Thursday, April 30, 2015 16 Pages Number 95 7 th Year e-mail: [email protected]online: http://www.internationalbalipost.com. http://epaper.internationalbalipost.com. Price: Rp 3.000,- I N T E R N A T I O N A L DPS 23 - 32 WEATHER FORECAST Page 8 Man City set for upheaval after season of struggles Page 6 South Korea says Kim Jong Un executed 15 officials this year President Joko Widodo, who has been a vocal supporter of the death penalty for drug traffick- ers, also defended the executions: “This is our rule of law, the rule of law concerning the death penalty. We also respect the laws of other countries.” The seven convicts -- two from Australia, one from Brazil and four from Africa -- were shot by firing squad, along with one Indonesian, despite strident foreign appeals and pleas from family members. Brazil expressed “deep regret” at the execution of its national, whose family says is mentally ill, and said it was weighing its next move. The condemned men report- edly all refused blindfolds and sang hymns, among them “Amazing Grace”, as they went to face the firing squad in a jungle clearing, according to a pastor who was with them. As the clocked ticked down to midnight, a group of tearful sup- porters also sang hymns, embraced and held candles aloft during a vigil at the port in Cilacap, the gateway to the prison island of Nusakam- bangan. After the executions, family members could be seen crying and were ushered away by friends and supporters, an AFP reporter saw. REUTERS/Nyimas Laula Angelita Muxfeldt (R), a relative of Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte, looks over his coffin at a funeral home in Jakarta, Indonesia April 29, 2015. An Indonesian firing squad executed eight drug traffickers, including seven foreigners, in the early hours of Wednesday, sparking condemnation from Australia and Brazil who had made final, desperate pleas to save their nationals. Execution as part of “war” on drugs News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2my- radio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali. CILACAP - Indonesia on Wednesday defended the execution of seven foreign drug convicts, with the attorney general saying that although the death penalty was not “pleasant” it was vital in waging a war against drugs. “We are fighting a war against horrible drug crimes that threaten our nation’s survival,” Muhammad Prasetyo told reporters in Cilacap, the gateway to the high-security prison island of Nusakambangan where the executions took place. Not Published Thank You We, the International Bali Post would like to apologize in advance because we will not be published on Friday, May 1st, 2015
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South Korea says Kim Jong Un executed 15 officials this year
President Joko Widodo, who has been a vocal supporter of the
death penalty for drug traffick-ers, also defended the executions:
“This is our rule of law, the rule of law concerning the death penalty. We also respect the laws of other countries.”
The seven convicts -- two from Australia, one from Brazil and four from Africa -- were shot by firing squad, along with one Indonesian, despite strident foreign appeals and pleas from family members.
Brazil expressed “deep regret” at
the execution of its national, whose family says is mentally ill, and said it was weighing its next move.
The condemned men report-edly all refused blindfolds and sang hymns, among them “Amazing Grace”, as they went to face the firing squad in a jungle clearing, according to a pastor who was with them.
As the clocked ticked down to
midnight, a group of tearful sup-porters also sang hymns, embraced and held candles aloft during a vigil at the port in Cilacap, the gateway to the prison island of Nusakam-bangan.
After the executions, family members could be seen crying and were ushered away by friends and supporters, an AFP reporter saw.
REUTERS/Nyimas Laula
Angelita Muxfeldt (R), a relative of Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte, looks over his coffin at a funeral home in Jakarta, Indonesia April 29, 2015. An Indonesian firing squad executed eight drug traffickers, including seven foreigners, in the early hours of Wednesday, sparking condemnation from Australia and Brazil who had made final, desperate pleas to save their nationals.
Execution as part of “war” on drugs
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CILACAP - Indonesia on Wednesday defended the execution of seven foreign drug convicts, with the attorney general saying that although the death penalty was not “pleasant” it was vital in waging a war against drugs. “We are fighting a war against horrible drug crimes that threaten our nation’s survival,” Muhammad Prasetyo told reporters in Cilacap, the gateway to the high-security prison island of Nusakambangan where the executions took place.
NEW YORK - Young singing sensation Sam Smith on Tuesday canceled the rest of an Australian tour after developing a hemor-rhage on his vocal cords.
The 22-year-old British singer, who has maintained a punishing touring schedule amid a meteoric rise in his career, said he has been “vocally exhausted for a while now.”
He was diagnosed with a small hemorrhage on his vocal cords after a perfor-mance Monday in Sydney, he said in a statement.
“The doctors have told me I need to fully rest until my vocal cords have healed, otherwise this could become a huge long-term issue,” he said.
“I am so sorry to all who have
bought tickets. I truly am. This kills me,” he said.
Smith had been scheduled to perform through May 4 in Australia. Promoters said that they were looking to reschedule
the dates for December. Smith is scheduled to play in Tokyo on
May 7 and 8 before extensive summer touring in Europe and North America.
Smith, who until a few years ago was a bartender in London, quickly amassed a global following with his song “Stay With Me,” a soulful ballad about a one-
night stand.He was the big winner
at the latest Grammys, taking home three of the four most pres-tigious awards. (afp)
One side is sunny — the dance-heavy stage adaptation of the 1951 musical film with George and Ira Gershwin songs — and the other moody — the dark show based on Alison Bechdel’s coming of age graphic novel about her closeted, suicidal dad.
“It’s nice to know if something’s good, there’s room for it,” said Max von Essen, who earned a nomination for featured actor in a musi-cal in “American in Paris.” ‘’There’s room for a smaller, darker piece and there’s room for a big, show-stopping revival.”
Michael Cerveris got one of the dozen nods for “Fun Home” — as best leading actor in a musical — and hopes they will attract more people to see his critically acclaimed and poi-gnant show.
“The real value of the Tonys — and I suppose any awards — is to draw attention to something that people otherwise might not seek out. So the fact that every aspect of the production has been acknowledged is the best kind of advertis-ing,” he said.
The nominations ranged from 11-year-old Sydney Lucas in “Fun Home” to 82-year-old Chita Rivera, looking for her third Tony. Helen Mirren and Bradley Cooper each got nomina-tions but Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Jake
Gyllenhaal, Kelsey Grammer and Matthew Morrison from “Glee” didn’t get nods.
Rivera, who is wowing crowds just with a raised eyebrow, has championed her show, the dark John Kander and Fred Ebb musical “The Visit,” since 2001. She called its arrival on Broadway “joyous” and said the experienced cast and creators are superb. “We think it’s a jewel,” she said.
The best new play category includes “Wolf Hall, Parts One & Two,” ‘’Hand to God,” ‘’Dis-graced” and “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” Larry David’s “Fish in the Dark” was snubbed entirely.
The first casualty of the nominating process was “Living on Love,” which announced it would close May 3. The Renee Fleming-led play earned no nominations Tuesday and needed something to goose box office receipts. Last week, it grossed only about 16 percent of its $957,000 potential.
In addition to “An American in Paris” and “Fun Home,” the best new musical category includes “Something Rotten!” and “The Visit.” The Peter Pan-themed “Finding Neverland,” Harvey Weinstein’s first-ever venture into Broadway as a lead producer, didn’t get a single nomination. (ap)
NEW YORK - A music journalist who worked on Courtney Love’s long-awaited memoir has sued her, saying that the rock singer failed to compensate him.
A n t h o n y B o z z a , known for his articles in Rolling Stone mag-azine and his biog-raphy of rap giant Eminem, said that Love -- the widow of Nirvana front-man Kurt Cobain -- owed him more than $200,000.
In a lawsuit filed in New York last week, Bozza said that Love has received $400,000 out of a $1.2 million advance from publisher HarperCollins for the yet-to-be-released book.
In the lawsuit, Bozza said that he sent drafts of the introduction and first two chap-ters to Love in 2012 and that she responded by email “that the work was ‘f***king beautiful!!!!’”
But by mid-2014, Bozza said that Love told him by text message that she had started
working with a new writer, who turned out to be “worthless” and had put the project
in “even more chaos.”Bozza said that he was nev-er terminated but charged
that new writers were us-ing his work as a base.
Love and Harper-Collins did not imme-diately comment on the lawsuit.
In an interview last year with Brit-ain’s Daily Telegraph
newspaper, Love was quoted as saying that
she rejected Bozza’s draft because it was too
revealing. Love, who enjoyed success
as the frontwoman of alternative rock band Hole, is infamous for her volatile personality and struggles with substance abuse.
But she has recently shown a softer side as she appears at premieres for a new documentary about her late husband, “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,” on which she cooperated. (afp)
Sam Smith cancels Australia tour over vocal hemorrhage
Courtney Love sued by co-author of long-awaited memoir
‘American in Paris,’ ‘Fun Home’ lead Tony
nominations packNEW YORK — The musicals “An American in Paris” and “Fun Home” each
received a leading 12 Tony Award nominations on Tuesday, showing two very different sides of this Broadway season.
Bruce Wil-lis and Mary-Louise Parker an-nounce the 69th Annual Tony Award nominations at The Para-mount Hotel on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in New York.
Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
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EvEry Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.
The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is con-sidered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.
The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.
In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.
Balinese Temple Ceremony
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Hotel NEO+ Penang - Malaysia sits the very heart of in George Town just around the corner from Komptar, the islands tallest landmark. Penang, known as the “Pearl of the Orient”, is located on the north-west coast of
Peninsula Malaysia, nearby to the picturesque Strait of Malacca.
A city famous for its culinary fanfare and idyllic beaches, George Town is within walking distance to Penang’s shopping centers, food
stalls, business and government of-fices and is just a 30 minutes drive from Penang International Airport, setting the pace for business travelers and holiday makers alike.
Making the most of this prime
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Hotel Neo+ opens in Penang, MalaysiaJAKArTA – Following the growing popularity of its Hotel NEO brand, Hotel NEO+ Penang - Malay-
sia joins Archipelago International’s portfolio in Malaysia. Hotel NEO+ Penang – Malaysia is the first Hotel NEO which opens in the popular island destination, underscoring the brand’s strategy to accelerate expansion nationwide.
island location, Hotel NEO+ Penang - Malaysia features 196 guest rooms and suites decorated in a modern-con-temporary style that befits the new trends in hotel design. With uncluttered open spaces, the atmosphere is at once stylish and relaxed, topped off with twenty-first century conveniences such as complimentary high-speed WiFi, LED TVs and home entertainment systems.
Each of the rooms is also equipped with luxurious crea-ture comforts, like high-quality beds and pillows, tea and coffee makers, and a writing desk with universal electri-cal outlets. Bathrooms are equally as inviting, with large standing showers, fluffy cotton towels and complimentary bathroom amenities. The hotel also features 4 meeting rooms, 2 function rooms, a swimming pool & gym, as well as a Lounge & Bar for private events, weddings, meetings and exhibitions.
“Penang is one of the most dynamic destinations for business and leisure travel and we are thrilled to now offer travelers the Hotel NEO acclaimed value proposition – a great at great rates. Hotel NEO+ Penang – Malaysia also promises a complete smoke-free environment – one of the defining features of NEO Hotels that ranks them as a trendsetter and only 100% non-smoking select service hotel brand in the region. NEOs also offer guest rooms with a full set of amenities and up market facilities without the high price-tag, staying truthful to the group’s credo that well designed and exciting hotels do not need to be expensive.” said Tenaiya Brookfield, Archipelago Inter-national’s VP Sales & Marketing.
BANGLI - The Bangli Narcotic Penitentiary is one of three penitentia-ries in Bali. As the name implies, the prison located at Buungan Tiga vil-lage, Susut subdistrict, Bangli, has been built specifically to accommodate inmates who were involved in drug cases. Although it started operating in early 2015, the prison -built to reduce crowdedness at a number of prisons in Bali, has only now begin to house a number of prisoners.
Constructin of the prison began in 2013 and was completed at the end of December 2014. The Bangli Narcotic Penitentiary consists of several units including an office building, prisoner blocks, a kitchen and a re-habilitation centre The Bangli Narcotic Penitentiary can accommodate up to 360 prisoners, with each block housing 180 people. Despite its capacity only a few prisoners have been transferred to the new narcotic penitentiary.
The Head of Bangli Narcotic Penitentiary, Bambang Maryanto, said that so far there are only 19 people being detained there. There is a mixture of narcotics offenders and other criminals transferred from other prisons in Bali. The prisoners who have been moved to the new facility are helping out with the physical condition of the prison, by doing things like cutting the grass and landscaping the garden.
The penitentiary has only transffered a limited number of prisoners because there is still a lack of security officers, with a total of 38 work-ing in the new prison. Bambang Maryanto, explained that this is far from enough to guard the prison at full capacity.
“The present number of officers is far from being enough, the Bangli Narcotics Penitentiary aims to have 80 to 90 officers. It is not possible to have the prison full with the current number of officers,” he explained.
The transfer of prisoners, said Bambang, will be carried out gradually. “After completing pre-service training for approximately 20 officers, we will begin to accept more prisoners, including those involved in drug cases who will receive rehabilitation services,” he added.
In the meantime, the Bangli Narcotic Penitentiary has also set up a representative residential block for the rehabilitation of drug addicts. Other than setting up blocks, the penitentiary authorities will also prepare the new officers that have been provided with special training. (kmb40)
Chairman of the Gerindra Party - Badung Chapter, IGK Puriartha, said on Wednesday that there has been a struggle to get the atten-tion of the central government, a struggle which has been voiced in Bali for some time. Unfortunately, so far the struggle has not shown satisfactory results. The central government seems to have blinders
on. The bottom up orientation of government’s management system appears to be nearly a formality. As a result, some of the central government’s programs do not fit the needs of the community. “Many programs come directly from Ja-karta, but often they are not actually needed by Balinese people. In the end, such programs are useless,”
said the man familiarly addressed as Gus Krobo.
Ideally the government acting as a facilitator would not govern arbitrarily. Officials should be able to adhere to organizational governance and participatory bu-reaucracy. Aside from the central government, many of the people’s representatives of Bali still do not
IBP/Suasrina
The situation in Bangli Narcotic Penitentiary
Central government asked to solve the issues of development inequality
MANGUPUrA - The role of the central government in solving various problems faced by Bali is still considered very minimal. Bali is a region of Indonesia that provides subsatnacial contributions to the central government, but many have the impression that the island is simply viewed as a cash cow used for projecting a positive image to the world. Many aspirations that people on the island have, should be followed up on but are instead ignored. One of the most recent examples is the massive public rejection of the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. For the future, the government under the leadership of President Jokowi should be more focused on evenly distributing income so that Balinese people also prosper, while also paying attention to environmental and cultural preservation.
understand about the needs of their people.
‘Aspiration absorption’ meant to take place during the recess periods of the legislators of the central House of Representatives is often just a formality, and so many of the government’s programs do not match the aspirations of the people. Therefore, it is not surpris-ing that the complex problems of Bali, especially those regarding the imbalance of development, have yet to be resolved. There is still much work to be done to resolve these problems, through well targeted development programs. The main obstacle is funding which Gus Kro-bo criticized referring to the lack of balance in the funds received by Bali from the central government.
As a result, many programs cannot be implemented.
Furthermore, he said, in this matter, improvements in the chain of communication between the local and the central government are required, so that development can meet the need of the society. He cited the problem of the Benoa Bay reclamation project fiasco as an example of bad communication.
A number of actions taken by various components of society in rejection of the project have hit a stone wall. It is not possible for the Balinese community to go up against the state. Formal channels need to be put in place through regulations regarding governance and administration, especially in and for Bali. (kmb25)
Prisoner transfer to Bangli Narcotic Penitentiary done gradually
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Your employer may one day help de-termine if your genes are why your jeans have become too snug. Big companies are considering blending genetic testing with coaching on nutrition and exercise to help workers lose weight and improve their health before serious conditions like diabetes or heart disease develop. It’s a step beyond the typical corporate wellness programs that many companies are using to make workers more aware of their risk factors and improve their health.
Genetic testing in corporate wellness pro-grams also is relatively uncharted territory. Many employers and insurers cover these tests and counseling for medical reasons, like helping people determine if they are more prone to certain cancers. And earlier this year, President Obama asked the U.S. Congress to approve spending on medical research into using a patient’s genes to tailor care.
Mixing generic testing into a wellness program may create a tool attractive to em-
ployers desperate to cut health care costs, one of the biggest expenses in a company’s budget. But employee benefits experts have doubts that such a novel approach will gain momentum. It first has to conquer steep chal-lenges like employee worry about sharing such sensitive information and employer skepticism about its effectiveness.
“They are waiting for evidence that this genetic testing will change risks,” said Dr. Jeff Levin-Scherz, a senior consultant with the benefits consulting firm Towers Watson.
Sparking the push to add genetic testing into corporate wellness offerings is a new program from the health insurer Aetna and Newtopia, a small Canadian company that creates personalized health-improvement programs. Their offering uses data from initial wellness program steps like physicals or blood tests to figure out which employees are vulnerable to metabolic syndrome.
That’s a group of conditions like high blood sugar, poor cholesterol or a big waist-
line that, when they occur together, increase a patient’s risk for heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
Those people are invited to get testing that analyzes a narrow band of genes that can tell patients things like how their body processes carbohydrates or fats, or if they have a genetic marker tied to compulsive eating. Patients then work with a coach to combine that information with a plan to improve their health.
Aetna and Newtopia are selling their program to the insurer’s biggest employer customers, and they are seeking to sign up to six companies this year. Spokeswoman Michelle Grant said the cost for companies will be on par with other disease prevention programs that attempt to improve a person’s health using live, individual coaching and apps. She did not provide specifics.
Aetna appears to have this niche to itself for now. None of the other major health insurers in the United States offer genetic testing as part of a wellness program. (ap)
A study of more than 1.2 million children born in Sweden between 1992 and 2004 and monitored for several years, found a 33-percent higher risk for the disease among children whose mothers were obese during the first trimester of pregnancy, but were not diabetic themselves.
“Maternal overweight and obe-sity in early pregnancy were asso-
ciated with increased risk of type 1 diabetes in the offspring of parents without diabetes,” a team wrote in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.
The highest risk was still for children of parents who had dia-betes themselves, the study found. There was no additional risk for children of mothers who were obese
on top of having diabetes.Over 5,700 children from the
study group were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes by 2009.
Type 1 diabetes is usually found in children and young people -- a chronic condition caused when the pancreas does not produce insulin to control blood sugar levels. It requires lifelong insulin treatment, and constitutes about 10 percent
LONDON - Britain’s first legally-approved HIV self-testing kit went on sale online on Monday, promising a result in just 15 minutes with a 99.7 percent accuracy rate. Developers hope the Bio-Sure HIV Self Test will help identify the estimated 26,000 people in Britain who have HIV but do not yet know.
