DPD member urges Bali to adopt cultural-capital regulation
DPD RI member Ida Bagus Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra is calling for a Bali regional regulation on “cultural capital” to recognise community-held cultural a…
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Bali–Nusra Customs Details 2025 Crackdown on Illegal Excise Goods
Customs in Bali and Nusa Tenggara reports extensive seizures of illegal cigarettes and alcoholic beverages in 2025 and mid‑2026, but detailed enforcem…
Koster Defends Bali’s 2026 Budget Deficit and Revenue Targets
Governor Wayan Koster portrays Bali’s draft 2026 budget as realistic and fiscally sustainable, defending a Rp759 billion deficit and lower own-source…
Bali poverty rate drops to 3.42% in September 2025, BPS data shows
Bali’s poverty rate fell to 3.42 percent in September 2025, the lowest level since national poverty measurement began in 1996.
Koster warns of attempts to divide Bali’s customary council and villages
Governor Wayan Koster has warned that external parties are trying to sow discord between Bali’s customary village council and desa adat, as debate con…
Koster pushes faster integration of Usada Bali into health services
Bali Governor Wayan Koster has instructed health authorities to accelerate the integration of Usada Bali, the island’s traditional medical heritage, i…
Denpasar water utility kept output steady despite 15% raw-water shortfall
Denpasar’s water utility reported a 15% drop in raw water supply during the 2023 dry season but said production was held at around 1,200 liters per se…
Bali lawmakers press for radiation allowance rules at RSUD Bali Mandara
Bali lawmakers are pushing the provincial government to define the legal basis for radiation-hazard allowances at RSUD Bali Mandara, where officials h…
Bali Police Step Up Security for 2026 International Women Police Conference
Bali Police say they have deployed hundreds of officers under Operation Gapura Agung IV‑2026 to secure the 63rd International Association of Women Pol…
Denpasar Prosecutors Seek Two-Year Sentence for Australian in Bali Meth Case
Denpasar prosecutors sought a two-year prison term for Australian national Sean Duncan Millar over an alleged methamphetamine purchase in Bali, with t…
Kazakh man on trial in Denpasar over alleged 2.5kg Bali cocaine courier case
A 25-year-old Kazakh man, Yuriy Khalilov, is standing trial in Denpasar District Court, accused of carrying 2,544.10 grams of cocaine through Bali’s N…
Bali Immigration Detains 13 Foreign Nationals over Suspected Prostitution
Immigration officials say 13 foreign nationals were detained in joint raids in Canggu, Seminyak and Umalas on Thursday night, 17 September 2026, over…
Bali Immigration Repatriates Ethiopian National Flagged in Interpol Notice
Bali immigration repatriated an Ethiopian national, identified as SMY, after officers said he appeared in an Interpol Red Notice linked to a fraud cas…
Nyambu and Kaba-Kaba Named Pilot Immigration Monitoring Villages in Tabanan
Immigration officials in Tabanan have designated Nyambu and Kaba-Kaba in Kediri as pilot Immigration Development Villages to strengthen community-base…
Badung Satpol PP readies demolition of access road over Subak Munggu irrigation
Badung’s public order agency says it is ready to tear up a concrete access road built over irrigation channels in Subak Munggu, Mengwi, after receivin…