There are multiple tsunami early warning detectors that were strapped to buoys in South Bali and South of Malang, East Java that have gone missing and are no longer functioning. The missing tsunami detectors are in place to give residents a warning after an earthquake trigger a powerful tsunami. Image: ©The Bali Sun – I …
The once busy streets of Kuta, Seminyak and Legian in Bali still look like a ghost town as the ban on foreign tourists enters month seven. Most tourism shops and restaurants in some of the busy tourist areas of Bali are still closed and the once bustling streets are empty. Bali’s economy has officially shrank …
Bali locals will have access to a beach again that a Dutch Expat claimed was private property. A land dispute between 85-year-old Dutch man, Ernest Bourt and Anturan Village, Bali about the ownership of a beach area has come to an end. Both sides have agreed to solve the dispute that has been going since …
The two police officers who extorted a Japanese tourist in Bali have been sentenced to prison time and a demotion. The officers attended the disciplinary trial on Tuesday Sept 29th 2020. Head of Bali Public Relations Police, Kombes Pol Syamsi stated that the two officers have been punished for the crime. The first officer, Aipda …
An 80 year old woman has survived after being trapped on the ledge of a ravine in Bali for ten days. 80-year-old, Cukri Dadong had been stuck for 10 days before she was found on the ledge of a ravine that was 150 meters deep in Temeling Forest, Klungkung Bali. Dadong Cukri was found on …
A travel corridor between South Korea and Bali has been proposed to the Indonesian government by Angkasa Pura I LTD which operates the Bali Ngurah Rai International Airport. President Director of Angkasa Pura I Faik Fahmi has said that he plans to run a program called the Safe Corridor Initiative (SCI) as a bilateral cooperation …
Although the Denpasar City Government hasn’t given an official regulation about which mask is better to protect people from COVID-19, The Spokesman of Denpasar Covid-19 Handling Task Force, I Dewa Gede Rai has said that people should switch from cloths masks to medical masks. According to the research from the Indonesian central government, cloth masks …
A Canadian man has been found dead under mysterious circumstances inside his hotel room in Canggu, Bali. The body of 45-year-old Scott Girard was discovered on Wednesday Sept 30th 2020 at 9:00 am by hotel staff. Head of Badung Public Relations, Iptu Oka Bawa has confirmed the incident to The Bali Sun. “The victim …
A motorcycle taxi driver has been arrested for stealing a police officer’s gun after he crashed his car in Bali. The 40-year-old man with initials PRA allegedly stole a gun and a cell phone from a Police Officer on Jalan Sunset road, Kuta. The accident happened on Sunset Road on Saturday night, Sept 26th 2020 …
A man who was impersonating a police officer has been arrested after allegedly scamming a woman in Denpasar. 41-year-old Eki Sugianto was arrested on September 22nd, 2020 after police received a complaint. The Head of Denpasar Criminal Investigation Bureau, I Dewa Putu Anom Danujaya said that the perpetrator was arrested after receiving a report from …
Bali Governor I Wayan Koster announced a new provincial regulation regarding the use of clean energy (RUED) on the official page of Bali Provincial Government’s account. There are several points of the new regulation as follows : Bali will reduce fossil based energy sources and use substitutions such as solar, waterfalls, wind, geothermal, bioenergy and hydrogen. …
Farmers in Bali have said that fruit and vegetables are rotting due to low demand caused by the lack of tourism. Local Farmer from Pancasari Village Tabanan, I Gusti Made Japa said on Monday Sept 29th 2020 that since the Covid-19 pandemic started 6 months ago, the demand for agricultural products like romaine, paprika, asparagus, …