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‘Rampage’ takes over box office lead

LOS ANGELES - Sci-fi action flick “Rampage” topped North American box offices over the weekend to barely beat out horror film “A Quiet Place,” industry figures showed Monday.

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In this file photo taken on May 21, 2017 rapper Drake poses in the press room with his awards during the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Drake, reigning on singles chart, announces album NEW YORK - Hip-hop superstar Drake teased a new album Monday, all but certain to prove a major commercial success as he dethroned himself on top of the singles chart.

The Toronto artist posted on Instagram a picture of himself with his back to the camera sporting a jacket that read “Scorpion” and “June 2018.”

Drake, who separately put out a picture of a necklace with a scorpion pendant, did not reveal an exact release date or other details.

He has often played with the traditional album format, instead putting out sprawling song collections marketed as mixtapes.

But one consistency in his prodi-

gious output has been commercial achievement.

His song “God’s Plan” topped the US singles chart for 11 weeks -- until being dethroned Monday by another of his songs, “Nice for What.”

His latest song was streamed in the United States more than 60 million times and downloaded 88,000 times in the week through Thursday, tracking service Nielsen Music said.

Drake, 31, has roots as a rapper but has increasingly gone in a pop direction and incorporated the infectious beats of Jamaican dancehall, most notably on his hit “One Dance,” which is the second most-streamed song ever on Spotify. (afp)

“Rampage” stars hard-working Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson as a primatologist who befriends an albino gorilla which grows to enormous size after a rogue experiment and then teams with Johnson to stop invading monsters. Naomie Harris co-stars.

While the three-day $35.8 million take for the new Warner Bros film was said to be one of the best ever for a video game spinoff, it will need many weeks of strong showing to make its money back on a $120 million budget.

“A Quiet Place,” in its second week, took in a healthy $33 million, buoyed by rave reviews.

The almost wordless Paramount production stars actor/director John Krasinski and real-life wife Emily Blunt as a couple silently struggling to protect their family from invading aliens that are blind but can track their prey by sound.

In third place over the Friday the 13th weekend was yet another horror film, new Universal/Blumhouse release “Truth or Dare,” which took in $18.7 million -- more than five times the movie’s minuscule budget.

The supernatural thriller stars

Lucy Hale and Tyler Posey as spring breakers caught up in an innocent game that turns deadly.

Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One” -- a futuristic tribute to 1980s films -- took in $11.5 million

to cling to fourth place in its third week out. Its budget was a not-sominuscule $175 million.

The Warner Bros. film tells the story of a teenage gamer (Wade Watts) who finds himself inside an addictive virtual reality world.

And in fifth was “Blockers,” a raunchy comedy from Universal starring John Cena and Leslie Mann that netted $10.8 million. (afp)

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Eight in court after gang rape and killing of Muslim girl, 8, in India

Eight men have entered not guilty pleas following the rape and killing of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in India. The men were detained after the girl’s body was found battered in a forest in January, a week after she went missing while grazing her family’s ponies.

The men - all Hindu - are accused of planning the child’s kidnapping for more than a month in a bid to scare her Muslim nomadic tribe away from where they live, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Police said the girl was repeatedly raped at a Hindu temple, where she was sedated and held captive. She was later strangled and bludgeoned to death.

The case has sparked protests across the country and made headlines last week when thousands of members of Hindu radical group Hindu Ekta Manch - or the Hindu

Unity Platform - marched in support of the accused men.

Hundreds of lawyers from the local bar association also tried to prevent police entering a court to put their investigation before a judge, saying the men accused were innocent.

Six men - including two police officers - are accused of being directly involved in the attacks on the girl. One of the policemen also allegedly joined in the search for her body. Two other officers were arrested, accused of attempting to destroy evidence.

Since the case came to light, at least two politicians from India’s Hindu nationalist ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have spoken in support of the men accused.

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Indian demonstrators hold placards during a silent protest ‘Not In My Name’ in support of rape victims following high profile cases in Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh states, in New Delhi on April 15, 2018. Indian police have made another arrest after the alleged rape of a teenager by a ruling party politician sparked protests across the country, federal investigators said April 15.