“Knowing your HIV status is critical and the launch of this product will empower people to discreetly test themselves when it is convenient to them and in a place where they feel comfortable,” explained BioSure founder Brigette Bard.
Early diagnosis reduces the risk of passing the disease on to other people and also raises the suc-cess rate of modern treatments, which now make the disease manageable.
“Over 40 percent of people living with HIV are diagnosed late, meaning they have been living with HIV for at least four years,” said Deborah Gold, chief executive of the National Aids Trust (NAT).
“People diagnosed late are 11 times more likely to die in the first year after diagnosis,” she added.
The kit reacts to antibodies -- proteins made in response to the virus -- in a drop of the person’s blood, producing two purple lines in the event of a positive diagnosis.
The self-test, which is only available via the Internet, can only detect antibodies three months after the patient has become infected, and is not effective during this initial period,and all positive results must be confirmed by professional health workers, experts said.
Rosemary Gillespie, chief executive at HIV char-ity Terrence Higgins Trust, said it was “great to see the first self-test kits being approved.
“However, it is important to make sure people can get quick access to support when they get their result.”
Currently, those who fear they may have been infected have to collect a blood sample at home and send it to a laboratory, waiting five days for the result.
There are almost 110,000 people in Britain living with HIV, which can lead to AIDS if the sufferer’s immune system becomes badly damaged.
A similar test in the US has been available since 2012, giving a result in around 30 minutes from a sample of the person’s saliva or blood. (afp)
Obesity in pregnancy puts child at diabetes risk
PARIS - Women who are obese while pregnant may put their offspring at risk of childhood diabetes, a condition that requires lifelong insulin therapy, Swedish researchers said Tuesday.
of all diabetes cases -- though the number is growing.
And the increase “may partly be explained by increasing prevalence of maternal overweight/obesity,” said the study.
People with a BMI (body weight index, a ratio of weight to height) of 25 and higher are classified overweight, and 30 and over obese.
Obesity, too, is soaring, hav-ing more than doubled worldwide since 1980. By 2014, more than
1.9 billion adults were overweight, of whom 600 million were obese, according to the World Health Or-ganization.
Type 2 diabetes is much more common than type 1, and is be-lieved to be caused by lifestyle fac-tors, and controlled through healthy diet, exercise and medication.
“Prevention of overweight and obesity in women of reproductive age may contribute to a decreased incidence of type 1 diabetes,” the study concluded. (afp)
Instant self-test HIV kit on sale in Britain
AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File
In this June 26, 2012 file photo, two women speak to each other in New York. Big compa-
nies are considering blending genetic test-ing with coaching on
nutrition and exercise to help workers lose weight and improve
their health before serious conditions
like diabetes or heart disease develop.
Genetic testing moves into world of employee health
“They come from several coun-tries and are processed by the Bali Police and County Police of Bali,” said the Division Head of Bali Police Public Information, Sri Harmiti, recently.
The foreigners who are involved in this criminal case, added Sri, come from Switzerland, Germany, India, the UK, Australia, the US, Russia, France, Ireland, China and Taiwan.
Most of the arrests were carried out at the beginning April, with 38 people from China and Taiwan ap-prehended in East Denpasar, who were allegedly involved in fraud cases. “To process these cases, we are coordinating with their consul-ates. We must conduct law enforce-ment toward anyone involved in the case” she said.
Sri also expressed her hope that the public will be more alert, espe-cially villa and hotel owners. “We hope the owners of villa, hotel and rental house will always be vigilant, and if there is anything suspicious,
that they please immediately report it to the nearest police station or vil-lage police personnel” she said.
In response to this, tourism ob-server, and lecturer at STP Nusa Dua Bali, Dr. Ni Made Eka Mahadewi, explained that Bali is known as ‘the Island of Paradise’ and that there are positive and negative impacts that come with this branding. One of the positive impacts, is that Bali has become a prominent tourist attrac-tion, in high demand and visited by many travellers. On the other hand, a negative impact that the branding of Bali as the Island of Paradise ha is that the island has become a magnet for merry-making activities and illegal drug use.
“Tourism is frequently blamed for the negative impacts, but tour-ism implies activities that fill ones spare time, spending money and having fun,” explained Eka.
“Currently, there is an increase in the number of foreigners becoming involved in crimes in Bali. Should foreigners who commit criminal
acts be referred to as travellers? By definition, a foreigners who commits crimes is not a travellers but is in fact a bandit or mafia,” she added.
Eka went on to say that every foreigner coming to Bali should be examined and determined whether they have a tour program for their stay in Bali. Without a tour program or definite purpose for their visit, foreigners are worth suspecting of dubious activities.
“Security is a major factor for the image of Bali tourism, and should not be tainted by foreigners wishing to undermine the security of Bali,” she said.
Eka stressed that not every for-eigner coming to this island can be categorized as a traveller and Bali must be maintained as a tourist destination for the world. To that end, we need all parties to coop-erate so as to maintain the image of Bali as the Island of Paradise, truly heavenly, full of serenity and peace. (rah)
MANGUPURA - The representa-tives of Indonesia and Switzerland met in Badung, Bali, on Tuesday to negotiate on bilateral agreements for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.
“We thank Badung Regent for facilitating this meeting room for discussing the bilateral agreements,”
Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly said on Tuesday.
The minister expressed his hope that the negotiations will produce a result in favor of Indonesia and Switzerland.
In the meeting, Switzerland was represented by Mario Affentranger, among others.
DENPASAR - The National Archive of the Republic of Indo-nesia (ANRI) is tracing a number of state documents, including those related to the 1928 national movement and independence, to several countries, according to an ANRI official.
“We are coordinating with the national archive of the Neth-erlands, Australia, China, and several ASEAN countries,” Head of ANRI Mustari Irawan said on Tuesday.
Mustari hopes the countries will help Indonesia collect all archival documents and share all informa-tion regarding the archives that are important to the Indonesian history
Indonesia, Switzerland negotiate on legal
assistance agreement
Indonesian archive to trace documents abroad
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This file photo showed a foreigner from Russia got arrested at Ngurah Rai International Airport as she tried to smuggled drug to Bali. Foreign citizens coming to Bali, mostly come as travellers or visitors, however some become perpetrators of crimes on the island. Between January and April 2014, the Bali Police along arrested 58 foreigners for involvement in criminal cases.
Dozens of foreigners involved in crimes
DENPASAR - Foreign citizens coming to Bali, mostly come as travellers or visitors, however some become perpetrators of crimes on the island. Between January and April 2014, the Bali Police along arrested 58 foreigners for involvement in criminal cases. Cases ranged from pos-session of firearms to persecution, traffic accidents, narcotics, fraud, attempt of rape and one case of a motorcycle gang.
and its national development.In addition to the historical
archives, ANRI is also tracing maritime documents and national archives related to Indonesia’s border regions.
“We would like to collect our national border documents as we want to defend Indonesia and pre-vent the disintegration of our land, such as in the case of Sipadan and Ligitan islands in East Kalimantan that are finally being part of Ma-laysia,” Mustari stated.
The cooperation between ANRI and other national archives has facilitated the exchange of the conservation technology to save all documents in both manual and digital formats.
The other cooperation programs include education and training to improve human resources in ar-chives, such as the archive expert exchange program. (ant)
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The curfew, which went into ef-fect at 10 p.m. Tuesday, got off to a not-so-promising start, however, as about 200 protesters initially ignored warnings of police officers and the pleas of community activ-ists to disperse.
Some threw water bottles or lay down on the ground. A line of po-lice behind riot shields hurled tear gas canisters and fired pepper balls at the crowd and slowly advanced forward to push it back. Demon-strators picked up the canisters and hurled them back at officers. But the crowd rapidly dispersed and was down to just a few dozen people within minutes.
The clash came after a day of high tension but relative peace in Baltimore, which was rocked by looting and widespread ar-son Monday in the city’s worst outbreak of rioting since 1968. Police, city leaders and many residents condemned the vio-lence, and hundreds of volunteers showed up Tuesday to sweep the streets of glass and other debris. Just before midnight Tuesday, Baltimore Police Commissioner
Anthony Batts declared the cur-few a success.
“We do not have a lot of active movement throughout the city as a whole. ... Tonight I think the biggest thing is the citizens are safe, the city is stable,” he said. “We hope to maintain it that way.” Batts said 10 people were arrested after the cur-few went into effect: two for loot-ing, one for disorderly conduct, and seven for violating the curfew.
Gov. Larry Hogan, Mayor Steph-anie Rawlings-Blake and other offi-cials made appearances throughout the day Tuesday, promising to reclaim and restore pride to their city. Baltimore Public Schools CEO Gregory Thornton said in a notice posted on the school system’s website that schools will be open Wednesday. The notice said after-school sports and clubs will also take place.
But life was unlikely to get completely back to normal anytime soon: The curfew was to go back into effect at 10 p.m. Wednesday and baseball officials — in what may be a first in the sport’s 145-year history — announced that Wednes-
day’s Baltimore Orioles game at Camden Yards would be closed to the public.
The violence set off soul-search-ing among community leaders and others, with some suggesting the uprising was not just about race or the police department, but also about high unemployment, high crime, poor housing, broken-down schools and lack of opportunity in Baltimore’s inner-city neighbor-hoods — issues that are not going away anytime soon.
Activists also stressed that they would continue to press authorities for answers in the case of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died of a spinal-cord injury under mysterious circumstances while in police custody. His case is what spurred Monday’s riots.
A group of pastors announced plans to hold a rally and prayer vigil for the city of Baltimore and Gray’s family at noon Wednesday and to “draw public attention to 17 police accountability bills the state legislature failed to pass during the recent legislative ses-sion.” (ap)
PASLANG, Nepal — Aid reached a hilly district near the epicenter of Nepal’s earthquake for the first time Wednesday, four days after the quake struck and as the death toll from the disaster passed the 5,000 mark. But it will still take time for the food and other supplies to reach survivors in remote com-munities who have been cut off by landslides, said Geoff Pinnock, a World Food Program emergencies officer.
“It doesn’t happen overnight,” said Pinnock from the village of Majuwa, 20 kilometers (16 miles) downhill from Gorkha town, a stag-ing area for relief efforts to areas worst hit by Saturday’s magnitude-7.8 earthquake.
Nearby, five cargo trucks filled with rice, cooking oil and sugar stood on a grassy field fringed with banana and acacia trees beneath the soaring Himalayas, waiting for a helicopter to carry the supplies to remote, quake-hit villages.
Soon, the U.N. food agency was expected to deliver shipments of high-energy food biscuits to areas without enough water for cooking, Pinnock said. The first aid ship-ments had reached Dhading district, just east of Gorhka, near the epicen-ter, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Kathmandu.
Nepalese police said Wednesday the death toll from the quake had reached 4,989. Another 18 were killed on the slopes of Mount Ever-est, while 61 died in neighboring India, and China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported 25 dead in Tibet, putting the total over 5,000.
The disaster also injured more than 10,000, police said, and ren-dered thousands more homeless. The U.N. says the disaster has af-fected 8.1 million people — more than a fourth of Nepal’s population of 27.8 million — and that 1.4 mil-lion needed food assistance.
“Under normal circumstances, a government would have the capac-ity to respond to maybe 10, or 20, or 30,000 people in need. But if you’re looking at 8 million as we are here, you need a bit of time to scale ev-erything up,” Pinnock said.
Planes carrying food and other supplies have been steadily arriving at Kathmandu’s small airport, but the aid distribution process remains fairly chaotic, with Nepalese offi-cials having difficulty directing the flow of emergency supplies.
About 200 people blocked traffic in the capital Wednesday to protest the slow pace of aid delivery. The protesters faced off with police and there were minor scuffles but no arrests were made. (ap)
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Houses on the higher reaches of mountains destroyed in Saturday’s earthquake are seen from a helicopter near Dhad-ingbesti, in Nepal, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. The first aid shipments reached a hilly district near the epicenter of Nepal’s earthquake, a U.N. food agency official said, and distribution of food and medicine would start Wednesday, five days after the quake struck.
Nepal quake toll tops 5,000 as aid reaches
epicenter area
AP Photo/David Goldman
Members of the National Guard walk along North Avenue near where Monday’s riots occurred following the funeral for Freddie Gray, after a 10 p.m. curfew went into effect Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Baltimore.
Baltimore night curfew ends with
streets quiet after riotsBALTIMORE — Baltimore streets were quiet Wednesday morning at the lifting of a night-
time curfew that was enforced by 3,000 police and National Guardsmen following widespread rioting. There were no reports of disturbances after curfew ended at 5 a.m. The morning rush was getting underway with traffic flowing on most streets downtown.
Gianyar is also applying for the title of “eligible children county” (KLA). Various efforts need to be made by all parties in order to qualify as an “eligible children county”, particularly regarding the supervision of the children under the authority of the school but also regarding the physical space of the school.
Regional Secretary of Gianyar, Ida Bagus Gaga Adi Saputra, re-vealed these facts during an inspec-tion of the canteen at SDN 1 Pejeng elementary school, Tampaksiring. The regent had the opportunity to review the school canteen which
sells a variety of foods to local school children.
During the visit, he asked schools to always carry out supervision of their canteens and check what type and quality of food is on sale. We must not allow school canteens to sell foods which contain the five hazardous substances namely; sweetener, stabilizer, preservative, coloring and flavoring. “Without supervision such foods could be sold and damage the health of stu-dents which has an impact on the quality of our human resources in the future,” he said.
Supervision of the quality of
the health and hygiene of school canteens will continue to be car-ried out by the Education Agency along with other relevant agencies. Principal of SDN 1 Pejeng, Pande Made Murta, stated that he keeps a close eye on the sanitation of his school’s canteen and his staff often provides guidance to those selling at the canteen regarding the healthi-ness of the food sold there.
As a result, there have been no problems at his school related to the food on sale there. Supervision and guidance will continue to be provided for the whole school com-munity. (kmb16)
AMLAPURA - A victim of in-vestment fraud with the perpetrator I Gede Armandika made a report to police station. This time the victim is I Wayan Putu Murti, 52, a resident of Penggak Sajeng hamlet, Labasari village, Abang subdistrict. As a result of the fraud, the victim claimed to suffer losses of almost IDR 200 million.
Operation Division Head of the Karangasem Police, I Wayan Sudita, when contacted on Tuesday (Apr. 28) said that the victim came to Karangasem Police station in a confused condition, Monday (Apr. 27), because the fate of his money having been invested is unclear so far.
When reporting the case, the victim admitted to first meet the perpetrator I Gede Armandika on March 5, 2013 at his home on Jalan Untung Surapati Gang Beji No. 7 Amlapura. At that time, the victim claimed to come with the witness I Wayan Dayuh and I Gede Trawi. The victim claimed to be tempted by the investment business run by Armandika with a gain of 10 percent per month of the total fund invested.
The victim admitted to blindly accept the offer of the perpetra-tor and sent him cash worth IDR 195 million to the account of Ar-mandika’s wife, Ni Luh Sriani. “He (Armandika) said to give the gain as much as 10 percent per month and the money can be taken any time,” said the victim when reporting as written in the report of the victim
at the Karangasem Police station. After participating in the invest-ment program, the victim claimed to have got profit as much as 10 percent only once in April 2013 or worth IDR 19.5 million.
A month later, the victim came again to the home of Armandika to ask for the profit of the second month. Unfortunately, since then the perpetrator was difficult to be contacted. Finally the victim could meet the perpetrator, but he admitted to no longer have money. The perpetrator has promised to reimburse the victim’s investment. However, after giving the promise to these days, the owner of the campus of Sigma Millennium Computer Karangasem cannot be found any longer. Ultimately, the victim reported the case to Karan-gasem Police. Sudita assessed the victim is too easy to believe in the so tempting advantages. Currently, police have received the reports of victim as well as the other victims whose investment capital has not been returned so far.
“The reports are of many victims and now we are investigating the case,” said Sudita. In the meantime, the perpetrator Gede Armandika cannot be reached for his comment. Since the victims reported the case to Karangasem Police, the perpetrator seems to be hiding. The existence of the former fired school superinten-dent remains mysterious. As he can-not be found by police, he has never undergone any examination related to the reports of victims. (kmb31)
NEGARA - Dozens of migrants having no temporary resident per-mit (SKTS) were ensnared in popu-lation operation by Jembrana Mu-nicipal Police, Tuesday (Apr. 28). The operation targeted a number of boarding houses and businesses in Mendoyo subdistrict.
Section head of the civilian security guard of the Jembrana Municipal Police, I Gede Nyoman Suda Asmara, said after the opera-tion that a total of 26 people were ensnared in the operation because they do not have a temporary resi-dent permit. The operation targeting the boarding houses around the Pergung Square initially arrested five people from two boarding houses. Two of them claimed to have been living and working in a cafe at Delod Berawah, Mendoyo subdistrict. The officers then made data collection and asked the of-fenders to complete their temporary
residence permit.Aside from boarding houses, the
officers also targeted shrimp breed-ing at Tembles hamlet, Penyaringan village, Mendoyo subdistrict. At the location, the officers found that almost all employees from East Java do not have temporary resident permit. The Head of the Jembrana Municipal Police, I Gusti Ngurah Rai Budhi, said that the popula-tion operation is regularly held by Municipal Police. All migrants are recorded and ensured in order that they comply with corresponding administrative regulation pursuant to Regional Bylaw (Perda). The mi-grants that are repeatedly ensnared will be repatriated. Other than for administrative compliance, it also functions to monitor and pose a report to local village. “We carry out this operation sustainably, both at business premises and boarding house,” he explained. (kmb26)
Dozens of migrants ensnared in a joint operation
Again, victim of investment fraud reports to police
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One of the canteens in the school in Denpasar
Schools asked to pay attention to canteen
food qualityGIANYAR - School authorities providing a space for student canteens are expected to su-
pervise and pay attention to the quality of food on sale at the canteen. This needs to be done to protect students from foods containing unhealthy substances, such as sweeteners, preservatives, coloring, flavoring and stabilizer.
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BUSINESS
The greenback fell to 118.83 yen in afternoon trade from 118.88 yen in New York, while it is sharply down from the 119.10 yen earlier Tuesday in Asia.
And while the euro edged down to $1.0964 and $130.29 from $1.0981 and 130.55 yen in US trade, it is well up from $1.0880 and 129.54 yen earlier Tuesday.
The Fed’s policy-setting com-mittee ends a two-day meeting later
Wednesday and traders are betting on a rate hike being put back, while also looking for some guidance about the bank’s intentions later in the year.
The central bank had previously signalled a possible hike in June, but analysts now expect it in Sep-tember at the earliest following a spate of soft readings.
The latest came Tuesday as the Conference Board reported
its index of consumer confidence tumbled in March, instead of rising as expected. Consumers reported growing pessimism about current and short-term US economic con-ditions.
