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Alanis Morissette’s ex-manager gets 6 years for stealing $7M LOS ANGELES — A business manager who stole more than $7 million from Alanis Morissette and others was sentenced Wednesday to six years in federal prison after the singer made a pitch for a lengthy and severe sentence saying he stole her dreams.

Morissette said she had placed the fortune she earned through her fame in the trust of Jonathan Todd Schwartz and he had secretly siphoned her accounts while constantly misleading her about her net worth.

“He did this in a long, systematic, drawn-out and sinister manner,” Morissette said, adding it would have bankrupted her within three years had the thefts continued.

Schwartz, 47, who blamed his gambling addiction for the thefts, wept and apologized at the hearing, saying he took full responsibility for his behavior and would have a life of shame because of it.

“I alone am responsible for the devastation,” he said, in seeking less than a year in prison. “I will spend the rest of my life asking for forgiveness.”

Prosecutors were seeking just over five years in prison for Schwartz, but Judge Dolly Gee said she thought Schwartz deserved more time for the “sheer audaciousness of this conduct.”

Gee noted that she has often criticized federal sentencing guidelines as draconian, but noted that they weren’t harsh enough in this case. Gee said Schwartz’s gambling addiction may explain the wire fraud and tax crimes, but didn’t excuse them. She also ordered him to pay $8.6 million in restitution.

Schwartz acknowledged stealing nearly $5 million from Morissette between May 2010 and January 2014 and more than $2 million from five unnamed clients when he worked at GSO Business Management, a firm that touted relationships with entertainers such as Katy Perry, 50 Cent and Tom Petty.

Schwartz was a high-flying partner making $1.2 million a year, according to court papers. The thefts struck a blow to the firm’s reputation that is expected to cost the firm $20 million and led to nearly a dozen layoffs, according to founder Bernard Gudvi. The embezzlement was discovered by a new money manager Morissette hired.

“It was at this time, I realized he also stole my dreams,” she said.

When the firm was contacted about the apparent theft, Schwartz made “wild accusations” that his former client was in the throes of drug addiction and mentally unstable, Gudvi said. Schwartz also falsely claimed Morissette had invested the money in an illegal marijuana growing business.

“As the walls were closing in on the scheme to steal client funds ... he was unable to turn away from the lies,” Gudvi wrote in a letter to the court. “The worse things became, the more easily he seemed to dispense with the truth.”

Prosecutors acknowledged that Schwartz lost some money gambling, but said the funds financed a lavish lifestyle. (ap)

Actor Brad Pitt arrives at the premiere of the film “Allied” in Madrid, Spain on November 22, 2016.

Brad Pitt says he quit drinking, in therapy after split with Jolie

NEW YORK - Brad Pitt has opened up for the first time about his divorce from Angelina Jolie, admitting to heavy drinking and pot smoking and a lifetime of cutting himself off emotionally from others.

The 53-year-old actor told GQ Style in an extensive interview released on Wednesday that he had quit drinking, was undergoing therapy, and that he and Jolie were committed to resolving matters amicably and privately.

“I just started therapy,” the “Moneyball” star said in the interview for the summer issue of GQ Style. “I love it. I love it. I went through two therapists to get to the right one.”

Jolie’s sudden announcement in September 2016 that she was filing for divorce sent shockwaves through the celebrity world. The couple known as Brangelina, who married in 2014 and have six children, embarked on a bitter child custody dispute and Pitt was investigated for possible child abuse

after losing his temper in front of some of the children.

The actor was cleared of the allegations and in January the pair agreed to use a private judge in their divorce case.

Pitt said the split with Jolie, 41, had been a “huge generator for change.”

“I can’t remember a day since I got out of college when I wasn’t boozing or had a spliff, or something...

“I’m really, really happy to be done with all of that. I mean I stopped everything except boozing when I started my family. But even this last year, you know — things I wasn’t dealing with.

I was boozing too much,” he said.

Pitt said he loved wine, adding “truthfully I could drink a Russian under the table with his own vodka. I

was a professional. I was good.”

He said he has quit drinking, replacing alcohol with cranberry juice and fizzy water.

Regarding the divorce, Pitt said he and Jolie had decided to abandon the path of “vitriolic hatred” and work together to sort out their issues.

Pitt said he was finding solace in working creatively with his hands.

“I’m making everything. I’m working with clay, plaster, rebar, wood.”

As for the movie business, “I don’t really think of myself much as an actor anymore. It takes up so little of my year and my focus. Film feels like a cheap pass for me, as a way to get at those hard feelings. It doesn’t work anymore, especially being a dad.”

Pitt’s latest movie “War Machine,” a satirical look at the U.S. war in Afghanistan, is due for release on May 26. (rtr)

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FILE - In this Saturday, April 15, 2017 file photo, missiles are paraded across Kim Il Sung Square during a military parade in Pyongyang, marking the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the country’s late founder and grandfather of current leader Kim Jong Un.

After North Korea criticism, China says wants to be good neighbour BEIJING - China said on Thursday it wants to be good neighbours with North Korea, after the isolated country’s state news agency published a rare criticism of Chinese state media commentaries calling for tougher sanctions over the North’s nuclear programme.

The United States has urged China, North Korea’s only major ally, to do more to rein in the North’s nuclear and missile programmes, which have prompted an assertive response from the Trump administration, warning that an “era of strategic patience” is over.

A commentary carried by North Korea’s KCNA news agency referred to recent commentaries in China’s People’s Daily and Global Times newspapers, which it said were “widely known as media speaking for the official stand of the

Chinese party and government”.

In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said China’s position was consistent and clear. “China’s position on developing friendly, good-neighbourly relations with North Korea is also consistent and clear,” Geng told reporters, in response to a question about the KCNA commentary.

China was unswervingly devoted to the denuclearisation of the peninsula and maintaining peace and security and resolving the issue through talks, Geng added. The WeChat ac-

count of the overseas edition of the People’s Daily, in its reaction to the KCNA piece, said it was clear that North Korea’s nuclear and missile activities were a threat to China.

“North Korea has not left the Cold War behind and does not want to, and is enmeshed in a web of its own spinning of antagonism between its enemies and itself,” it said.

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Again, rally rejects online-based transportation

Police chief mediates drivers and transportation agency head DENPASAR - Hundreds of conventional taxi drivers again held a rally in front of the office of the governor of Bali on Wednesday (May 3). The drivers threatened not to leave before the governor or the head of the Bali transportation agency could meet them. Chief of Denpasar Police, Hadi Purnomo, finally came down directly to mediate the meeting between the transportation agency head and the drivers.

In the demonstration filled with joint prayers, the drivers no longer merely demanded the blocking of the online application-based transport such as Uber and Grab Taxi.

However, they also questioned the remaining quota as much as 7,500 issued by the Bali transportation agency.

“Regarding the quota in Bali, in 2015 I had a meeting with Assistant II. In 2015 through 2019 it has been overloaded,” said the action coordinator, I Ketut Witra.

He questioned the study to get the remaining transport quota as much as 7,500. It is said, there should be written document related to legality of the study. On the other hand, the head of the transportation agency is also accused of having asked the Bali Tourism Driver Association (Aspaba) to

join with Grab. “Why did you invite Aspaba to join with Grab? Are you the boss of Grab?” asked Witra.

Head of the Bali Transportation Agency, IGA Sudarsana, denied to have asked Aspaba or any other driver associations to join with Grab. Meanwhile, related to the transportation quota, the transportation agency and third parties have done the study.

As a result, there are 20,085 transportation quotas. However, the

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Hundreds of conventional taxi drivers again held a rally in front of the office of the governor of Bali to protest the online transport.

licensed and registered in the transportation agency has reached about 12,500, so there are still 7,500 remaining quotas.

“This is based on the study in 2015 where in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 until 2020 there are clearly quotas every year,” explained Sudarsana who was under police guard.

Apparently the drivers were still not satisfied with the answer given by the head of the transportation agency. Ten representatives of the drivers then mediated with the head of the transportation agency in Prajasabha Room, governor’s office with the mediator namely the chief of Denpasar Police, Hadi Purnomo.

Actually the drivers had also prepared a letter of intent to be signed by the head of the transportation agency. Its content is related to the blocking of Grab and Uber, and termination of their operation in Bali. However, Sudarsana firmly refused to sign such a statement. Sudarsana asserted that his agency did not have the authority to close or block Grab and Uber.

“The authority to close lies in the ministry,” he said.

Since there is no meeting point having been agreed yet, chief of Denpasar police promised to invite the representative of conventional drivers, online drivers including the head of the transportation agency to further discuss about the issue at the headquarters of the Denpasar police. (kmb32)

In Negara, some students celebrate graduation by distributing wrapped rice

NEGARA - Euphoria of high school and vocational high school graduation in Jembrana on Monday (May 2) was celebrated with the act of graffiti and convoy on the street.

Most of them did not wear safety helmet and even got escort and supervision from police personnel.

Moreover, the ranks of Jembrana police on Monday afternoon also made a raid to hotels and inns on the instruction of Jembrana Police Chief, Djoni Widodo, to anticipate undesired things, which have been done by students after the announcement of their graduation.

On the other hand, there are ten students of SMAN 1 Negara high school celebrating their graduation

with simple but meaningful way.

They carried 50 packs of wrapped rice and drinking water to be distributed around the Negara market such as to parking attendants, porters at the market, truck drivers and disadvantaged people.

One of the students of the SMAN 1 Negara, Laurenda Gwee, representing her friends, revealed that such an activity is a spontaneity undertaken with some friends.

They did such an action because they are not interested in the events like convoy and shirt graffiti. Aside from being useless and disturbing, it is not to be proud of. “As an educated person, let alone have graduated from high school, we should know

what is good to do,” she explained.

According to the student living at Baler Bale Agung (Negara), their uniforms can be donated. “Our uniforms are still feasible and can be donated. It’s a pity to be scribbled.

Our parents have already struggled to finance us. It is better for us to make beautiful memories that can be proud of,” she said.

The activity was said to be purely based on her and friends’ initiative as well as spontaneously carried out with their sincere donation.

“There are students donating IDR 30,000, 50,000 and IDR 100,000.

Hopefully, this is useful action and can inspire the other students and younger classes so that later on they

can do more positive and useful activities as well as avoid convoy and scribbles,” she hoped.

The activities of distributing wrapped rice by students of SMAN 1 Negara high school was also posted on social media like Facebook and became viral. Many netizens shared and appreciated to their positive activities. Netizens hoped that such kind of activity can also become a tradition after graduation announcement, whether to distribute wrapped rice, cleanup garbage and other positive activities to mark the graduation. “It is better than undertaking convoys, graffiti and other useless activities,” said some teachers.

In the meantime, Principal of SMAN 1 Negara, Ngurah Prapta Arya, when asked for his confirmation on Monday afternoon even claimed not to know about what has been undertaken by some of his students having distributed wrapped rice. “The graduation announcement at ten o’clock in the morning at school with customary clothes to temple and there is not accompanied with the distribution of Jenggo rice,” he said.

However, when being informed that some of his students celebrated the graduation by distributing wrapped rice, Prapta Arya admitted to be proud if the students have done positive activities. (kmb)

Breakthrough of DLH to collect plastic waste in Bangli

PLASTIC waste becomes a problem experienced in every district and municipality in Bali without exception for Bangli district.

Plastic waste has become a threat to survival in the future. So, to combat the problem of plastic waste in Bangli, local government through the Bangli environment agency (DLH) makes a breakthrough to handle plastic waste known as ‘Plastic Waste Collection Movement.’

Head of the Bangli Environment Agency, Ida Ayu Gede Yudi Sutha,

said the Plastic Waste Collection Movement is a breakthrough to create a clean and beautiful environment for all villages in Bangli, so that they can be free from plastic waste. She said that all this time plastic waste becomes a common problem faced by every district and municipality in Bali including Bangli. In the future, if the waste is not addressed and taken seriously, it will be able to damage the environment and disrupt survival.

“Unless handled immediately,

plastic waste can pollute the environment. If plastic waste is left as such, it will be able to pollute the surrounding environment and can affect the future viability. If plastic waste is not burned, it takes decades to be decomposed by the land,” said Yudi Sutha on Wednesday (May 3).

Yudi Sutha added that to run the breakthrough, her agency makes cooperation with related agencies, schools from elementary to high school and vocational school as well as general public in all subdistricts.

She said that if the program is not implemented together, it will be difficult to be run. According to her, whatever is done should get full support from all parties. Thus, any program made will be able to run well.

“We regularly carry out this activity every month. In the previous months, we already ran the program. Hopefully, this breakthrough could encourage the whole community to care about plastic waste,” she explained.

In the future, this activity is also

expected to maintain sanitation of every village and can be avoided from waste, especially plastic waste. She also asked the community to be more aware so as not to dispose of any garbage haphazardly but in place. If the habit has been practiced, she believed that in the future Bangli can become a clean area of plastic waste. “If it is clean from plastic waste, the surrounding environment will also look clean, beautiful and pleasing to the eye,” added Yudi Sutha. (nan)

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TAUZIA Hotel Management to Debut Maison Aurelia Sanur

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Greek drama: Chanel recreates Parthenon for Paris show

PARIS — Karl Lagerfeld climbed Mount Olympus for inspiration in creating Chanel’s latest resort collection, presenting a spectacular Grecian-themed show to a celebrity audience in Paris on Wednesday.

While Gucci will go to Florence, Louis Vuitton to Kyoto, and Dior to Los Angeles to show off their cruise fashions— Lagerfeld chose to host the normally itinerant mid-season collection in Chanel’s terra mater.

Lagerfeld, a larger-than-life fashion showman who is rarely upstaged, opted instead to bring the wonders of the ancient world to Paris’ Grand Palais.

Celebrity guests who included Keira Knightley, Isabelle Huppert and filmmaker Pedro Almodovar gazed in awe at the backdrop that recreated ruins from the Parthenon in Athens and the famed Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion stone for stone, column for column.

Pebbles, marble stones and sand decorated the runway alongside a real olive tree, while shrubs and mountain flowers peeked out from between the rocks by which the Grecian goddess-styled models walked during the 15-minute presentation.

“Reality is of no interest to me.

I use what I like. My Greece is an idea,” Lagerfeld said of the display.

If Greece invented drama, Lagerfeld is perhaps a fitting heir.

The over-the-top decor contrasted with some very subtle and accomplished fashion designs.

Cycladic blues, terracotta, earth browns and gold infused the looks, which riffed on Ancient Greek references.

They were replete with laurel leaf head ornaments, golden arm clasps, footwear bearing knee-high straps and even an arrow quiver transformed into a golden backpack. Thick fibers reminiscent of loomed weavings fringed tweed

tunic dresses.

A clay-colored dress — with a roll under the bust and tight midriff — evoked the silhouette of the curved Greek amphora vase.

Lagerfeld loves ancient history.

“The criteria of beauty in ancient, then classical, Greece still hold true. There have never been more beautiful representations of women. Or more beautiful columns,” Lagerfeld said.

“It is really about the youth of the world in all its power and unpredictability, just like the unforgiving gods,” he added.

Cruise or resort collections — mid-season shows presented

by only a handful of the world’s fashion power houses — were conceived to target wealthy women who travelled on cruise ships in winter.

Nowadays, they’re used simply as a lucrative commercial stimulant for the increasingly buoyant fashion industry’s between-season lull.

Previous years have seen Chanel’s Lagerfeld present the cruise collection in far-flung places such as Havana and Dallas.

But more recently, the 83-yearold designer has chosen his home city to celebrate the brand’s commitment to Paris and its importance to global fashion. (ap)

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A leader must be smart, firm and have the courage not to “sell” Bali

DENPASAR - Bali needs a smart, decicive and bold leader who has the courage not to “sell” off Bali to investors. On the contrary, the leader of Bali should prioritize the welfare of the people by equalizing the distribution of development projects across the island. Construction development must comply with spatial regulations.

