Category Archives: BALI NEWS
Gianyar to provide rabies vaccine
To anticipate dog bite cases in Gianyar, the regency’s Health Agency will provide 300 vials of rabies vaccine (VAR). It will receive the vaccine from the provincial administration this Thursday, agency head Pande Wirbhuana said, as quoted by metrobali.com on Wednesday. “We will distribute the new stocks to community health centers and the Rabies Center […]
Local man reportedly dies of overdose
A Balinese man named Putu Dana, alias Gobel, died on Wednesday reportedly due to an overdose. The man, who came from Banyupoh village, was unconscious when he was brought by a woman to check in at Puri Surya Hotel in Seririt at 1 a.m. Seeing the man’s condition, the hotel management did not allow them […]
One more temple burglarized
Thieves broke into another temple in Tabanan and made away with valuable ritual paraphernalia, heightening public anger over what they perceive not as a criminal case but religious desecration. A construction worker, who was just about to start his work on Tuesday at Panti Kwatian temple in Luwus village, Baturiti district, was shocked to find […]
Gili Trawangan, away from the maddening crowds
Tourists fed up with the crowds in Bali may find a safe haven on the tiny islet of Gili Trawangan, the largest of three islets — Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air, in the northern part of neighboring Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara. Developed in the early 1990s as an alternative destination for young […]
60% of Balinese people unbankable
Around 60 percent of Bali’s 3.9 million population have no access to banking services and have a very limited knowledge of banking, a survey revealed. Wayan Sudja, director of the regional bank, Bank Pembangunan Daerah (BPD), said that the current banking industry had not reached these “bankless” people in society. “They can be our first […]
Buleleng coastline increasingly troubled by plastic trash
Garbage is not only a problem faced by Bali’s most developed southern region, the Buleleng regency on the northern side of the island has now begun to witness a growing problem with trash affecting its coastline. Every day, Buleleng has as much as 1,954 cubic meters of garbage, 25 cubic meters or 6.4 percent of […]
Tourism fails to boost agricultural sector
Development in the agricultural sector remains sluggish and incapable of providing an adequate income for local farmers, who earn no more than a beggar, scholars have said critically. In a seminar on sustainable tourism, numerous academics shared their thoughts on how the island’s agricultural sector should become one of the leading economic drivers, along with […]