“Expectations for tonight’s ... decision have now changed signifi-cantly, with traders now expecting interest rate lift-off to be pushed out from June to September at least, sending the US dollar into reverse,”
said Nicholas Teo, market analyst at CMC Markets in Singapore.
“The oil crash, slower overseas economies and a higher (dollar) have made it increasingly difficult for the US to defy gravity,” he added.
Also in focus is the govern-ment’s first estimate of US first-quarter economic growth, with analysts predicting a 1.0 percent rate, down from 2.2 percent in the previous three months.
The dollar was mostly lower against other Asia-Pacific curren-cies.
It weakened to 63.20 Indian ru-
pees from 63.38 rupees on Tuesday, to 1,068.54 South Korean won from 1,070.86 won, to Tw$30.50 from Tw$30.53 and to Sg$1.3216 from Sg$1.3281.
The greenback also eased to 12,966.00 Indonesian rupiah from 12,991.40 rupiah and to 44.25 Philippine pesos from 44.26 pesos, while gaining marginally to 32.68 Thai baht from 32.61 baht.
The Australian dollar rose to 79.94 US cents from 78.68 cents and the Chinese yuan stood at 19.15 Japanese yen from 19.19 yen. (afp)
SEOUL — Samsung Electronics Co. said its first quarter net profit plunged 39 percent as consumers switched to bigger iPhones, squeez-ing earnings from its mobile business to less than half what they were a year earlier. The company reported Wednesday that its January-March net profit was 4.63 trillion won ($4.35 billion), compared with 7.49 trillion won a year earlier. That was lower than the forecast of 4.97 trillion won in a survey of analysts by financial data provider FactSet.
The larger-than-expected drop was due to a big profit plunge in Sam-sung’s mobile business. The maker of Galaxy smartphones said its mobile division generated 2.74 trillion won in quarterly profit compared with 6.43 trillion won a year earlier.
Analysts estimate Samsung sold more smartphones than Apple during the quarter. But the Korean firm lost ground in the more profitable high-end market to Apple after the maker of the iPhone began offering models with bigger screens last fall. Before
that, large screens were a feature that set Samsung phones apart.
According to Counterpoint Tech-nology Market Research, sales of iPhones were also strong in countries where Samsung’s presence looms large, such as its home market South Korea and Vietnam, which has Sam-sung’s biggest phone factory.
Samsung, which does not dis-close its smartphone shipments, is estimated to have sold 83 million smartphones during the quarter, down 6 percent from a year earlier, according to Counterpoint. But most of the sales increase came from mid-level handsets like the Galaxy A series, which sell for less than its flagship models. The period preceded the launch of the latest versions of Samsung’s flagship smartphones. Samsung said is quar-terly revenue fell 12 percent from a year earlier to 47.12 trillion won while operating income dropped 30 percent to 5.98 trillion won, in line with Samsung’s earnings preview earlier this month. (ap)
NEW YORK — The recession isn’t a dim memory for many small businesses. Nearly two-thirds of owners in a Bank of America sur-vey said their companies are still recovering from the downturn that officially ended nearly six years ago. Only 21 percent of the owners surveyed last month said their busi-nesses have fully recovered.
The numbers present a different side of small business than surveys that focus on companies’ increasing optimism and healthy cash flow. The Bank of America findings are a reminder that the economic re-covery is not only slow-paced but also fragmented, with companies
whose customers are consumers and other small businesses lagging behind. Retailers and homebuilders are among those whose revenue is below the levels they enjoyed before the recession’s December 2007 official beginning.
At Razzle Dazzle, a young wom-en’s clothing boutique in Atlanta, revenue is down 65 percent from 2007. Owner Carol Avendano sees customers think carefully before spending.
“It used to be nothing for a mom to come in here and spend $1,000 on her eighth grader and not even blink an eye,” Avendano says. “Now, if a purse is $300, they have
to think about it.”Younger shoppers are also less
carefree about money. A young wom-an with $100 is more likely to go to chains like H&M or Forever 21 and buy 10 different items than pick up one shirt in Razzle Dazzle. Avendano, who opened her store in 1975, stays in business because she has loyal customers. She’s been through many ups and downs over the decades, but this downturn has surprised her.
Companies are still recovering for a number of reasons, some of them related to the industries they’re in. Retailers struggle be-cause consumer spending remains weak, says Scott Anderson, chief
economist with Bank of the West. And the housing industry, which includes many small businesses, is still in the early stages of recovery from the collapse that began in 2006. But small manufacturers are doing well and leading the recovery, Anderson says.
The struggles in retailing and homebuilding are reflected in overall small business revenue, which hasn’t recovered to pre-recession levels, says Susan Woodward, an economist who analyzes data gathered from Intuit’s small business customers. Revenue has also fallen every month since October, she says.
A homebuilding rebound will
help consumer spending, econo-mists say. If people buy more hous-es, industries related to construction will hire more workers who will be able to spend. And people buying houses tend to shop for appliances, furniture and home decor.
The difficulty many small com-panies have in getting loans has pro-longed the recovery, says Karen Mills, a Harvard Business School faculty member and former head of the Small Business Administration. Banks are still reluctant to lend to many compa-nies, especially the smallest ones.
“There’s no question we haven’t fully recovered in terms of access to capital,” Mills says. (ap)
US dollar down ahead of Fed policy decisionSINGAPORE - The dollar softened in Asia Wednesday on expectations that the US Federal
Reserve will delay an interest rate hike following fresh data pointing to slowing growth in the world’s biggest economy, analysts said.
Recession not over yet for retailers, other small businesses
AP Photo/Lee Jin-man
Visitors tour at at Samsung Electronics shop in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Samsung Electronics Co. said its first-quarter net income plunged 39 percent as consumers switched to bigger iPhones, squeezing its profit from the mobile business to less than half from a year earlier.
Samsung’s profit hit by bigger iPhones, sinks 39 percent
In the bus, the officer found four sealed boxes which Bambang Trianto, 45, the bus helper from Jember, initially claimed contained animal fodder. But once opened, they were found to in fact contain thousands of baby pig-nosed turtles, often referent to as Papuan turtles.
It is estimated that the baby turtles are worth IDR 1 billion or more on the black market, as these turtles fall under the category of protected fauna.
The bus driver and helper were brought to the the Gilimanuk Water Police station for further examina-tion. Based on the description pro-vided by the bus helper, the turtles were loaded from Rogojampi Ter-minal, Banyuwangi, East Java. The sender loaded the thousands of baby turtles onto the bus, to be carried to Ubung Terminal, Denpasar.
Other than thousands of young turtles, police also secured hundreds of ornamental fish of various kinds.
The 22 boxes of fish were trans-ported in an AKAS bus (license plate N 7432 US). The bus driver, Bazariadi, 49, from Situbondo, East Java, said that the fish boxes were transported from Bangsring village, Banyuwangi, East Java, with the same destination: Ubung, Denpasar.
However, upon further exami-nation, some of the ornamental fish seem to be accompanied with documentation that named Luk-man from Banyuwangi, as their owner, however the rest of the fish had no documents. The Chief of Gilimanuk Water Police, Nyoman Wirya Sucipta, with permission from the Chief of Jembrana Police confirmed the arrests. The turtles were handed over to the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) Gilimanuk, while the bus crew were secured for examina-tion. Police are still conducting an investigating into who was send-
ing the thousands of baby turtles. On the black market, each turtle is worth about IDR 500,000. Police charged the bus driver and helper with illegally carrying endangered animal without documents accord-ing to article 21 paragraph 2 letter a, in conjunction with article 40 para-graph 4 of Law No.5/1990 on the conservation of natural resources and their ecosystem with a maxi-mum penalty of one year in prison and a fine of IDR 50 million.
The Chief of BKSDA Gili-manuk, Putu Citra Sudarmaya, said that according to Government Regulation No.7/1999 on the pres-ervation of plants and animals, the Papuan turtle belongs to a rare and protected animal species. Accord-ing to Sudarmaya, the animal only exists in Papua and is alleged to have been smuggled from there. The evidence will be handed over to the BKSDA Bali for further han-dling. (kmb26)
SEMARAPURA - Jungut Batu Beach, Nusa Penida, Klungkung, claimed another fatality. This time, a foreign traveller named David Joseph, 54, from the U.S. died while snorkeling in the waters of Jungut Batu, on Tuesday (Apr. 28). This guest died on the way to the Jungutbatu public health center after being found unconscious after snorkeling alone. It is not clear what caused the victim (David—Ed) to die. However, there are allegations that the victim died due to having a history of respiratory problems.
Information obtained in the field on Tuesday revealed that the victim went to spend his holiday in Jungut Batu along with 12 other people. Before the incident, the victim had spent a night alone in an inn called Pondok Baruna Frangipani at Jun-gut Batu. In the morning at around seven o’clock, the victim left the inn to go snorkeling with a group on the beach. The victim suddenly
fainted while snorkeling.A tour guide who saw what hap-
pened, brought the victim to the Jungutbatu public health center. However, on the way to the public health center, the victim’s life could not be saved. He died just as they arrived at the public health center. It is not clear what caused his death. However, there is an allegation his death was related to pre-existing respiratory problems based on the fact that when the officers con-ducted a crime scene investigation they found a number of prescription drugs and a respirator in his room.
Chief of the Nusa Penida Police, Gde Arianta, when asked about the incident last Tuesday, confirmed these facts and added that there were no signs of violence on the victim’s body. “Preparations are being made, coordination with the Water Police, to send the victim’s body to Sanglah hospital,” he con-cluded. (kmb)
Thousands of Papuan turtles
secured by policeNEGARA - Thousands of smuggled pig-nosed turtles and hundreds of ornamental fish were
secured by the Gilimanuk Water Police, on Tuesday morning (Apr. 28). At least 2,400 of the fish whose Latin name is Carrettochelys inculpta, were secured during an inspection of the bag-gage compartment of a Margahayu bus (license plate N 7714 UN), driven by 30 year old Anang Risdianto, at around 01:30 a.m.
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Thousands of smuggled pig-nosed turtles and hundreds of ornamental fish were secured by the Gilimanuk Water Police, on Tuesday morning (Apr. 28). At least 2,400 of the fish whose Latin name is Carrettochelys inculpta, were secured during an inspection of the baggage compart-ment of a Margahayu bus (license plate N 7714 UN), driven by 30 year old Anang Risdianto, at around 01:30 a.m.
IBP/Net
The photo showed activities around Jungut Batu Beach. Jun-gut Batu Beach, Nusa Penida, Klungkung, claimed another fatality. This time, a foreign traveller named David Joseph, 54, from the U.S. died while snorkeling in the waters of Jungut Batu, on Tuesday (Apr. 28).
American traveler dies while snorkeling
in Nusa Penida
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JAKARTA/BENGALURU - Indonesian coal miners are diversifying into other businesses to offset a collapse in demand from China, which has slashed their cash flows to the lowest levels in months.
The free cash flow of the 15 biggest coal miners and con-tractors on Jakarta’s stock exchange averaged $10.7 million in the three months ended December, Thomson Reuters data shows. That’s the lowest since January-to-March 2014. Six of the firms, including PT Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk and PT Golden Energy Mines Tbk, experienced negative free cash flow. That means the cash they generated could not cover operating costs. Company executives and industry groups are not expecting a pickup anytime soon in demand especially from China, the world’s top consumer of the commodity.
PT Adaro Energy Tbk, Indonesia’s biggest coal miner by market value, is turning its focus to its logistics business and power generation. Sinarmas Group, parent of Golden Energy Mines, is investing as much as $700 million to build two coal-fired power plants in Indonesia. PT Bukit Asam Tbk is conducting feasibility studies on setting up power stations in Vietnam and Myanmar.
Indonesia’s coal production may slide as much as 24 percent this year as miners slow output and concentrate on stabilising their businesses, said Pandu Sjahrir, chairman of the Indonesian Coal Mining Association. “The Chinese slowdown is worse than we thought,” Sjahrir said. “India and Japan have improved. The problem is that China overpowers everyone else.”
Adding to the industry’s woes, the government is planning to double coal royalties from next month. The move has led to sharp criticism from the industry, which expects a rise in illegal mining as a result. “This is a long-term industry. Do not let an entire industry die because they want to increase revenues from royalties,” Joko Pramono, corporate secretary at Bukit Asam, told Reuters on Monday. The weakening rupiah is providing some support. Bukit Asam exports half of the coal it produces. (rtr)
In terms of trade, Kalla noted that In-donesia’s imports from Australia are con-siderably higher. Indonesia is an important trading partner to Australia.
Australia’s primary exports to Indonesia include wheat, livestock such as beef and cattle, petroleum, aluminum, and cotton, while Indonesia’s major exports include crude and refined petroleum, gold, iron, steel, and aluminum structures.
Regarding the withdrawal of Australia’s ambassador to Indonesia, he explained that it is a normal step in diplomatic relations.
“The withdrawal of Australia’s ambas-sador to Indonesia is temporary,” he said.
On a separate occasion, Professor of International Law from the University of Indonesia (UI) Hikmahanto Juwana stated that the Indonesian government should act wisely while facing Australia’s reaction.
Earlier, Australia had recalled its ambas-sador from Indonesia after two Australian men were executed for drug smuggling.
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were among the eight people from several countries executed by firing squad shortly after midnight, on Wednesday, on the prison island of Nusakambangan.
Australia on Wednesday took the unprecedented step of recalling its ambas-sador to Indonesia after two of its citizens, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan,
were executed for drugs offences.Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the
relationship with Jakarta “has suffered as a result of what’s been done over the last few hours”.
“We respect Indonesia’s sovereignty but we do deplore what’s been done and this cannot be simply business as usual,” he told reporters.
“For that reason, once all the courtesies have been extended to the Chan and Su-kumaran families our ambassador will be withdrawn for consultations.”
Sukumaran and Chan, the ringleaders of the “Bali Nine” heroin trafficking gang, were executed by a firing squad on the high-security prison island of Nusakam-bangan in the early hours of Wednesday, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop confirmed. They were sentenced in 2006.
Five other foreign drug convicts and one Indonesian suffered the same fate.
Australia has never recalled an ambas-sador over a drug execution before, even during the high-profile case of 25-year-old Nguyen Tuong Van, who was put to death by Singapore in December 2005.
However, the executions were “both cruel and unnecessary”, Abbott said, neces-sitating the “unprecedented” move to bring back Ambassador Paul Grigson.
Ties were only just recovering after
sinking to their lowest point in years in late 2013 after reports that Australian spies tried to tap the phones of then president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his in-ner circle.
Jakarta recalled its ambassador from Canberra and suspended cooperation in several areas over the incident, including efforts to stop people-smuggling boats reaching Australia.
Australia’s military-led efforts to turn back asylum-seeker boats also angered Indonesia, with tensions growing last year after its navy admitted entering the South-east Asian nation’s territorial waters.
With this in mind, Abbott was careful with his words, insisting “I don’t want to make a difficult situation worse by offering gratuitous reflections on different aspects of the way this matter has been handled in recent days and week”.
“As for President Widodo, look, he’s a new president, his election was attended with great promise,” he said.
“I regard myself as a friend of Indonesia, I think the vast majority of Australians re-gard themselves as friends of Indonesia.
“My hope is that this presidency is a suc-cessful one and while this is a dark moment in the relationship I am confident that the relationship will be restored for the great benefit of both our countries.” (ant/afp)
Coal miners move on as cash runs out
REUTERS/Jason Reed
Eva Mouawad, a neighbour of executed drug trafficker Andrew Chan’s family, delivers a bouquet to the Chan family home in Syd-ney, Australia, April 29, 2015. An Indonesian firing squad executed eight convicted drug-traffickers including Andrew Chan on Wednesday, prompting Australia to recall its envoy to Jakarta.
Australian Ambassador’s withdrawal will not
disrupt trade relationsJAKARTA - The withdrawal of the Australian ambassador to Indonesia will not disrupt the trade relations
between Indonesia and Australia, stated Vice President Jusuf Kalla. “The withdrawal will not interrupt trade relations between Indonesia and Australia,” Kalla remarked on Wednesday.
Shin said Lee didn’t reveal how the intelligence agency obtained the information. The agency declined to confirm the comments when con-tacted by The Associated Press.
Since taking over North Korea’s leadership after the death of his father Kim Jong Il in 2011, Kim has removed key members of the old guard through a series of purges. The process was highlighted by the 2013 execution of his uncle, Jang Song Thaek, for alleged treason. Jang was married to Kim Jong Il’s sister and was once considered the second most powerful man in North Korea.
Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the Seoul-based University of North Korean Studies, said the purges un-derline Kim Jong Un’s inexperience as a young dictator who is struggling to find effective ways to control his regime. Lee told the lawmakers that a North Korean official with a rank
comparable to a vice Cabinet minister in the South was executed in January for questioning Kim’s policies on forestation, Shin said.
He said another North Korean of-ficial of similar rank was executed in February for resisting Kim’s plans to construct a new building in the shape of a flower named after his grandfa-ther, North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, Shin said.
Shin said the agency also believes that North Korea used a firing squad in March to execute four senior mem-bers of Pyongyang’s famous Unhasu Orchestra on charges of espionage which Lee did not detail.
Lee told the lawmakers that North Korea has yet to book a hotel in Moscow for Kim’s possible visit, but that the country’s embassy is large and well-equipped enough to accom-modate him, Shin said. It would be Kim’s first overseas trip since taking
power. South Korean President Park Geun-hye has decided not to attend the May 9 event in Moscow and plans to send an envoy instead.
The South Korean spy agency has a spotty record of tracking develop-ments in North Korea. Information trickling out of the highly secretive state is often difficult to confirm.
In an intelligence success, the agency correctly said that Jang had likely been dismissed from his posts before North Korea officially an-nounced his arrest.
However, it received heavy criti-cism when its director acknowledged that it had ignored intelligence indicat-ing North Korea’s impending shelling of a South Korean island in 2010. It also came under fire because of reports that it first learned of the 2011 death of then leader Kim Jong Il more than two days after it occurred when state media announced it to the world. (ap)
A Filipina originally set to be executed was given an 11th hour reprieve after a woman who al-legedly duped her into ferrying drugs to Indonesia came forward to police in the Philippines.
The reprieve for Mary Jane Ve-loso was hailed in the Philippines as a miracle and a gift from God, but Indonesian Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo stressed it was only a “postponement” to allow time for police investiga-tions.
He added: “We are fighting a war against horrible drug crimes that threaten our nation’s survival.
“I would like to say that an execution is not a pleasant thing. It is not a fun job,” Prasetyo told reporters in Cilacap.
“But we must do it in order to save the nation from the danger of drugs. We are not making enemies of countries from where those ex-ecuted came. What we are fighting against is drug-related crimes.”
