The Bangli COVID-19 Task Force has decided to isolate the entire village of Abuan, Bali. After hundreds tested positive to coronavirus antibodies during rapid testing on Thursday and Friday, the swab testing on the reactive cases has eventually returned 24 positive Covid-19 cases in the three banjars of Abuan village. During the isolation period, residents …
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Before the huge tourism rush there once was a peaceful island where locals and surfers lived in much simpler times. Check out the 9 amazing photos of Bali that are from 1970’s. Poppies Lane Leading To Kuta Beach Bali Tailor and Handmade Clothes Shop Flying Into Denpasar, Overlooking the Famous Kuta Coastline Before The Resorts …
Terrifying video caught on CCTV shows a Cricle K employee being robbed at gunpoint in Seminyak by an unknown suspect. The robbery occurred at the Circle K on Jalan Sunset Road in Seminyak, Kuta on Wednesday night. The lone robber managed to run off with Rp 1,193,000 after robbing the cashier at gunpoint Police say …
Two potential large outbreaks of Covid-19 have been confirmed by Bali officials in the regencies of Buleleng and Bangli totaling 483 probable cases in one day through rapid testing. Bangli The findings of the mass rapid test results in Banjar Serokadan, Abuan Village, Bangli are shocking. Of the 1,210 residents who were rapid tested, on …
Anastasia Strelevske is locked down in luxury. The Ukrainian woman, who arrived in Bali with her mother Larysa in January, is one of the few tourists remaining on the holiday island. The pair have paid $240 per month to stay in a new luxury hotel in seaside Kuta and they have no plans to leave. …
According to Bali Police, violent crime in Badung and Denpasar have increased due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In response, The Bali Police Mobile Brigade Task Force under the leadership of Iptu Nyoman Suadnyana have agressively increased night patrols to tackle the problem. The patrols are being carried out in high crime and gathering areas in …
An Australian surfer has been found dead in a swimming pool in Bali, presumed drowned. The 31-year old Perth man, Rhodri Lloyd Thomas, had been living in a stylish Bali villa since 2016, and was found dead in its pool. Mr Thomas’s tragic death occurred on April 9, in Bali’s trendy beach side area of …
The Indonesian Tourism Industry Association (GIPI) says that Bali tourism has the potential to lose up to Rp138.6 trillion or US $ 9 billion due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “Our potential loss throughout 2020 is approximately US $ 9 billion in tourism,” said GIPI Chairperson Ida Bagus Agung Partha Adnyana on Friday. He said, the decline in …
Bali and all of Indonesia have banned all air and sea travel until June, officials said, in an apparent effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus during the holiest period on the Islamic calendar. The temporary ban takes effect today, the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan for the Muslim-majority country, and …
Those refusing to wear masks in Mas traditional village, Ubud will be fined 1 kilogram of rice or Rp 15,000 that will go to feeding Bali locals struggling to eat. The local Mas traditional village officers have already caught hundreds of mask offenders in the new operation. “Before the new regulation went into effect, residents …
Australian Border Force officers have seized 129 fake bags and purses which a 31-year-old woman was attempting to bring into the country through Perth Airport. The items — mostly Mimco and Louis Vuitton copies — were found during a baggage examination carried out when the Tasmanian woman returned to Australian from Bali on March 6. …
Commercial transportation to and from the Nusa Penida islands has almost come to a standstill over the past weeks because of COVID-19, which has affected the islands’ food distribution. Bali water police addressed the situation yesterday by sending hundreds of food packages to the islands using a police patrol boat. “It was basic food assistance …