the saga continues ... From http://www.balidiscovery.com/messages/message.asp?Id=5827 Open Season in Bali on Blue Colored Birds Blue Bird Bali Taxi Controversy Escalates. Bali News: Open Season in Bali on Blue Colored Birds (2/20/2010) Demonstrations and demands by competing drivers from Bali taxi...

Governors have been given more administrative powers in supervising regents and mayors in their day-to-day activities including in settling disputes over overlapping mining areas, Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi has said.

As reported by the media, coal mining activities in Kalimantan have created complex environmental and social problems. Green forests have become dry lands. Chemicals have contaminated rice fields and residential areas have been flooded.

Kendari, SE Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - The governor of Southeast Sulawesi, Nur Alam, said investment in the province`s mining sector had increased significantly. "In 2009 the number of companies that was making or have made an investment in the region was recorded at 10 out of hundreds already...

Long Visa Lines at Bali's Airport Prompt Calls for Urgent Change from Law Makers and Tourism Leaders. (2/20/2010) Bisnis Bali reports that despite a total of 26 visa on arrival counters at Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport, long delays of as much as two hours are being encountered by those...

Several telecommunication stakeholders on Sunday rejected the government’s plan to ease the negative investment list next month, particularly on ownership of telecom towers. Southeast Asia’s largest telecom, Singapore Telecommunications, may be one of the foreign investors to take advantage of...