Fiji police are continuing to question a number of prominent businessmen in relation to the 2000 coup Read more…

Police in Bali are going all out to protect visitors from any new terrorist actions. According to the Jakarta Post, 11,500 cops will be on hand, securing the roads surrounding ‘Ground Zero’, in Kuta. Here’s more from the Jakarta Post. Police tighten Bali entry points ahead of bombing anniversary DENPASAR (AP): Police tightened security Wednesday at airports, seaports [...] Read more…

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Indonesia is one of the top 3 most corrupt countries in the world. President SBY has created an anti-corruption department, but some of those investigting others, have been caught taking bribes. It seems taking bribes is like breathing air to Indonesians. Not only are many people open to taking bribes, they will suggest, or even [...] Read more…

A western friend told me recently a piece of gossip that would put the wind up many people living here in Bali. As so many westerners a rel iving in Bali and working without paying tax, there were whispers about charging a tax on villas of 50,000rp per day. Okay, 95% of the stuff I [...] Read more…

Padangbai is a quiet fishing village in East Bali. When I visited back in 1993, it was very popular with divers and backpackers. The main attraction of Padangbai, is its rustic character. Bamboo guest houses, complete with cold water showers, wooden floors and mosquito nets, all for a low price. Padangbai sits at the end of [...] Read more…

Indonesia has unofficially decided to alter its laws, regarding prison remissions. At the moment, prisoners get 2 remissions a year, meaning 2 months off their sentence. After Australia complained about JI (Jemaah Islamiyah) leader Bashir, being let out of jail, after only 2.5 years, for his part in Bali Bomb I, the government has changed [...] Read more…

Terrorism is an over used word in the 21st Century. We hear it so frequently it doesn’t seen to shock anyone anymore. With the anniversary of the bombings at the Sari Club and Paddy’s, in Kuta Bali here again, its good to get an idea, of what the families of the victims are going through. You [...] Read more…

Barbara Correa - A lot of business travelers have been revealing their fears of flying with children this summer. No doubt, the loud harangues of little lungs and the annoyance of seat-kicking have been setting nerves on edge even more than normal this year with the well-documented squeezing of more passengers onto fewer flights. Read more…

AP - Rescue workers labored to free the dead and injured from the crumpled wreckage of a passenger train that collided head-on with a freight train near France's northeast border with Luxembourg on Wednesday, killing at least five people. Read more…

AP - On the sun-dappled streets of Prague's Jewish Quarter, undercover officers mingle with the crowds, and police commandos clad in body armor and ammunition belts size up tourists with a steely stare. Read more…

AP - Already boasting the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain's Basque region has unveiled its second work by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry, a fanciful display of glimmering and cascading titanium ribbons, housing a hotel at the center of one of the country's oldest wineries. Read more…

AP - The New Haven Green may be best known as the cultural hub of a city that's synonymous with Yale University. Read more…

A 25-year-old man is admitted to the Lautoka Hospital after the car he was driving collided with an oncoming vehicle in Veitari, Lautoka, on Tuesday afternoon. Read more…

POLICE on Taveuni will continue weekend operations from tomorrow evening in a bid to arrest more than 10 suspects wanted for more than a year. Read more…

THE Lau Provincial Council has decided to support the Laisenia Qarase-led multi-party Government. Read more…

Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase said the Government had other options to control the cost of the public service. Read more…

THE HIGH suicide rate reported in the province of Macuata is due to socio-economic problems and the expiry of land leases, said Doctor Ami Chandra. Read more…

PRIME Minister Laisenia Qarase has accused the National Alliance Party of engaging in an orchestrated smear campaign to discredit the Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua government and his leadership. Read more…

THERE is need to focus on the concept of social justice rather than hiding it behind other terms like rights of the poor, rights of women and rights of minorities, says Bishop Apimeleki Qiliho. Read more…

ALMOST two weeks after the trial of former permanent secretary for Agriculture Peniasi Kunatuba began, the State and defence lawyers have agreed on some facts. Read more…

THERE seems to be a trend of chiefly households taking title disputes to court, says Native Land Commission Chairman Ratu Viliame Tagivetaua. This, he said, was not done before and was disgraceful. Read more…

THE Fijian Affairs Ministry will need an increment budget of more than $5million to carry out its new reform, says ministry chief executive Adi Litia Qionibaravi. Read more…

PRIME Minister Laisenia Qarase has again pointed to the excessive concumption of yaqona as the cause of a lot of problems for Fijians. Read more…