App icons of major US tech firms are displayed on a screen. Big Tech goliaths like Facebook and Amazon unveiled whopping profits this week. (AFP/Denis Charlet) Glenn Chapman (AFP) San Francisco, United States   ●   Fri, July 30, 2021 Big Tech goliaths like Facebook and Amazon unveiled whopping profits this week, showing their dominance in lockdown lifestyles is on course to grow well beyond the...

What's On | Written By, Edward Speirs | May 20th, 2021 Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Pandjaitan, is pushing the Indonesian Government’s Work from Bali campaign once again, encouraging not only personal or private sector to work from Bali, but ministries as well. He stated that because ‘working from home’ was already a norm now, then why not work...

By the river: This photo taken before the pandemic shows a screening of a documentary on plastic waste, at the traditional open-air Badung market in Denpasar, Bali. The screening was held by Pulau Plastik, an environmental initiative that has refrained from conducting live, face-to-face activities and has shifted to online activities to continue campaigning for the mitigation of the plastic waste problem,...

Infrastructure is being improved in the Tanjung Pulisan area, a special economic zone, to support tourism in Likupang.(JP/Riza Roidila Mufti) Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman Jakarta   ●   Fri, April 9, 2021 The government plans to spend Rp 4.01 trillion (US$275.15 million) this year on 108 basic infrastructure projects in five prioritized tourist destinations to spur visits. The Public Works and...

April 12, 2021 For over two decades I’ve enjoyed so many holidays on Gili Meno and returning this time I am reminded once again why I fell in love with this pretty island so long ago. Gathering at Padang Bai to board the boat for our Nyepi long Weekend, there was a growing sense of excitement as veteran travellers and first-timers swapped names and stories. By the time we left, we had already made...