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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Photos from around the island of Bali are showing just how dire the situation has become due to Covid-19.  Bali’s economy has been devastated by the pandemic which has completely halted international travel.  Less than two month ago, Bali was one of the world’s top tourist destinations but now sits empty and completely void of …

Authorities in Kerobokan, Bali, have come up with an innovative punishment for people who don’t wear a mask. To help stop the spread of coronavirus motorists are being pulled over and forced to do push-ups if they are caught not wearing a mask in Kerobokan.  An official told The Bali Sun that the public is …

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 …