Prasetyo also played down Aus-tralia’s decision to recall its ambas-sador, describing it as a “temporary reaction”, while Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi stressed Jakarta’s desire to “continue having good relations” with one of its most important trading partners.
Australia had mounted a sus-tained campaign to save its citi-zens, who have been on death row for almost a decade, and Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the executions were “both cruel and unnecessary”.
“We respect Indonesia’s sover-eignty but we do deplore what’s been done and this cannot be simply business as usual,” he said, announcing Australia’s unprec-edented step of recalling its Jakarta ambassador.
Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, ringleaders of the so-called “Bali Nine” heroin-trafficking gang, were described
by Canberra as reformed men after years in prison.
The families said their sons did “all they could to make amends, helping many others” in the years since their arrests, with Sukumaran teaching fellow inmates English and art, and Chan ordained as a minister in February.
“They asked for mercy, but there was none. They were im-mensely grateful for all the sup-port they received. We too, will be forever grateful,” the families said in a joint statement.
There were very different scenes in the Philippines after the late let-off for Veloso, whose case attracted emotional appeals for mercy from boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao among others.
“Miracles do come true,” her mother Celia told a Philippine radio station, adding that her daughter’s two boys aged 12 and six were awake and yelling “Yes, yes, mama will live”.
President Benigno Aquino said the entire country was grateful to Indonesia and thanking God for the last-minute reprieve, his spokes-man Herminio Coloma said.
Little is known about the other four foreigners executed -- three of them are from Nigeria but it is not clear whether the fourth held Ghanaian or Nigerian nationality.
The execution of the Brazilian, Rodrigo Gularte, has generated much criticism in his homeland, with his family saying he suffered from schizophrenia and should not have faced the death penalty.
Gularte’s cousin was observed crying as she left the port of Cila-cap, accompanied by a religious counsellor.
A Frenchman was originally among the group to be executed but he was granted a temporary reprieve after authorities agreed to allow a legal appeal to run its course. (afp)
JERUSALEM — Israel and New Zealand have resolved a diplomatic dispute that had prevented New Zealand’s new ambassador from taking up his post for more than half a year.
Israel last September prevented Ambassador Jonathan Curr from presenting his credentials after learn-ing that he would also serve as New Zealand’s envoy to the Palestinians.
At the time, Israel said it had a
“well-known policy” of not accredit-ing diplomats who are also accredited to the Palestinian Authority.
New Zealand’s foreign ministry announced in February that it had appointed a separate envoy to the Palestinians, effectively ending the spat.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s office says Curr is scheduled to present his credentials on Thurs-day. (ap)
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Alexander Galushka, center, Russian minister of Development of the Far East and chairman of the North Korea-Russia Inter-governmental Committee for the Cooperation in Trade, Economy, Science and Technology, meets with Ri Kwang Gun, vice minister of Ministry of External Economic Affairs of North Korea, during their meeting Friday, April 24, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea.
South Korea says Kim Jong Un executed 15 officials this year
SEOUL — South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers on Wednesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the execution of 15 senior officials this year who were accused of challenging his authority. Lawmaker Shin Kyoung Min said National Intelligence Service chief Lee Byoung Ho also told legislators in a closed-door briefing that Kim appeared likely to visit Russia next month to attend the 70th anniversary of its victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
Israel, New Zealand resolve diplomatic spat over new envoy
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BANGLI - For those who love hiking or go to the mountain-ous area, Bali is famous for its beautiful mountainous scenery. Kintamani, for example, is the
most favorite tourist destinations in Bali with the active volcano of Mount Batur and beautiful lake.
Kintamani is surrounded by the captivating nature and there
are six ancient villages around cauldron of Batur Lake which is often conceived by Bali Age Village. The local people from these Bali Age villages own the unique cultures, houses and life style. Kintamani Area is con-sisted of some Villages those are Kedisan Village, Buahan, Abang, Trunyan, Songan, South Batur, Middle Batur, North Batur, Su-
kawana and Kintamani Village. The total of resident in these area are about 15 thousand who are mostly working as farmer, merchant, or work at industrial tourism.
Kintamani is located in Kin-tamani sub district, Bangli Re-gency and about 50 km from Denpasar Town or about 2 hours by car. All roads are generally
in good condition to access to this place. The fog will descend and blanket entire area of Kin-tamani with cold temperature in particular at late afternoon until the whole of night. The most amazing panorama at Kintamani can be seen in the morning time, when the sunrise emerges on the surface of earth precisely on the mount Batur.
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Houston’s James Harden scored 28 points and Terrence Jones had 10 of his 15 in the fourth quarter for the Rockets, who buried the memory of last season’s exit from the first round of the playoffs at the hands of Portland. “We’ve worked extremely hard through a lot of adversity through the season,” said Dwight Howard, who missed half the season with injuries. “To make it to the next round is big, but the job is not complete.”
The Rockets bounced back from a lackluster performance in a loss in Game 4 to head to the Western Conference semifinals for the first time since Yao Ming starred for Houston.
Howard had 18 points and 19 rebounds to help the Rockets domi-nate inside and Josh Smith scored 20 points. The Mavericks couldn’t get going from long-range, going just 5 of 26 on 3-pointers. Monta Ellis led Dallas with 25 points and Dirk Nowitzki added 22. “It just felt like every time we were right there we didn’t get enough breaks to really make it a game,” Nowitzki said.
The Mavericks didn’t lead after early in the first quarter, but a 7-0 run got them within three with about 5 minutes remaining. Then Jones took over, making a three-point play followed by a corner 3 to push it to 94-85. Dallas scored the next four points before Harden swished a 3-pointer under heavy pressure to make it 97-89 with 2 1/2 minutes left and the Rockets were not under threat from then.
Nowitzki led Dallas with 14 rebounds, but Tyson Chandler had just six. “We dug ourselves in a hole by falling down 0-3,” Chandler said. “It was an uphill battle from there.”
San Antonio’s Tim Duncan scored 12 of his 21 points in the second half to guide the Spurs to a 111-107 victory against the Clip-pers.
Kawhi Leonard scored 18 points for the defending NBA champion Spurs, who took a series lead with their second straight victory at Staples Center.
San Antonio’s lead dwindled to one point in the final minute after the Clippers made a desper-ate 7-1 run, but Blake Griffin
missed a leaping shot with five seconds left. DeAndre Jordan tipped it in, but was called for basket interference; a ruling up-held on video review.
Griffin had 30 points and 14 re-
bounds, but missed two free throws with 39 seconds to play. Los Ange-les missed 16 free throws overall while getting pushed to the brink of elimination. Game 6 is Thursday in San Antonio. (ap)
LONDON - The acceleration in the size of the prize money pot at Wimbledon continues to slow but the grasscourt championships remain the richest of the four grand slams. All England Club officials announced on Tuesday a seven per-cent overall rise, compared to 10.8 percent last year and 40 percent in 2013, taking the total fund to 26.75 million pounds ($40.88 million).
The increases, unveiled by club chairman Philip Brook at a news conference, means the singles champions will pocket 1.88 mil-lion pounds compared to the 1.76 million handed to Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova in 2014.
First-round losers receive 29,000 pounds compared to 11,250 five years ago -- a 152 percent rise driven by a commitment to reward the rank and file pros. “After three years of favouring the left-hand side of the draw (the first and second rounds) we feel we have got the balance about right,” said Brook. “Without the world’s best tennis players we wouldn’t have the world’s best tennis tournament.”
The French Open recently an-nounced a 12 percent increase in prize money, taking it to $29.61 million. This year’s Australian Open boasted $32 million while last year’s U.S. Open was worth $38 million.
CONTINUING IMPROVEMENTSImprovements in infrastructure
have continued and all 19 courts will be in use this year after work to create facilities under numbers 14 and 15, which involved dig-ging an area equivalent to 200 London buses, was completed. As part of the masterplan, which in 2019 will see a new roof on Court One, Wimbledon’s player facilities have also been enhanced with six permanent ice baths installed, a bigger warm-up area and private massage rooms.
Hawkeye coverage will extend to courts 12 and 18, meaning play-ers will be allowed to challenge tight line calls in six arenas rather than four. This year’s Wimbledon begins a week later than usual on June 29, meaning a three-week grasscourt season.
Rafa Nadal will play in a new ATP grasscourt event in Stuttgart while Nottingham hosts a WTA and ATP event and pre-Wimbledon tournaments at Queens’s Club in London and in Germany will offer more prize money. A new WTA grasscourt event will start in Mal-lorca in 2016.
“We hope every player compet-ing at the championships will play at least one competitive week of tennis during those three weeks,” said Brook.
“We have created the opportu-nity and we hope all the players will come here well-rested, well-prepared and well-adjusted to compete on grass.” (rtr)
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Wimbledon is richest slam but
prize pot rises slow
Rockets complete series win over
Mavericks as Spurs loomHOUSTON — The Houston Rockets moved into the final eight of the NBA playoffs with a
103-94 victory over Dallas on Tuesday, completing a 4-1 series victory over the Mavericks. They may face another Texan rival in the next round, as San Antonio edged the Los Angeles Clippers to take a 3-2 advantage in that series.
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Houston Rockets’ Terrence Jones (6) dunks during the sec-ond half of Game 5 in the first round of the NBA basketball playoffs against the Dallas Mavericks, Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in Houston.
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Before the end of this season, the manager is under severe pressure and speculation is mounting that the best player could leave. Even the atmo-sphere inside the stadium is flat. Just what has gone wrong at the soon-to-be-usurped English champions?
For the first time in five years, City is heading into May without any silverware to play for in the final month of the season. While Chelsea is preparing to hoist the Premier League trophy and Arsenal has an FA Cup final looming, all City has ahead is an offseason of major re-building work.
City manager Manuel Pellegrini finished last season by being thrown up in the air by his jubilant players after winning the Premier League title. Twelve months later and Pel-legrini could be thrown out the door at Etihad Stadium.
Second — at best — in the league and the last 16 of the Champions League sounds like a pretty good season to City fans of a certain vin-tage, who recall the club’s slide to the third division in the mid-1990s. Not, though, to Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the member of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family who has invested more than $1.5 billion since his 2008 takeover. “It is impossible for any club to progress always,”
Pellegrini said after a last-gasp 3-2 win over relegation-threatened Aston Villa on Saturday. “We cannot win trophies every year.” These com-ments are unlikely to go down well in Abu Dhabi, where Pellegrini faces a post-season debrief when his future will be decided.
Sustaining success in England’s top division has proved beyond ev-ery manager except Alex Ferguson, who retired in 2013 after winning 13 Premier League titles at Manchester United.
In 2012-13, City endured a slump in the season after winning the league title and it cost then-manager Roberto Mancini his job. The same has hap-pened under Pellegrini.
City’s signings last year were strategic, intending to bolster areas of the squad that appeared light — like at goalkeeper, right back, center half and defensive midfield. As Chelsea was signing Diego Costa, Arsenal was bringing in Alexis Sanchez and Manchester United was spending $250 million, Willy Caballero, Bacary Sagna, Eliaquim Mangala, Fernando and an aging Frank Lampard were arriving at City. Hardly names to set the pulse racing.
In fairness to City, the club was restricted to a net spend of 49 million
pounds ($75 million) after breaking financial fair play rules, but it didn’t stop them from splashing out a re-ported 42 million pounds ($64 mil-lion) on Mangala, the France center back who has failed to impress since joining from FC Porto.
Pellegrini said in a recent inter-view that his team needs a “crack” player that “gives you a kind of as-cendancy, status.” Whether he’ll be around to see this happen is another question.
Some of City’s key players — like Pablo Zabaleta, Vincent Kom-pany and Yaya Toure — haven’t reached the level of last season in this post-World Cup campaign. The future of the 31-year-old Toure, who has been at the heart of City’s growth as a domestic force since 2010, is under particular scrutiny amid reported interest from Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan.
The average age of City’s squad is nearly 29, which reportedly is the highest in the Premier League and one of the highest in Europe. There is a general feeling it could do with an injection of youth.
“Now it seems like because we have not won something, it’s a disas-ter and we have to change seven or eight players, the manager,” Zabaleta said in quotes carried Tuesday in the
ROME — Antonio Di Natale matched Roberto Baggio with his 205th Serie A goal on Tuesday, as his nine-man Udinese side lost 2-1 to Inter Milan. Also, Serie B leader Carpi secured its first promotion to the top division. Mauro Icardi converted a penalty for Inter in the 48th, Di Natale equalized two minutes later and Lukas Podolski scored the winner in the 65th.
Udinese defender Maurizio Domizzi picked up his second yel-low card in the 40th and midfielder Emmanuel Badu was sent off in the same manner in the 58th.
The win stretched Inter’s un-beaten run to five matches and moved Roberto Mancini’s club into seventh place, two points from the Europa League places. “We played much better when it was 11 vs. 11 than when it was 11 vs. 9,” an angry Mancini said. “When their second player was sent off, four or five of our players stopped playing. These are matches that need to be finished off.” Udinese remained 13th.
The 37-year-old Di Natale moved
level with Baggio in sixth place on Serie A’s all-time scoring chart. Sil-vio Piola holds the record with 274 goals and Roma captain Francesco Totti is second with 241.
“It’s an incredible achievement, and he did it with humility and hard work,” said Udinese manager Andrea Stramaccioni, who began his Serie A coaching career at Inter. Carpi needed only a point against Bari and got what it needed with a 0-0 draw to celebrate promo-tion with four matches to spare. It marks the first time in the Emilia-Romagna club’s 106-year history that it will play in Serie A.
Carpi holds an 11-point lead over Frosinone, with Bologna 12 points back in third. The top two finishers in Serie B are promoted directly, while the third- to eighth-placed clubs go to a playoff to decide the third club promoted. Carpi has a better head-to-head record with Bologna and cannot now be caught. Udinese beat AC Milan 2-1 on Saturday and had trouble matching Inter’s pace at the start. (ap)
MANAMA - Asian footballers have talent and passion but must start applying themselves like Europeans and South Americans do if they are to achieve international success, ac-cording to the AFC’s new technical director Andy Roxburgh. Roxburgh, who took his native Scotland to the World Cup finals in 1990 and the European Championship finals two years later, joined the Asian Football Confederation as the head of their technical department last month.
Having worked in 60 countries the 71-year-old is no newcomer to Asian football, having first worked on the continent more than 30 years ago, and told a select group of journalists
on Wednesday that Asian soccer must “match up” to its international rivals to stand any chance of winning major honours.
“There is a passion for football in Asia, and when you have that passion and talent to go with it you’ve got a chance.” the rake-thin Scot said.
“But South America, Africa, CON-CACAF, everyone dreams of winning the World Cup. It’s a competitive world but if we in Asia don’t match up to the top countries in the world in terms of development work, then what chance have we got? “The first step is that Asia must match up to the best they have in other continents, that will give us a better chance.”
BERLIN - Bayern Munich’s Ar-jen Robben is out for the season after tearing a muscle in their German Cup semi-final defeat by Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday while Robert Lewandowski broke his jaw and nose and suffered concussion. The injuries come days before Bayern travel to Barcelona for next week’s Champions League last four clash, dealing a major blow to their hopes of lifting the trophy on home soil with the final scheduled to be played in Berlin in June.
“Arjen Robben suffered a torn muscle in his left calf and his season is over after only making his come-back against Dortmund,” Bayern
said in a statement on Wednesday.The Dutchman, who had a stellar
season, scoring 17 league goals until his injury in March, lasted just 16 minutes as a second half substitute for the injured Thiago Alcantara. Le-wandowski, who was knocked down in a rough challenge by Dortmund goalkeeper Mitch Langerak, broke his upper jaw and nose and suffered concussion.
The in-form Poland striker had scored nine goals in his last 11 matches for the Bavarians, who se-cured the Bundesliga title last week with four games to spare.
While Bayern said more medical checks would be required to deter-
mine the length of Lewandowski’s absence he looks highly unlikely to be fit for next Wednesday’s Cham-pions League semi-final, first leg in Barcelona. Bayern are already without Franck Ribery and David Alaba, while Bastian Schweinsteiger has only just returned to action.
There was some good news amidst the gloom with Thiago, who returned recently after a year out injured, having suffered no major damage from a knock on his thigh.
Bayern’s 2-0 defeat on penalties to Dortmund, with all four Bayern players failing to score from the spot, meant they missed the chance to repeat their 2013 treble. (rtr)
MOSCOW — Russia has launched a competition to design the mascot for its 2018 World Cup. For the next 31 days, would-be de-signers will be able to submit ideas and names for the mascot through a new Russian-language section of the FIFA website.
There will be “no limits on a flight of fancy,” and the campaign is targeted specifically at Russian children, World Cup organizing committee CEO Alexei Sorokin said. There will be a public vote on the entries, and the mascot will be revealed in 2016.
Former Russia midfielder Sergei Semak, who launched the site with three of his children, said the project was a sign that, at Russia’s World Cup, “everything good that we do is for children.” (ap)
ROME - AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi will hold talks with Thai businessman Bee Taechaubol later on Wednesday to discuss the sale of a stake in the Serie A soccer club, a source close to Berlusconi said.
The source said the meeting may not be decisive but would be
“certainly very important”.A report in Italian financial daily
Sole 24 Ore on Wednesday said Taechaubol, who travelled to Italy earlier this week, planned to present a 500-million euro ($550 million) offer for a 51 percent stake in AC Milan. (rtr)
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China’s Guangzhou Evergrande’s Goulart Pereira, left, fights for the ball against South Korea’s FC Seoul’s Go Yo-han during their Group H soccer match in the Asian Champions League at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 21, 2015. The match ended in a 0-0 draw.
Robben out for season, Lewandowski breaks jaw
Asian soccer needs to ‘match up’ to catch up - Roxburgh
Roxburgh has not been given any specific targets at the start of his two-year contract but at the very least, wants to put foundations in place to make Asian soccer stronger and that includes improving coaching methods.
“We need to establish a coaching convention and bring the top coaches together because if you don’t have progressive coaching education you are always going to be limited,” he added.
“If you look at the last three World Cup winners, you have to say, ‘how did they get there?’ and one of the reasons is coaching education and the other is player development. They are the two keys to success.
“You can sit and cross your fingers and hope a great player will turn up, but you could wait for ever. The great thing is to design your way forward.” Asked how long it might be before an Asian country might win the World Cup he replied: “I cannot predict that.
“Japan have a target of winning the World Cup in 2050 but I’ve told them they might have to wait, because Germany will probably win it again that year,” he joked.
But on a more serious note, he added: “Clearly there was disappoint-ment at last year’s World Cup in Brazil (when all four Asian teams crashed out in the group stage). There were some good performances, but the results did not match up.
