A British hotel owner and an Italian tourist have been arrested for alleged possession of narcotics on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali police said Monday. The two men, dressed in orange, were shown to journalists at a news conference. Kenneth Daniel Kutsch, a British man who has a hotel business on neighboring Lombok island and …
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DENPASAR – The Governor of Bali, Wayan Koster, received appreciation from the community to the Big Family of the Indonesian Chinese Association (INTI) Bali and the INTI Healthy Bali Club (IKBS). Because it has facilitated the vaccination of 10,000 citizens of the Chinese community (INTI) at the Hongkong Garden Restaurant, Denpasar. On Friday (21/5), the …
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JAKARTA – Indonesia has suspended distribution of a batch of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to run tests for sterility and toxicity following the death of a 22-year-old man a day after immunisation, the health ministry said on Sunday (May 16). The batch consists of 448,480 vaccine doses that arrived in the Southeast Asian nation last month …
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TAIPEI – The global shortage of semiconductors, or microchips — the “brains” in all electronic devices, has heightened the geopolitical significance of Taiwan and its chip-making sector. The island is home to the world’s largest contract chipmaker: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC). Many describe Taiwan’s strength in microchips as its “silicon shield,” which can protect …
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JAKARTA – Indonesia began imposing a previously announced ban on domestic travel on Thursday as it sought to contain the spread of the coronavirus during the Eid al-Fitr celebrations, when millions normally travel to mark the end of the Islamic fasting month. Police officers were deployed across the capital city of Jakarta on Thursday to …
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Twitter wants to curb what the company calls “potentially harmful or offensive” tweets. The social media company announced Wednesday it has released a feature that can detect a mean tweet and prompt a user to be sure they really want to send it. “People come to Twitter to talk about what’s happening, and sometimes conversations …
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Facebook has taken down a network of hundreds of fake accounts and pages targeting people in Ukraine and linked to individuals previously sanctioned by the United States for efforts to interfere in U.S. elections, the company said Thursday. Facebook said the network managed a long-running deceptive campaign across multiple social media platforms and other websites, …
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DENPASAR, HOWBALI.COM – Additional cases of COVID-19 reported by Bali on Tuesday (4/5) reached 150 people. It consists of 126 local transmissions and 24 domestic travelers (PPDN). The cumulative cases handled reached 45,154 people. From the data from the Bali COVID-19 Handling Task Force, it can be seen that local transmission still dominates with 42,084 …
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The batch of AstraZeneca vaccines recently suspended from distribution in Indonesia are not among the ones distributed in Bali, the province’s health agency chief has confirmed. Ketut Suarjaya on Sunday listed the batch codes of AstraZeneca vaccines that Bali has received thus far: CTMAV514, CTMAV516, CTMAV539, and CTMAV544. His statement follows the Health Ministry’s decision …
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Denpasar – Towards the reopening of the Bali tourism sector targeted by President Joko Widodo in mid-2021, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf) is finalizing the adoption of new habitual adaptations. The adaptation of this new habit was revealed by Menparekraf Sandiaga Uno, including COVID-19 vaccination for the community, especially parekraf business actors …
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