“One of the criteira that is important for the futur leader of Bali to have is an understanding of the spatial regulations and to use these to ensure that development in Bali is dine is a sustanaiable way. This is just the starting point”, said Prof.

Dr. Putu Rumawan Salain, in Denpasar, Tuesday (May 2).

Prof Rumawan explained that he is is dedicated to defending the spatial interests of Bali as a way to help improve the welfare of the people without disrupting the natural environment, nor Balienese culture and spirituality.

Every inch of Bali’s land contains these noble and sacred values , he said and ??must therefor be managed as a whole instead of different parts of the island being built upon in segments.

“So, Bali must be built on holistically with the unity of the island in mind. ‘One island management’ is part of the spatial rules so that develoment of South Bali is balanced with the development of other regions. If construction development is only focused in Southern Bali, clearly we are not talking about sustainable development”, explained this lecturer of architecture in Udayana Univeristy’s Faculty of Engineering.

Rumawan asserted, that the Island of Bali should not be mortgaged nor sold off to real estate developpers, because this will result in “pseudo development”.

For example, the plan to build an airport in North Bali generally aheres to the spatial regulations but there needs to be clarification about whether this is an internation or domestic airport.

“So, we need to look at who is wanting to invest in the project – especially if we are talking about a floating airport. Any aspiration is alright, but creating pipedreams is hazardous”, he said.

Rumawan cited the reclamation of Benoa Bay that has often labeled as a ‘revitalization project’. Such projects need to be scrutinized, especailly when we consider that Klungkung, Nusa Penida and Karangasem are in

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Expansion of Ngurah Rai Airport

Needs to be serious assesed and discussed with the public

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Prof. Dr. Putu Rumawan Salain far more urgetn need of ‘revitilization” and need not involve backfilling the sea. Thus, equity can be realized even though the potential development of each region is done gradually.

“The Indonesian government alone builds 10-New Bali destination, why do we not build Bali gradually? There are Karangasem, Negara or Singaraja. The infrastructure must be first prepared, a good road for tourism, smooth water, safe and smooth transportation. Then, people must also be prepared so that not all will be taken by others, while we just become spectators and become the ball picker only,” he explained.

Rumawan added that the future leader of Bali must look at the spatial planning wisely because the Island of Bali has a limited area. Similarly, the natural resources therein are also limited, so they must be utilized properly.

If Bali faces a water crisis or severe flooding, anything wrong with the spatial planning will become immediately apparent.

“The essence of the spatial plan is to improve the welfare of the people. There are three aspects, namely; planning, utilization and control. Planning is set forth in Regional Bylaw No.16/2009 on Provincial Regional Spatial Planning (RTRWP) Bali, there is also the detailed spatial planning (RDTR) for the districts/municipality, that must be adhered to. There also needs to be a soning plan.

We are not anti-development but development must be done according to the spatial plan” concluded Prof. Rumawan. (kmb32)

MANGUPURA - PT. Angkasa Pura I (Persero) plans to expand the land used by Ngurah Rai Aiport. Several options are being discussed, including reclaiming part of the sea.

In response to this plan, the Badung House of Representatives aiprot operator PT Angkasa Pura I to conduct an in-depth study of this plan and to make their plans known to the public.

When met on Tuesday (May 2), Vice Chairman of the Badung House of Representatives, Made Sunarta, revealed that if the airport is extended onto exisitng land, it should of ocourse not be problematic. If however reclamation of the sea is chosen as an option, clearly serious studies will be needed.

Sunarta said that he hopes that a pile system can be used and added that if reclamation is the only option then the greateer interest of Bali needs to be looked at. “It should be carefully considered to see if this expansion is being done for the greater interest of Bali as a whole, so that nobody is harmed in the process” he said.

According to Sunarta who is also Chairman of the Badung Democrat Party, all interested parties needs to be involved in a comprehensive discussion of this matter to ensure that the greater interest of Bali in terms of the central and lcoal givernment plans to incrrease the number of visitors to Bali is being considered.

The district government is responsible for making this information available to the public.

“By making the plan known to the local commu-

nities, people can gain a better understanding of the purpose of this project and what the benefits are” he concluded.

Chairman of Commission II of the Badung House of Representatives, Wayan Luwir Wiana, made similar comments saying that the plan to expand the airport needs to be made known to the district and provincial governments as well as to the local communities.

Wiana added that clearly there is a need to expand the number of runaways at eh airport. However the central and local governments need to coordinate with each other and make careful studies of the plan and then make this plan known to the public.

According to this PDI-P politician from Benoa village, the aiprort management has yet to share any information related to the planned expansion of the airport wih the Badung House of Representatives.

Furthermore the plan remains unclear. “I only heard about it from my colleagues in the media. Hopefully the airport authorities will make their plans known so as to avoice any miscommunication” he said.

With regard to the environmental impacts of expanding the airport, Luwir said that studies are needed and that these should included the social impact of the expansion as well. Has there been any analysis of the environment impact of the plan? “If they go ahead with plan without having made it known before hand, and there is a problem, who will be responsible? And the surrounding communities will certainly bear the brunt of such problems”, he emphasized. (kmb23)

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If however reclamation of the sea is chosen as an option, clearly serious studies will be needed.

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In Negara, some students celebrate graduation by distributing wrapped rice NEGARA - Euphoria of high school and vocational high school graduation in Jembrana on Monday (May 2) was celebrated with the act of graffiti and convoy on the street.

Most of them did not wear safety helmet and even got escort and supervision from police personnel.

Moreover, the ranks of Jembrana police on Monday afternoon also made a raid to hotels and inns on the instruction of Jembrana Police Chief, Djoni Widodo, to anticipate undesired things, which have been done by students after the announcement of their graduation.

On the other hand, there are ten students of SMAN 1 Negara high school celebrating their graduation with simple but meaningful way.

They carried 50 packs of wrapped rice and drinking water to be distributed around the Negara market such as to parking attendants, porters at the market, truck drivers and disadvantaged people.

One of the students of the SMAN 1 Negara, Laurenda Gwee, representing her friends, revealed that such an activity is a spontaneity undertaken with some friends.

They did such an action because they are not interested in the events like convoy and shirt graffiti. Aside from being useless and disturbing, it is not to be proud of. “As an educated person, let alone have graduated from high school, we should know what is good to do,” she explained.

According to the student living at Baler Bale Agung (Negara), their uniforms can be donated. “Our uniforms are still feasible and can be donated. It’s a pity to be scribbled.

Our parents have already struggled to finance us. It is better for us to make beautiful memories that can

be proud of,” she said.

The activity was said to be purely based on her and friends’ initiative as well as spontaneously carried out with their sincere donation.

“There are students donating IDR 30,000, 50,000 and IDR 100,000.

Hopefully, this is useful action and can inspire the other students and younger classes so that later on they can do more positive and useful activities as well as avoid convoy and scribbles,” she hoped.

The activities of distributing wrapped rice by students of SMAN 1 Negara high school was also posted on social media like Facebook and became viral. Many netizens shared and appreciated to their positive activities. Netizens hoped that such kind of activity can also become a tradition after graduation announcement, whether to distribute wrapped rice, cleanup garbage and other positive activities to mark the graduation. “It is better than undertaking convoys, graffiti and other useless activities,” said some teachers.

In the meantime, Principal of SMAN 1 Negara, Ngurah Prapta Arya, when asked for his confirmation on Monday afternoon even claimed not to know about what has been undertaken by some of his students having distributed wrapped rice. “The graduation announcement at ten o’clock in the morning at school with customary clothes to temple and there is not accompanied with the distribution of Jenggo rice,” he said.

However, when being informed that some of his students celebrated the graduation by distributing wrapped rice, Prapta Arya admitted to be proud if the students have done positive activities. (kmb)

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Netizens hoped that such kind of activity can also become a tradition after graduation announcement, whether to distribute wrapped rice, cleanup garbage and other positive activities to mark the graduation.

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Squeezed by global powers, South Koreans seek “Korea first” in new leader

SEOUL - Jason Lim, a 36-year-old South Korean engineer living in Washington D.C., thinks it’s important to try and maintain a solid alliance with the United States - but not at any cost.

Benoa Harbour

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Pelindo III of Benoa Branch asked not to quit from business core

DENPASAR - The Benoa branch of PT Pelindo III was asked not to abandon their task of taking care of Benoa Harbour. The Benoa Harbor development master plan (RIP) should focus on supporting the smooth operation of the harbor and should not be involved in building tourism facilities such as hotels ir other accomodations.

“The expansion of infrastructure should support the smoothness of operations at the harbour. If there is a plan to build a hotel, it is not part of their duties to be involved with that” said member of Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives, I Kadek Nuartana, when contacted on Tuesday (May 2).

According to Nuartana, the harbor development plan must also be in accordance with the detailed spatial plan. When asked how the harbour can be developed, he explained: “In terms of tourism supporting facilities, there needs to first be corrdinatino with the local government”, said this PKPI politician.

Another legislator of the Bali House of Representatives of Denpasar constituency, A.A. Ngurah Adhi Ardhana, said that PT.Pelindo is indeed permitted to build tourism facilities, but elaborated that if they want to build a hotel in Canggu or Ubud or Buleleng for example there is no problem. They are not however allowed to build in the

area that they are assigned to IE Benoa harbour.

“If we find businesses competing over a public place such as the harbour at the expense of public interest, then that is clearly wrong.

Now, if amid the public interest (harbor—Ed) it also included other businesses competing against its own people, that’s wrong. Even if Pelindo is allowed to build tourism facilities, I am confident that the central government does not agree with them doing so in an are where the accommodation industry has developed” he said.

Based on Adhi Ardhana’s personal experience, visiting seven different harbours in Europe (Geneva, Barcelona, ??Tenerife, Canary Island, Madeira, Malaga and Rome) he said that he saw zero hotels or apartments build in these harbours. He did however seea few duty-free shops, SMEs businesses selling products such as local food and beverages and tourism facilities such as parking, seanting and counters seling tour packages.

“Pelindo is a purely state-owned company, right? Its assignment is clearly to provide harbor services.

If it wants to establish a hotel, for example, it should not be built in the area that they are assigned to provide service to. This would be a conflict of interest. Cruise ship and yacht, fishing boats and merchants ship docks, storage facilities, cafeterias, duty free shops and museums are allowed” he explained.

Another member of the Bali House of Representatives of Denpasar constituency, I Gusti Putu Budiartha, said that he considers it reasonable that the Municipality of Denpasar has not issued a license for the development of a master plan for Benoa Harbor considering that it the barbour contributes almost nothing to the municipality nor to Pedungan customary village where the operations area of ??the Pelindo sits. Actually, the community has attempted to improve the road so the harbor would be operated from there.

“Frankly speaking, our customary village -where Pelindo is located, does not receive anything from the harbour area. They should not just operate there then share nothing when they make profits” said chief of Pedungan customary village. (kmb32)

Lim and many other South Koreans say their country has been reduced to pawns in a superpower game of chess as the United States and China seek to tackle North Korea’s advancing nuclear and missile programmes.

That frustration - and a growing desire that politicians put “Korea first” - could drive a near-record number of people to the polls in the May 9 election to find a successor for former president Park Geun-hye, ousted in March over corruption charges.

A higher turnout, especially among those in their 20s to 40s who have historically been indifferent to politics, is seen boosting liberal candidate Moon Jae-in, who wrote in a book published in January South Korea should learn to say “no to America”. (See graphic: http:// tmsnrt.rs/2pGD25v) Unless there’s a major upset, Moon, who advocates a moderate approach on North Korea and criticizes conservatives and their hardline policy for failing to stop its weapons development, will become the next president.

A Gallup Korea poll published on Wednesday shows him with 38 percent support in the field of 13 candidates, with centrist Ahn Cheolsoo his nearest challenger at 20 percent.

“Sometimes I feel our government is bending over backwards trying not to upset the alliance with the United States,” said Lim, who is among some 222,000 people who cast their ballots during the April 25-30 voting period for overseas residents.

“I want our president to be someone who isn’t afraid to say what’s best for Korea.”

Lim, who did not vote in the 2012 presidential election, blamed the indifference of younger voters for Park’s election victory five years ago

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A South Korean soldier casts a preliminary ballot at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, May 4, 2017. that led to the current political turmoil.

Park was impeached in December on accusations she colluded with a friend to collect bribes from big conglomerates. The Constitutional Court upheld the parliamentary motion, making her South Korea’s first democratically elected president to be forced out of office.

Park went on trial on criminal charges of corruption on Tuesday and could face more

than 10 years in prison if convicted of receiving bribes.

THAAD CONTROVERSY Geopolitical turmoil is also a major election theme.

Last week, in the middle of the night, the U.S. military installed the Terminal HighAltitude Area Defense system (THAAD), prompting criticism it was trying to deploy the

anti-missile battery before the election.

Park’s government agreed to it last year to protect against a North Korean missile. Seoul was to provide the land, while the U.S. military would pay for and operate it.

Liberals criticized Park for not seeking parliamentary approval. Moon says the next administration should make a final decision on THAAD, and until then, deployment should be suspended. (rtr)

Macron, Le Pen clash on euro, terrorism, in French pre-election TV showdown

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Candidates for the 2017 presidential election, Emmanuel Macron (R), head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and Marine Le Pen, of the French National Front (FN) party, pose prior to the start of a live prime-time debate in the studios of French television station France 2, and French private station TF1 in La Plaine-Saint-Denis, near Paris, France, May 3, 2017.

PARIS - Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron clashed over their vision of France’s future, the euro and ways of fighting terrorism in an ill-tempered televised debate on Wednesday before Sunday’s runoff vote for the presidency.

The two went into the debate with opinion polls showing Macron, 39, with a strong lead of 20 percentage points over the National Front’s Le Pen, 48, in what is widely seen as France’s most important election in decades.

For Le Pen, the two-and-a-half hour debate, watched by millions, was a last major chance to persuade voters of the merits of her

programme which includes cracking down on illegal immigration, ditching the euro single currency and holding a referendum on EU membership.

However, 63 percent of viewers found Macron more convincing than Le Pen in the debate, according to a snap opinion poll by Elabe for BFMTV, reinforcing his status as favourite to win the Elysee on Sunday.

In angry exchanges, Le Pen played up Macron’s background as a former investment banker and economy minister, painting him as heir to the outgoing unpopular Socialist government and as the “candidate of globalisation gone wild.”

He savaged her flagship policy of abandoning the euro, calling it a fatal plan that would unleash a currency war, and he accused her of failing to offer solutions to France’s economic problems such as chronic unemployment.

The barbs at times were personal. Macron called Le Pen a “parasite” and a liar, and Le Pen labelled him a “smirking banker” and - in a reference to his youthful looks - said: “You are young on the outside, but old on the inside”.

In a final put-down, when Le Pen attempted to interrupt his summingup, Macron told Le Pen: “You stay on TV. I want to be president of the country.” (rtr)

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BUSINESS U.S. private hiring slows, services growth speeds up in April

U.S. companies hired workers at a slower but still-solid pace in April while the services sector grew more than expected, supporting the notion the economic expansion remains on track despite a weak first quarter, private reports released on Wednesday showed.

An improving labor market and faster activity in services industries last month also buttressed traders’ expectations the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates further in the coming months.

“In short, more evidence that the underlying trend in growth is not suddenly slowing, as suggested by the GDP data. If anything, the trend appears to be up, not down,” High Frequency Economics Chief U.S. Economist Jim O’Sullivan wrote in a research note.

Last week, the government said gross domestic product increased 0.7 percent in the first quarter, the weakest pace in three years.