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Providers’ cable on Jalan Subak Sari complained by residents

Underpass to be built at horse statue intersection in Tuban to

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MANGUPURA - Cables belonging to a number of internet providers hindering on Jalan Subak Sari, North Kuta, are complained by local residents. Aside from being unorganized alias chaotic, the fiber optic cables are often broken up to topple over passing road users.

“Yesterday (Saturday, Apr. 14), the cables returned to get broken off. As usual, at the same location (Jalan Subak Sari—Ed) the cables caused housewife to fall down because her neck was hit. Fortunately, it is not severe,” complained Rah De, one of the residents met at the location on Monday (Apr. 16).

According to him, the cables belonging to a number of internet service providers frequently break off because the supporting pole is not high. “Every month, there is a broken off cable because about the 5-6 companies having the cables have never sat together to elevate the pole around this road,” he said.

He hoped the local government can pay attention to the condition, so it will not increase the casualties.

“Hopefully, the government can

come down and find a solution. It’s a pity on road users that are often caught in the cables,” he said.

Responding to the problem, the Head of the Badung Communications and Informatics Agency, Wayan Weda Dharmaja, when confirmed on Monday (Apr. 16) promised to summon all the providers related to the arrangement of fiber optic cables in Badung, including the area of Jalan Subak Sari as criticized by residents.

“We will summon all the providers related to the cable management in Badung. If they are indeed unlicensed, it can be addressed by the judicial team,” he said.

Each fiber optic cable installation, said this official from Sembung, Mengwi, must have permission or recommendation from the local community. The public reserves the right to ban any cable installation having not obtained environmental permission.

“If unauthorized and disturbing, it can be stopped and cracked down on by municipal police. We also issue permits based on the permits issued by the local environment,” he concluded. (kmb27)

Reduce traffic congestion in the area

MANGUPURA - Along with the underpass at being built at the Dewa Ruci statue- Ngurah Rai Statue intersection, the District of Badung is also building an underpass at the horse statue intersection in Tuban. A budget for conducting the feasibility study has already been allocated.

Division Head of Road Development at the Badung Public Works and Spatial Planning Agency, Sang Nyoman Oka Permana, confirmed that the underpass is being built to help reduce traffic congestion in Kuta and surrounding areas. The planning consultation services, feasibility study preparations are in the tender process and sourced from the Regional Budget 2018. According to Permana, the limit package is valued at IDR 515,000,000 and the HPS package at IDR 513,525,540.

The feasibility study is limited to initial review and the results of the feasibility study will suggest the best solution to traffic congestion – whether that is an underpass or a change to the intersection concept.

Once the feasibility study is complete, financing of the project will be submitted ot eh central government.

Next year there are plans to work on the west and

south ring road to reduce traffic congestion on Southern Kuta. The feasibility study and detailed engineering design (DED) for the projects have been completed and the DED has entered tender process in the Electronic Procurement Service (LPSE) of district of Badung.

According to the tender auction for the planning consultancy and the DED preparation for the development of the west ring road of South Kuta, the project will be funded through the amended Regional Budget 2017 at IDR 310,120,000. Similarly, the planning consultancy and DED preparation of west ring road development of Tanjung Benoa has entered the auction stage with a budget of IDR 750,163,900 also coming from the amended Regional Budget 2017. The west ring road of South Kuta covers Sawangan-UngasanPecatu and Uluwatu-Four Season Jimbaran with a length of about 5.3 km.

Some parts of the road section will also run along the coastline, with some flyover area being built. The west ring road of Tanjung Benoa covers Jalan Pratama through some mangrove areas, empty land and residential borderline and then ends at the northern end of Tanjung Benoa with the length of 4.5 km. “Hopefully, the execution of the western ring road can be realized in 2019”, he said. (kmb23)

The unorganize cable is seen on the picture

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SpaceX postpones launch of NASA’s planethunter spacecraft

TAMPA - SpaceX postponed the launch of NASA’s new planet-hunting mission Monday in order to verify the Falcon 9 rocket’s navigation systems, the California-based company said.

The next opportunity to blast off the $337 million satellite -- which aims to advance the search for extraterrestrial life by scanning the skies for nearby, Earth-like planets -- will be Wednesday.

