Badung lifts revised 2026 budget to Rp13.6 trillion, 59% for infrastructure
Badung’s revised 2026 budget lifts total spending to about Rp13.6 trillion, with roughly 59.23% of expenditure earmarked for infrastructure projects a…
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Arsyid Muhamad
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Bali officials hand over documents for 110 neglected children in Denpasar
Bali officials handed over civil-registration documents for 110 neglected children in Denpasar on Sept. 18, tying the ceremony to the PASTI child-prot…
Kerobokan Women’s Prison Holds Joint Raid and Urine Tests With Law Enforcement Agencies
Kerobokan Women’s Prison in Badung, Bali, carried out a joint raid and same-day urine testing on Friday, 18 September 2026, with police, military and…
Denpasar court hands suspended six-month term to Bali activist Tomy Wiria
A Denpasar court has found activist Tomy Priatna Wiria guilty in the “Bali Tidak Diam” case, imposing a six‑month prison term fully offset by time ser…
Police seize 23 hectares of state land in Ungasan corruption probe
Indonesian anti-corruption police have seized about 23 hectares of state-owned land in Ungasan, Badung, valued at up to Rp4.8 trillion.
Bangli Restarts Sasana Budaya Works With Rp14.95 Billion
Bangli has restarted construction at Sasana Budaya with Rp14.95 billion in BKK funding. The current phase is a single-storey northern building for eve…
Bali law office, Peradi SAI Denpasar eye joint push on legal aid
The Bali Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights and Peradi SAI Denpasar have agreed to pursue a cooperation agreement to strengthen p…
Police Remove Kemenuh Campaign Materials During Quiet Period
Police and village election organizers removed campaign billboards in Kemenuh, Gianyar, on 16 September 2026 as the village-head election entered its…
Koster urges Bali officials’ families to join frontline against corruption
Governor Wayan Koster has urged Bali’s provincial officials and their families to treat the household as a frontline of integrity in efforts to preven…
Tegallalang Sells 100 Subsidised LPG Cylinders Amid Local Shortage
Gianyar’s industry and trade office held a market operation in Tegallalang on 16 September 2026, selling 100 subsidised 3‑kilogram LPG cylinders at Rp…
Badung drops Rp900 million tourism sales mission to Fujisawa, Japan
Badung Regency has scrapped a Rp900 million tourism sales mission to Fujisawa, Japan, planned for October 2026, after finding that permits, legal coop…
Buleleng Plans Teacher Redistribution as 48 Schools Lack Hindu Religion Staff
Education officials in Buleleng, North Bali, say around 48 schools lack Hindu religion teachers.
Tabanan council assigns five draft bylaws, including 2026 budget revision
Tabanan’s council has handed a revision of the 2026 regional budget and four strategic draft regulations on capital participation, utility networks an…
Jembrana fisherman found dead off Banyuwangi after Pulukan boat accident
A 38-year-old fisherman from Jembrana, Bali, was found dead off Banyuwangi, East Java, four days after his fiberglass boat broke apart in Pulukan wate…
Bali Demolishes Forest-Area Villa Complex in Pejarakan After Three Warnings
Bali authorities demolished several concrete villa buildings in a social forest area in Pejarakan Village, Buleleng, on 12 September 2026, saying the…