Payrolls processor ADP said on Wednesday private employers added 177,000 jobs last month.

It was the smallest gain since the 62,000 increase last October but slightly above the 175,000 median forecast among economists polled

by Reuters.

Private payroll gains for March were revised down to 255,000 from an originally reported 263,000 increase. ADP, which jointly developed its employment report with Moody’s Analytics, said private

employers face increasing difficulty finding qualified workers in a tightening labor market.

The U.S. central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee as expected left interest rates unchanged at the current range of 0.75-1.00 percent at its policy meeting, downplaying the sluggish first-quarter GDP as “transitory.”

Traders expect the Fed’s policysetting group will likely hike rates by a quarter point at its next meeting on June 13-14 .

Financial markets largely brushed off Wednesday’s data.

U.S. stocks were lower, while the dollar was stronger and Treasury bond yields were mostly higher in mid-afternoon trading.

The ADP figures come ahead of the U.S. Labor Department’s more comprehensive non-farm payrolls report at 8:30 a.m. (1230 GMT) on Friday.

Economists polled by Reuters expect U.S. private payroll employment likely grew by 185,000 jobs in April, up from 89,000 in March, while the jobless rate likely ticked up to 4.6 percent from the 4.5 percent in March.

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Farm workers repair irrigation pipes during spring planting in the Central Valley in Davis, California, U.S., May 1, 2017. Picture taken May 1, 2017.

DEMAND PICK-UP LIFTS SERVICES SECTOR The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said on Wednesday its index of non-manufacturing activity rose to 57.5 in April from March’s 55.2, which was above analysts’ expectations of 55.8.

A reading above 50 indicates

expansion in the services sector, which accounts for nearly 80 percent of the U.S. economy.

The business activity index rose to 62.4 from 58.9 the month before.

That was above a median forecast of 58.4.

“Following a run with some softer indicators lately, the firming

in the survey data is an encouraging sign for the economy,” J.P. Morgan Economist Daniel Silver said.

The survey’s new orders index climbed to 63.2, the strongest since August 2005, from 58.9 in March.

However, the employment index fell to 51.4, its lowest since August, from March’s 51.6.(rtr)

Asian lending bank assesses growing inequality at meeting

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A security officer salutes at the entrance to the Bank of Japan in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Bank of Japan Gov.

YOKOHAMA — The Asian Development Bank is holding its annual meeting in Japan, where bankers and leaders are assessing how they can support growth as income inequality grows in both rich and poor countries.

The ADB has worked for a half-century to fight poverty and support the region’s ascent as a global center of growth, but poverty remains a daunting problem for such lenders. It estimates more than $26 trillion will be needed by 2030 to build roads, ports and other infrastructure required to support economic growth and cope with the repercussions of climate change The Manila, Philippines-based ADB began its annual meeting in Yokohama began Thursday. In

2016, the ADB issued loans totaling $31.7 billion, up 18 percent from the year before.

Asia needs all the help it can get in fighting poverty as both wealthy and poor nations grapple with widening inequality, former ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda, who is now Japan’s central bank governor, said in a speech earlier this week.

“Poverty continues to be a considerable burden in Asia,” he said.

The ADB has dozens of member nations but has been led by Japan and the U.S. since its founding in 1966.

Among many other projects, the ADB over the years has financed maternity clinics in Bangladesh, flood-control work in Chinese cities, tuna fishing in Indonesia,

irrigation repairs in Nepal and fiberoptic cable connecting Tonga to the rest of the world.

It has begun co-financing some projects with the China-backed Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank, which some critics view as a rival to traditional lenders like the ADB and World Bank.

The past 50 years have seen Asia’s share in global commerce more than double to nearly a third of the total in 2015. Meanwhile, average lifespans have growth to 74 years in East Asia and the Pacific and to 68 in South Asia, from 49 years and 45 years, respectively.

But about 60 percent of the 1.5 billion people living in extreme poverty, on less than $1.90 a day, are in Asia.(ap)

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Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan, Devotees Appeal for Salvation and Welfare

Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan or commonly known as Buda Kliwon Pahang falling on Wednesday (May 10) is the end of the series of Galungan feast day. It is marked by withdrawing the penjor and burning it. Likewise, all the attributes of the penjor such as bakang, lamak, sampian and so on are burned. The ashes are put into a young ivory coconut and then buried in the house yard.

Ashes of the penjor symbolize prosperity, so that on that day the Hindus plead to God to be blessed with fertility. However, before withdrawing the penjor, people must first put offerings or canang on the bamboo platform shrine that the series of Galungan feast day has already completed. It is resumed with masegeh procession, including at the location of penjor.

Chairman of Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) Bali, Prof. Dr. I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana said that the series of Galungan feast day ends on Buda Kliwon Pahang.

Thus, the preaching of dharma has lasted for 42 days.

During the series of Galungan is also known as the Uncal Balung. During that time, people generally abstain from organizing Panca Yadnya (five sacrifices) ritual activities, including wedding, except for pujawali or festival at temple or family or clan temple happening to fall during this period. After Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan, people usu-

ally go back to choosing auspicious days to perform Panca Yadnya ceremony, including wedding.

Prof. Sudiana said that after the end of the Galungan series, people are reminded to always be able to apply the values ??of dharma (truth) and maintain victory against adharma. Human must be able to really win and take advantage of the graces bestowed on Galungan. “On Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan, we ask salvation, prosperity and protection from hazardous things to Motherland,” he said.

Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan also poses an expression of gratitude to deities because we have been able to carry out the teachings during the Galungan feast day well. “Since then, human beings have been mature to bring themselves, not tied to adharma. They are considered to have possessed good thoughts, words and deeds so that they are ready to live their life well according to the teachings of dharma,” he asserted.

Alam Tirta Outbound, Adventure Tourism in North Badung

Do you like a challenge? Once upon a time, try to make a visit to Alam Tirta Outbound, a complete adventure tourist attraction on the Island of the Gods. It is located at Samuan Kangin hamlet, Carangsari, Petang, Badung, or about 28 kilometers north of Denpasar.

Other than surrounded by beautiful countryside, a variety of adventure activities on offer are quite challenging and they can be enjoyed by many walks of life.

Facilities available are not only prepared for adults, but also for children. Moreover, children’s games are specifically prepared, starting from rafting, paintball, flying fox, VW Tour, camping ground and other activities including wedding facilities. “Our market is local community, in addition to foreign and domestic travelers,” said I Nyoman Subamia, the Operations Manager, accompanied by Chief Executive Officer, Thomy Maha Putra Dewa, at the grand opening of the Alam Tirta Bali on Saturday (Apr. 1).

Visitors that like to explore countryside by bicycle or just stroll can also take advantage of this location. Each trip will bring in special memories because every inch participants will encounter people’s activity. They are starting

from household work, craft, mejejahitan or oblation preparation, agriculture, plantation to traditional children’s play.

Paintball game is surely different from the others because the activities are conducted in the village forest being rich in local plants. Children that learn to live independently can make camping activities here. Flying fox for children is equally challenging, including the other activities. “At Alam Tirta Outbound, we also offer Balinese activities and Alam Tirta Resto providing a variety of foods,” said Nyoman Subamia.

Nyoman Subamia added that Alam Tirta Outbound has been in operation since December 2016 and occupies an area of ??1.5 hectares.

The location is very convenient and beautiful as it is surrounded by paddy fields and plantations.

Various activities can be enjoyed by visitors, including the circle of students. “We also provide meeting room and a restaurant with a capacity of 300 seats,” he said.

Thomy Maha Putra Dewa was optimistic that the tourist attraction has been equipped with full facilities and offers very affordable prices. His management has cooperated with tens of agencies. (kmb)

After that, explained Prof. Sudiana, people just need to implement the values ??of dharma in everyday life to gain peace and tranquility. During the series of Galungan festivities lasting for one month and seven days, people are encouraged to control

themselves in order to live together and can perform services, dedication and quality improvement of human resources. Besides, they must do coexistence, mutual help and mutual respect according to religious teachings. (kmb)

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Venezuela death toll rises as foes protest Maduro’s power shakeup

CARACAS - Venezuelan security forces battled protesters who lit fires and hurled stones on Wednesday in rage at President Nicolas Maduro’s decree to create an alternative congress, with another fatality taking the death toll to 34 during a month of unrest.

In a familiar pattern in protests against the socialist government, thousands of opposition supporters rallied peacefully at first before being blocked, sparking fights around the city between masked youths and soldiers.

One 17-year-old protester died in the melee from an object that hit him in the neck, said Gerardo Blyde, a district mayor for the opposition.

“A young man with all his life ahead. He simply fought for a better country,” Blyde said on Twitter of the case which the Venezuelan state prosecutor’s office said it would investigate.

More than 200 people were injured as fights raged in various parts of the capital, Blyde and another opposition mayor said.

Marchers tried to reach the National Assembly legislature, where the opposition has a majority, to protest Maduro’s creation of an alternative “popular” congress viewed by foes as a ruse to dodge free elections and cling to power.

They were pushed back by National Guard troops with teargas, armored vehicles and riot shields on the Francisco Fajardo highway, which runs through the middle of the city.

“They are mobilized as if this was a war,” said oppo-

sition leader Henrique Capriles, broadcasting from the scene via the Periscope app favored by protest leaders.

On the opposition side, youths donned gas masks and bandanas, throwing Molotov cocktails and using slingshots to fire stones. They protected themselves with homemade shields, painted in bright colors and decorated with slogans like “Liberty!” and “Murderer Maduro!”

Local media published footage showing two protesters being knocked over by a National Guard vehicle. Both survived.

With demonstrators erecting barricades and police helicopters whirring overhead, at least three opposition lawmakers were injured, activists said. “An injury by the dictatorship is a badge of honor,” tweeted First Justice legislator Freddy Guevara, who said he was hit by a tear gas canister.

Opposition leaders have vowed to stay in the streets after Maduro’s announcement on Monday that he was creating the “constituent assembly” which is empowered to rewrite the constitution.

“It’s a tool to avoid free elections. We’ve been marching 18 years but this is our last card. It’s all or nothing,” said pensioner Miren Bilbao, 66, with friends and family on the Francisco Fajardo highway.

While the opposition was keeping up momentum, it was unclear how the protests could achieve their aims after demonstrations in 2014 failed to dislodge Maduro. Back then, however, the opposition was splintered, protests failed to spread to poor areas and the economy was in better shape. (rtr)

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Opposition supporters rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, May 3, 2017.

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From page 1 China has repeatedly said that while it is happy to help arrange talks, it is ultimately up to the United States and North Korea to sort out their differences. Diplomats say Washington and Beijing are negotiating a possible stronger

U.N. Security Council response such as new sanctions - to North Korea’s repeated ballistic missile launches in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions.

The KCNA commentary charged that the Chinese articles had attempted to shift the blame to Pyongyang for “deteriorated relations” between China and North Korea and U.S. deployment

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of strategic assets to the region. It also accused China of “hyping up” damage caused by North Korean nuclear tests to China’s three northeastern provinces.

Chinese state media calls for North Korea to dismantle its nuclear programme were “a wanton violation of the independent and legitimate rights, dignity and supreme interests” of North Korea

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FBI Director James Comey is sworn in to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2017.

FBI’s Comey defends Clinton email probe announcement, but feels ‘nauseous’ WASHINGTON - FBI Director James Comey said on Wednesday it made him “mildly nauseous” to think his announcement of the reopening of an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails affected the 2016 presidential election, but he had no regrets and would make the same decision again.

In four hours of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Comey delivered his most impassioned defense yet of a decision that many Democrats believe cost them the White House: telling Congress 11 days before the Nov. 8 election that the FBI had uncovered a new trove of Clinton-related emails.

Comey said he felt he had to speak out at that time because he had repeatedly told lawmakers the Clinton email probe was over.

“To not speak about it would require an act of concealment in my view,” Comey said. “Concealing, in my view, would be catastrophic.”

He told the panel one reason for the FBI’s renewed interest in Clinton’s case was that investigators had found emails, some of them classified, forwarded by Clinton’s assistant Huma Abedin to her husband, who was not authorized to see such information.

“It makes me mildly nauseous

to think that we might have had some impact on the election, but honestly, it wouldn’t change the decision,” Comey said.

The FBI, which is supposed to remain politically neutral, said a few days later that the new emails did not change its decision not to recommend criminal charges against Clinton, but many Democrats believe the political damage was done.

Clinton said on Tuesday her election bid was derailed in part

by Comey’s announcement about the renewed probe of her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. She said her effort also was damaged by the WikiLeaks release of her campaign chairman John Podesta’s emails, allegedly stolen by Russian hackers.

Senator Dianne Feinstein, ranking member on the committee, led the Democrats in hammering Comey with questions about why he went public with the Clinton probe but kept silent on an investigation related to the Republican candidate, Donald Trump.

“It’s still very unclear - and I hope director that you will clear this up - why the FBI’s treatment of these two investigations was so dramatically different,” she asked. (rtr)

and constituted “an undisguised threat to an honest-minded neighbouring country which has a long history and tradition of friendship”, KCNA said.

The United States has sent a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to Korean waters and a pair of strategic U.S. bombers flew training drills with South Korea and Japan in another show of strength this week.

“The reckless military provocation is pushing the situation on the Korean peninsula closer to the brink of nuclear war,” KCNA said on Tuesday.

Tension on the Korean peninsula has been high for weeks, driven by concern that North Korea might conduct its sixth nuclear test, also in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions. (rtr)

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Natural disasters inflict Rp30 trillion loss per year in Indonesia

PADANG - Indonesia suffers an average of Rp30 trillion in economic losses per year due to natural disasters, Head of the National Natural Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Willem Rampangilei said.

“The losses are well above the governments mitigation fund reserves, amounting to Rp4 trillion per year,” he stated in his general lecture before students of Padang State University (UNP) on

Tuesday.

In 2016, the country suffered Rp3.159 trillion in material losses due to an earthquake in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province; Rp94 billion due to floods in Pangkal Pinang, Bangka

Belitung province; Rp1.479 trillion due to floods in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara province; and Rp100 billion due to floods from Bengawan Solo River.

“Many other disasters also caused huge losses in other areas, including floods in Limapuluh Kota district,” he noted.

Overall, natural disasters increased in Indonesia from 2003 to 2016, and 95 percent of these were dominated by hydro-meteorological disasters such as floods, landslides, droughts, whirlwinds, and forest and land fires.

On a national scale, the material losses caused by land and forest fires in 2014 reached Rp221 trillion, he remarked. “Most of the hydro-meteorological disasters are caused by natural factors,” he revealed.

Therefore, he called on all seg-

ments of the society to continue to improve their knowledge on disasters.

“When disasters cause economic losses, we may recover from them.

But this is not the case with the loss of lives, which may traumatize the local residents and have an impact on their future,” he pointed out. (ant)

Flood which happen in Jakarta.

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Press freedom sign of democracy: Dutch human rights envoy JAKARTA - Ambassador of the Dutch Human Rights Affairs, Kees van Baar, said that press freedom was a sign of good democracy in a country.

In the era of democracy, the public get information from the free press. The information becomes a means to control the government policy, Baar said in a discussion titled “Journalist safety and tackling impunity: How can crimes against media workers be effectively investigated, prosecuted and mitigated?” on the sidelines of the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2017 here on Wednesday.

Baar added that the free press in a democratic country could occur only if there was no pressure against

journalists in seeking information. “We not only talk about the murder of journalists but also the pressures that may be directed against them, he pointed out.

According to him, all participants of WPFD must think about the steps to be taken to realize and maintain press freedom.

He viewed the issue as necessary to continue to be presented at various occasions in order to maintain the press freedom.

