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A farmer working in his field. Partisanship seriousness of Bali government in improving the welfare of farmers and agricultural development in Bali is questioned.
MANILA, Philippines — Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber arrived Tuesday in the Philippines, where he has launched a campaign to help victims of last month’s killer typhoon. Bieber, adored by young fans worldwide for hits like “Baby,” arrived on a special flight, Immigration officer Jerome Ollet said. Pictures on social media showed fans snapping photos of the star at Manila’s airport. Onodera and Australian Foreign Minister Julia Bishop flew to worst-hit Tacloban city Sunday to console survivors and pledge continuing aid. Grammy-winning singer Alicia Keys visited an air force base in Manila two weeks ago and distributed crayons and coloring books to children of families who arrived aboard mercy flights by the Philippine and U.S. military
from typhoon-ravaged provinces of Leyte and Samar. The R&B star was in Manila at the time for a concert. Bieber said donors get a chance to win a prize to hang out with him in a studio while he works on his upcoming album. “The moment I heard about the tragedy a few weeks back,” Bieber said, “I thought I can count on you guys to make a difference.”
MTV declares Miley Cyrus its artist of the year Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — Here’s something to wag a tongue at: MTV says Miley Cyrus is the best artist of the year. The former child star twerked her way to the top. Her eye-popping duet with Robin Thicke on the MTV Video Music Awards was one of the year’s most talked about cultural events. MTV said Monday the VMA duet on “We Can’t Stop” and “Blurred Lines” was the year’s most watched video on its websites. Similarly, the MTV artist site devoted to Cyrus had more visits than any other artist’s. Besides “We Can’t Stop,” the song “Wrecking Ball” and album “Bangerz” were big hits for Cyrus, who also had notable appearances on “Saturday Night Live” and MTV’s European music awards show. MTV executives pick their top artist. One Direction won last year, and Katy Perry won the year before. This year, Cyrus was an easy choice, said Amy Doyle, head of MTV’s music and talent programming strategy. “She dominated the music charts and critics’ best-of lists while creating some of the year’s most memorable moments,” Doyle said. Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File
FILE - This Dec. 6, 2013 file photo shows Miley Cyrus performing during the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball concert at Staples Center in Los Angeles. MTV has declared that Miley Cyrus is the best artist of the year.
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In a video posted on the fund-raising platform Prizeo, Bieber asked fans to help him support victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which left nearly 6,000 people dead and more than 1,700 others missing, and flattened entire towns and villages in the central Philippines. Bieber is one of the several foreign and local celebrities and VIPs who have helped out. Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori
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FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2012 file photo, Justin Bieber performs at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Bieber arrived Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, in the Philippines, where he has launched a campaign to help victims of last month’s killer typhoon.
Only 2 percent of regional budget
Government concerned over agricultural sector questioned Bali Post
DENPASAR - Partisanship seriousness of Bali government in improving the welfare of farmers and agricultural development in Bali is questioned. In terms of budget, it is considered inadequate for the agricultural sector. Based on the data in the book of Bali Regional Budget 2014, the total agricultural budget existing in the Bali Agriculture and Food Crop Agency is around IDR 76 billion. It means the budget for the agricultural sector is still less than 2 percent of the total Bali Regional Budget 2014 reaching IDR 4.3 trillion. The lack of agricultural budget is widely criticized by some legislators of the Bali House. “The attention of government is still minimal in the agricultural sector. With such a small budget, what can be done to improve the welfare of farmers? At least, the agricultural budget should be 10 percent of the Regional Budget so there is real concern to farmers,” said a member of Commission II of the Bali House, Gusti Putu Budiarta, in Denpasar, Monday (Dec 9). It was said the government’s attention was needed either through regulation or program when the agricultural sector of Bali was facing various threats, where the internal threat was like the land conversion, low competitiveness, lack of interest in working on the agricultural sector, while the external threats were free trade in which the agricultural product from outside would flood Bali and could displace local products. “The free market is a serious challenge for our farmers in Bali
whether we can survive or are even eroded. Here is where the government plays an important role on how to create strong and competitive farmers. There should be an improvement from the upstream to downstream. The agricultural infrastructure must also be addressed,” said the PDI-P politician from Denpasar. Another member of Commission II, Wayan Pinta Yadia, emphasized the importance of government to improve human resources of farmers in the face of free market competition. On that account, coaching and counseling to farmers should be conducted intensively through the field extension officers (PPL). Farmers should not be left to struggle alone and lack of information. “All this time, farmers get illegal information. In the future, it must be attempted in order the information come in from the government and academia. If possible, the government must provide a comparative study for farmers to outside the region to increase their knowledge,” he said.
The application of agricultural technology as well as the research and development in the agriculture should really be encouraged in society. “It is time for the agriculture of Bali to lead to commodity specialization according to the character of the land. Besides, Bali must have a clear farming zone. So far, the direction of agricultural development is unclear,” said the politician from Jembrana. Separately, the Head of Bali Agriculture Agency, Ida Bagus Wisnu Ardana, admitted the budget for the agricultural sector in 2014 in the Agriculture Agency only reached IDR 76 billion. The fund was allocated for several programs such as the welfare improvement of farmers worth IDR 7.141 billion consisting of the improvement of human resource quality and institution (IDR 143 million) as well as the strengthening and development of Simantri (IDR 6.9 billion), food security improvement program (IDR 4.8 billion), development and supervision of fertilizer program, pesticides and agricultural production tools (IDR 1.2 billion), agribusiness development program (IDR 1.4 billion), expenditure subsidy (IDR 10 billion), Simantri grant (IDR 22 billion), special allocation fund (IDR 4.9 billion) and other programs. Continued on page 6