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The National Police announced Wednesday that they arrested on Sunday a drug ring that had been operating out of Denpasar, Bali. The group involved an inmate housed at Kerobokan Prison, identified as DN, who is alleged to have acted as a supplier. Bali Police narcotics division director Sr...

Cannot help but notice... Across from my house is the construction of a single villa which, six months ago, was a paddy field. I'm told all the workers are Balinese so we have yet not been involved with them, other than wave and smile. Another development, next to my house, uses imported labor...

Every day is Fathers Day I must be one of the luckiest Dads on Earth, I lost the use of my legs and in return found my son. Like millions of other parents I had been through the whole scenario several times, trying to balance working to the best of my abilities to give my family a superior...

In Indonesia's capital Jakarta, a buzzer is not an alarm or a bell, but someone with a Twitter account and more than 2,000 followers who is paid to tweet. Jakarta is the world's tweet capital and advertisers eager to reach the under-30 crowd are paying popular Twitter users to spread their...

For the past few days I have been having a problem with Telkom speedy's DNS. If I use Google's DNS 8.8.8.8 internet works fine. It is a little harder however to change for the wifi on some mobile phones. Anyone else having trouble?

Missus went to Singapore day before yesterday on the usual visa run and found that her Iphone 4s would only receive SMS messages but could neither send any or phone anyone. She has XL as a supplier here in Bali and the minute she was back the thing worked again. She took her phone to a local...

Hi Fairly new expat to Bali, from the uk lived in Malaysia where had limited chance to ride my road bike :disgust: Looking to meet up with any keen roadies or regular Sunday rides. I live in the Umalas area. Cheers Wayne

The Bali tourism minister has launched a proposal to require all tourists visitng Bali to get micro chip implants. The proposal has been forwarded to the parliament for approval and has been met with wide support from government ministers and the head of Bali's police force. The new system...

Coming from New York and need some ideas on what to bring as gifts for my indo friends and thier families . Ideas I have are Chocolates, usa keychains and stickers any other ideas or suggestions are welcome

Corby in trouble again | The Beat Daily Bali Not doing herself any favors doing this.

Just come back to the UK with our Bali bought mobile phones (Dell Streak & Galaxy Fit), my husband has just bought a new sim card, and he can make calls, send messages, send and receive WhatsApp but cannot receive messages or calls. Anyone know if there is a reason why we cannot continue to...

I've always been involved with imaging in some way or another so it was a bit of a natural progression to get somewhat hooked on 'iPhoneography' or taking photos with the iPhone. I've recently been sponsored by a company based out of California with cinematic lenses for a movie project I have in...

There have been many cell phone shops in Jl Raya Peliatan on the south-east edge of Ubud for a long time now. But up until a few months back, there was only one with a big illuminated sign for a phone brand - that was Nokia and it was about half way down opposit Dapur Sonya da Vespa - a...

https://www.facebook.com/jakarta.usembassy?sk=app_7146470109 this comes up around the expat community quite often-a desperate search for an uncommon blood type for some friend or other in dire need...does the rounds of mobile phones and email lists. twice last year at least if you know...

Hi all, my i-phone screen starts flickering a few days ago. Does anybody know a good/reliable apple service shop or any advice on how to trouble shoot this problem? I have mine since 2 years, so unfortunately, no more guarantee. Btw, I did google, but couldn’t find a solution. Appreciate your...

I'm coming to Bali mid May, arriving about 4pm, staying at a hotel in Jl. Cendrawasih/Petitenget Seminyak [Ixora]. I'm assuming that after checking in I'll be able to just go for a walk and find somewhere to buy a SIM card pretty close by, no more than maybe 10 minutes walk. But perhaps I'm...

Expat Experts, Am visiting Bali for three weeks in July (coming from Abu Dhabi) and my sister and her family are coming in from the States. We're going to have six of us wandering around the island pursuing various interests but will want to be able to stay in touch via cell phones...