“The point is what we can do for press freedom. I personally raise the issue of press freedom when visit various countries,” he explained. (ant)

Indonesia, China cooperate in combating drugs

JAKARTA - The Indonesian National Narcotics Agency (BNN) and the National Narcotics Control Commission of China (NNCC) cooperate in drug eradication.

“Indonesia and China can continue the memorandum of understanding that has been signed as the leaders of both countries Xi Jinping and Joko Widodo both have special attention in handling narcotics in each country,” Head of BNN, Commissioner General Budi Waseso, said here on Wednesday.

The NNCC delegation led by Deputy Secretary General Lan Weihong has met with the Head of BNN to discuss the cooperation.

This meeting was a reciprocal visit of NNCC to Indonesia which visited the Chinese Commission in

August 2016.

In addition, the visit of NNCC was aimed to followup of the cooperation plan which was agreed in Beijing on March 23, 2012.

In the meeting led by the Deputy of Law and Cooperation of BNN, Inspector General Arief Wicaksono Sudiotomo, there are six points discussed by NNCC and BNN. “We discussed the mechanism of cooperation in implementing the MoU. We discussed the communication mechanism which contained in point of contact, one of which is by establishing hotline,” Arief said.

He added that other topics discussed were the exchange of intelligence information, the inspection and supervision of narcotic precursors as well as narcotic tests. (ant)

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Alonso quickly up to speed at the Brickyard INDIANAPOLIS - Fernando Alonso was quickly up to speed at the famed Brickyard on Wednesday, blazing through his IndyCar rookie orientation to close in on earning a spot on the Indianapolis 500 starting grid.

Ubud monkey forest road GIANYAR - Ubud Monkey Forest Road is the namesake route passing the famous sacred sanctuary home of the grey long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicuiaris). The one-way street follows on further south from Jalan Hanoman and turns at Ubud’s main town centre, across the road from the Puri Saren royal palace and Ubud’s famous art market.

From where Ubud Monkey Forest Road starts, rows of shops, boutiques and outlets line its sides together with many guesthouses and hotels, restaurants and small day spas. Only a short distance further down, the forest sanctuary resides under lofty shades of the entrance gate, with a small parking space just across the road.

Locally referred to as Jalan Monkey Forest, the Monkey Forest Road

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links the main shopping area with Ubud’s famous satellite streets of Jalan Hanoman, Jalan Sugriwa, and Jalan Jembawan, which are all southeast from the town centre.

Along Ubud Monkey Forest Road, there are a variety of shops, some with clear signposts and some bearing only obscure objects and curios from behind single-glass displays. Most are art shops with selections of assorted handicrafts, antiques and alluring textiles from the archipelago and Bali.

A stroll through Ubud Monkey Forest Road and the adjacent side streets will demonstrate that this area is not similar to main tourism areas in the island’s south, say Kuta and Legian for instance. Quieter footpaths, a cooler ambience and a more relaxed shopping climate make for a

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For simple items, there is the convenience store, Delta Mart. Various shops such as Toko Lagi showcase a range of antiques and items while organic shops such as Utama Spice sell a collection of essential oils, handmade soaps and aromatherapy items.

Fashion, from men’s and women’s, to children’s wear can be found here. Just after the Ubud Monkey Forest sanctuary, a steep climb up north is where most of the fashion boutiques are found. Wardani Textiles boasts exotic and colourful sashes and sarongs as well as readymade clothing.

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Jalan Hanoman also features rows of shops and clothing stores, with fine textiles from the archipelago and exotic forms, colours and designs.

On Jalan Dewi Sita, find KOU Bali Shop, which sells homemade organic fruit jams and organic soap.

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Ubud Monkey Forest Road is obvious, while the Jalan Hanoman preceding it is named after a Hindu monkey deity, also a protagonist in the Hindu epic, Ramayana. Jalan Sugriwa, a road east of Jalan Hanoman, is also named after a character from the Ramayana epic – Sugriwa being related to Hanoman, king of the monkey kingdom.

Again to the east, Jalan Jembawan is named after a bear who together with the ‘Wanara’ monkey troops aided Rama in finding his kidnapped wife, Sita. All roads interconnect at one point, although only Jalan Monkey Forest has one-way traffic.

Monkey Forest Road and Jalan Hanoman are connected by Jalan Dewi Sita, which also has several art and painting galleries as well as textiles and clothing outlets. (IBP/net)

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Alonso, who has competed in 276 Formula One races and is a double world champion, is an IndyCar debutant and arrived at in Indianapolis needing to pass a rookie test which he did with flying colours by recording a top speed of 222.548 mph (358.156 kph).

It was an impressive debut by the 35year-old Spaniard considering that Canada’s James Hinchcliffe claimed pole position for last year’s race with a four-lap average speed of 230.760 mph.

“It felt new to me, it felt a little bit strange driving anti-clockwise at those speeds,” Alonso told reporters.

“What I felt in the car was more-or-less what I expected. What is different now is my excitement of the race itself.”

Alonso set the motor racing world buzzing when he announced last month that he had been granted clearance by his McLaren F1 team to skip the Monaco Grand Prix and race in the Indy 500 on May 28 in pursuit of the sport’s famed Triple Crown - a Formula One title and Indy 500 and Le Mans wins.

McLaren will enter the 101st edition of the Indy with a Honda-engined Indy car run by Andretti Autosport, owned by former McLaren driver Michael Andretti, in the old papaya orange livery of the 1970s.

Alonso looked right at home at the Brickyard as he slipped into the number 29 car and was quickly turning laps of more than 200 mph around the 2.5 mile oval.

The rookie orientation program was the first on-track step for Alonso towards securing a place in the 33 car field. All first-year competitors in the Indianapolis 500 must

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Fernando Alonso of Spain talks about practicing for the first time at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Alonso plans to miss the Monaco Grand Prix this year to drive in the Indianapolis 500. complete a gradual introduction to the speeds and unique nature of the sprawling track.

During the private test Alonso ran 110 laps but it will be a much different situation on May 28 when he will have to contend with a 33-car field.

“Today was just running alone learning the circuit and all the things that are involved with this technique,” said Alonso, who had a run-in with two birds near the end of his session. “I am not driving the car, the car is driving myself around at the moment.”

The Spaniard, who is having a difficult

F1 season with uncompetitive McLaren, has set his sights on joining Briton Graham Hill as the only drivers to achieve the Triple Crown.

McLaren, the second most successful team in Formula One history in terms of wins, have not won a race since 2012 and are experiencing new lows every weekend with the engine lacking power and reliability.

The change of scenery and a competitive car put a broad smile on Alonso’s face as he seemed to enjoy every moment of his first IndyCar experience. (rtr)

Parker injured as Spurs level series with Rockets

SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio Spurs suffered a major injury blow with Tony Parker going down with a leg injury during his team’s second round playoff game against Houston on Wednesday.

Parker came down awkwardly on his left leg after a shot attempt early in the fourth quarter and stayed down for several minutes before eventually being carried into the locker room.

Parker will have an MRI on Thursday but the Spurs are not expecting him to play in Game Three of the best-of-seven series on Friday.

“It’s not good,” San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich told reporters after his team claimed a 121-96 win that tied the series 1-1.

While the Spurs were able to rally without their veteran point guard they know they will need him for the long haul.

“We’re going to miss his presence,” said San Antonio’s Manu Ginobili. “We’re going to maybe have to find rotations without point guards for moments.”

Parker, 34, is a four-time NBA champion and his absence even had an effect on the Rockets.

“I looked up to Tony when I was a kid trying to model my game after him,” said Houston guard Patrick Beverley. “You definitely don’t want to see a person like that go down.” (rtr) San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker (9) is helped off the court after being injured against the Houston Rockets during the second half in game two of the second round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at AT&T Center.

Wimbledon organisers unveil prize hike for 2017 championships

LONDON - This year’s Wimbledon singles tennis champions will receive 2.2 million pounds ($2.84 million) each – a hike of 200,000 pounds for both the men’s and women’s winner, organisers said on Wednesday.

Tournament chiefs unveiled the increased winners’ cheques among a larger total prize pot of 31.6 million pounds, up from 28.1 million pounds last year.

The bigger pot benefits players throughout the draw, with first round singles losers set to walk away from the All England Club with 35,000 pounds.

In percentage terms, first round losers benefit the most -- their prize being almost 17 percent higher than last year, reflecting the club’s commitment to the lower reaches of tennis.

“We are proud of the important leadership role that Wimbledon plays locally, nationally, and internationally, and are committed to continuing to invest to secure the future of The Championships, and of our sport, for the years to come,” club chairman Philip Brook said.

The winners’ cheques for the men’s and women’s singles has doubled since 2011. Brook said the club had “taken into account” exchange rates, but that the “Brexit effect” had not been instrumental in their calculations.

“Exchange rates go up and go down over time,” he said. “In my time with the club I think all four grand slam tournaments have led on prize money, and now the U.S. dollar is particularly strong.”

The pound has fallen 14 percent against the dollar since Britain’s vote to leave the European Union last June. (rtr)

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Sp rt Much-vaunted Monaco attack meets its match against Juventus

Totti, 40, to finish Roma playing career when season ends

MONACO — Monaco’s much-vaunted attack finally met its match against a supremely efficient Juventus team in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Wednesday. The Italian champion showed there is a considerable gulf in class between the two sides, winning 2-0 to strike a significant blow heading into next Tuesday’s return leg in Turin.

Monaco has scored an incredible 146 goals in an inspirational season that has made the rest of Europe take notice, but was found wanting both in terms of composure and tactical knowledge. At other times, cruelly exposed by the superior passing and clearly unsettled by the higher energy of the twotime European Cup winner.

While 2015 runner-up Juventus is odds-on to reach another final, Monaco looks unlikely to reach only its second final after losing to Porto in 2004.

It was clear to see that Monaco’s players were not used to the scenario unfolding in front of them, because they have not been pressured in this way by such an astute side. Even when Monaco enjoyed some good spells of flowing football, Juventus never panicked.

“Tactically they were much better than us,” Monaco midfielder Fabinho said. “We couldn’t get a goal back, perhaps because we lacked experience.” Monaco’s players have been used to playing on the front foot, scoring 12 goals in four games against Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund in the two previous knockout rounds.

But after missing early chances against Juventus, finding a Plan ‘B’ became far harder against a Juventus center-half pairing of Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci, with their years of club and Italy experience together, and 39-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon still at the top of his game.

While Buffon made excellent saves to frustrate Mbappe and top scorer Radamel Falcao, at the other end Gonzalo Higuain showed them how to finish with both Juventus goals.

“Most importantly of all, we weren’t clinical enough in front of goal,” said Monaco’s 18-year-old striker Kylian Mbappe, who had a header and a shot saved early on. “They had two clear chances and scored two goals. It was a good experience for us, as it will allow us to progress.”

Juventus knew when to close down, when to back off and — if needed — when to make things more physical. When Bonucci and Chiellini — Juventus teammates since 2010 — roughed things up, this clearly intimidated a young Monaco side unequal in terms of physical presence.

Monaco’s frustration was compounded when coach Leonardo Jardim withdrew attacking midfielder Bernardo Silva with eight minutes left. Symbolically, it was like a boxer’s corner throwing in the towel.

The Portugal international has been brilliant for most of the season, tormenting teams with his quick feet, probing passes and darting runs. But Juventus simply shut Silva down and he was largely ineffective. This had a knock-on effect of deflating his teammates because, with their chief creator stifled, the belief started to slip away.

Monaco had scored in its previous 41 home games in all competitions, but was held goalless at home for the first time since losing 2-0 to Belgian side Anderlecht on November 26, 2015.

“Juventus played very intelligently and we came up against one of the best teams in the world,” Silva said. “It was very difficult to find any space against such an experienced side AP Photo/Claude Paris that works so well together. We will have to study how we Monaco’s Radamel Falcao touches his face during the Champions League semifinal first leg soccer played before the return match. We’ll have to try and score early on.”(ap) match between Monaco and Juventus at the Louis II stadium in Monaco, Wednesday, May 3, 2017.

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Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus in action with Middlesbrough’s Ben Gibson

Man City relying on Gabriel Jesus for positive ending in EPL MANCHESTER — It’s a nagging question that occupies the thoughts of Pep Guardiola. “What would have happened,” the Manchester City manager pondered recently, “if we’d been able to have Gabriel Jesus all season?”

Perhaps City would still be in the English Premier League title race, instead of being caught up in a contest just to finish fourth. Perhaps City would have advanced beyond the last 16 of the Champions League, instead of getting eliminated at the earliest stage in Guardiola’s coaching career.

It’s clear in every answer he gives about Gabriel Jesus that Guardiola thinks extremely highly of the 20-year-old striker, who completed his move from Palmeiras in December and only made his debut in late January. And it’s easy to see why.

The Brazil international scored three goals in his first three league games, performing at such a level in training and in competitive play that he ousted top scorer Sergio Aguero from the starting lineup.

Gabriel Jesus then broke his foot against Bournemouth on Feb. 13, ruling him out for 2½ months.

Since his return, he made an instant impact and had a goal disallowed as a late substitute in the 0-0 draw against Manchester United, before scoring City’s equalizer in the 2-2 draw at Middlesbrough on Sunday.

City has four league games left — starting with Crystal Palace at home on Saturday — to try to secure a place in next season’s Champions League and Gabriel Jesus is set to be Guardiola’s go-to attacker, especially after Aguero came off injured against Middlesbrough with an apparent groin injury.

Aguero has scored 30 goals this season, and no other player has hit double figures, with City regularly spurning countless chances, much to Guardiola’s

chagrin. Yet even in his short time at the club, Gabriel Jesus has shown he offers a more rounded game than his fellow striker and may have as much of a striker’s instinct in the box.

Guardiola has remarked how impressed he is by Gabriel Jesus’ quick adjustment to both the pace and intensity of the Premier League. “He is dynamic, he is aggressive,” Guardiola said about Gabriel Jesus in welcoming the striker back after injury. “His influence on his other teammates is huge.”

And that’s the thing for Guardiola. While Aguero may be a scoring machine — he’s netted in 11 of his last 14 games — Gabriel Jesus makes the team operate more effectively as a whole with his pressing and energy from the front.

In the four games he has started and played the full 90 minutes, against Crystal Palace in the FA Cup and West Ham, Swansea and Middlesbrough in the league, City has scored 11 goals. Before his injury, City’s front three of Leroy Sane, Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling gelled so well that Guardiola said they were “the future of the club.” That should be the front line at Etihad Stadium on Saturday, as City looks to avoid becoming the latest member of the top six to stumble against Palace.

Sam Allardyce’s team has beaten Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool over the past month as it climbs away from relegation trouble, and has proven especially dangerous away from home with quick and elusive wingers Wilfried Zaha and Andros Townsend feeding striker Christian Benteke.

City, though, has its own attacking triumvirate back together. And Gabriel Jesus’ return might just give Guardiola’s team the impetus to seal that top-four finish with further games to come against Leicester, West Bromwich Albion and Watford. (ap)

ROME — Francesco Totti will end his illustrious playing career with Roma when the season finishes next month.

The 40-year-old forward will have the opportunity to assume a director’s role at the club where he has spent his entire career, Roma’s sporting director Ramon Rodriguez Verdejo said Wednesday.

Verdejo, who is known as Monchi, is expecting Totti to move into the non-playing role that was agreed when the forward signed up for one final season on the field.

“I want to look ahead, and I want to be as close as possible to Francesco in the future, I want him to be right here, next to me,” Monchi told a news conference. “I want to learn what Roma is, and Francesco is Roma.”

Despite the offer of club directorship, Totti could still choose to

continue his playing career away from Roma.

In the Eternal City, Totti is Roma’s eternal leader — first made captain in 1998 when he was only 22.