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, is “in excellent health and remains ready for launch,” SpaceX said on Twitter.

“Launch teams are standing down today to conduct additional guidance navigation and control analysis.”

The postponement was announced about two hours before the planned blast off from a NASA launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The washing machine-sized spacecraft is built to search the nearest, brightest stars for signs of periodic dimming. These so-called “transits” may mean that planets are in orbit around them.

TESS is expected to reveal 20,000 planets beyond our solar system, known as exoplanets, NASA said.

Its discoveries will be studied further by groundand space-based telescopes for signs of habitability, including rocky terrain, a size similar to Earth and a distance from their sun -- neither too close nor too far -- that allows the right temperature for liquid water.

NASA predicts that TESS could find more than 50

- Kepler vs TESS -

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This undated NASA artist’s illustration released on April 11, 2018 shows NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) that is set to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

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Hinduism-based preschools in Badung produce cultured generation

Earth-sized planets and up to 500 planets less than twice the size of the Earth.

TESS will survey far more cosmic terrain than its predecessor, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, which launched in 2009, taking in some 85 percent of the skies.

“TESS is equipped with four very sensitive cameras that will be able to monitor nearly the entire sky,” said George Ricker, TESS principal investigator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

“That is about 20 times what the Kepler mission was able to detect.”

Kepler, the first planet-hunting mission of its kind, “was launched to answer one single question: How common is a planet like Earth around a star like the Sun?” said Patricia “Padi” Boyd, director of the TESS guest investigator program at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center.

“It was designed to look at 150,000 stars in a fairly wide field of view without blinking, for four years,” she told reporters on the eve of the launch.

“One of the many amazing things that Kepler told us is that planets are everywhere and there are all kinds of planets out there.

“So TESS takes the next step. If planets are everywhere, then it is time for us to find the planets that are closest to us orbiting bright nearby stars, because these will be the touchstone system.” (afp)

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A Japanese firm is poised to carry out what it hailed as the world’s first experiment to test for cancer using urine samples, which would greatly facilitate screening for the deadly disease.

Japan to trial ‘world’s first urine test’ to spot cancer TOKYO - A Japanese firm is poised to carry out what it hailed as the world’s first experiment to test for cancer using urine samples, which would greatly facilitate screening for the deadly disease.

Engineering and IT conglomerate Hitachi developed the basic technology to detect breast or colon cancer from urine samples two years ago.

It will now begin testing the method using some 250 urine samples, to see if samples at room temperature are suitable for analysis, Hitachi spokesman Chiharu Odaira told AFP. “If this method is put to practical use, it will be a lot easier for people to get a cancer test, as there will be no need to go to a medical organisation for a blood test,” he said.

It is also intended to be used to detect paediatric cancers.

“That will be especially beneficial in testing for small children” who are often afraid of needles, added Odaira.

Research published earlier this year demonstrated that a new blood test has shown promise

towards detecting eight different kinds of tumours before they spread elsewhere in the body.

Usual diagnostic methods for breast cancer consist of a mammogram followed by a biopsy if a risk is detected.

For colon cancer, screening is generally conducted via a stool test and a colonoscopy for patients at high risk.

The Hitachi technology centres around detecting waste materials inside urine samples that act as a “biomarker” -- a naturally occurring substance by which a particular disease can be identified, the company said in a statement.

The procedure aims to improve the early detection of cancer, saving lives and reducing the medical and social cost to the country, Odaira explained.

The experiment will start this month until through September in cooperation with Nagoya University in central Japan.

“We aim to put the technology in use in the 2020s, although this depends on various things such as getting approval from the authorities,” Odaira said. (afp)

DISTRICT government of Badung continues to increase the number of schools, especially the preschool education (PAUD) with Hindu nuance. However, it does not necessarily mean to teach students Hinduism, but rather contains the growing culture and arts on the Island of the Gods. By that way, the ancestral heritages are not eroded by the age and can result in cultured generation with high nationalism.

Then, how does the Hinduismbased school development look like? This development was commenced in 2016 by establishing six Hinduism-based preschools.

