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Australians will not be permitted to travel to Bali for the ‘forseeable future’. The Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that International travel for Australians will be one of the last Coronvirus restrictions to be lifted.  Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed National Cabinet’s three-step plan for relaxing coronavirus restrictions which he said would hopefully be rolled …

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42 people were arrested by the Denpasar and Bali Police Task Force in a sweeping April drug operation.  Among the arrested are 17 couriers and 25 habitual drug users.  Depasar police official, Mikael Hutabarat told The Bali Sun, “Based on the results we revealed,  we found 17 people who served as couriers and 25 people …

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An intense fire gutted the JFC restaurant and a nearby house Sunday morning in Canggu. Officals say damage is estimated at IDR 1 Billion. The JFC loss was estimated at Rp. 300 million  and the house next door at Rp. 700 million    Badung Police Public Relations Head, I Ketut Oka Bawa explained, the fire …

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Police in Bali have reportedly charged a man for organizing a ngaben (traditional Balinese cremation ritual) ceremony in Buleleng regency last Friday, after the event ignored social distancing advisories and drew crowds amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  After questioning a number of witnesses regarding the event on Saturday, police said they gathered enough evidence to process the case …

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The body of a Lithuanian tourist has been recovered after going missing while kayaking in Nusa Dua, Bali.  43-year-old Anatolij Vulf drowned after going missing at 6pm on Saturday. The kayak first washed up on the beach and was spotted by Mrs. Kinta who is the manager of Villa Asmara Nusa Dua.  “We received the …

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Hundreds of residents began arriving at the Gilimanuk Port in Bali to take part in Mudik and return to Java.  The port has been closed since late April to motorcycle traffic and a ban on Mudik was put in place by the President of Indonesia.  After hundreds of travelers from Bali lined up and overwhelmed …

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Some tourists still aren’t getting the message that beaches are closed in Bali.  An unidentified female tourist in distress was spotted by locals using the beach in Tabanan. A local Bali resident at the scene reported that when they approached the woman to find out why she was digging frantically in the sand, she told …

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A Palestinian tourist was arrested by Kuta police officers on Friday night on suspicion of purse snatching.  36-year-old Kamel Aldagma Mariam was arrested at Jalan Taman Melia No. 23A, Kuta Selatan Badung.  Kamel Aldagma Mariam Bali Police Commissioner Andi Fairan confirmed the snatching took place Friday at 8:30 pm on Jalan Legian Kaja in front …

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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 …

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443 people in Bangli, Bali tested ‘reactive’ for covid-19 yesterday in rapid tests that were carried out in the regency.  Today the first 126 people who had secondary swab tests performed all came back negative for covid-19.  “This morning we did a laboratory test at Hospital Sanglah using the PCR method and this afternoon the …

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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 …

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