Two men were severely beaten for allegedly driving with a very loud muffler in Denpasar. 21-year old Ahmad Shidik Pratama and 29-year-old Rahman Yanuar Risky were driving their motorcycle in Denpasar when three men allegedly stopped them and assaulted them because of the loud exhaust. One of the victims was rushed to hospital after suffering …
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A Bulgarian national was attacked by two suspects with machetes in North Kuta on Thursday night. 34-year-old Kristiayan Stevanov has his right arm slashed after leaving the Alfa Mart on Perahu Street, Kerobokan, North Kuta. Stevanov and his female friend had stopped at the convenience store to purchase a gallon of water. After leaving the …
Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to death in 2013 when she was arrested as she tried to smuggle US$ 2.1million of cocaine into Indonesia and has been on death row ever since For seven long years British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford has been locked up in jail on the paradise island of Bali. In 2013 she was …
Australia issued its highest travel warning on Wednesday, advising citizens not to travel overseas to any country. The country announced the new travel measure Wednesday morning — level four — which means the health and safety of those who choose to travel “is at extreme risk,” according to the government. Most travel insurance will no longer …
Tough new quarantine rules will force Australians travellers returning from Bali and abroad into a two-week isolation period in a hotel. It means Australians returning home will not be allowed to complete the mandatory 14-day self-isolation period at home, but will instead be taken straight to a state-run quarantine centre. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said …
It was only a matter of time. The Bali Ngurah Rai International Airport and Grab have come to an official agreement that allows them to pick up passengers at the airport. For years the ‘taxi mafia’ has held control of the airport allowing only their drivers to pick up passengers. Through threats and even physical …
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Bali resort island early Thursday, but there was no potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said. The quake was at a depth of 10km, EMSC said, adding that there was no direct damage and no tsunami was expected. Indonesia, which sits on the seismically active Pacific‘Ring of Fire’, often …
URGENT UPDATE: Australia issued its highest travel warning on Wednesday, advising citizens not to travel overseas to any country. Australians in Bali and travelling overseas have been told to come home by the federal government as countries lock down their borders and airlines slash flights around the world. The Department of Foreign Affairs escalated its travel …
I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali has implemented inspection of passengers and crew on domestic arrivals and transits using a thermal gun to check for possible passengers that could be carrying the Coronavirus. The domestic terminal temperature checks started March 10, 2020. The new bio-secruity was announced by the Head of Ngurah Rai Airport …
A New Zealand man is being held by police in Bali after being found with almost 5000 prescription pills in his possession. Thomas Michael Daly, 38, is intellectually disabled and had a doctor’s certificate for the medicine. The amount had been a year’s supply for Daly’s trip through Asia. Authorities say it’s the biggest seizure …
There are still people out there that just don’t get it. Hopefully it doesn’t take them killing someone before it finally clicks. Motorcycle riders continue to take short cuts by using pedestrian sidewalks to go around traffic. They are willing to put pedestrian lives at risk just so they can get to their destination a …
24,169,561 passengers were served at the I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali throughout the year of 2019, indicating an increase of 390,383 passengers or two percent compared to the same period in 2018. “We are very grateful to have achievements up to par with that of last year, even exceeding the number because …