“But there has been Asian successes at the Olympics, in youth competitions, in the women’s game, so that proves Asian teams are capable of achieving. “There is a lot of potential but now we must make progress.” (rtr)
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Udinese’s Antonio Di Natale celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Inter Milan at the Friuli stadium in Udine, Italy, Tuesday, April 28, 2015.
Berlusconi to meet Thai businessman over AC Milan stake sale-source
Di Natale matches Baggio with 205th goal; Carpi promoted
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Manchester City players line up for a minutes silence to remember the victims of the Bradford fire before the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday April 25, 2015.
Man City set for upheaval after season of strugglesMANCHESTER, England — Proof of the struggles at Manchester City this season arrived
when the Premier League’s team of the year was announced on Sunday. Chelsea had six play-ers included. Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham all had representatives. City? Not one player.
British media. “That’s what people say.”
City has been linked with Belgium winger Kevin de Bruyne and Paul Pogba — the in-demand France midfielder who could be a like-for-like replacement for Toure — while Aleksandar Kolarov, Stevan Jovetic and Edin Dzeko are among the play-ers expected to leave. Lampard is moving to Major League Soccer and the contract of versatile midfielder James Milner expires this season.
The biggest call City needs to make, though, is on Pellegrini, the Chilean who has brought serenity to the Etihad since replacing Mancini and has a playing philosophy that fits the holistic approach favored by City’s Spanish executives, CEO Fer-
ran Soraino and director of football Txiki Beguiristain. But is Pellegrini’s laid-back style leaving players in the comfort zone? Is he tactically astute enough to go head-to-head with Jose Mourinho and Louis van Gaal next season?
Juergen Klopp will be available once he leaves Borussia Dortmund and has already been linked with City. Pep Guardiola appears City’s dream manager but has pledged his immediate future to Bayern Munich. Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti and Napoli coach Rafa Benitez have also been mentioned, while Patrick Vieira — City’s head of youth de-velopment — is also a possible op-tion. It’s set to be a busy, intriguing offseason at City. (ap)
Russia launches search for 2018 World Cup mascot
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Before the end of this season, the manager is under severe pressure and speculation is mounting that the best player could leave. Even the atmo-sphere inside the stadium is flat. Just what has gone wrong at the soon-to-be-usurped English champions?
For the first time in five years, City is heading into May without any silverware to play for in the final month of the season. While Chelsea is preparing to hoist the Premier League trophy and Arsenal has an FA Cup final looming, all City has ahead is an offseason of major re-building work.
City manager Manuel Pellegrini finished last season by being thrown up in the air by his jubilant players after winning the Premier League title. Twelve months later and Pel-legrini could be thrown out the door at Etihad Stadium.
Second — at best — in the league and the last 16 of the Champions League sounds like a pretty good season to City fans of a certain vin-tage, who recall the club’s slide to the third division in the mid-1990s. Not, though, to Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the member of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family who has invested more than $1.5 billion since his 2008 takeover. “It is impossible for any club to progress always,”
Pellegrini said after a last-gasp 3-2 win over relegation-threatened Aston Villa on Saturday. “We cannot win trophies every year.” These com-ments are unlikely to go down well in Abu Dhabi, where Pellegrini faces a post-season debrief when his future will be decided.
Sustaining success in England’s top division has proved beyond ev-ery manager except Alex Ferguson, who retired in 2013 after winning 13 Premier League titles at Manchester United.
In 2012-13, City endured a slump in the season after winning the league title and it cost then-manager Roberto Mancini his job. The same has hap-pened under Pellegrini.
City’s signings last year were strategic, intending to bolster areas of the squad that appeared light — like at goalkeeper, right back, center half and defensive midfield. As Chelsea was signing Diego Costa, Arsenal was bringing in Alexis Sanchez and Manchester United was spending $250 million, Willy Caballero, Bacary Sagna, Eliaquim Mangala, Fernando and an aging Frank Lampard were arriving at City. Hardly names to set the pulse racing.
In fairness to City, the club was restricted to a net spend of 49 million
pounds ($75 million) after breaking financial fair play rules, but it didn’t stop them from splashing out a re-ported 42 million pounds ($64 mil-lion) on Mangala, the France center back who has failed to impress since joining from FC Porto.
Pellegrini said in a recent inter-view that his team needs a “crack” player that “gives you a kind of as-cendancy, status.” Whether he’ll be around to see this happen is another question.
Some of City’s key players — like Pablo Zabaleta, Vincent Kom-pany and Yaya Toure — haven’t reached the level of last season in this post-World Cup campaign. The future of the 31-year-old Toure, who has been at the heart of City’s growth as a domestic force since 2010, is under particular scrutiny amid reported interest from Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan.
The average age of City’s squad is nearly 29, which reportedly is the highest in the Premier League and one of the highest in Europe. There is a general feeling it could do with an injection of youth.
“Now it seems like because we have not won something, it’s a disas-ter and we have to change seven or eight players, the manager,” Zabaleta said in quotes carried Tuesday in the
ROME — Antonio Di Natale matched Roberto Baggio with his 205th Serie A goal on Tuesday, as his nine-man Udinese side lost 2-1 to Inter Milan. Also, Serie B leader Carpi secured its first promotion to the top division. Mauro Icardi converted a penalty for Inter in the 48th, Di Natale equalized two minutes later and Lukas Podolski scored the winner in the 65th.
Udinese defender Maurizio Domizzi picked up his second yel-low card in the 40th and midfielder Emmanuel Badu was sent off in the same manner in the 58th.
The win stretched Inter’s un-beaten run to five matches and moved Roberto Mancini’s club into seventh place, two points from the Europa League places. “We played much better when it was 11 vs. 11 than when it was 11 vs. 9,” an angry Mancini said. “When their second player was sent off, four or five of our players stopped playing. These are matches that need to be finished off.” Udinese remained 13th.
The 37-year-old Di Natale moved
level with Baggio in sixth place on Serie A’s all-time scoring chart. Sil-vio Piola holds the record with 274 goals and Roma captain Francesco Totti is second with 241.
“It’s an incredible achievement, and he did it with humility and hard work,” said Udinese manager Andrea Stramaccioni, who began his Serie A coaching career at Inter. Carpi needed only a point against Bari and got what it needed with a 0-0 draw to celebrate promo-tion with four matches to spare. It marks the first time in the Emilia-Romagna club’s 106-year history that it will play in Serie A.
Carpi holds an 11-point lead over Frosinone, with Bologna 12 points back in third. The top two finishers in Serie B are promoted directly, while the third- to eighth-placed clubs go to a playoff to decide the third club promoted. Carpi has a better head-to-head record with Bologna and cannot now be caught. Udinese beat AC Milan 2-1 on Saturday and had trouble matching Inter’s pace at the start. (ap)
MANAMA - Asian footballers have talent and passion but must start applying themselves like Europeans and South Americans do if they are to achieve international success, ac-cording to the AFC’s new technical director Andy Roxburgh. Roxburgh, who took his native Scotland to the World Cup finals in 1990 and the European Championship finals two years later, joined the Asian Football Confederation as the head of their technical department last month.
Having worked in 60 countries the 71-year-old is no newcomer to Asian football, having first worked on the continent more than 30 years ago, and told a select group of journalists
on Wednesday that Asian soccer must “match up” to its international rivals to stand any chance of winning major honours.
“There is a passion for football in Asia, and when you have that passion and talent to go with it you’ve got a chance.” the rake-thin Scot said.
“But South America, Africa, CON-CACAF, everyone dreams of winning the World Cup. It’s a competitive world but if we in Asia don’t match up to the top countries in the world in terms of development work, then what chance have we got? “The first step is that Asia must match up to the best they have in other continents, that will give us a better chance.”
BERLIN - Bayern Munich’s Ar-jen Robben is out for the season after tearing a muscle in their German Cup semi-final defeat by Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday while Robert Lewandowski broke his jaw and nose and suffered concussion. The injuries come days before Bayern travel to Barcelona for next week’s Champions League last four clash, dealing a major blow to their hopes of lifting the trophy on home soil with the final scheduled to be played in Berlin in June.
“Arjen Robben suffered a torn muscle in his left calf and his season is over after only making his come-back against Dortmund,” Bayern
said in a statement on Wednesday.The Dutchman, who had a stellar
season, scoring 17 league goals until his injury in March, lasted just 16 minutes as a second half substitute for the injured Thiago Alcantara. Le-wandowski, who was knocked down in a rough challenge by Dortmund goalkeeper Mitch Langerak, broke his upper jaw and nose and suffered concussion.
The in-form Poland striker had scored nine goals in his last 11 matches for the Bavarians, who se-cured the Bundesliga title last week with four games to spare.
While Bayern said more medical checks would be required to deter-
mine the length of Lewandowski’s absence he looks highly unlikely to be fit for next Wednesday’s Cham-pions League semi-final, first leg in Barcelona. Bayern are already without Franck Ribery and David Alaba, while Bastian Schweinsteiger has only just returned to action.
There was some good news amidst the gloom with Thiago, who returned recently after a year out injured, having suffered no major damage from a knock on his thigh.
Bayern’s 2-0 defeat on penalties to Dortmund, with all four Bayern players failing to score from the spot, meant they missed the chance to repeat their 2013 treble. (rtr)
MOSCOW — Russia has launched a competition to design the mascot for its 2018 World Cup. For the next 31 days, would-be de-signers will be able to submit ideas and names for the mascot through a new Russian-language section of the FIFA website.
There will be “no limits on a flight of fancy,” and the campaign is targeted specifically at Russian children, World Cup organizing committee CEO Alexei Sorokin said. There will be a public vote on the entries, and the mascot will be revealed in 2016.
Former Russia midfielder Sergei Semak, who launched the site with three of his children, said the project was a sign that, at Russia’s World Cup, “everything good that we do is for children.” (ap)
ROME - AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi will hold talks with Thai businessman Bee Taechaubol later on Wednesday to discuss the sale of a stake in the Serie A soccer club, a source close to Berlusconi said.
The source said the meeting may not be decisive but would be
“certainly very important”.A report in Italian financial daily
Sole 24 Ore on Wednesday said Taechaubol, who travelled to Italy earlier this week, planned to present a 500-million euro ($550 million) offer for a 51 percent stake in AC Milan. (rtr)
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China’s Guangzhou Evergrande’s Goulart Pereira, left, fights for the ball against South Korea’s FC Seoul’s Go Yo-han during their Group H soccer match in the Asian Champions League at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 21, 2015. The match ended in a 0-0 draw.
Robben out for season, Lewandowski breaks jaw
Asian soccer needs to ‘match up’ to catch up - Roxburgh
Roxburgh has not been given any specific targets at the start of his two-year contract but at the very least, wants to put foundations in place to make Asian soccer stronger and that includes improving coaching methods.
“We need to establish a coaching convention and bring the top coaches together because if you don’t have progressive coaching education you are always going to be limited,” he added.
“If you look at the last three World Cup winners, you have to say, ‘how did they get there?’ and one of the reasons is coaching education and the other is player development. They are the two keys to success.
“You can sit and cross your fingers and hope a great player will turn up, but you could wait for ever. The great thing is to design your way forward.” Asked how long it might be before an Asian country might win the World Cup he replied: “I cannot predict that.
“Japan have a target of winning the World Cup in 2050 but I’ve told them they might have to wait, because Germany will probably win it again that year,” he joked.
But on a more serious note, he added: “Clearly there was disappoint-ment at last year’s World Cup in Brazil (when all four Asian teams crashed out in the group stage). There were some good performances, but the results did not match up.
“But there has been Asian successes at the Olympics, in youth competitions, in the women’s game, so that proves Asian teams are capable of achieving. “There is a lot of potential but now we must make progress.” (rtr)
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Udinese’s Antonio Di Natale celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Inter Milan at the Friuli stadium in Udine, Italy, Tuesday, April 28, 2015.
Berlusconi to meet Thai businessman over AC Milan stake sale-source
Di Natale matches Baggio with 205th goal; Carpi promoted
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Manchester City players line up for a minutes silence to remember the victims of the Bradford fire before the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday April 25, 2015.
Man City set for upheaval after season of strugglesMANCHESTER, England — Proof of the struggles at Manchester City this season arrived
when the Premier League’s team of the year was announced on Sunday. Chelsea had six play-ers included. Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham all had representatives. City? Not one player.
British media. “That’s what people say.”
City has been linked with Belgium winger Kevin de Bruyne and Paul Pogba — the in-demand France midfielder who could be a like-for-like replacement for Toure — while Aleksandar Kolarov, Stevan Jovetic and Edin Dzeko are among the play-ers expected to leave. Lampard is moving to Major League Soccer and the contract of versatile midfielder James Milner expires this season.
The biggest call City needs to make, though, is on Pellegrini, the Chilean who has brought serenity to the Etihad since replacing Mancini and has a playing philosophy that fits the holistic approach favored by City’s Spanish executives, CEO Fer-
ran Soraino and director of football Txiki Beguiristain. But is Pellegrini’s laid-back style leaving players in the comfort zone? Is he tactically astute enough to go head-to-head with Jose Mourinho and Louis van Gaal next season?
Juergen Klopp will be available once he leaves Borussia Dortmund and has already been linked with City. Pep Guardiola appears City’s dream manager but has pledged his immediate future to Bayern Munich. Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti and Napoli coach Rafa Benitez have also been mentioned, while Patrick Vieira — City’s head of youth de-velopment — is also a possible op-tion. It’s set to be a busy, intriguing offseason at City. (ap)
Russia launches search for 2018 World Cup mascot
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BANGLI - For those who love hiking or go to the mountain-ous area, Bali is famous for its beautiful mountainous scenery. Kintamani, for example, is the
most favorite tourist destinations in Bali with the active volcano of Mount Batur and beautiful lake.
Kintamani is surrounded by the captivating nature and there
are six ancient villages around cauldron of Batur Lake which is often conceived by Bali Age Village. The local people from these Bali Age villages own the unique cultures, houses and life style. Kintamani Area is con-sisted of some Villages those are Kedisan Village, Buahan, Abang, Trunyan, Songan, South Batur, Middle Batur, North Batur, Su-
kawana and Kintamani Village. The total of resident in these area are about 15 thousand who are mostly working as farmer, merchant, or work at industrial tourism.
Kintamani is located in Kin-tamani sub district, Bangli Re-gency and about 50 km from Denpasar Town or about 2 hours by car. All roads are generally
in good condition to access to this place. The fog will descend and blanket entire area of Kin-tamani with cold temperature in particular at late afternoon until the whole of night. The most amazing panorama at Kintamani can be seen in the morning time, when the sunrise emerges on the surface of earth precisely on the mount Batur.
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Kintamani
Houston’s James Harden scored 28 points and Terrence Jones had 10 of his 15 in the fourth quarter for the Rockets, who buried the memory of last season’s exit from the first round of the playoffs at the hands of Portland. “We’ve worked extremely hard through a lot of adversity through the season,” said Dwight Howard, who missed half the season with injuries. “To make it to the next round is big, but the job is not complete.”
The Rockets bounced back from a lackluster performance in a loss in Game 4 to head to the Western Conference semifinals for the first time since Yao Ming starred for Houston.
Howard had 18 points and 19 rebounds to help the Rockets domi-nate inside and Josh Smith scored 20 points. The Mavericks couldn’t get going from long-range, going just 5 of 26 on 3-pointers. Monta Ellis led Dallas with 25 points and Dirk Nowitzki added 22. “It just felt like every time we were right there we didn’t get enough breaks to really make it a game,” Nowitzki said.
The Mavericks didn’t lead after early in the first quarter, but a 7-0 run got them within three with about 5 minutes remaining. Then Jones took over, making a three-point play followed by a corner 3 to push it to 94-85. Dallas scored the next four points before Harden swished a 3-pointer under heavy pressure to make it 97-89 with 2 1/2 minutes left and the Rockets were not under threat from then.
Nowitzki led Dallas with 14 rebounds, but Tyson Chandler had just six. “We dug ourselves in a hole by falling down 0-3,” Chandler said. “It was an uphill battle from there.”
San Antonio’s Tim Duncan scored 12 of his 21 points in the second half to guide the Spurs to a 111-107 victory against the Clip-pers.
Kawhi Leonard scored 18 points for the defending NBA champion Spurs, who took a series lead with their second straight victory at Staples Center.
San Antonio’s lead dwindled to one point in the final minute after the Clippers made a desper-ate 7-1 run, but Blake Griffin
missed a leaping shot with five seconds left. DeAndre Jordan tipped it in, but was called for basket interference; a ruling up-held on video review.
Griffin had 30 points and 14 re-
bounds, but missed two free throws with 39 seconds to play. Los Ange-les missed 16 free throws overall while getting pushed to the brink of elimination. Game 6 is Thursday in San Antonio. (ap)
LONDON - The acceleration in the size of the prize money pot at Wimbledon continues to slow but the grasscourt championships remain the richest of the four grand slams. All England Club officials announced on Tuesday a seven per-cent overall rise, compared to 10.8 percent last year and 40 percent in 2013, taking the total fund to 26.75 million pounds ($40.88 million).
The increases, unveiled by club chairman Philip Brook at a news conference, means the singles champions will pocket 1.88 mil-lion pounds compared to the 1.76 million handed to Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova in 2014.
First-round losers receive 29,000 pounds compared to 11,250 five years ago -- a 152 percent rise driven by a commitment to reward the rank and file pros. “After three years of favouring the left-hand side of the draw (the first and second rounds) we feel we have got the balance about right,” said Brook. “Without the world’s best tennis players we wouldn’t have the world’s best tennis tournament.”
The French Open recently an-nounced a 12 percent increase in prize money, taking it to $29.61 million. This year’s Australian Open boasted $32 million while last year’s U.S. Open was worth $38 million.
CONTINUING IMPROVEMENTSImprovements in infrastructure
have continued and all 19 courts will be in use this year after work to create facilities under numbers 14 and 15, which involved dig-ging an area equivalent to 200 London buses, was completed. As part of the masterplan, which in 2019 will see a new roof on Court One, Wimbledon’s player facilities have also been enhanced with six permanent ice baths installed, a bigger warm-up area and private massage rooms.
Hawkeye coverage will extend to courts 12 and 18, meaning play-ers will be allowed to challenge tight line calls in six arenas rather than four. This year’s Wimbledon begins a week later than usual on June 29, meaning a three-week grasscourt season.
Rafa Nadal will play in a new ATP grasscourt event in Stuttgart while Nottingham hosts a WTA and ATP event and pre-Wimbledon tournaments at Queens’s Club in London and in Germany will offer more prize money. A new WTA grasscourt event will start in Mal-lorca in 2016.
“We hope every player compet-ing at the championships will play at least one competitive week of tennis during those three weeks,” said Brook.
