BALI – Latest Updates...Om Swastiastu ...

BALI – Latest Updates...Om Swastiastu ...

In the week following the execution in Bali of two ‘Bali Nine’ members, Bali police have deployed officers at maintourist areas to provide an added sense of well being to Island visitors. Also related to the executions, statements made by a Melbourne University lecturer’s should be acutely embarrassing to Swinburne University. ‘Questioning the Value of Australian Education. Following Execution of 'Bali 9' Members, Lecturer from Swinburne University Ask Indonesians Not to Attend His Classes’

In other news: Dengue fever cases are on the rise in Bali. The first case of rabies in Bali’s bovine population has been recorded. An American has died while snorkeling at Nusa Penida. The body of a badly decomposed Russian man has been discovered in a Kuta hotel room. And, 50-squatter homes have been demolished on the shore of Danau Tamblingan.

Concern is growing over the health of Bali’s Governor who has disappeared suddenly to Singapore for a health check-up.”

Immigration and local community officials swept through Sanur last week, netting at least one Australian working illegally.

Two U.S. Naval Destroyers carrying 740 sailors visited Bali last week.

While Bali is destined for “special status” under tighter rules governing the sale and distribution of beer, the final form of the Bali rules remains very much a mystery.

Jakarta has indicated it is prepared to fund the building of 145 kilometers of new toll roads in Bali.

Meanwhile, in North Bali, a Lovina Water Park has been given 14 days to get its licensing sorted out for face demolishment.

Water is very much in the news. A Water protection program is being launched to halt salt-water intrusion into the Island’s water table. We also freely translate an article from Mongabay.co.id warning that Bali’s role as an international tourism destination will end once the water runs out.

Hotel News: The Ritz-Carlton Bali opens "Bejana" – a restaurant built to celebrate Indonesian cuisine. Muhammad Yuslan is named general manager of the Le Meridien Bali Jimbaran. Badung lawmakers inspect a wall erected illegally on the beach at Canggu by the new International Resort Canggu Bali. And, we visit the new Watermark Hotel and Spa in Jimbaran.

Bali rank’s high in Trip Advisor’s survey of the world’s best Islands.

 

Looking Ahead:

• Conrad Bali Living Lobby Art Exhibition features wayang puppets through June 30, 2015.
• Mother’s Day Brunch at Bridges in Ubud to Help Fund Bumi Sehat Natural Birthing Program for Bali’s Women, May 10, 2015.
• Sail the Seven Seas to Komodo for 16 Days, May 12-28, 2015.
• InterContinental Bali Resorts Welcome Japanese Chef Hal Yamashita for dinners, cooking classes & Sake-Whisky tastings, May 13-17, 2015.
• “Interior Journey” – a Painting Exhibition by I Made Mangku Mahendra at The Pullman Legian Nirwana through, May 17, 2015.
• “Women in Love” Painting Exhibition by Teguh Ritma Iman at Ganesha Gallery through, May 14, 2015.
• Bali and Beyond Travel Fair, June 10-14, 2015.
• 7th International Body Music Festival (IBMF) in Bali, Indonesia, July 3-12, 2015
• Balinale – Bali International Film Festival – the 9th Edition, September 24-30, 2015.
• 4th BII Maybank Bali International Marathon, on Sunday, August 30, 2015.
• Seven Star Global Luxury Awards in Bali on September 19, 2015. Be sure to vote!
• International (ICEVI) Conference on Education for the Visually Impaired in Bali, September 28-October 1, 2015.
• World Congress of Consuls in Bali, October 15-18, 2015.
• 2015 Herbalife Bali International Triathlon on October 25, 2015.

 

 

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J.M. Daniels,
Editor Bali Update
Bali Discovery Tours