Bali News / Bali Travel and Holiday Updates

Cynical and half-hearted service should not be given to the JKBM holders. Hospital as well as Puskesmas medical team should give their professional service for that people. It is as been said by Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika confessed when attending public meeting at Balai Budaya Gianyar that was attended by hundreds of Gianyar people on Saturday (March 6). From the meeting and discussion, what the most hot topic to be discussed was JKBM program. Factually, this program ran from January 1st 2010 yet this program needs further completion hence it could run smoothly. According to the plan, the JKBM program will officially launched on next April. Read more about JKBM program and services here.

In concern with environment made Commission III DPRD Bali asked for design revision for Serangan Tanjung Benoa bridge. The revision is taken especially for the bridge pole installation. Previously bridge pole installation will goes through reclamation but it is change with direct drilling into the bottom of the sea. This newest plan will save marine biota from dead and damage. Read more about STB Design Renovation here.

Kodam IX/Udayana – Military Regional Command IX/Udayana – prepared eight up to nine thousands personnel escorting United State of America President, Barack Obama who plans to go to Jakarta and will continued his visit next to Bali. Read the rest of this entry …

Head of Denpasar Mayor Election Committee, Ni Ketut Wirati viewed that the attachment of Mayor/Vice Mayor campaign attributes before the campaign period could not categorize against the law. Read the rest of this entry …

One of events held in order to celebrate Denpasar Annual Anniversary is cheap market that was began from March 2 and will end on Saturday March 6. The revenue of this market had reached more than 250 million Rupiah. It is especially the high selling rate of their primary commodities. The result of cheap market selling on Tuesday was more than Rp 118 million. Then, on the next day, Wednesday (March 3) the sales rate reached more than Rp 132 million. Read more about Denpasar Cheap Market here.

30 expressions from Balinese figures captured by XXV photographers is exhibited at Komaneka Fine Art Gallery’s visitors, at Monkey Forest, Ubud Gianyar on Tuesday night (March 2). This Bali figures pictures exhibition was the first time been held in Bali. Those figures comes from from cultural, traditional, painting, writer, press background and more other Balinese figures. they were chosen as the object, according to Indra Leonardi, one of XXV photographers is due to the their mutual idea in XXV which is in their annual conference in Bali. Read more about Bale Leaders Pictures exhibition here.

Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan (BPK) – Monetary Investigator Agency – starting to investigate Badung APBD – Badung Budgetary and Expense – in 2009. People say that in one of Satuan Perangkat Kerja Daerah (SKPD) – Working Device Unit Area – that is Dinas Pertanian (Distan) Kehutanan dan Perkebunan Badung – Badung Agriculture, Forestry and Gardening AGency – officials from BPK on Thursday (March 4) seen conducting investigation at Badung Council. Read the rest of this entry …

Head of Bali Fishery and Marine Agency, I Gusti Putu Nuriartha said that cultivation and fishing potential Bali has is very big but we only manage to establish 30 percent of them.
“We utilize only 30 percent of them and the remaining 70 percent hoped could be utilized in the near future,” said Nuriartha in Denpasar. Read the rest of this entry …

Bali International Women’s Association (BIWA) once again held “Annual Charity Tennis Tournament 2010” in Nusa Dua Bali on March 10-13 2010. The result for this fundraiser will be used to financing BIWA social charities in 2010. The event that is held routinely each year and has been the fifth event held this year had been participated by around 200 people from 15 countries such as Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Canada, USA and Indonesia as the host. This tournament could give people chance to give fund for social charity held by BIWA. Read more about BIWA Tennis Tournament 2010 here.

Jembrana Tower area that also has a function for this regency cultural-hall until today is still ineffective. Instead of using the hall for varied of cultural performance, the event choose to perform at Ardha Chandra stage that is precisely still in one area with Jagatnatha Temple. The fact that every performance take place at that temple always receive protest due to the cleanliness of the temple whether in term of waste and menstruation hindrance makes the holy area becomes impure. Meanwhile, at Jembrana Tower, the development for that building is not yet to be seen. Read more about Jembrana Cultural-Hall here.