“We have created the opportu-nity and we hope all the players will come here well-rested, well-prepared and well-adjusted to compete on grass.” (rtr)
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The Wimbledon court during the tournament
Wimbledon is richest slam but
prize pot rises slow
Rockets complete series win over
Mavericks as Spurs loomHOUSTON — The Houston Rockets moved into the final eight of the NBA playoffs with a
103-94 victory over Dallas on Tuesday, completing a 4-1 series victory over the Mavericks. They may face another Texan rival in the next round, as San Antonio edged the Los Angeles Clippers to take a 3-2 advantage in that series.
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Houston Rockets’ Terrence Jones (6) dunks during the sec-ond half of Game 5 in the first round of the NBA basketball playoffs against the Dallas Mavericks, Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in Houston.
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JAKARTA/BENGALURU - Indonesian coal miners are diversifying into other businesses to offset a collapse in demand from China, which has slashed their cash flows to the lowest levels in months.
The free cash flow of the 15 biggest coal miners and con-tractors on Jakarta’s stock exchange averaged $10.7 million in the three months ended December, Thomson Reuters data shows. That’s the lowest since January-to-March 2014. Six of the firms, including PT Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk and PT Golden Energy Mines Tbk, experienced negative free cash flow. That means the cash they generated could not cover operating costs. Company executives and industry groups are not expecting a pickup anytime soon in demand especially from China, the world’s top consumer of the commodity.
PT Adaro Energy Tbk, Indonesia’s biggest coal miner by market value, is turning its focus to its logistics business and power generation. Sinarmas Group, parent of Golden Energy Mines, is investing as much as $700 million to build two coal-fired power plants in Indonesia. PT Bukit Asam Tbk is conducting feasibility studies on setting up power stations in Vietnam and Myanmar.
Indonesia’s coal production may slide as much as 24 percent this year as miners slow output and concentrate on stabilising their businesses, said Pandu Sjahrir, chairman of the Indonesian Coal Mining Association. “The Chinese slowdown is worse than we thought,” Sjahrir said. “India and Japan have improved. The problem is that China overpowers everyone else.”
Adding to the industry’s woes, the government is planning to double coal royalties from next month. The move has led to sharp criticism from the industry, which expects a rise in illegal mining as a result. “This is a long-term industry. Do not let an entire industry die because they want to increase revenues from royalties,” Joko Pramono, corporate secretary at Bukit Asam, told Reuters on Monday. The weakening rupiah is providing some support. Bukit Asam exports half of the coal it produces. (rtr)
In terms of trade, Kalla noted that In-donesia’s imports from Australia are con-siderably higher. Indonesia is an important trading partner to Australia.
Australia’s primary exports to Indonesia include wheat, livestock such as beef and cattle, petroleum, aluminum, and cotton, while Indonesia’s major exports include crude and refined petroleum, gold, iron, steel, and aluminum structures.
Regarding the withdrawal of Australia’s ambassador to Indonesia, he explained that it is a normal step in diplomatic relations.
“The withdrawal of Australia’s ambas-sador to Indonesia is temporary,” he said.
On a separate occasion, Professor of International Law from the University of Indonesia (UI) Hikmahanto Juwana stated that the Indonesian government should act wisely while facing Australia’s reaction.
Earlier, Australia had recalled its ambas-sador from Indonesia after two Australian men were executed for drug smuggling.
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were among the eight people from several countries executed by firing squad shortly after midnight, on Wednesday, on the prison island of Nusakambangan.
Australia on Wednesday took the unprecedented step of recalling its ambas-sador to Indonesia after two of its citizens, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan,
were executed for drugs offences.Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the
relationship with Jakarta “has suffered as a result of what’s been done over the last few hours”.
“We respect Indonesia’s sovereignty but we do deplore what’s been done and this cannot be simply business as usual,” he told reporters.
“For that reason, once all the courtesies have been extended to the Chan and Su-kumaran families our ambassador will be withdrawn for consultations.”
Sukumaran and Chan, the ringleaders of the “Bali Nine” heroin trafficking gang, were executed by a firing squad on the high-security prison island of Nusakam-bangan in the early hours of Wednesday, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop confirmed. They were sentenced in 2006.
Five other foreign drug convicts and one Indonesian suffered the same fate.
Australia has never recalled an ambas-sador over a drug execution before, even during the high-profile case of 25-year-old Nguyen Tuong Van, who was put to death by Singapore in December 2005.
However, the executions were “both cruel and unnecessary”, Abbott said, neces-sitating the “unprecedented” move to bring back Ambassador Paul Grigson.
Ties were only just recovering after
sinking to their lowest point in years in late 2013 after reports that Australian spies tried to tap the phones of then president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his in-ner circle.
Jakarta recalled its ambassador from Canberra and suspended cooperation in several areas over the incident, including efforts to stop people-smuggling boats reaching Australia.
Australia’s military-led efforts to turn back asylum-seeker boats also angered Indonesia, with tensions growing last year after its navy admitted entering the South-east Asian nation’s territorial waters.
With this in mind, Abbott was careful with his words, insisting “I don’t want to make a difficult situation worse by offering gratuitous reflections on different aspects of the way this matter has been handled in recent days and week”.
“As for President Widodo, look, he’s a new president, his election was attended with great promise,” he said.
“I regard myself as a friend of Indonesia, I think the vast majority of Australians re-gard themselves as friends of Indonesia.
“My hope is that this presidency is a suc-cessful one and while this is a dark moment in the relationship I am confident that the relationship will be restored for the great benefit of both our countries.” (ant/afp)
Coal miners move on as cash runs out
REUTERS/Jason Reed
Eva Mouawad, a neighbour of executed drug trafficker Andrew Chan’s family, delivers a bouquet to the Chan family home in Syd-ney, Australia, April 29, 2015. An Indonesian firing squad executed eight convicted drug-traffickers including Andrew Chan on Wednesday, prompting Australia to recall its envoy to Jakarta.
Australian Ambassador’s withdrawal will not
disrupt trade relationsJAKARTA - The withdrawal of the Australian ambassador to Indonesia will not disrupt the trade relations
between Indonesia and Australia, stated Vice President Jusuf Kalla. “The withdrawal will not interrupt trade relations between Indonesia and Australia,” Kalla remarked on Wednesday.
Shin said Lee didn’t reveal how the intelligence agency obtained the information. The agency declined to confirm the comments when con-tacted by The Associated Press.
Since taking over North Korea’s leadership after the death of his father Kim Jong Il in 2011, Kim has removed key members of the old guard through a series of purges. The process was highlighted by the 2013 execution of his uncle, Jang Song Thaek, for alleged treason. Jang was married to Kim Jong Il’s sister and was once considered the second most powerful man in North Korea.
Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the Seoul-based University of North Korean Studies, said the purges un-derline Kim Jong Un’s inexperience as a young dictator who is struggling to find effective ways to control his regime. Lee told the lawmakers that a North Korean official with a rank
comparable to a vice Cabinet minister in the South was executed in January for questioning Kim’s policies on forestation, Shin said.
He said another North Korean of-ficial of similar rank was executed in February for resisting Kim’s plans to construct a new building in the shape of a flower named after his grandfa-ther, North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, Shin said.
Shin said the agency also believes that North Korea used a firing squad in March to execute four senior mem-bers of Pyongyang’s famous Unhasu Orchestra on charges of espionage which Lee did not detail.
Lee told the lawmakers that North Korea has yet to book a hotel in Moscow for Kim’s possible visit, but that the country’s embassy is large and well-equipped enough to accom-modate him, Shin said. It would be Kim’s first overseas trip since taking
power. South Korean President Park Geun-hye has decided not to attend the May 9 event in Moscow and plans to send an envoy instead.
The South Korean spy agency has a spotty record of tracking develop-ments in North Korea. Information trickling out of the highly secretive state is often difficult to confirm.
In an intelligence success, the agency correctly said that Jang had likely been dismissed from his posts before North Korea officially an-nounced his arrest.
However, it received heavy criti-cism when its director acknowledged that it had ignored intelligence indicat-ing North Korea’s impending shelling of a South Korean island in 2010. It also came under fire because of reports that it first learned of the 2011 death of then leader Kim Jong Il more than two days after it occurred when state media announced it to the world. (ap)
A Filipina originally set to be executed was given an 11th hour reprieve after a woman who al-legedly duped her into ferrying drugs to Indonesia came forward to police in the Philippines.
The reprieve for Mary Jane Ve-loso was hailed in the Philippines as a miracle and a gift from God, but Indonesian Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo stressed it was only a “postponement” to allow time for police investiga-tions.
He added: “We are fighting a war against horrible drug crimes that threaten our nation’s survival.
“I would like to say that an execution is not a pleasant thing. It is not a fun job,” Prasetyo told reporters in Cilacap.
“But we must do it in order to save the nation from the danger of drugs. We are not making enemies of countries from where those ex-ecuted came. What we are fighting against is drug-related crimes.”
Prasetyo also played down Aus-tralia’s decision to recall its ambas-sador, describing it as a “temporary reaction”, while Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi stressed Jakarta’s desire to “continue having good relations” with one of its most important trading partners.
Australia had mounted a sus-tained campaign to save its citi-zens, who have been on death row for almost a decade, and Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the executions were “both cruel and unnecessary”.
“We respect Indonesia’s sover-eignty but we do deplore what’s been done and this cannot be simply business as usual,” he said, announcing Australia’s unprec-edented step of recalling its Jakarta ambassador.
Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, ringleaders of the so-called “Bali Nine” heroin-trafficking gang, were described
by Canberra as reformed men after years in prison.
The families said their sons did “all they could to make amends, helping many others” in the years since their arrests, with Sukumaran teaching fellow inmates English and art, and Chan ordained as a minister in February.
“They asked for mercy, but there was none. They were im-mensely grateful for all the sup-port they received. We too, will be forever grateful,” the families said in a joint statement.
There were very different scenes in the Philippines after the late let-off for Veloso, whose case attracted emotional appeals for mercy from boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao among others.
“Miracles do come true,” her mother Celia told a Philippine radio station, adding that her daughter’s two boys aged 12 and six were awake and yelling “Yes, yes, mama will live”.
President Benigno Aquino said the entire country was grateful to Indonesia and thanking God for the last-minute reprieve, his spokes-man Herminio Coloma said.
Little is known about the other four foreigners executed -- three of them are from Nigeria but it is not clear whether the fourth held Ghanaian or Nigerian nationality.
The execution of the Brazilian, Rodrigo Gularte, has generated much criticism in his homeland, with his family saying he suffered from schizophrenia and should not have faced the death penalty.
Gularte’s cousin was observed crying as she left the port of Cila-cap, accompanied by a religious counsellor.
A Frenchman was originally among the group to be executed but he was granted a temporary reprieve after authorities agreed to allow a legal appeal to run its course. (afp)
JERUSALEM — Israel and New Zealand have resolved a diplomatic dispute that had prevented New Zealand’s new ambassador from taking up his post for more than half a year.
Israel last September prevented Ambassador Jonathan Curr from presenting his credentials after learn-ing that he would also serve as New Zealand’s envoy to the Palestinians.
At the time, Israel said it had a
“well-known policy” of not accredit-ing diplomats who are also accredited to the Palestinian Authority.
New Zealand’s foreign ministry announced in February that it had appointed a separate envoy to the Palestinians, effectively ending the spat.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s office says Curr is scheduled to present his credentials on Thurs-day. (ap)
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Alexander Galushka, center, Russian minister of Development of the Far East and chairman of the North Korea-Russia Inter-governmental Committee for the Cooperation in Trade, Economy, Science and Technology, meets with Ri Kwang Gun, vice minister of Ministry of External Economic Affairs of North Korea, during their meeting Friday, April 24, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea.
South Korea says Kim Jong Un executed 15 officials this year
SEOUL — South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers on Wednesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the execution of 15 senior officials this year who were accused of challenging his authority. Lawmaker Shin Kyoung Min said National Intelligence Service chief Lee Byoung Ho also told legislators in a closed-door briefing that Kim appeared likely to visit Russia next month to attend the 70th anniversary of its victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
Israel, New Zealand resolve diplomatic spat over new envoy
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BUSINESS
The greenback fell to 118.83 yen in afternoon trade from 118.88 yen in New York, while it is sharply down from the 119.10 yen earlier Tuesday in Asia.
And while the euro edged down to $1.0964 and $130.29 from $1.0981 and 130.55 yen in US trade, it is well up from $1.0880 and 129.54 yen earlier Tuesday.
The Fed’s policy-setting com-mittee ends a two-day meeting later
Wednesday and traders are betting on a rate hike being put back, while also looking for some guidance about the bank’s intentions later in the year.
The central bank had previously signalled a possible hike in June, but analysts now expect it in Sep-tember at the earliest following a spate of soft readings.
The latest came Tuesday as the Conference Board reported
its index of consumer confidence tumbled in March, instead of rising as expected. Consumers reported growing pessimism about current and short-term US economic con-ditions.
“Expectations for tonight’s ... decision have now changed signifi-cantly, with traders now expecting interest rate lift-off to be pushed out from June to September at least, sending the US dollar into reverse,”
said Nicholas Teo, market analyst at CMC Markets in Singapore.
“The oil crash, slower overseas economies and a higher (dollar) have made it increasingly difficult for the US to defy gravity,” he added.
Also in focus is the govern-ment’s first estimate of US first-quarter economic growth, with analysts predicting a 1.0 percent rate, down from 2.2 percent in the previous three months.
The dollar was mostly lower against other Asia-Pacific curren-cies.
It weakened to 63.20 Indian ru-
pees from 63.38 rupees on Tuesday, to 1,068.54 South Korean won from 1,070.86 won, to Tw$30.50 from Tw$30.53 and to Sg$1.3216 from Sg$1.3281.
The greenback also eased to 12,966.00 Indonesian rupiah from 12,991.40 rupiah and to 44.25 Philippine pesos from 44.26 pesos, while gaining marginally to 32.68 Thai baht from 32.61 baht.
The Australian dollar rose to 79.94 US cents from 78.68 cents and the Chinese yuan stood at 19.15 Japanese yen from 19.19 yen. (afp)
SEOUL — Samsung Electronics Co. said its first quarter net profit plunged 39 percent as consumers switched to bigger iPhones, squeez-ing earnings from its mobile business to less than half what they were a year earlier. The company reported Wednesday that its January-March net profit was 4.63 trillion won ($4.35 billion), compared with 7.49 trillion won a year earlier. That was lower than the forecast of 4.97 trillion won in a survey of analysts by financial data provider FactSet.
The larger-than-expected drop was due to a big profit plunge in Sam-sung’s mobile business. The maker of Galaxy smartphones said its mobile division generated 2.74 trillion won in quarterly profit compared with 6.43 trillion won a year earlier.
Analysts estimate Samsung sold more smartphones than Apple during the quarter. But the Korean firm lost ground in the more profitable high-end market to Apple after the maker of the iPhone began offering models with bigger screens last fall. Before
that, large screens were a feature that set Samsung phones apart.
According to Counterpoint Tech-nology Market Research, sales of iPhones were also strong in countries where Samsung’s presence looms large, such as its home market South Korea and Vietnam, which has Sam-sung’s biggest phone factory.
Samsung, which does not dis-close its smartphone shipments, is estimated to have sold 83 million smartphones during the quarter, down 6 percent from a year earlier, according to Counterpoint. But most of the sales increase came from mid-level handsets like the Galaxy A series, which sell for less than its flagship models. The period preceded the launch of the latest versions of Samsung’s flagship smartphones. Samsung said is quar-terly revenue fell 12 percent from a year earlier to 47.12 trillion won while operating income dropped 30 percent to 5.98 trillion won, in line with Samsung’s earnings preview earlier this month. (ap)
NEW YORK — The recession isn’t a dim memory for many small businesses. Nearly two-thirds of owners in a Bank of America sur-vey said their companies are still recovering from the downturn that officially ended nearly six years ago. Only 21 percent of the owners surveyed last month said their busi-nesses have fully recovered.
The numbers present a different side of small business than surveys that focus on companies’ increasing optimism and healthy cash flow. The Bank of America findings are a reminder that the economic re-covery is not only slow-paced but also fragmented, with companies
whose customers are consumers and other small businesses lagging behind. Retailers and homebuilders are among those whose revenue is below the levels they enjoyed before the recession’s December 2007 official beginning.
At Razzle Dazzle, a young wom-en’s clothing boutique in Atlanta, revenue is down 65 percent from 2007. Owner Carol Avendano sees customers think carefully before spending.
“It used to be nothing for a mom to come in here and spend $1,000 on her eighth grader and not even blink an eye,” Avendano says. “Now, if a purse is $300, they have
to think about it.”Younger shoppers are also less
carefree about money. A young wom-an with $100 is more likely to go to chains like H&M or Forever 21 and buy 10 different items than pick up one shirt in Razzle Dazzle. Avendano, who opened her store in 1975, stays in business because she has loyal customers. She’s been through many ups and downs over the decades, but this downturn has surprised her.
Companies are still recovering for a number of reasons, some of them related to the industries they’re in. Retailers struggle be-cause consumer spending remains weak, says Scott Anderson, chief
economist with Bank of the West. And the housing industry, which includes many small businesses, is still in the early stages of recovery from the collapse that began in 2006. But small manufacturers are doing well and leading the recovery, Anderson says.
The struggles in retailing and homebuilding are reflected in overall small business revenue, which hasn’t recovered to pre-recession levels, says Susan Woodward, an economist who analyzes data gathered from Intuit’s small business customers. Revenue has also fallen every month since October, she says.
A homebuilding rebound will
help consumer spending, econo-mists say. If people buy more hous-es, industries related to construction will hire more workers who will be able to spend. And people buying houses tend to shop for appliances, furniture and home decor.
The difficulty many small com-panies have in getting loans has pro-longed the recovery, says Karen Mills, a Harvard Business School faculty member and former head of the Small Business Administration. Banks are still reluctant to lend to many compa-nies, especially the smallest ones.
“There’s no question we haven’t fully recovered in terms of access to capital,” Mills says. (ap)
US dollar down ahead of Fed policy decisionSINGAPORE - The dollar softened in Asia Wednesday on expectations that the US Federal
Reserve will delay an interest rate hike following fresh data pointing to slowing growth in the world’s biggest economy, analysts said.
Recession not over yet for retailers, other small businesses
AP Photo/Lee Jin-man
Visitors tour at at Samsung Electronics shop in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Samsung Electronics Co. said its first-quarter net income plunged 39 percent as consumers switched to bigger iPhones, squeezing its profit from the mobile business to less than half from a year earlier.
