http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/07/prosecutor-seeks-six-years-for-underage-sex-offence/feed/ 0 http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/07/9-5m-needed-for-5-year-forest-rehab-plan/ http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/07/9-5m-needed-for-5-year-forest-rehab-plan/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:06:12 +0000 The Bali Times http://www.thebalitimes.com/?p=13834 DENPASAR The Bali Times Rehabilitating the 25,000 hectares of forest in Bali defined as environmentally critical would cost Rp86 billion (US$9.5 million) over five years, provincial forestry chief Anak Agung Bhuana has told the island’s legislature. He said 5,000 hectares of forest needed to be rehabilitated every year to achieve the aim of elimination of [...]]]> http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/07/9-5m-needed-for-5-year-forest-rehab-plan/feed/ 0 http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/07/dirty-feet-in-a-very-good-cause/ http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/07/dirty-feet-in-a-very-good-cause/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:00:31 +0000 The Bali Times http://www.thebalitimes.com/?p=13831 NUSA DUA Conrad Bali, the plush hotel on the beach at Tanjung Benoa, has just planted 500 mangrove saplings at the neighbouring Tengkukung Beach as part of its 2010 environmental programme. The trees were provided by the Bali provincial forestry office for the local community in support of the coastal conservation efforts. Conrad general manager [...]]]> http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/07/dirty-feet-in-a-very-good-cause/feed/ 0 http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/07/mt-sinabung-unleashes-violent-eruption/ http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/07/mt-sinabung-unleashes-violent-eruption/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:00:23 +0000 The Bali Times http://www.thebalitimes.com/?p=13826 KABANJAHE Mt Sinabung in North Sumatra threw an ash cloud thousands of metres into the air on Tuesday in its most violent eruption yet. “Its latest eruption was double the previous outburst and we recorded a tower of ash reaching 5,000 metres,” government volcanologist Agus Budianto said. He said the 2,460-metre volcano erupted at 12.23am [...]]]> http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/07/mt-sinabung-unleashes-violent-eruption/feed/ 0 http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/07/13827/ http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/07/13827/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:20:32 +0000 The Bali Times http://www.thebalitimes.com/?p=13827 Muddy Job: Members of Conrad Bali’s staff plant environment-boosting mangrove saplings at Tanjung Benoa. The activity was as part of its 2010 environmental programme. Full story here.]]> http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/07/13827/feed/ 0 http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/06/harley-bikers-lend-nusa-penida-a-hand/ http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/06/harley-bikers-lend-nusa-penida-a-hand/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:17:53 +0000 The Bali Times http://www.thebalitimes.com/?p=13807 KUTA Harley Davidson riders invaded Nusa Penida — but it was all in a good cause. They were there to hand over money to help with temple works at Majapahit on Nusa Ceningan and assist schools on Penida itself. Thirty bikers, members of the Bali chapter of HOG bikers and other clubs including the Raskal [...]]]> http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/06/harley-bikers-lend-nusa-penida-a-hand/feed/ 0 http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/06/13797/ http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/06/13797/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:51:39 +0000 The Bali Times http://www.thebalitimes.com/?p=13797 Just the Drill: Police testing how their chain of command, operational commanders in the field and police units deployed would handle a potentially dangerous riot situation outside the Bali provincial government offices in Renon. Even police dogs were brought into the exercise. (Photo: The Bali Times/Juliyus)]]> http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/06/13797/feed/ 0 http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/06/weather-set-to-dampen-idul-fitri-holiday-plans/ http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/06/weather-set-to-dampen-idul-fitri-holiday-plans/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:51:01 +0000 The Bali Times http://www.thebalitimes.com/?p=13800 LEGIAN Bali and much of Indonesia could end up having no dry season this year with forecasters saying bad weather is expected to return after the Idul Fitri holiday starting this Friday, bringing heavy rain, high seas and stormy skies that could make air travel bumpy. They blame the strong La Ni?a climate pattern — [...]]]> http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/06/weather-set-to-dampen-idul-fitri-holiday-plans/feed/ 0 http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/06/police-chief-puts-brakes-on-rogue-cop-revenue-scheme/ http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/06/police-chief-puts-brakes-on-rogue-cop-revenue-scheme/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:43:02 +0000 The Bali Times http://www.thebalitimes.com/?p=13798 DENPASAR Bali Police chief Hadiatmoko has acted to stop police unfairly targeting foreigners — especially those on motorbikes — in the Dreamland area of the Bukit, following complaints of harassment. He said he would take firm against any police found to be involved in targeting foreign road-users to collect “fines.” The Dreamland turnoff on the [...]]]> http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/06/police-chief-puts-brakes-on-rogue-cop-revenue-scheme/feed/ 0 http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/06/13793/ http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/06/13793/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:23:56 +0000 The Bali Times http://www.thebalitimes.com/?p=13793   From the perspective of Rini Widariyanti, 19, a student from East Java Do you believe people arrived in their present form on Earth? There was an evolution – not like us straight away. Do you think a supernatural force has been guiding our evolution? Yes. Does it trouble you that we descended from apes? [...]]]> http://www.thebalitimes.com/2010/09/06/13793/feed/ 0