“I want him to be close to me, if he wants to, so that he can teach me,” said Monchi, who has just been hired from Sevilla. “I would be lucky with just the one percent of his knowledge of Roma.”

Totti has been playing for Roma for 25 years since making his debut in the final stages of a 2-0 win at Brescia on March 28, 1993.

Totti, who also won the World Cup with Italy in 2006, could have won more than the solitary Serie A title, two Italian Cups and two national Super Cups he claimed with Roma. But he rejected offers of more money and glory to remain with his childhood club. (ap)

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Sp rt Much-vaunted Monaco attack meets its match against Juventus

Totti, 40, to finish Roma playing career when season ends

MONACO — Monaco’s much-vaunted attack finally met its match against a supremely efficient Juventus team in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Wednesday. The Italian champion showed there is a considerable gulf in class between the two sides, winning 2-0 to strike a significant blow heading into next Tuesday’s return leg in Turin.

Monaco has scored an incredible 146 goals in an inspirational season that has made the rest of Europe take notice, but was found wanting both in terms of composure and tactical knowledge. At other times, cruelly exposed by the superior passing and clearly unsettled by the higher energy of the twotime European Cup winner.

While 2015 runner-up Juventus is odds-on to reach another final, Monaco looks unlikely to reach only its second final after losing to Porto in 2004.

It was clear to see that Monaco’s players were not used to the scenario unfolding in front of them, because they have not been pressured in this way by such an astute side. Even when Monaco enjoyed some good spells of flowing football, Juventus never panicked.

“Tactically they were much better than us,” Monaco midfielder Fabinho said. “We couldn’t get a goal back, perhaps because we lacked experience.” Monaco’s players have been used to playing on the front foot, scoring 12 goals in four games against Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund in the two previous knockout rounds.

But after missing early chances against Juventus, finding a Plan ‘B’ became far harder against a Juventus center-half pairing of Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci, with their years of club and Italy experience together, and 39-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon still at the top of his game.

While Buffon made excellent saves to frustrate Mbappe and top scorer Radamel Falcao, at the other end Gonzalo Higuain showed them how to finish with both Juventus goals.

“Most importantly of all, we weren’t clinical enough in front of goal,” said Monaco’s 18-year-old striker Kylian Mbappe, who had a header and a shot saved early on. “They had two clear chances and scored two goals. It was a good experience for us, as it will allow us to progress.”

Juventus knew when to close down, when to back off and — if needed — when to make things more physical. When Bonucci and Chiellini — Juventus teammates since 2010 — roughed things up, this clearly intimidated a young Monaco side unequal in terms of physical presence.

Monaco’s frustration was compounded when coach Leonardo Jardim withdrew attacking midfielder Bernardo Silva with eight minutes left. Symbolically, it was like a boxer’s corner throwing in the towel.

The Portugal international has been brilliant for most of the season, tormenting teams with his quick feet, probing passes and darting runs. But Juventus simply shut Silva down and he was largely ineffective. This had a knock-on effect of deflating his teammates because, with their chief creator stifled, the belief started to slip away.

Monaco had scored in its previous 41 home games in all competitions, but was held goalless at home for the first time since losing 2-0 to Belgian side Anderlecht on November 26, 2015.

“Juventus played very intelligently and we came up against one of the best teams in the world,” Silva said. “It was very difficult to find any space against such an experienced side AP Photo/Claude Paris that works so well together. We will have to study how we Monaco’s Radamel Falcao touches his face during the Champions League semifinal first leg soccer played before the return match. We’ll have to try and score early on.”(ap) match between Monaco and Juventus at the Louis II stadium in Monaco, Wednesday, May 3, 2017.

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Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus in action with Middlesbrough’s Ben Gibson

Man City relying on Gabriel Jesus for positive ending in EPL MANCHESTER — It’s a nagging question that occupies the thoughts of Pep Guardiola. “What would have happened,” the Manchester City manager pondered recently, “if we’d been able to have Gabriel Jesus all season?”

Perhaps City would still be in the English Premier League title race, instead of being caught up in a contest just to finish fourth. Perhaps City would have advanced beyond the last 16 of the Champions League, instead of getting eliminated at the earliest stage in Guardiola’s coaching career.

It’s clear in every answer he gives about Gabriel Jesus that Guardiola thinks extremely highly of the 20-year-old striker, who completed his move from Palmeiras in December and only made his debut in late January. And it’s easy to see why.

The Brazil international scored three goals in his first three league games, performing at such a level in training and in competitive play that he ousted top scorer Sergio Aguero from the starting lineup.

Gabriel Jesus then broke his foot against Bournemouth on Feb. 13, ruling him out for 2½ months.

Since his return, he made an instant impact and had a goal disallowed as a late substitute in the 0-0 draw against Manchester United, before scoring City’s equalizer in the 2-2 draw at Middlesbrough on Sunday.

City has four league games left — starting with Crystal Palace at home on Saturday — to try to secure a place in next season’s Champions League and Gabriel Jesus is set to be Guardiola’s go-to attacker, especially after Aguero came off injured against Middlesbrough with an apparent groin injury.

Aguero has scored 30 goals this season, and no other player has hit double figures, with City regularly spurning countless chances, much to Guardiola’s

chagrin. Yet even in his short time at the club, Gabriel Jesus has shown he offers a more rounded game than his fellow striker and may have as much of a striker’s instinct in the box.

Guardiola has remarked how impressed he is by Gabriel Jesus’ quick adjustment to both the pace and intensity of the Premier League. “He is dynamic, he is aggressive,” Guardiola said about Gabriel Jesus in welcoming the striker back after injury. “His influence on his other teammates is huge.”

And that’s the thing for Guardiola. While Aguero may be a scoring machine — he’s netted in 11 of his last 14 games — Gabriel Jesus makes the team operate more effectively as a whole with his pressing and energy from the front.

In the four games he has started and played the full 90 minutes, against Crystal Palace in the FA Cup and West Ham, Swansea and Middlesbrough in the league, City has scored 11 goals. Before his injury, City’s front three of Leroy Sane, Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling gelled so well that Guardiola said they were “the future of the club.” That should be the front line at Etihad Stadium on Saturday, as City looks to avoid becoming the latest member of the top six to stumble against Palace.

Sam Allardyce’s team has beaten Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool over the past month as it climbs away from relegation trouble, and has proven especially dangerous away from home with quick and elusive wingers Wilfried Zaha and Andros Townsend feeding striker Christian Benteke.

City, though, has its own attacking triumvirate back together. And Gabriel Jesus’ return might just give Guardiola’s team the impetus to seal that top-four finish with further games to come against Leicester, West Bromwich Albion and Watford. (ap)

ROME — Francesco Totti will end his illustrious playing career with Roma when the season finishes next month.

The 40-year-old forward will have the opportunity to assume a director’s role at the club where he has spent his entire career, Roma’s sporting director Ramon Rodriguez Verdejo said Wednesday.

Verdejo, who is known as Monchi, is expecting Totti to move into the non-playing role that was agreed when the forward signed up for one final season on the field.

“I want to look ahead, and I want to be as close as possible to Francesco in the future, I want him to be right here, next to me,” Monchi told a news conference. “I want to learn what Roma is, and Francesco is Roma.”

Despite the offer of club directorship, Totti could still choose to

continue his playing career away from Roma.

In the Eternal City, Totti is Roma’s eternal leader — first made captain in 1998 when he was only 22.

“I want him to be close to me, if he wants to, so that he can teach me,” said Monchi, who has just been hired from Sevilla. “I would be lucky with just the one percent of his knowledge of Roma.”

Totti has been playing for Roma for 25 years since making his debut in the final stages of a 2-0 win at Brescia on March 28, 1993.

Totti, who also won the World Cup with Italy in 2006, could have won more than the solitary Serie A title, two Italian Cups and two national Super Cups he claimed with Roma. But he rejected offers of more money and glory to remain with his childhood club. (ap)

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Alonso quickly up to speed at the Brickyard INDIANAPOLIS - Fernando Alonso was quickly up to speed at the famed Brickyard on Wednesday, blazing through his IndyCar rookie orientation to close in on earning a spot on the Indianapolis 500 starting grid.

Ubud monkey forest road GIANYAR - Ubud Monkey Forest Road is the namesake route passing the famous sacred sanctuary home of the grey long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicuiaris). The one-way street follows on further south from Jalan Hanoman and turns at Ubud’s main town centre, across the road from the Puri Saren royal palace and Ubud’s famous art market.

From where Ubud Monkey Forest Road starts, rows of shops, boutiques and outlets line its sides together with many guesthouses and hotels, restaurants and small day spas. Only a short distance further down, the forest sanctuary resides under lofty shades of the entrance gate, with a small parking space just across the road.

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Along Ubud Monkey Forest Road, there are a variety of shops, some with clear signposts and some bearing only obscure objects and curios from behind single-glass displays. Most are art shops with selections of assorted handicrafts, antiques and alluring textiles from the archipelago and Bali.

A stroll through Ubud Monkey Forest Road and the adjacent side streets will demonstrate that this area is not similar to main tourism areas in the island’s south, say Kuta and Legian for instance. Quieter footpaths, a cooler ambience and a more relaxed shopping climate make for a

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For simple items, there is the convenience store, Delta Mart. Various shops such as Toko Lagi showcase a range of antiques and items while organic shops such as Utama Spice sell a collection of essential oils, handmade soaps and aromatherapy items.

Fashion, from men’s and women’s, to children’s wear can be found here. Just after the Ubud Monkey Forest sanctuary, a steep climb up north is where most of the fashion boutiques are found. Wardani Textiles boasts exotic and colourful sashes and sarongs as well as readymade clothing.

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Again to the east, Jalan Jembawan is named after a bear who together with the ‘Wanara’ monkey troops aided Rama in finding his kidnapped wife, Sita. All roads interconnect at one point, although only Jalan Monkey Forest has one-way traffic.

Monkey Forest Road and Jalan Hanoman are connected by Jalan Dewi Sita, which also has several art and painting galleries as well as textiles and clothing outlets. (IBP/net)

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Alonso, who has competed in 276 Formula One races and is a double world champion, is an IndyCar debutant and arrived at in Indianapolis needing to pass a rookie test which he did with flying colours by recording a top speed of 222.548 mph (358.156 kph).

It was an impressive debut by the 35year-old Spaniard considering that Canada’s James Hinchcliffe claimed pole position for last year’s race with a four-lap average speed of 230.760 mph.

“It felt new to me, it felt a little bit strange driving anti-clockwise at those speeds,” Alonso told reporters.

“What I felt in the car was more-or-less what I expected. What is different now is my excitement of the race itself.”

Alonso set the motor racing world buzzing when he announced last month that he had been granted clearance by his McLaren F1 team to skip the Monaco Grand Prix and race in the Indy 500 on May 28 in pursuit of the sport’s famed Triple Crown - a Formula One title and Indy 500 and Le Mans wins.

McLaren will enter the 101st edition of the Indy with a Honda-engined Indy car run by Andretti Autosport, owned by former McLaren driver Michael Andretti, in the old papaya orange livery of the 1970s.

Alonso looked right at home at the Brickyard as he slipped into the number 29 car and was quickly turning laps of more than 200 mph around the 2.5 mile oval.

The rookie orientation program was the first on-track step for Alonso towards securing a place in the 33 car field. All first-year competitors in the Indianapolis 500 must

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Fernando Alonso of Spain talks about practicing for the first time at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Alonso plans to miss the Monaco Grand Prix this year to drive in the Indianapolis 500. complete a gradual introduction to the speeds and unique nature of the sprawling track.

During the private test Alonso ran 110 laps but it will be a much different situation on May 28 when he will have to contend with a 33-car field.

“Today was just running alone learning the circuit and all the things that are involved with this technique,” said Alonso, who had a run-in with two birds near the end of his session. “I am not driving the car, the car is driving myself around at the moment.”

The Spaniard, who is having a difficult

F1 season with uncompetitive McLaren, has set his sights on joining Briton Graham Hill as the only drivers to achieve the Triple Crown.

McLaren, the second most successful team in Formula One history in terms of wins, have not won a race since 2012 and are experiencing new lows every weekend with the engine lacking power and reliability.

The change of scenery and a competitive car put a broad smile on Alonso’s face as he seemed to enjoy every moment of his first IndyCar experience. (rtr)

Parker injured as Spurs level series with Rockets

SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio Spurs suffered a major injury blow with Tony Parker going down with a leg injury during his team’s second round playoff game against Houston on Wednesday.

Parker came down awkwardly on his left leg after a shot attempt early in the fourth quarter and stayed down for several minutes before eventually being carried into the locker room.

Parker will have an MRI on Thursday but the Spurs are not expecting him to play in Game Three of the best-of-seven series on Friday.

“It’s not good,” San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich told reporters after his team claimed a 121-96 win that tied the series 1-1.

While the Spurs were able to rally without their veteran point guard they know they will need him for the long haul.

“We’re going to miss his presence,” said San Antonio’s Manu Ginobili. “We’re going to maybe have to find rotations without point guards for moments.”

Parker, 34, is a four-time NBA champion and his absence even had an effect on the Rockets.

“I looked up to Tony when I was a kid trying to model my game after him,” said Houston guard Patrick Beverley. “You definitely don’t want to see a person like that go down.” (rtr) San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker (9) is helped off the court after being injured against the Houston Rockets during the second half in game two of the second round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at AT&T Center.

Wimbledon organisers unveil prize hike for 2017 championships

LONDON - This year’s Wimbledon singles tennis champions will receive 2.2 million pounds ($2.84 million) each – a hike of 200,000 pounds for both the men’s and women’s winner, organisers said on Wednesday.

Tournament chiefs unveiled the increased winners’ cheques among a larger total prize pot of 31.6 million pounds, up from 28.1 million pounds last year.

The bigger pot benefits players throughout the draw, with first round singles losers set to walk away from the All England Club with 35,000 pounds.

In percentage terms, first round losers benefit the most -- their prize being almost 17 percent higher than last year, reflecting the club’s commitment to the lower reaches of tennis.

“We are proud of the important leadership role that Wimbledon plays locally, nationally, and internationally, and are committed to continuing to invest to secure the future of The Championships, and of our sport, for the years to come,” club chairman Philip Brook said.

The winners’ cheques for the men’s and women’s singles has doubled since 2011. Brook said the club had “taken into account” exchange rates, but that the “Brexit effect” had not been instrumental in their calculations.

“Exchange rates go up and go down over time,” he said. “In my time with the club I think all four grand slam tournaments have led on prize money, and now the U.S. dollar is particularly strong.”

The pound has fallen 14 percent against the dollar since Britain’s vote to leave the European Union last June. (rtr)

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Venezuela death toll rises as foes protest Maduro’s power shakeup

CARACAS - Venezuelan security forces battled protesters who lit fires and hurled stones on Wednesday in rage at President Nicolas Maduro’s decree to create an alternative congress, with another fatality taking the death toll to 34 during a month of unrest.

In a familiar pattern in protests against the socialist government, thousands of opposition supporters rallied peacefully at first before being blocked, sparking fights around the city between masked youths and soldiers.

One 17-year-old protester died in the melee from an object that hit him in the neck, said Gerardo Blyde, a district mayor for the opposition.

“A young man with all his life ahead. He simply fought for a better country,” Blyde said on Twitter of the case which the Venezuelan state prosecutor’s office said it would investigate.

More than 200 people were injured as fights raged in various parts of the capital, Blyde and another opposition mayor said.

Marchers tried to reach the National Assembly legislature, where the opposition has a majority, to protest Maduro’s creation of an alternative “popular” congress viewed by foes as a ruse to dodge free elections and cling to power.

They were pushed back by National Guard troops with teargas, armored vehicles and riot shields on the Francisco Fajardo highway, which runs through the middle of the city.

