Hotels in Kuta that have been left almost empty due to the pandemic are being used to house quarantine patients from Bangli. The Bangli District Government has reserved 100 hotel rooms in Kuta to isolate  asymptomatic and mild symptom patients of Covid-19. Head of Bangli Disaster Management Agency, Ketut Gede Wiradana has said during a …

Two ferries headed for Bali had to be rescued after they were dragged away by the current when their engines failed. The KMP Dharma Rucitra and KMP Agung Willis were dragged 1.5 miles away to the south from Gilimanuk Port in Bali on Wednesday morning Oct 7th 2020. The Head of Gilimanuk Port Administrator Unit …

A family has lost their home after a large fire broke out in Canggu, Bali. 41-year-old  I Made Agus Yudiarta and his family have lost their home on Jalan Raya Padang Luwih, Canggu North Kuta on Tuesday Oct 6th 2020. According to the information from Made Agus, the incident happened while he was at his …

Locals in Pejeng Village, Bali have created a unique way to promote tourism by hosting a virtual tour through the village for Japanese tourists. Head of Banjar Pesalakan, Pejeng Village, Made Astawa has said that this program was created to target Japanese tourists. During a test period, they’ve been cooperating with ‘A2 Japan’ which is …

An organization in Bali is visiting poor areas in Legian to help feed people after a man starved to death.  Community Empowerment Institutions in partnership with Aku (I am) For Bali Movement and Scholars of Sustenance (SOS) have launched the ‘Hungry Stomach Operation’ in Legian, Badung Bali on Saturday Oct 3rd 2020 to give free …

A police officer in Bali has allegedly scammed a local woman for over $1100 USD (IDR 17 million) for a motorbike that was never received. The officer with initials (GYK) has been sued on Thursday Oct 1st 2020 by a woman named Yulia Angreni after he allegedly scammed her on a motorbike purchase. The incident …

Divorce rates have spiked in Denpasar and Badung, Bali since the pandemic began in March. According to official information nearly 1000 people have already filed for divorce in the courts.   (Image: ©The Bali Sun – I Wayan Yatika) Head of Denpasar District Court, Sobandi said on Monday Oct 5th, 2020 that he had to create …

The Bali Search and Rescue Team are still searching for 2 fishermen that reportedly went missing on Sunday afternoon Oct 4th, 2020 near Tanah Lot Temple in Bali.  Head of Denpasar Search and Rescue Team, Gede Darmada said that he has received a report from Kedonganan Coastal Officer, Mr Nyoman on Monday Oct 5th 2020 …

The Bali Tourism Board is urging the Government to implement PCR swab tests as its standard to help revive tourism on the island. Head of Bali Tourism Board (BTB),  Gus Agung has said that if Bali continues to only implement the rapid test as a requirement to get into Bali, the current COVID-19 situation will …

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 …