Samsung’s profit hit by bigger iPhones, sinks 39 percent
In the bus, the officer found four sealed boxes which Bambang Trianto, 45, the bus helper from Jember, initially claimed contained animal fodder. But once opened, they were found to in fact contain thousands of baby pig-nosed turtles, often referent to as Papuan turtles.
It is estimated that the baby turtles are worth IDR 1 billion or more on the black market, as these turtles fall under the category of protected fauna.
The bus driver and helper were brought to the the Gilimanuk Water Police station for further examina-tion. Based on the description pro-vided by the bus helper, the turtles were loaded from Rogojampi Ter-minal, Banyuwangi, East Java. The sender loaded the thousands of baby turtles onto the bus, to be carried to Ubung Terminal, Denpasar.
Other than thousands of young turtles, police also secured hundreds of ornamental fish of various kinds.
The 22 boxes of fish were trans-ported in an AKAS bus (license plate N 7432 US). The bus driver, Bazariadi, 49, from Situbondo, East Java, said that the fish boxes were transported from Bangsring village, Banyuwangi, East Java, with the same destination: Ubung, Denpasar.
However, upon further exami-nation, some of the ornamental fish seem to be accompanied with documentation that named Luk-man from Banyuwangi, as their owner, however the rest of the fish had no documents. The Chief of Gilimanuk Water Police, Nyoman Wirya Sucipta, with permission from the Chief of Jembrana Police confirmed the arrests. The turtles were handed over to the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) Gilimanuk, while the bus crew were secured for examina-tion. Police are still conducting an investigating into who was send-
ing the thousands of baby turtles. On the black market, each turtle is worth about IDR 500,000. Police charged the bus driver and helper with illegally carrying endangered animal without documents accord-ing to article 21 paragraph 2 letter a, in conjunction with article 40 para-graph 4 of Law No.5/1990 on the conservation of natural resources and their ecosystem with a maxi-mum penalty of one year in prison and a fine of IDR 50 million.
The Chief of BKSDA Gili-manuk, Putu Citra Sudarmaya, said that according to Government Regulation No.7/1999 on the pres-ervation of plants and animals, the Papuan turtle belongs to a rare and protected animal species. Accord-ing to Sudarmaya, the animal only exists in Papua and is alleged to have been smuggled from there. The evidence will be handed over to the BKSDA Bali for further han-dling. (kmb26)
SEMARAPURA - Jungut Batu Beach, Nusa Penida, Klungkung, claimed another fatality. This time, a foreign traveller named David Joseph, 54, from the U.S. died while snorkeling in the waters of Jungut Batu, on Tuesday (Apr. 28). This guest died on the way to the Jungutbatu public health center after being found unconscious after snorkeling alone. It is not clear what caused the victim (David—Ed) to die. However, there are allegations that the victim died due to having a history of respiratory problems.
Information obtained in the field on Tuesday revealed that the victim went to spend his holiday in Jungut Batu along with 12 other people. Before the incident, the victim had spent a night alone in an inn called Pondok Baruna Frangipani at Jun-gut Batu. In the morning at around seven o’clock, the victim left the inn to go snorkeling with a group on the beach. The victim suddenly
fainted while snorkeling.A tour guide who saw what hap-
pened, brought the victim to the Jungutbatu public health center. However, on the way to the public health center, the victim’s life could not be saved. He died just as they arrived at the public health center. It is not clear what caused his death. However, there is an allegation his death was related to pre-existing respiratory problems based on the fact that when the officers con-ducted a crime scene investigation they found a number of prescription drugs and a respirator in his room.
Chief of the Nusa Penida Police, Gde Arianta, when asked about the incident last Tuesday, confirmed these facts and added that there were no signs of violence on the victim’s body. “Preparations are being made, coordination with the Water Police, to send the victim’s body to Sanglah hospital,” he con-cluded. (kmb)
Thousands of Papuan turtles
secured by policeNEGARA - Thousands of smuggled pig-nosed turtles and hundreds of ornamental fish were
secured by the Gilimanuk Water Police, on Tuesday morning (Apr. 28). At least 2,400 of the fish whose Latin name is Carrettochelys inculpta, were secured during an inspection of the bag-gage compartment of a Margahayu bus (license plate N 7714 UN), driven by 30 year old Anang Risdianto, at around 01:30 a.m.
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Thousands of smuggled pig-nosed turtles and hundreds of ornamental fish were secured by the Gilimanuk Water Police, on Tuesday morning (Apr. 28). At least 2,400 of the fish whose Latin name is Carrettochelys inculpta, were secured during an inspection of the baggage compart-ment of a Margahayu bus (license plate N 7714 UN), driven by 30 year old Anang Risdianto, at around 01:30 a.m.
IBP/Net
The photo showed activities around Jungut Batu Beach. Jun-gut Batu Beach, Nusa Penida, Klungkung, claimed another fatality. This time, a foreign traveller named David Joseph, 54, from the U.S. died while snorkeling in the waters of Jungut Batu, on Tuesday (Apr. 28).
American traveler dies while snorkeling
in Nusa Penida
International4 Thursday, April 30, 2015 Thursday, April 30, 2015 13InternationalBali News
The curfew, which went into ef-fect at 10 p.m. Tuesday, got off to a not-so-promising start, however, as about 200 protesters initially ignored warnings of police officers and the pleas of community activ-ists to disperse.
Some threw water bottles or lay down on the ground. A line of po-lice behind riot shields hurled tear gas canisters and fired pepper balls at the crowd and slowly advanced forward to push it back. Demon-strators picked up the canisters and hurled them back at officers. But the crowd rapidly dispersed and was down to just a few dozen people within minutes.
The clash came after a day of high tension but relative peace in Baltimore, which was rocked by looting and widespread ar-son Monday in the city’s worst outbreak of rioting since 1968. Police, city leaders and many residents condemned the vio-lence, and hundreds of volunteers showed up Tuesday to sweep the streets of glass and other debris. Just before midnight Tuesday, Baltimore Police Commissioner
Anthony Batts declared the cur-few a success.
“We do not have a lot of active movement throughout the city as a whole. ... Tonight I think the biggest thing is the citizens are safe, the city is stable,” he said. “We hope to maintain it that way.” Batts said 10 people were arrested after the cur-few went into effect: two for loot-ing, one for disorderly conduct, and seven for violating the curfew.
Gov. Larry Hogan, Mayor Steph-anie Rawlings-Blake and other offi-cials made appearances throughout the day Tuesday, promising to reclaim and restore pride to their city. Baltimore Public Schools CEO Gregory Thornton said in a notice posted on the school system’s website that schools will be open Wednesday. The notice said after-school sports and clubs will also take place.
But life was unlikely to get completely back to normal anytime soon: The curfew was to go back into effect at 10 p.m. Wednesday and baseball officials — in what may be a first in the sport’s 145-year history — announced that Wednes-
day’s Baltimore Orioles game at Camden Yards would be closed to the public.
The violence set off soul-search-ing among community leaders and others, with some suggesting the uprising was not just about race or the police department, but also about high unemployment, high crime, poor housing, broken-down schools and lack of opportunity in Baltimore’s inner-city neighbor-hoods — issues that are not going away anytime soon.
Activists also stressed that they would continue to press authorities for answers in the case of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died of a spinal-cord injury under mysterious circumstances while in police custody. His case is what spurred Monday’s riots.
A group of pastors announced plans to hold a rally and prayer vigil for the city of Baltimore and Gray’s family at noon Wednesday and to “draw public attention to 17 police accountability bills the state legislature failed to pass during the recent legislative ses-sion.” (ap)
PASLANG, Nepal — Aid reached a hilly district near the epicenter of Nepal’s earthquake for the first time Wednesday, four days after the quake struck and as the death toll from the disaster passed the 5,000 mark. But it will still take time for the food and other supplies to reach survivors in remote com-munities who have been cut off by landslides, said Geoff Pinnock, a World Food Program emergencies officer.
“It doesn’t happen overnight,” said Pinnock from the village of Majuwa, 20 kilometers (16 miles) downhill from Gorkha town, a stag-ing area for relief efforts to areas worst hit by Saturday’s magnitude-7.8 earthquake.
Nearby, five cargo trucks filled with rice, cooking oil and sugar stood on a grassy field fringed with banana and acacia trees beneath the soaring Himalayas, waiting for a helicopter to carry the supplies to remote, quake-hit villages.
Soon, the U.N. food agency was expected to deliver shipments of high-energy food biscuits to areas without enough water for cooking, Pinnock said. The first aid ship-ments had reached Dhading district, just east of Gorhka, near the epicen-ter, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Kathmandu.
Nepalese police said Wednesday the death toll from the quake had reached 4,989. Another 18 were killed on the slopes of Mount Ever-est, while 61 died in neighboring India, and China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported 25 dead in Tibet, putting the total over 5,000.
The disaster also injured more than 10,000, police said, and ren-dered thousands more homeless. The U.N. says the disaster has af-fected 8.1 million people — more than a fourth of Nepal’s population of 27.8 million — and that 1.4 mil-lion needed food assistance.
“Under normal circumstances, a government would have the capac-ity to respond to maybe 10, or 20, or 30,000 people in need. But if you’re looking at 8 million as we are here, you need a bit of time to scale ev-erything up,” Pinnock said.
Planes carrying food and other supplies have been steadily arriving at Kathmandu’s small airport, but the aid distribution process remains fairly chaotic, with Nepalese offi-cials having difficulty directing the flow of emergency supplies.
About 200 people blocked traffic in the capital Wednesday to protest the slow pace of aid delivery. The protesters faced off with police and there were minor scuffles but no arrests were made. (ap)
AP Photo/Manish Swarup
Houses on the higher reaches of mountains destroyed in Saturday’s earthquake are seen from a helicopter near Dhad-ingbesti, in Nepal, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. The first aid shipments reached a hilly district near the epicenter of Nepal’s earthquake, a U.N. food agency official said, and distribution of food and medicine would start Wednesday, five days after the quake struck.
Nepal quake toll tops 5,000 as aid reaches
epicenter area
AP Photo/David Goldman
Members of the National Guard walk along North Avenue near where Monday’s riots occurred following the funeral for Freddie Gray, after a 10 p.m. curfew went into effect Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Baltimore.
Baltimore night curfew ends with
streets quiet after riotsBALTIMORE — Baltimore streets were quiet Wednesday morning at the lifting of a night-
time curfew that was enforced by 3,000 police and National Guardsmen following widespread rioting. There were no reports of disturbances after curfew ended at 5 a.m. The morning rush was getting underway with traffic flowing on most streets downtown.
Gianyar is also applying for the title of “eligible children county” (KLA). Various efforts need to be made by all parties in order to qualify as an “eligible children county”, particularly regarding the supervision of the children under the authority of the school but also regarding the physical space of the school.
Regional Secretary of Gianyar, Ida Bagus Gaga Adi Saputra, re-vealed these facts during an inspec-tion of the canteen at SDN 1 Pejeng elementary school, Tampaksiring. The regent had the opportunity to review the school canteen which
sells a variety of foods to local school children.
During the visit, he asked schools to always carry out supervision of their canteens and check what type and quality of food is on sale. We must not allow school canteens to sell foods which contain the five hazardous substances namely; sweetener, stabilizer, preservative, coloring and flavoring. “Without supervision such foods could be sold and damage the health of stu-dents which has an impact on the quality of our human resources in the future,” he said.
Supervision of the quality of
the health and hygiene of school canteens will continue to be car-ried out by the Education Agency along with other relevant agencies. Principal of SDN 1 Pejeng, Pande Made Murta, stated that he keeps a close eye on the sanitation of his school’s canteen and his staff often provides guidance to those selling at the canteen regarding the healthi-ness of the food sold there.
As a result, there have been no problems at his school related to the food on sale there. Supervision and guidance will continue to be provided for the whole school com-munity. (kmb16)
AMLAPURA - A victim of in-vestment fraud with the perpetrator I Gede Armandika made a report to police station. This time the victim is I Wayan Putu Murti, 52, a resident of Penggak Sajeng hamlet, Labasari village, Abang subdistrict. As a result of the fraud, the victim claimed to suffer losses of almost IDR 200 million.
Operation Division Head of the Karangasem Police, I Wayan Sudita, when contacted on Tuesday (Apr. 28) said that the victim came to Karangasem Police station in a confused condition, Monday (Apr. 27), because the fate of his money having been invested is unclear so far.
When reporting the case, the victim admitted to first meet the perpetrator I Gede Armandika on March 5, 2013 at his home on Jalan Untung Surapati Gang Beji No. 7 Amlapura. At that time, the victim claimed to come with the witness I Wayan Dayuh and I Gede Trawi. The victim claimed to be tempted by the investment business run by Armandika with a gain of 10 percent per month of the total fund invested.
The victim admitted to blindly accept the offer of the perpetra-tor and sent him cash worth IDR 195 million to the account of Ar-mandika’s wife, Ni Luh Sriani. “He (Armandika) said to give the gain as much as 10 percent per month and the money can be taken any time,” said the victim when reporting as written in the report of the victim
at the Karangasem Police station. After participating in the invest-ment program, the victim claimed to have got profit as much as 10 percent only once in April 2013 or worth IDR 19.5 million.
A month later, the victim came again to the home of Armandika to ask for the profit of the second month. Unfortunately, since then the perpetrator was difficult to be contacted. Finally the victim could meet the perpetrator, but he admitted to no longer have money. The perpetrator has promised to reimburse the victim’s investment. However, after giving the promise to these days, the owner of the campus of Sigma Millennium Computer Karangasem cannot be found any longer. Ultimately, the victim reported the case to Karan-gasem Police. Sudita assessed the victim is too easy to believe in the so tempting advantages. Currently, police have received the reports of victim as well as the other victims whose investment capital has not been returned so far.
“The reports are of many victims and now we are investigating the case,” said Sudita. In the meantime, the perpetrator Gede Armandika cannot be reached for his comment. Since the victims reported the case to Karangasem Police, the perpetrator seems to be hiding. The existence of the former fired school superinten-dent remains mysterious. As he can-not be found by police, he has never undergone any examination related to the reports of victims. (kmb31)
NEGARA - Dozens of migrants having no temporary resident per-mit (SKTS) were ensnared in popu-lation operation by Jembrana Mu-nicipal Police, Tuesday (Apr. 28). The operation targeted a number of boarding houses and businesses in Mendoyo subdistrict.
Section head of the civilian security guard of the Jembrana Municipal Police, I Gede Nyoman Suda Asmara, said after the opera-tion that a total of 26 people were ensnared in the operation because they do not have a temporary resi-dent permit. The operation targeting the boarding houses around the Pergung Square initially arrested five people from two boarding houses. Two of them claimed to have been living and working in a cafe at Delod Berawah, Mendoyo subdistrict. The officers then made data collection and asked the of-fenders to complete their temporary
residence permit.Aside from boarding houses, the
officers also targeted shrimp breed-ing at Tembles hamlet, Penyaringan village, Mendoyo subdistrict. At the location, the officers found that almost all employees from East Java do not have temporary resident permit. The Head of the Jembrana Municipal Police, I Gusti Ngurah Rai Budhi, said that the popula-tion operation is regularly held by Municipal Police. All migrants are recorded and ensured in order that they comply with corresponding administrative regulation pursuant to Regional Bylaw (Perda). The mi-grants that are repeatedly ensnared will be repatriated. Other than for administrative compliance, it also functions to monitor and pose a report to local village. “We carry out this operation sustainably, both at business premises and boarding house,” he explained. (kmb26)
Dozens of migrants ensnared in a joint operation
Again, victim of investment fraud reports to police
IBP/File
One of the canteens in the school in Denpasar
Schools asked to pay attention to canteen
food qualityGIANYAR - School authorities providing a space for student canteens are expected to su-
pervise and pay attention to the quality of food on sale at the canteen. This needs to be done to protect students from foods containing unhealthy substances, such as sweeteners, preservatives, coloring, flavoring and stabilizer.
3Thursday, April 30, 2015 14 InternationalInternational Bali NewsHealth Thursday, April 30, 2015
Your employer may one day help de-termine if your genes are why your jeans have become too snug. Big companies are considering blending genetic testing with coaching on nutrition and exercise to help workers lose weight and improve their health before serious conditions like diabetes or heart disease develop. It’s a step beyond the typical corporate wellness programs that many companies are using to make workers more aware of their risk factors and improve their health.
Genetic testing in corporate wellness pro-grams also is relatively uncharted territory. Many employers and insurers cover these tests and counseling for medical reasons, like helping people determine if they are more prone to certain cancers. And earlier this year, President Obama asked the U.S. Congress to approve spending on medical research into using a patient’s genes to tailor care.
Mixing generic testing into a wellness program may create a tool attractive to em-
ployers desperate to cut health care costs, one of the biggest expenses in a company’s budget. But employee benefits experts have doubts that such a novel approach will gain momentum. It first has to conquer steep chal-lenges like employee worry about sharing such sensitive information and employer skepticism about its effectiveness.
“They are waiting for evidence that this genetic testing will change risks,” said Dr. Jeff Levin-Scherz, a senior consultant with the benefits consulting firm Towers Watson.
Sparking the push to add genetic testing into corporate wellness offerings is a new program from the health insurer Aetna and Newtopia, a small Canadian company that creates personalized health-improvement programs. Their offering uses data from initial wellness program steps like physicals or blood tests to figure out which employees are vulnerable to metabolic syndrome.
That’s a group of conditions like high blood sugar, poor cholesterol or a big waist-
line that, when they occur together, increase a patient’s risk for heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
Those people are invited to get testing that analyzes a narrow band of genes that can tell patients things like how their body processes carbohydrates or fats, or if they have a genetic marker tied to compulsive eating. Patients then work with a coach to combine that information with a plan to improve their health.
Aetna and Newtopia are selling their program to the insurer’s biggest employer customers, and they are seeking to sign up to six companies this year. Spokeswoman Michelle Grant said the cost for companies will be on par with other disease prevention programs that attempt to improve a person’s health using live, individual coaching and apps. She did not provide specifics.
Aetna appears to have this niche to itself for now. None of the other major health insurers in the United States offer genetic testing as part of a wellness program. (ap)
A study of more than 1.2 million children born in Sweden between 1992 and 2004 and monitored for several years, found a 33-percent higher risk for the disease among children whose mothers were obese during the first trimester of pregnancy, but were not diabetic themselves.
“Maternal overweight and obe-sity in early pregnancy were asso-
ciated with increased risk of type 1 diabetes in the offspring of parents without diabetes,” a team wrote in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.
The highest risk was still for children of parents who had dia-betes themselves, the study found. There was no additional risk for children of mothers who were obese
on top of having diabetes.Over 5,700 children from the
study group were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes by 2009.