“They are mobilized as if this was a war,” said oppo-

sition leader Henrique Capriles, broadcasting from the scene via the Periscope app favored by protest leaders.

On the opposition side, youths donned gas masks and bandanas, throwing Molotov cocktails and using slingshots to fire stones. They protected themselves with homemade shields, painted in bright colors and decorated with slogans like “Liberty!” and “Murderer Maduro!”

Local media published footage showing two protesters being knocked over by a National Guard vehicle. Both survived.

With demonstrators erecting barricades and police helicopters whirring overhead, at least three opposition lawmakers were injured, activists said. “An injury by the dictatorship is a badge of honor,” tweeted First Justice legislator Freddy Guevara, who said he was hit by a tear gas canister.

Opposition leaders have vowed to stay in the streets after Maduro’s announcement on Monday that he was creating the “constituent assembly” which is empowered to rewrite the constitution.

“It’s a tool to avoid free elections. We’ve been marching 18 years but this is our last card. It’s all or nothing,” said pensioner Miren Bilbao, 66, with friends and family on the Francisco Fajardo highway.

While the opposition was keeping up momentum, it was unclear how the protests could achieve their aims after demonstrations in 2014 failed to dislodge Maduro. Back then, however, the opposition was splintered, protests failed to spread to poor areas and the economy was in better shape. (rtr)

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Opposition supporters rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, May 3, 2017.

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From page 1 China has repeatedly said that while it is happy to help arrange talks, it is ultimately up to the United States and North Korea to sort out their differences. Diplomats say Washington and Beijing are negotiating a possible stronger

U.N. Security Council response such as new sanctions - to North Korea’s repeated ballistic missile launches in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions.

The KCNA commentary charged that the Chinese articles had attempted to shift the blame to Pyongyang for “deteriorated relations” between China and North Korea and U.S. deployment

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of strategic assets to the region. It also accused China of “hyping up” damage caused by North Korean nuclear tests to China’s three northeastern provinces.

Chinese state media calls for North Korea to dismantle its nuclear programme were “a wanton violation of the independent and legitimate rights, dignity and supreme interests” of North Korea

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FBI Director James Comey is sworn in to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2017.

FBI’s Comey defends Clinton email probe announcement, but feels ‘nauseous’ WASHINGTON - FBI Director James Comey said on Wednesday it made him “mildly nauseous” to think his announcement of the reopening of an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails affected the 2016 presidential election, but he had no regrets and would make the same decision again.

In four hours of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Comey delivered his most impassioned defense yet of a decision that many Democrats believe cost them the White House: telling Congress 11 days before the Nov. 8 election that the FBI had uncovered a new trove of Clinton-related emails.

Comey said he felt he had to speak out at that time because he had repeatedly told lawmakers the Clinton email probe was over.

“To not speak about it would require an act of concealment in my view,” Comey said. “Concealing, in my view, would be catastrophic.”

He told the panel one reason for the FBI’s renewed interest in Clinton’s case was that investigators had found emails, some of them classified, forwarded by Clinton’s assistant Huma Abedin to her husband, who was not authorized to see such information.

“It makes me mildly nauseous

to think that we might have had some impact on the election, but honestly, it wouldn’t change the decision,” Comey said.

The FBI, which is supposed to remain politically neutral, said a few days later that the new emails did not change its decision not to recommend criminal charges against Clinton, but many Democrats believe the political damage was done.

Clinton said on Tuesday her election bid was derailed in part

by Comey’s announcement about the renewed probe of her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. She said her effort also was damaged by the WikiLeaks release of her campaign chairman John Podesta’s emails, allegedly stolen by Russian hackers.

Senator Dianne Feinstein, ranking member on the committee, led the Democrats in hammering Comey with questions about why he went public with the Clinton probe but kept silent on an investigation related to the Republican candidate, Donald Trump.

“It’s still very unclear - and I hope director that you will clear this up - why the FBI’s treatment of these two investigations was so dramatically different,” she asked. (rtr)

and constituted “an undisguised threat to an honest-minded neighbouring country which has a long history and tradition of friendship”, KCNA said.

The United States has sent a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to Korean waters and a pair of strategic U.S. bombers flew training drills with South Korea and Japan in another show of strength this week.

“The reckless military provocation is pushing the situation on the Korean peninsula closer to the brink of nuclear war,” KCNA said on Tuesday.

Tension on the Korean peninsula has been high for weeks, driven by concern that North Korea might conduct its sixth nuclear test, also in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions. (rtr)

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Natural disasters inflict Rp30 trillion loss per year in Indonesia

PADANG - Indonesia suffers an average of Rp30 trillion in economic losses per year due to natural disasters, Head of the National Natural Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Willem Rampangilei said.

“The losses are well above the governments mitigation fund reserves, amounting to Rp4 trillion per year,” he stated in his general lecture before students of Padang State University (UNP) on

Tuesday.

In 2016, the country suffered Rp3.159 trillion in material losses due to an earthquake in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province; Rp94 billion due to floods in Pangkal Pinang, Bangka

Belitung province; Rp1.479 trillion due to floods in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara province; and Rp100 billion due to floods from Bengawan Solo River.

“Many other disasters also caused huge losses in other areas, including floods in Limapuluh Kota district,” he noted.

Overall, natural disasters increased in Indonesia from 2003 to 2016, and 95 percent of these were dominated by hydro-meteorological disasters such as floods, landslides, droughts, whirlwinds, and forest and land fires.

On a national scale, the material losses caused by land and forest fires in 2014 reached Rp221 trillion, he remarked. “Most of the hydro-meteorological disasters are caused by natural factors,” he revealed.

Therefore, he called on all seg-

ments of the society to continue to improve their knowledge on disasters.

“When disasters cause economic losses, we may recover from them.

But this is not the case with the loss of lives, which may traumatize the local residents and have an impact on their future,” he pointed out. (ant)

Flood which happen in Jakarta.

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Press freedom sign of democracy: Dutch human rights envoy JAKARTA - Ambassador of the Dutch Human Rights Affairs, Kees van Baar, said that press freedom was a sign of good democracy in a country.

In the era of democracy, the public get information from the free press. The information becomes a means to control the government policy, Baar said in a discussion titled “Journalist safety and tackling impunity: How can crimes against media workers be effectively investigated, prosecuted and mitigated?” on the sidelines of the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2017 here on Wednesday.

Baar added that the free press in a democratic country could occur only if there was no pressure against

journalists in seeking information. “We not only talk about the murder of journalists but also the pressures that may be directed against them, he pointed out.

According to him, all participants of WPFD must think about the steps to be taken to realize and maintain press freedom.

He viewed the issue as necessary to continue to be presented at various occasions in order to maintain the press freedom.

“The point is what we can do for press freedom. I personally raise the issue of press freedom when visit various countries,” he explained. (ant)

Indonesia, China cooperate in combating drugs

JAKARTA - The Indonesian National Narcotics Agency (BNN) and the National Narcotics Control Commission of China (NNCC) cooperate in drug eradication.

“Indonesia and China can continue the memorandum of understanding that has been signed as the leaders of both countries Xi Jinping and Joko Widodo both have special attention in handling narcotics in each country,” Head of BNN, Commissioner General Budi Waseso, said here on Wednesday.

The NNCC delegation led by Deputy Secretary General Lan Weihong has met with the Head of BNN to discuss the cooperation.

This meeting was a reciprocal visit of NNCC to Indonesia which visited the Chinese Commission in

August 2016.

In addition, the visit of NNCC was aimed to followup of the cooperation plan which was agreed in Beijing on March 23, 2012.

In the meeting led by the Deputy of Law and Cooperation of BNN, Inspector General Arief Wicaksono Sudiotomo, there are six points discussed by NNCC and BNN. “We discussed the mechanism of cooperation in implementing the MoU. We discussed the communication mechanism which contained in point of contact, one of which is by establishing hotline,” Arief said.

He added that other topics discussed were the exchange of intelligence information, the inspection and supervision of narcotic precursors as well as narcotic tests. (ant)

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BUSINESS U.S. private hiring slows, services growth speeds up in April

U.S. companies hired workers at a slower but still-solid pace in April while the services sector grew more than expected, supporting the notion the economic expansion remains on track despite a weak first quarter, private reports released on Wednesday showed.

An improving labor market and faster activity in services industries last month also buttressed traders’ expectations the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates further in the coming months.

“In short, more evidence that the underlying trend in growth is not suddenly slowing, as suggested by the GDP data. If anything, the trend appears to be up, not down,” High Frequency Economics Chief U.S. Economist Jim O’Sullivan wrote in a research note.

Last week, the government said gross domestic product increased 0.7 percent in the first quarter, the weakest pace in three years.

Payrolls processor ADP said on Wednesday private employers added 177,000 jobs last month.

It was the smallest gain since the 62,000 increase last October but slightly above the 175,000 median forecast among economists polled

by Reuters.

Private payroll gains for March were revised down to 255,000 from an originally reported 263,000 increase. ADP, which jointly developed its employment report with Moody’s Analytics, said private

employers face increasing difficulty finding qualified workers in a tightening labor market.

The U.S. central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee as expected left interest rates unchanged at the current range of 0.75-1.00 percent at its policy meeting, downplaying the sluggish first-quarter GDP as “transitory.”

Traders expect the Fed’s policysetting group will likely hike rates by a quarter point at its next meeting on June 13-14 .

Financial markets largely brushed off Wednesday’s data.

U.S. stocks were lower, while the dollar was stronger and Treasury bond yields were mostly higher in mid-afternoon trading.

The ADP figures come ahead of the U.S. Labor Department’s more comprehensive non-farm payrolls report at 8:30 a.m. (1230 GMT) on Friday.

Economists polled by Reuters expect U.S. private payroll employment likely grew by 185,000 jobs in April, up from 89,000 in March, while the jobless rate likely ticked up to 4.6 percent from the 4.5 percent in March.

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Farm workers repair irrigation pipes during spring planting in the Central Valley in Davis, California, U.S., May 1, 2017. Picture taken May 1, 2017.

DEMAND PICK-UP LIFTS SERVICES SECTOR The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said on Wednesday its index of non-manufacturing activity rose to 57.5 in April from March’s 55.2, which was above analysts’ expectations of 55.8.

A reading above 50 indicates

expansion in the services sector, which accounts for nearly 80 percent of the U.S. economy.

The business activity index rose to 62.4 from 58.9 the month before.

That was above a median forecast of 58.4.

“Following a run with some softer indicators lately, the firming

in the survey data is an encouraging sign for the economy,” J.P. Morgan Economist Daniel Silver said.

The survey’s new orders index climbed to 63.2, the strongest since August 2005, from 58.9 in March.

However, the employment index fell to 51.4, its lowest since August, from March’s 51.6.(rtr)

Asian lending bank assesses growing inequality at meeting

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A security officer salutes at the entrance to the Bank of Japan in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Bank of Japan Gov.

YOKOHAMA — The Asian Development Bank is holding its annual meeting in Japan, where bankers and leaders are assessing how they can support growth as income inequality grows in both rich and poor countries.

The ADB has worked for a half-century to fight poverty and support the region’s ascent as a global center of growth, but poverty remains a daunting problem for such lenders. It estimates more than $26 trillion will be needed by 2030 to build roads, ports and other infrastructure required to support economic growth and cope with the repercussions of climate change The Manila, Philippines-based ADB began its annual meeting in Yokohama began Thursday. In

2016, the ADB issued loans totaling $31.7 billion, up 18 percent from the year before.

Asia needs all the help it can get in fighting poverty as both wealthy and poor nations grapple with widening inequality, former ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda, who is now Japan’s central bank governor, said in a speech earlier this week.

“Poverty continues to be a considerable burden in Asia,” he said.

The ADB has dozens of member nations but has been led by Japan and the U.S. since its founding in 1966.

Among many other projects, the ADB over the years has financed maternity clinics in Bangladesh, flood-control work in Chinese cities, tuna fishing in Indonesia,

irrigation repairs in Nepal and fiberoptic cable connecting Tonga to the rest of the world.

It has begun co-financing some projects with the China-backed Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank, which some critics view as a rival to traditional lenders like the ADB and World Bank.

The past 50 years have seen Asia’s share in global commerce more than double to nearly a third of the total in 2015. Meanwhile, average lifespans have growth to 74 years in East Asia and the Pacific and to 68 in South Asia, from 49 years and 45 years, respectively.

But about 60 percent of the 1.5 billion people living in extreme poverty, on less than $1.90 a day, are in Asia.(ap)

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Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan, Devotees Appeal for Salvation and Welfare

Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan or commonly known as Buda Kliwon Pahang falling on Wednesday (May 10) is the end of the series of Galungan feast day. It is marked by withdrawing the penjor and burning it. Likewise, all the attributes of the penjor such as bakang, lamak, sampian and so on are burned. The ashes are put into a young ivory coconut and then buried in the house yard.

Ashes of the penjor symbolize prosperity, so that on that day the Hindus plead to God to be blessed with fertility. However, before withdrawing the penjor, people must first put offerings or canang on the bamboo platform shrine that the series of Galungan feast day has already completed. It is resumed with masegeh procession, including at the location of penjor.

Chairman of Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) Bali, Prof. Dr. I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana said that the series of Galungan feast day ends on Buda Kliwon Pahang.

Thus, the preaching of dharma has lasted for 42 days.

During the series of Galungan is also known as the Uncal Balung. During that time, people generally abstain from organizing Panca Yadnya (five sacrifices) ritual activities, including wedding, except for pujawali or festival at temple or family or clan temple happening to fall during this period. After Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan, people usu-

ally go back to choosing auspicious days to perform Panca Yadnya ceremony, including wedding.

Prof. Sudiana said that after the end of the Galungan series, people are reminded to always be able to apply the values ??of dharma (truth) and maintain victory against adharma. Human must be able to really win and take advantage of the graces bestowed on Galungan. “On Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan, we ask salvation, prosperity and protection from hazardous things to Motherland,” he said.

Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan also poses an expression of gratitude to deities because we have been able to carry out the teachings during the Galungan feast day well. “Since then, human beings have been mature to bring themselves, not tied to adharma. They are considered to have possessed good thoughts, words and deeds so that they are ready to live their life well according to the teachings of dharma,” he asserted.

Alam Tirta Outbound, Adventure Tourism in North Badung

Do you like a challenge? Once upon a time, try to make a visit to Alam Tirta Outbound, a complete adventure tourist attraction on the Island of the Gods. It is located at Samuan Kangin hamlet, Carangsari, Petang, Badung, or about 28 kilometers north of Denpasar.

Other than surrounded by beautiful countryside, a variety of adventure activities on offer are quite challenging and they can be enjoyed by many walks of life.

Facilities available are not only prepared for adults, but also for children. Moreover, children’s games are specifically prepared, starting from rafting, paintball, flying fox, VW Tour, camping ground and other activities including wedding facilities. “Our market is local community, in addition to foreign and domestic travelers,” said I Nyoman Subamia, the Operations Manager, accompanied by Chief Executive Officer, Thomy Maha Putra Dewa, at the grand opening of the Alam Tirta Bali on Saturday (Apr. 1).

Visitors that like to explore countryside by bicycle or just stroll can also take advantage of this location. Each trip will bring in special memories because every inch participants will encounter people’s activity. They are starting

from household work, craft, mejejahitan or oblation preparation, agriculture, plantation to traditional children’s play.

Paintball game is surely different from the others because the activities are conducted in the village forest being rich in local plants. Children that learn to live independently can make camping activities here. Flying fox for children is equally challenging, including the other activities. “At Alam Tirta Outbound, we also offer Balinese activities and Alam Tirta Resto providing a variety of foods,” said Nyoman Subamia.

Nyoman Subamia added that Alam Tirta Outbound has been in operation since December 2016 and occupies an area of ??1.5 hectares.

The location is very convenient and beautiful as it is surrounded by paddy fields and plantations.

Various activities can be enjoyed by visitors, including the circle of students. “We also provide meeting room and a restaurant with a capacity of 300 seats,” he said.

Thomy Maha Putra Dewa was optimistic that the tourist attraction has been equipped with full facilities and offers very affordable prices. His management has cooperated with tens of agencies. (kmb)

After that, explained Prof. Sudiana, people just need to implement the values ??of dharma in everyday life to gain peace and tranquility. During the series of Galungan festivities lasting for one month and seven days, people are encouraged to control

themselves in order to live together and can perform services, dedication and quality improvement of human resources. Besides, they must do coexistence, mutual help and mutual respect according to religious teachings. (kmb)

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In Negara, some students celebrate graduation by distributing wrapped rice NEGARA - Euphoria of high school and vocational high school graduation in Jembrana on Monday (May 2) was celebrated with the act of graffiti and convoy on the street.

Most of them did not wear safety helmet and even got escort and supervision from police personnel.

Moreover, the ranks of Jembrana police on Monday afternoon also made a raid to hotels and inns on the instruction of Jembrana Police Chief, Djoni Widodo, to anticipate undesired things, which have been done by students after the announcement of their graduation.

On the other hand, there are ten students of SMAN 1 Negara high school celebrating their graduation with simple but meaningful way.

They carried 50 packs of wrapped rice and drinking water to be distributed around the Negara market such as to parking attendants, porters at the market, truck drivers and disadvantaged people.

One of the students of the SMAN 1 Negara, Laurenda Gwee, representing her friends, revealed that such an activity is a spontaneity undertaken with some friends.

They did such an action because they are not interested in the events like convoy and shirt graffiti. Aside from being useless and disturbing, it is not to be proud of. “As an educated person, let alone have graduated from high school, we should know what is good to do,” she explained.

According to the student living at Baler Bale Agung (Negara), their uniforms can be donated. “Our uniforms are still feasible and can be donated. It’s a pity to be scribbled.

Our parents have already struggled to finance us. It is better for us to make beautiful memories that can

be proud of,” she said.

The activity was said to be purely based on her and friends’ initiative as well as spontaneously carried out with their sincere donation.

“There are students donating IDR 30,000, 50,000 and IDR 100,000.

Hopefully, this is useful action and can inspire the other students and younger classes so that later on they can do more positive and useful activities as well as avoid convoy and scribbles,” she hoped.

The activities of distributing wrapped rice by students of SMAN 1 Negara high school was also posted on social media like Facebook and became viral. Many netizens shared and appreciated to their positive activities. Netizens hoped that such kind of activity can also become a tradition after graduation announcement, whether to distribute wrapped rice, cleanup garbage and other positive activities to mark the graduation. “It is better than undertaking convoys, graffiti and other useless activities,” said some teachers.

In the meantime, Principal of SMAN 1 Negara, Ngurah Prapta Arya, when asked for his confirmation on Monday afternoon even claimed not to know about what has been undertaken by some of his students having distributed wrapped rice. “The graduation announcement at ten o’clock in the morning at school with customary clothes to temple and there is not accompanied with the distribution of Jenggo rice,” he said.

However, when being informed that some of his students celebrated the graduation by distributing wrapped rice, Prapta Arya admitted to be proud if the students have done positive activities. (kmb)

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Netizens hoped that such kind of activity can also become a tradition after graduation announcement, whether to distribute wrapped rice, cleanup garbage and other positive activities to mark the graduation.

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Squeezed by global powers, South Koreans seek “Korea first” in new leader

SEOUL - Jason Lim, a 36-year-old South Korean engineer living in Washington D.C., thinks it’s important to try and maintain a solid alliance with the United States - but not at any cost.

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Pelindo III of Benoa Branch asked not to quit from business core

DENPASAR - The Benoa branch of PT Pelindo III was asked not to abandon their task of taking care of Benoa Harbour. The Benoa Harbor development master plan (RIP) should focus on supporting the smooth operation of the harbor and should not be involved in building tourism facilities such as hotels ir other accomodations.

“The expansion of infrastructure should support the smoothness of operations at the harbour. If there is a plan to build a hotel, it is not part of their duties to be involved with that” said member of Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives, I Kadek Nuartana, when contacted on Tuesday (May 2).

According to Nuartana, the harbor development plan must also be in accordance with the detailed spatial plan. When asked how the harbour can be developed, he explained: “In terms of tourism supporting facilities, there needs to first be corrdinatino with the local government”, said this PKPI politician.

Another legislator of the Bali House of Representatives of Denpasar constituency, A.A. Ngurah Adhi Ardhana, said that PT.Pelindo is indeed permitted to build tourism facilities, but elaborated that if they want to build a hotel in Canggu or Ubud or Buleleng for example there is no problem. They are not however allowed to build in the

area that they are assigned to IE Benoa harbour.

“If we find businesses competing over a public place such as the harbour at the expense of public interest, then that is clearly wrong.

Now, if amid the public interest (harbor—Ed) it also included other businesses competing against its own people, that’s wrong. Even if Pelindo is allowed to build tourism facilities, I am confident that the central government does not agree with them doing so in an are where the accommodation industry has developed” he said.

Based on Adhi Ardhana’s personal experience, visiting seven different harbours in Europe (Geneva, Barcelona, ??Tenerife, Canary Island, Madeira, Malaga and Rome) he said that he saw zero hotels or apartments build in these harbours. He did however seea few duty-free shops, SMEs businesses selling products such as local food and beverages and tourism facilities such as parking, seanting and counters seling tour packages.

“Pelindo is a purely state-owned company, right? Its assignment is clearly to provide harbor services.

If it wants to establish a hotel, for example, it should not be built in the area that they are assigned to provide service to. This would be a conflict of interest. Cruise ship and yacht, fishing boats and merchants ship docks, storage facilities, cafeterias, duty free shops and museums are allowed” he explained.

Another member of the Bali House of Representatives of Denpasar constituency, I Gusti Putu Budiartha, said that he considers it reasonable that the Municipality of Denpasar has not issued a license for the development of a master plan for Benoa Harbor considering that it the barbour contributes almost nothing to the municipality nor to Pedungan customary village where the operations area of ??the Pelindo sits. Actually, the community has attempted to improve the road so the harbor would be operated from there.

“Frankly speaking, our customary village -where Pelindo is located, does not receive anything from the harbour area. They should not just operate there then share nothing when they make profits” said chief of Pedungan customary village. (kmb32)

Lim and many other South Koreans say their country has been reduced to pawns in a superpower game of chess as the United States and China seek to tackle North Korea’s advancing nuclear and missile programmes.

That frustration - and a growing desire that politicians put “Korea first” - could drive a near-record number of people to the polls in the May 9 election to find a successor for former president Park Geun-hye, ousted in March over corruption charges.

A higher turnout, especially among those in their 20s to 40s who have historically been indifferent to politics, is seen boosting liberal candidate Moon Jae-in, who wrote in a book published in January South Korea should learn to say “no to America”. (See graphic: http:// tmsnrt.rs/2pGD25v) Unless there’s a major upset, Moon, who advocates a moderate approach on North Korea and criticizes conservatives and their hardline policy for failing to stop its weapons development, will become the next president.

A Gallup Korea poll published on Wednesday shows him with 38 percent support in the field of 13 candidates, with centrist Ahn Cheolsoo his nearest challenger at 20 percent.

“Sometimes I feel our government is bending over backwards trying not to upset the alliance with the United States,” said Lim, who is among some 222,000 people who cast their ballots during the April 25-30 voting period for overseas residents.

“I want our president to be someone who isn’t afraid to say what’s best for Korea.”

Lim, who did not vote in the 2012 presidential election, blamed the indifference of younger voters for Park’s election victory five years ago

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A South Korean soldier casts a preliminary ballot at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, May 4, 2017. that led to the current political turmoil.

Park was impeached in December on accusations she colluded with a friend to collect bribes from big conglomerates. The Constitutional Court upheld the parliamentary motion, making her South Korea’s first democratically elected president to be forced out of office.

Park went on trial on criminal charges of corruption on Tuesday and could face more

than 10 years in prison if convicted of receiving bribes.

THAAD CONTROVERSY Geopolitical turmoil is also a major election theme.

Last week, in the middle of the night, the U.S. military installed the Terminal HighAltitude Area Defense system (THAAD), prompting criticism it was trying to deploy the

anti-missile battery before the election.

Park’s government agreed to it last year to protect against a North Korean missile. Seoul was to provide the land, while the U.S. military would pay for and operate it.

Liberals criticized Park for not seeking parliamentary approval. Moon says the next administration should make a final decision on THAAD, and until then, deployment should be suspended. (rtr)

Macron, Le Pen clash on euro, terrorism, in French pre-election TV showdown

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Candidates for the 2017 presidential election, Emmanuel Macron (R), head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and Marine Le Pen, of the French National Front (FN) party, pose prior to the start of a live prime-time debate in the studios of French television station France 2, and French private station TF1 in La Plaine-Saint-Denis, near Paris, France, May 3, 2017.

PARIS - Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron clashed over their vision of France’s future, the euro and ways of fighting terrorism in an ill-tempered televised debate on Wednesday before Sunday’s runoff vote for the presidency.

The two went into the debate with opinion polls showing Macron, 39, with a strong lead of 20 percentage points over the National Front’s Le Pen, 48, in what is widely seen as France’s most important election in decades.

For Le Pen, the two-and-a-half hour debate, watched by millions, was a last major chance to persuade voters of the merits of her

programme which includes cracking down on illegal immigration, ditching the euro single currency and holding a referendum on EU membership.

However, 63 percent of viewers found Macron more convincing than Le Pen in the debate, according to a snap opinion poll by Elabe for BFMTV, reinforcing his status as favourite to win the Elysee on Sunday.

In angry exchanges, Le Pen played up Macron’s background as a former investment banker and economy minister, painting him as heir to the outgoing unpopular Socialist government and as the “candidate of globalisation gone wild.”

He savaged her flagship policy of abandoning the euro, calling it a fatal plan that would unleash a currency war, and he accused her of failing to offer solutions to France’s economic problems such as chronic unemployment.

The barbs at times were personal. Macron called Le Pen a “parasite” and a liar, and Le Pen labelled him a “smirking banker” and - in a reference to his youthful looks - said: “You are young on the outside, but old on the inside”.

In a final put-down, when Le Pen attempted to interrupt his summingup, Macron told Le Pen: “You stay on TV. I want to be president of the country.” (rtr)

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Greek drama: Chanel recreates Parthenon for Paris show

PARIS — Karl Lagerfeld climbed Mount Olympus for inspiration in creating Chanel’s latest resort collection, presenting a spectacular Grecian-themed show to a celebrity audience in Paris on Wednesday.

While Gucci will go to Florence, Louis Vuitton to Kyoto, and Dior to Los Angeles to show off their cruise fashions— Lagerfeld chose to host the normally itinerant mid-season collection in Chanel’s terra mater.

Lagerfeld, a larger-than-life fashion showman who is rarely upstaged, opted instead to bring the wonders of the ancient world to Paris’ Grand Palais.

Celebrity guests who included Keira Knightley, Isabelle Huppert and filmmaker Pedro Almodovar gazed in awe at the backdrop that recreated ruins from the Parthenon in Athens and the famed Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion stone for stone, column for column.

Pebbles, marble stones and sand decorated the runway alongside a real olive tree, while shrubs and mountain flowers peeked out from between the rocks by which the Grecian goddess-styled models walked during the 15-minute presentation.

“Reality is of no interest to me.

I use what I like. My Greece is an idea,” Lagerfeld said of the display.

If Greece invented drama, Lagerfeld is perhaps a fitting heir.

The over-the-top decor contrasted with some very subtle and accomplished fashion designs.

Cycladic blues, terracotta, earth browns and gold infused the looks, which riffed on Ancient Greek references.

They were replete with laurel leaf head ornaments, golden arm clasps, footwear bearing knee-high straps and even an arrow quiver transformed into a golden backpack. Thick fibers reminiscent of loomed weavings fringed tweed

tunic dresses.

A clay-colored dress — with a roll under the bust and tight midriff — evoked the silhouette of the curved Greek amphora vase.

Lagerfeld loves ancient history.

“The criteria of beauty in ancient, then classical, Greece still hold true. There have never been more beautiful representations of women. Or more beautiful columns,” Lagerfeld said.

“It is really about the youth of the world in all its power and unpredictability, just like the unforgiving gods,” he added.

Cruise or resort collections — mid-season shows presented

by only a handful of the world’s fashion power houses — were conceived to target wealthy women who travelled on cruise ships in winter.

Nowadays, they’re used simply as a lucrative commercial stimulant for the increasingly buoyant fashion industry’s between-season lull.

Previous years have seen Chanel’s Lagerfeld present the cruise collection in far-flung places such as Havana and Dallas.

But more recently, the 83-yearold designer has chosen his home city to celebrate the brand’s commitment to Paris and its importance to global fashion. (ap)

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A leader must be smart, firm and have the courage not to “sell” Bali

DENPASAR - Bali needs a smart, decicive and bold leader who has the courage not to “sell” off Bali to investors. On the contrary, the leader of Bali should prioritize the welfare of the people by equalizing the distribution of development projects across the island. Construction development must comply with spatial regulations.

“One of the criteira that is important for the futur leader of Bali to have is an understanding of the spatial regulations and to use these to ensure that development in Bali is dine is a sustanaiable way. This is just the starting point”, said Prof.

Dr. Putu Rumawan Salain, in Denpasar, Tuesday (May 2).

Prof Rumawan explained that he is is dedicated to defending the spatial interests of Bali as a way to help improve the welfare of the people without disrupting the natural environment, nor Balienese culture and spirituality.

Every inch of Bali’s land contains these noble and sacred values , he said and ??must therefor be managed as a whole instead of different parts of the island being built upon in segments.

“So, Bali must be built on holistically with the unity of the island in mind. ‘One island management’ is part of the spatial rules so that develoment of South Bali is balanced with the development of other regions. If construction development is only focused in Southern Bali, clearly we are not talking about sustainable development”, explained this lecturer of architecture in Udayana Univeristy’s Faculty of Engineering.

Rumawan asserted, that the Island of Bali should not be mortgaged nor sold off to real estate developpers, because this will result in “pseudo development”.

For example, the plan to build an airport in North Bali generally aheres to the spatial regulations but there needs to be clarification about whether this is an internation or domestic airport.

“So, we need to look at who is wanting to invest in the project – especially if we are talking about a floating airport. Any aspiration is alright, but creating pipedreams is hazardous”, he said.

Rumawan cited the reclamation of Benoa Bay that has often labeled as a ‘revitalization project’. Such projects need to be scrutinized, especailly when we consider that Klungkung, Nusa Penida and Karangasem are in

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Expansion of Ngurah Rai Airport

Needs to be serious assesed and discussed with the public

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Prof. Dr. Putu Rumawan Salain far more urgetn need of ‘revitilization” and need not involve backfilling the sea. Thus, equity can be realized even though the potential development of each region is done gradually.

“The Indonesian government alone builds 10-New Bali destination, why do we not build Bali gradually? There are Karangasem, Negara or Singaraja. The infrastructure must be first prepared, a good road for tourism, smooth water, safe and smooth transportation. Then, people must also be prepared so that not all will be taken by others, while we just become spectators and become the ball picker only,” he explained.

Rumawan added that the future leader of Bali must look at the spatial planning wisely because the Island of Bali has a limited area. Similarly, the natural resources therein are also limited, so they must be utilized properly.

If Bali faces a water crisis or severe flooding, anything wrong with the spatial planning will become immediately apparent.