Type 1 diabetes is usually found in children and young people -- a chronic condition caused when the pancreas does not produce insulin to control blood sugar levels. It requires lifelong insulin treatment, and constitutes about 10 percent
LONDON - Britain’s first legally-approved HIV self-testing kit went on sale online on Monday, promising a result in just 15 minutes with a 99.7 percent accuracy rate. Developers hope the Bio-Sure HIV Self Test will help identify the estimated 26,000 people in Britain who have HIV but do not yet know.
“Knowing your HIV status is critical and the launch of this product will empower people to discreetly test themselves when it is convenient to them and in a place where they feel comfortable,” explained BioSure founder Brigette Bard.
Early diagnosis reduces the risk of passing the disease on to other people and also raises the suc-cess rate of modern treatments, which now make the disease manageable.
“Over 40 percent of people living with HIV are diagnosed late, meaning they have been living with HIV for at least four years,” said Deborah Gold, chief executive of the National Aids Trust (NAT).
“People diagnosed late are 11 times more likely to die in the first year after diagnosis,” she added.
The kit reacts to antibodies -- proteins made in response to the virus -- in a drop of the person’s blood, producing two purple lines in the event of a positive diagnosis.
The self-test, which is only available via the Internet, can only detect antibodies three months after the patient has become infected, and is not effective during this initial period,and all positive results must be confirmed by professional health workers, experts said.
Rosemary Gillespie, chief executive at HIV char-ity Terrence Higgins Trust, said it was “great to see the first self-test kits being approved.
“However, it is important to make sure people can get quick access to support when they get their result.”
Currently, those who fear they may have been infected have to collect a blood sample at home and send it to a laboratory, waiting five days for the result.
There are almost 110,000 people in Britain living with HIV, which can lead to AIDS if the sufferer’s immune system becomes badly damaged.
A similar test in the US has been available since 2012, giving a result in around 30 minutes from a sample of the person’s saliva or blood. (afp)
Obesity in pregnancy puts child at diabetes risk
PARIS - Women who are obese while pregnant may put their offspring at risk of childhood diabetes, a condition that requires lifelong insulin therapy, Swedish researchers said Tuesday.
of all diabetes cases -- though the number is growing.
And the increase “may partly be explained by increasing prevalence of maternal overweight/obesity,” said the study.
People with a BMI (body weight index, a ratio of weight to height) of 25 and higher are classified overweight, and 30 and over obese.
Obesity, too, is soaring, hav-ing more than doubled worldwide since 1980. By 2014, more than
1.9 billion adults were overweight, of whom 600 million were obese, according to the World Health Or-ganization.
Type 2 diabetes is much more common than type 1, and is be-lieved to be caused by lifestyle fac-tors, and controlled through healthy diet, exercise and medication.
“Prevention of overweight and obesity in women of reproductive age may contribute to a decreased incidence of type 1 diabetes,” the study concluded. (afp)
Instant self-test HIV kit on sale in Britain
AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File
In this June 26, 2012 file photo, two women speak to each other in New York. Big compa-
nies are considering blending genetic test-ing with coaching on
nutrition and exercise to help workers lose weight and improve
their health before serious conditions
like diabetes or heart disease develop.
Genetic testing moves into world of employee health
“They come from several coun-tries and are processed by the Bali Police and County Police of Bali,” said the Division Head of Bali Police Public Information, Sri Harmiti, recently.
The foreigners who are involved in this criminal case, added Sri, come from Switzerland, Germany, India, the UK, Australia, the US, Russia, France, Ireland, China and Taiwan.
Most of the arrests were carried out at the beginning April, with 38 people from China and Taiwan ap-prehended in East Denpasar, who were allegedly involved in fraud cases. “To process these cases, we are coordinating with their consul-ates. We must conduct law enforce-ment toward anyone involved in the case” she said.
Sri also expressed her hope that the public will be more alert, espe-cially villa and hotel owners. “We hope the owners of villa, hotel and rental house will always be vigilant, and if there is anything suspicious,
that they please immediately report it to the nearest police station or vil-lage police personnel” she said.
In response to this, tourism ob-server, and lecturer at STP Nusa Dua Bali, Dr. Ni Made Eka Mahadewi, explained that Bali is known as ‘the Island of Paradise’ and that there are positive and negative impacts that come with this branding. One of the positive impacts, is that Bali has become a prominent tourist attrac-tion, in high demand and visited by many travellers. On the other hand, a negative impact that the branding of Bali as the Island of Paradise ha is that the island has become a magnet for merry-making activities and illegal drug use.
“Tourism is frequently blamed for the negative impacts, but tour-ism implies activities that fill ones spare time, spending money and having fun,” explained Eka.
“Currently, there is an increase in the number of foreigners becoming involved in crimes in Bali. Should foreigners who commit criminal
acts be referred to as travellers? By definition, a foreigners who commits crimes is not a travellers but is in fact a bandit or mafia,” she added.
Eka went on to say that every foreigner coming to Bali should be examined and determined whether they have a tour program for their stay in Bali. Without a tour program or definite purpose for their visit, foreigners are worth suspecting of dubious activities.
“Security is a major factor for the image of Bali tourism, and should not be tainted by foreigners wishing to undermine the security of Bali,” she said.
Eka stressed that not every for-eigner coming to this island can be categorized as a traveller and Bali must be maintained as a tourist destination for the world. To that end, we need all parties to coop-erate so as to maintain the image of Bali as the Island of Paradise, truly heavenly, full of serenity and peace. (rah)
MANGUPURA - The representa-tives of Indonesia and Switzerland met in Badung, Bali, on Tuesday to negotiate on bilateral agreements for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.
“We thank Badung Regent for facilitating this meeting room for discussing the bilateral agreements,”
Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly said on Tuesday.
The minister expressed his hope that the negotiations will produce a result in favor of Indonesia and Switzerland.
In the meeting, Switzerland was represented by Mario Affentranger, among others.
DENPASAR - The National Archive of the Republic of Indo-nesia (ANRI) is tracing a number of state documents, including those related to the 1928 national movement and independence, to several countries, according to an ANRI official.
“We are coordinating with the national archive of the Neth-erlands, Australia, China, and several ASEAN countries,” Head of ANRI Mustari Irawan said on Tuesday.
Mustari hopes the countries will help Indonesia collect all archival documents and share all informa-tion regarding the archives that are important to the Indonesian history
Indonesia, Switzerland negotiate on legal
assistance agreement
Indonesian archive to trace documents abroad
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This file photo showed a foreigner from Russia got arrested at Ngurah Rai International Airport as she tried to smuggled drug to Bali. Foreign citizens coming to Bali, mostly come as travellers or visitors, however some become perpetrators of crimes on the island. Between January and April 2014, the Bali Police along arrested 58 foreigners for involvement in criminal cases.
Dozens of foreigners involved in crimes
DENPASAR - Foreign citizens coming to Bali, mostly come as travellers or visitors, however some become perpetrators of crimes on the island. Between January and April 2014, the Bali Police along arrested 58 foreigners for involvement in criminal cases. Cases ranged from pos-session of firearms to persecution, traffic accidents, narcotics, fraud, attempt of rape and one case of a motorcycle gang.
and its national development.In addition to the historical
archives, ANRI is also tracing maritime documents and national archives related to Indonesia’s border regions.
“We would like to collect our national border documents as we want to defend Indonesia and pre-vent the disintegration of our land, such as in the case of Sipadan and Ligitan islands in East Kalimantan that are finally being part of Ma-laysia,” Mustari stated.
The cooperation between ANRI and other national archives has facilitated the exchange of the conservation technology to save all documents in both manual and digital formats.
The other cooperation programs include education and training to improve human resources in ar-chives, such as the archive expert exchange program. (ant)
International2 Thursday, April 30, 2015 15International Activities
Bali News
EvEry Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.
The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is con-sidered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.
The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.
In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.
Balinese Temple Ceremony
Thursday, April 30, 2015
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BANGLI - The Bangli Narcotic Penitentiary is one of three penitentia-ries in Bali. As the name implies, the prison located at Buungan Tiga vil-lage, Susut subdistrict, Bangli, has been built specifically to accommodate inmates who were involved in drug cases. Although it started operating in early 2015, the prison -built to reduce crowdedness at a number of prisons in Bali, has only now begin to house a number of prisoners.
Constructin of the prison began in 2013 and was completed at the end of December 2014. The Bangli Narcotic Penitentiary consists of several units including an office building, prisoner blocks, a kitchen and a re-habilitation centre The Bangli Narcotic Penitentiary can accommodate up to 360 prisoners, with each block housing 180 people. Despite its capacity only a few prisoners have been transferred to the new narcotic penitentiary.
The Head of Bangli Narcotic Penitentiary, Bambang Maryanto, said that so far there are only 19 people being detained there. There is a mixture of narcotics offenders and other criminals transferred from other prisons in Bali. The prisoners who have been moved to the new facility are helping out with the physical condition of the prison, by doing things like cutting the grass and landscaping the garden.
The penitentiary has only transffered a limited number of prisoners because there is still a lack of security officers, with a total of 38 work-ing in the new prison. Bambang Maryanto, explained that this is far from enough to guard the prison at full capacity.
“The present number of officers is far from being enough, the Bangli Narcotics Penitentiary aims to have 80 to 90 officers. It is not possible to have the prison full with the current number of officers,” he explained.
The transfer of prisoners, said Bambang, will be carried out gradually. “After completing pre-service training for approximately 20 officers, we will begin to accept more prisoners, including those involved in drug cases who will receive rehabilitation services,” he added.
In the meantime, the Bangli Narcotic Penitentiary has also set up a representative residential block for the rehabilitation of drug addicts. Other than setting up blocks, the penitentiary authorities will also prepare the new officers that have been provided with special training. (kmb40)
Chairman of the Gerindra Party - Badung Chapter, IGK Puriartha, said on Wednesday that there has been a struggle to get the atten-tion of the central government, a struggle which has been voiced in Bali for some time. Unfortunately, so far the struggle has not shown satisfactory results. The central government seems to have blinders
on. The bottom up orientation of government’s management system appears to be nearly a formality. As a result, some of the central government’s programs do not fit the needs of the community. “Many programs come directly from Ja-karta, but often they are not actually needed by Balinese people. In the end, such programs are useless,”
said the man familiarly addressed as Gus Krobo.
Ideally the government acting as a facilitator would not govern arbitrarily. Officials should be able to adhere to organizational governance and participatory bu-reaucracy. Aside from the central government, many of the people’s representatives of Bali still do not
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The situation in Bangli Narcotic Penitentiary
Central government asked to solve the issues of development inequality
MANGUPUrA - The role of the central government in solving various problems faced by Bali is still considered very minimal. Bali is a region of Indonesia that provides subsatnacial contributions to the central government, but many have the impression that the island is simply viewed as a cash cow used for projecting a positive image to the world. Many aspirations that people on the island have, should be followed up on but are instead ignored. One of the most recent examples is the massive public rejection of the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. For the future, the government under the leadership of President Jokowi should be more focused on evenly distributing income so that Balinese people also prosper, while also paying attention to environmental and cultural preservation.
understand about the needs of their people.
‘Aspiration absorption’ meant to take place during the recess periods of the legislators of the central House of Representatives is often just a formality, and so many of the government’s programs do not match the aspirations of the people. Therefore, it is not surpris-ing that the complex problems of Bali, especially those regarding the imbalance of development, have yet to be resolved. There is still much work to be done to resolve these problems, through well targeted development programs. The main obstacle is funding which Gus Kro-bo criticized referring to the lack of balance in the funds received by Bali from the central government.
As a result, many programs cannot be implemented.
Furthermore, he said, in this matter, improvements in the chain of communication between the local and the central government are required, so that development can meet the need of the society. He cited the problem of the Benoa Bay reclamation project fiasco as an example of bad communication.
A number of actions taken by various components of society in rejection of the project have hit a stone wall. It is not possible for the Balinese community to go up against the state. Formal channels need to be put in place through regulations regarding governance and administration, especially in and for Bali. (kmb25)
Prisoner transfer to Bangli Narcotic Penitentiary done gradually
Man City set for upheaval after season of struggles
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South Korea says Kim Jong Un executed 15 officials this year
President Joko Widodo, who has been a vocal supporter of the
death penalty for drug traffick-ers, also defended the executions:
“This is our rule of law, the rule of law concerning the death penalty. We also respect the laws of other countries.”
The seven convicts -- two from Australia, one from Brazil and four from Africa -- were shot by firing squad, along with one Indonesian, despite strident foreign appeals and pleas from family members.
Brazil expressed “deep regret” at
the execution of its national, whose family says is mentally ill, and said it was weighing its next move.
The condemned men report-edly all refused blindfolds and sang hymns, among them “Amazing Grace”, as they went to face the firing squad in a jungle clearing, according to a pastor who was with them.
As the clocked ticked down to
midnight, a group of tearful sup-porters also sang hymns, embraced and held candles aloft during a vigil at the port in Cilacap, the gateway to the prison island of Nusakam-bangan.
After the executions, family members could be seen crying and were ushered away by friends and supporters, an AFP reporter saw.
REUTERS/Nyimas Laula
Angelita Muxfeldt (R), a relative of Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte, looks over his coffin at a funeral home in Jakarta, Indonesia April 29, 2015. An Indonesian firing squad executed eight drug traffickers, including seven foreigners, in the early hours of Wednesday, sparking condemnation from Australia and Brazil who had made final, desperate pleas to save their nationals.
Execution as part of “war” on drugs
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CILACAP - Indonesia on Wednesday defended the execution of seven foreign drug convicts, with the attorney general saying that although the death penalty was not “pleasant” it was vital in waging a war against drugs. “We are fighting a war against horrible drug crimes that threaten our nation’s survival,” Muhammad Prasetyo told reporters in Cilacap, the gateway to the high-security prison island of Nusakambangan where the executions took place.
NEW YORK - Young singing sensation Sam Smith on Tuesday canceled the rest of an Australian tour after developing a hemor-rhage on his vocal cords.
The 22-year-old British singer, who has maintained a punishing touring schedule amid a meteoric rise in his career, said he has been “vocally exhausted for a while now.”
He was diagnosed with a small hemorrhage on his vocal cords after a perfor-mance Monday in Sydney, he said in a statement.
“The doctors have told me I need to fully rest until my vocal cords have healed, otherwise this could become a huge long-term issue,” he said.
“I am so sorry to all who have
bought tickets. I truly am. This kills me,” he said.
Smith had been scheduled to perform through May 4 in Australia. Promoters said that they were looking to reschedule
the dates for December. Smith is scheduled to play in Tokyo on
May 7 and 8 before extensive summer touring in Europe and North America.
Smith, who until a few years ago was a bartender in London, quickly amassed a global following with his song “Stay With Me,” a soulful ballad about a one-
night stand.He was the big winner
at the latest Grammys, taking home three of the four most pres-tigious awards. (afp)
One side is sunny — the dance-heavy stage adaptation of the 1951 musical film with George and Ira Gershwin songs — and the other moody — the dark show based on Alison Bechdel’s coming of age graphic novel about her closeted, suicidal dad.
“It’s nice to know if something’s good, there’s room for it,” said Max von Essen, who earned a nomination for featured actor in a musi-cal in “American in Paris.” ‘’There’s room for a smaller, darker piece and there’s room for a big, show-stopping revival.”
Michael Cerveris got one of the dozen nods for “Fun Home” — as best leading actor in a musical — and hopes they will attract more people to see his critically acclaimed and poi-gnant show.
“The real value of the Tonys — and I suppose any awards — is to draw attention to something that people otherwise might not seek out. So the fact that every aspect of the production has been acknowledged is the best kind of advertis-ing,” he said.
The nominations ranged from 11-year-old Sydney Lucas in “Fun Home” to 82-year-old Chita Rivera, looking for her third Tony. Helen Mirren and Bradley Cooper each got nomina-tions but Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Jake
Gyllenhaal, Kelsey Grammer and Matthew Morrison from “Glee” didn’t get nods.
Rivera, who is wowing crowds just with a raised eyebrow, has championed her show, the dark John Kander and Fred Ebb musical “The Visit,” since 2001. She called its arrival on Broadway “joyous” and said the experienced cast and creators are superb. “We think it’s a jewel,” she said.
The best new play category includes “Wolf Hall, Parts One & Two,” ‘’Hand to God,” ‘’Dis-graced” and “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” Larry David’s “Fish in the Dark” was snubbed entirely.
The first casualty of the nominating process was “Living on Love,” which announced it would close May 3. The Renee Fleming-led play earned no nominations Tuesday and needed something to goose box office receipts. Last week, it grossed only about 16 percent of its $957,000 potential.
In addition to “An American in Paris” and “Fun Home,” the best new musical category includes “Something Rotten!” and “The Visit.” The Peter Pan-themed “Finding Neverland,” Harvey Weinstein’s first-ever venture into Broadway as a lead producer, didn’t get a single nomination. (ap)
NEW YORK - A music journalist who worked on Courtney Love’s long-awaited memoir has sued her, saying that the rock singer failed to compensate him.
A n t h o n y B o z z a , known for his articles in Rolling Stone mag-azine and his biog-raphy of rap giant Eminem, said that Love -- the widow of Nirvana front-man Kurt Cobain -- owed him more than $200,000.
In a lawsuit filed in New York last week, Bozza said that Love has received $400,000 out of a $1.2 million advance from publisher HarperCollins for the yet-to-be-released book.
In the lawsuit, Bozza said that he sent drafts of the introduction and first two chap-ters to Love in 2012 and that she responded by email “that the work was ‘f***king beautiful!!!!’”
But by mid-2014, Bozza said that Love told him by text message that she had started
working with a new writer, who turned out to be “worthless” and had put the project
in “even more chaos.”Bozza said that he was nev-er terminated but charged
that new writers were us-ing his work as a base.
Love and Harper-Collins did not imme-diately comment on the lawsuit.
In an interview last year with Brit-ain’s Daily Telegraph
newspaper, Love was quoted as saying that
she rejected Bozza’s draft because it was too
revealing. Love, who enjoyed success
as the frontwoman of alternative rock band Hole, is infamous for her volatile personality and struggles with substance abuse.
But she has recently shown a softer side as she appears at premieres for a new documentary about her late husband, “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,” on which she cooperated. (afp)
Sam Smith cancels Australia tour over vocal hemorrhage
Courtney Love sued by co-author of long-awaited memoir
‘American in Paris,’ ‘Fun Home’ lead Tony
nominations packNEW YORK — The musicals “An American in Paris” and “Fun Home” each
received a leading 12 Tony Award nominations on Tuesday, showing two very different sides of this Broadway season.
Bruce Wil-lis and Mary-Louise Parker an-nounce the 69th Annual Tony Award nominations at The Para-mount Hotel on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in New York.
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