“The essence of the spatial plan is to improve the welfare of the people. There are three aspects, namely; planning, utilization and control. Planning is set forth in Regional Bylaw No.16/2009 on Provincial Regional Spatial Planning (RTRWP) Bali, there is also the detailed spatial planning (RDTR) for the districts/municipality, that must be adhered to. There also needs to be a soning plan.

We are not anti-development but development must be done according to the spatial plan” concluded Prof. Rumawan. (kmb32)

MANGUPURA - PT. Angkasa Pura I (Persero) plans to expand the land used by Ngurah Rai Aiport. Several options are being discussed, including reclaiming part of the sea.

In response to this plan, the Badung House of Representatives aiprot operator PT Angkasa Pura I to conduct an in-depth study of this plan and to make their plans known to the public.

When met on Tuesday (May 2), Vice Chairman of the Badung House of Representatives, Made Sunarta, revealed that if the airport is extended onto exisitng land, it should of ocourse not be problematic. If however reclamation of the sea is chosen as an option, clearly serious studies will be needed.

Sunarta said that he hopes that a pile system can be used and added that if reclamation is the only option then the greateer interest of Bali needs to be looked at. “It should be carefully considered to see if this expansion is being done for the greater interest of Bali as a whole, so that nobody is harmed in the process” he said.

According to Sunarta who is also Chairman of the Badung Democrat Party, all interested parties needs to be involved in a comprehensive discussion of this matter to ensure that the greater interest of Bali in terms of the central and lcoal givernment plans to incrrease the number of visitors to Bali is being considered.

The district government is responsible for making this information available to the public.

“By making the plan known to the local commu-

nities, people can gain a better understanding of the purpose of this project and what the benefits are” he concluded.

Chairman of Commission II of the Badung House of Representatives, Wayan Luwir Wiana, made similar comments saying that the plan to expand the airport needs to be made known to the district and provincial governments as well as to the local communities.

Wiana added that clearly there is a need to expand the number of runaways at eh airport. However the central and local governments need to coordinate with each other and make careful studies of the plan and then make this plan known to the public.

According to this PDI-P politician from Benoa village, the aiprort management has yet to share any information related to the planned expansion of the airport wih the Badung House of Representatives.

Furthermore the plan remains unclear. “I only heard about it from my colleagues in the media. Hopefully the airport authorities will make their plans known so as to avoice any miscommunication” he said.

With regard to the environmental impacts of expanding the airport, Luwir said that studies are needed and that these should included the social impact of the expansion as well. Has there been any analysis of the environment impact of the plan? “If they go ahead with plan without having made it known before hand, and there is a problem, who will be responsible? And the surrounding communities will certainly bear the brunt of such problems”, he emphasized. (kmb23)

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If however reclamation of the sea is chosen as an option, clearly serious studies will be needed.

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Again, rally rejects online-based transportation

Police chief mediates drivers and transportation agency head DENPASAR - Hundreds of conventional taxi drivers again held a rally in front of the office of the governor of Bali on Wednesday (May 3). The drivers threatened not to leave before the governor or the head of the Bali transportation agency could meet them. Chief of Denpasar Police, Hadi Purnomo, finally came down directly to mediate the meeting between the transportation agency head and the drivers.

In the demonstration filled with joint prayers, the drivers no longer merely demanded the blocking of the online application-based transport such as Uber and Grab Taxi.

However, they also questioned the remaining quota as much as 7,500 issued by the Bali transportation agency.

“Regarding the quota in Bali, in 2015 I had a meeting with Assistant II. In 2015 through 2019 it has been overloaded,” said the action coordinator, I Ketut Witra.

He questioned the study to get the remaining transport quota as much as 7,500. It is said, there should be written document related to legality of the study. On the other hand, the head of the transportation agency is also accused of having asked the Bali Tourism Driver Association (Aspaba) to

join with Grab. “Why did you invite Aspaba to join with Grab? Are you the boss of Grab?” asked Witra.

Head of the Bali Transportation Agency, IGA Sudarsana, denied to have asked Aspaba or any other driver associations to join with Grab. Meanwhile, related to the transportation quota, the transportation agency and third parties have done the study.

As a result, there are 20,085 transportation quotas. However, the

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Hundreds of conventional taxi drivers again held a rally in front of the office of the governor of Bali to protest the online transport.

licensed and registered in the transportation agency has reached about 12,500, so there are still 7,500 remaining quotas.

“This is based on the study in 2015 where in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 until 2020 there are clearly quotas every year,” explained Sudarsana who was under police guard.

Apparently the drivers were still not satisfied with the answer given by the head of the transportation agency. Ten representatives of the drivers then mediated with the head of the transportation agency in Prajasabha Room, governor’s office with the mediator namely the chief of Denpasar Police, Hadi Purnomo.

Actually the drivers had also prepared a letter of intent to be signed by the head of the transportation agency. Its content is related to the blocking of Grab and Uber, and termination of their operation in Bali. However, Sudarsana firmly refused to sign such a statement. Sudarsana asserted that his agency did not have the authority to close or block Grab and Uber.

“The authority to close lies in the ministry,” he said.

Since there is no meeting point having been agreed yet, chief of Denpasar police promised to invite the representative of conventional drivers, online drivers including the head of the transportation agency to further discuss about the issue at the headquarters of the Denpasar police. (kmb32)

In Negara, some students celebrate graduation by distributing wrapped rice

NEGARA - Euphoria of high school and vocational high school graduation in Jembrana on Monday (May 2) was celebrated with the act of graffiti and convoy on the street.

Most of them did not wear safety helmet and even got escort and supervision from police personnel.

Moreover, the ranks of Jembrana police on Monday afternoon also made a raid to hotels and inns on the instruction of Jembrana Police Chief, Djoni Widodo, to anticipate undesired things, which have been done by students after the announcement of their graduation.

On the other hand, there are ten students of SMAN 1 Negara high school celebrating their graduation

with simple but meaningful way.

They carried 50 packs of wrapped rice and drinking water to be distributed around the Negara market such as to parking attendants, porters at the market, truck drivers and disadvantaged people.

One of the students of the SMAN 1 Negara, Laurenda Gwee, representing her friends, revealed that such an activity is a spontaneity undertaken with some friends.

They did such an action because they are not interested in the events like convoy and shirt graffiti. Aside from being useless and disturbing, it is not to be proud of. “As an educated person, let alone have graduated from high school, we should know

what is good to do,” she explained.

According to the student living at Baler Bale Agung (Negara), their uniforms can be donated. “Our uniforms are still feasible and can be donated. It’s a pity to be scribbled.

Our parents have already struggled to finance us. It is better for us to make beautiful memories that can be proud of,” she said.

The activity was said to be purely based on her and friends’ initiative as well as spontaneously carried out with their sincere donation.

“There are students donating IDR 30,000, 50,000 and IDR 100,000.

Hopefully, this is useful action and can inspire the other students and younger classes so that later on they

can do more positive and useful activities as well as avoid convoy and scribbles,” she hoped.

The activities of distributing wrapped rice by students of SMAN 1 Negara high school was also posted on social media like Facebook and became viral. Many netizens shared and appreciated to their positive activities. Netizens hoped that such kind of activity can also become a tradition after graduation announcement, whether to distribute wrapped rice, cleanup garbage and other positive activities to mark the graduation. “It is better than undertaking convoys, graffiti and other useless activities,” said some teachers.

In the meantime, Principal of SMAN 1 Negara, Ngurah Prapta Arya, when asked for his confirmation on Monday afternoon even claimed not to know about what has been undertaken by some of his students having distributed wrapped rice. “The graduation announcement at ten o’clock in the morning at school with customary clothes to temple and there is not accompanied with the distribution of Jenggo rice,” he said.

However, when being informed that some of his students celebrated the graduation by distributing wrapped rice, Prapta Arya admitted to be proud if the students have done positive activities. (kmb)

Breakthrough of DLH to collect plastic waste in Bangli

PLASTIC waste becomes a problem experienced in every district and municipality in Bali without exception for Bangli district.

Plastic waste has become a threat to survival in the future. So, to combat the problem of plastic waste in Bangli, local government through the Bangli environment agency (DLH) makes a breakthrough to handle plastic waste known as ‘Plastic Waste Collection Movement.’

Head of the Bangli Environment Agency, Ida Ayu Gede Yudi Sutha,

said the Plastic Waste Collection Movement is a breakthrough to create a clean and beautiful environment for all villages in Bangli, so that they can be free from plastic waste. She said that all this time plastic waste becomes a common problem faced by every district and municipality in Bali including Bangli. In the future, if the waste is not addressed and taken seriously, it will be able to damage the environment and disrupt survival.

“Unless handled immediately,

plastic waste can pollute the environment. If plastic waste is left as such, it will be able to pollute the surrounding environment and can affect the future viability. If plastic waste is not burned, it takes decades to be decomposed by the land,” said Yudi Sutha on Wednesday (May 3).

Yudi Sutha added that to run the breakthrough, her agency makes cooperation with related agencies, schools from elementary to high school and vocational school as well as general public in all subdistricts.

She said that if the program is not implemented together, it will be difficult to be run. According to her, whatever is done should get full support from all parties. Thus, any program made will be able to run well.

“We regularly carry out this activity every month. In the previous months, we already ran the program. Hopefully, this breakthrough could encourage the whole community to care about plastic waste,” she explained.

In the future, this activity is also

expected to maintain sanitation of every village and can be avoided from waste, especially plastic waste. She also asked the community to be more aware so as not to dispose of any garbage haphazardly but in place. If the habit has been practiced, she believed that in the future Bangli can become a clean area of plastic waste. “If it is clean from plastic waste, the surrounding environment will also look clean, beautiful and pleasing to the eye,” added Yudi Sutha. (nan)

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Alanis Morissette’s ex-manager gets 6 years for stealing $7M LOS ANGELES — A business manager who stole more than $7 million from Alanis Morissette and others was sentenced Wednesday to six years in federal prison after the singer made a pitch for a lengthy and severe sentence saying he stole her dreams.

Morissette said she had placed the fortune she earned through her fame in the trust of Jonathan Todd Schwartz and he had secretly siphoned her accounts while constantly misleading her about her net worth.

“He did this in a long, systematic, drawn-out and sinister manner,” Morissette said, adding it would have bankrupted her within three years had the thefts continued.

Schwartz, 47, who blamed his gambling addiction for the thefts, wept and apologized at the hearing, saying he took full responsibility for his behavior and would have a life of shame because of it.

“I alone am responsible for the devastation,” he said, in seeking less than a year in prison. “I will spend the rest of my life asking for forgiveness.”

Prosecutors were seeking just over five years in prison for Schwartz, but Judge Dolly Gee said she thought Schwartz deserved more time for the “sheer audaciousness of this conduct.”

Gee noted that she has often criticized federal sentencing guidelines as draconian, but noted that they weren’t harsh enough in this case. Gee said Schwartz’s gambling addiction may explain the wire fraud and tax crimes, but didn’t excuse them. She also ordered him to pay $8.6 million in restitution.

Schwartz acknowledged stealing nearly $5 million from Morissette between May 2010 and January 2014 and more than $2 million from five unnamed clients when he worked at GSO Business Management, a firm that touted relationships with entertainers such as Katy Perry, 50 Cent and Tom Petty.

Schwartz was a high-flying partner making $1.2 million a year, according to court papers. The thefts struck a blow to the firm’s reputation that is expected to cost the firm $20 million and led to nearly a dozen layoffs, according to founder Bernard Gudvi. The embezzlement was discovered by a new money manager Morissette hired.

“It was at this time, I realized he also stole my dreams,” she said.

When the firm was contacted about the apparent theft, Schwartz made “wild accusations” that his former client was in the throes of drug addiction and mentally unstable, Gudvi said. Schwartz also falsely claimed Morissette had invested the money in an illegal marijuana growing business.

“As the walls were closing in on the scheme to steal client funds ... he was unable to turn away from the lies,” Gudvi wrote in a letter to the court. “The worse things became, the more easily he seemed to dispense with the truth.”

Prosecutors acknowledged that Schwartz lost some money gambling, but said the funds financed a lavish lifestyle. (ap)

Actor Brad Pitt arrives at the premiere of the film “Allied” in Madrid, Spain on November 22, 2016.

Brad Pitt says he quit drinking, in therapy after split with Jolie

NEW YORK - Brad Pitt has opened up for the first time about his divorce from Angelina Jolie, admitting to heavy drinking and pot smoking and a lifetime of cutting himself off emotionally from others.

The 53-year-old actor told GQ Style in an extensive interview released on Wednesday that he had quit drinking, was undergoing therapy, and that he and Jolie were committed to resolving matters amicably and privately.

“I just started therapy,” the “Moneyball” star said in the interview for the summer issue of GQ Style. “I love it. I love it. I went through two therapists to get to the right one.”

Jolie’s sudden announcement in September 2016 that she was filing for divorce sent shockwaves through the celebrity world. The couple known as Brangelina, who married in 2014 and have six children, embarked on a bitter child custody dispute and Pitt was investigated for possible child abuse

after losing his temper in front of some of the children.

The actor was cleared of the allegations and in January the pair agreed to use a private judge in their divorce case.

Pitt said the split with Jolie, 41, had been a “huge generator for change.”

“I can’t remember a day since I got out of college when I wasn’t boozing or had a spliff, or something...

“I’m really, really happy to be done with all of that. I mean I stopped everything except boozing when I started my family. But even this last year, you know — things I wasn’t dealing with.

I was boozing too much,” he said.

Pitt said he loved wine, adding “truthfully I could drink a Russian under the table with his own vodka. I

was a professional. I was good.”

He said he has quit drinking, replacing alcohol with cranberry juice and fizzy water.

Regarding the divorce, Pitt said he and Jolie had decided to abandon the path of “vitriolic hatred” and work together to sort out their issues.

Pitt said he was finding solace in working creatively with his hands.

“I’m making everything. I’m working with clay, plaster, rebar, wood.”

As for the movie business, “I don’t really think of myself much as an actor anymore. It takes up so little of my year and my focus. Film feels like a cheap pass for me, as a way to get at those hard feelings. It doesn’t work anymore, especially being a dad.”

Pitt’s latest movie “War Machine,” a satirical look at the U.S. war in Afghanistan, is due for release on May 26. (rtr)

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FILE - In this Saturday, April 15, 2017 file photo, missiles are paraded across Kim Il Sung Square during a military parade in Pyongyang, marking the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the country’s late founder and grandfather of current leader Kim Jong Un.

After North Korea criticism, China says wants to be good neighbour BEIJING - China said on Thursday it wants to be good neighbours with North Korea, after the isolated country’s state news agency published a rare criticism of Chinese state media commentaries calling for tougher sanctions over the North’s nuclear programme.

The United States has urged China, North Korea’s only major ally, to do more to rein in the North’s nuclear and missile programmes, which have prompted an assertive response from the Trump administration, warning that an “era of strategic patience” is over.

A commentary carried by North Korea’s KCNA news agency referred to recent commentaries in China’s People’s Daily and Global Times newspapers, which it said were “widely known as media speaking for the official stand of the

Chinese party and government”.

In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said China’s position was consistent and clear. “China’s position on developing friendly, good-neighbourly relations with North Korea is also consistent and clear,” Geng told reporters, in response to a question about the KCNA commentary.

China was unswervingly devoted to the denuclearisation of the peninsula and maintaining peace and security and resolving the issue through talks, Geng added. The WeChat ac-

count of the overseas edition of the People’s Daily, in its reaction to the KCNA piece, said it was clear that North Korea’s nuclear and missile activities were a threat to China.

“North Korea has not left the Cold War behind and does not want to, and is enmeshed in a web of its own spinning of antagonism between its enemies and itself,” it said.

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