District government of Badung through the local Education Agency succeeded in adding six more preschools in 2017, bringing the total to 12 preschools. Among them, they are the Hindu kindergarten of Darma Sastra, Prawidia Dharma Kumara, Budhi Kumara, Pradnyandari III, Karang Kemanisan and Tri Eka Dharma Loka.

Furthermore, there are also the Kumara Ngurah Rai I, Werdi Kumara I preschool, Widya Kumara I, Dharma Kumara I Tibubeneng, Dharma Putra Kedonganan, and Widya Kumara preschool of Kutuh customary village.

Head of the Badung Education Agency, I Ketut Widia Astika, said that in addition to public schools the government plans to establish ashrams to develop Hinduismbased education. “The most important thing is that children are directed to love and absorb the values of art, customs and culture from an early age. On that account, although the globalization grows rapidly, children will still inherit these values,” said Widia Astika, recently.

Despite having Hindu nuance, Widia Astika added the preschools are still under the Badung Educa-

I Ketut Widia Astika (C)

tion Agency. Unmitigatedly, his agency allocated the budget worth approximately IDR 2.5 billion for the 12 preschools in 2017.

“They remain under the Education Agency, not the Ministry of Religious Affairs. However, the curriculum is slightly different from the other preschool educations, namely containing the formation of character based on Hinduism and the values of the art and culture,” he said.

He described that dozens of Hinduism-based preschool spread across all subdistricts and each subdistrict has two preschool.

With the addition of six kindergartens by 2018, there will be three Hinduism-based kindergartens in each subdistrict.

“We are evaluating first because we are going to increase the number. All this time, the public enthusiasm on the existence of Hinduism-based kindergarten is pretty good. If there is no obstacle, this year will be added six more such kindergartens,” he explained.

He explained the establishment of the Hinduism-, art- and culture-based kindergarten should be implemented gradually, so the quality remains good. Besides, the teachers will empower the existing teaching staff by providing them with coaching.

“We’d like to take advantage of the existing teachers. We only provide more training courses such as upgrading and workshops,” he said.

This former principal of the SMKN 1 South Kuta vocational school mentioned there have been many teachers with civil servant status in Badung. Each preschool has different number of teachers because it highly depends on the number of students. Ideally, each teacher educates 15 to 20 students. (kmb27)

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Agricultural potential owned by Klungkung district, both in the mainland area and the islands of Nusa Penida, is quite large. However, it has not been in synergy with the latest growing tourism sector.

Synergy of agriculture and tourism runs less maximally

SEMARAPURA - Agricultural potential owned by Klungkung district, both in the mainland area and the islands of Nusa Penida, is quite large. However, it has not been in synergy with the latest growing tourism sector.

One of them is marked by the lack of absorption of the harvest for consumption needs. The sales by farmers remain dependent on local communities.

“Agricultural output, especially in Klungkung mainland, is almost just to meet the needs of local communities. It has not been significantly synergized with tourism,” said the agricultural activist, I Wayan Sulendra, on Sunday (Apr. 15).

This man from Kemoning neighborhood, Semarapura Klod, said the presence of tourism should have a role in building the agrarian sector. It should not exactly ‘eliminate.’ In this case, farmers also need to make a breakthrough so that the harvest yields can be glimpsed.

One of them is by cultivating organic commodities. This pattern can be applied to vegetables. “Organic farming is very potential. Today, many people including tourists are looking for healthy food,” he said.

To realize is not an easy case because farmers have very long struggled in non organic cultivation. The government needs to work more fully to change their habit. “It is very difficult to get farmers to switch to organic farming and it needs a process. The government must also be convincing. It does not make demonstration plot only, but directly involve farmers,” he said.

When separately confirmed, the Secretary of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Klungkung Chapter, I Wayan Sukadana, said that fulfillment of hotel and restaurant needs, especially in Nusa Penida, such as many fruits are supplied from Denpasar. It happens because the production in the area stays very minimal and even is unavailable. “Other ingredients are also supplied from Denpasar,” he said.

This man from Suana village, Nusa Penida subdistrict, stated there are already hotels and restaurants utilizing local commodities in the form of tubers for consumption. However, the number remains very minimal. “For fruits, many young coconuts have entered the hotel and restaurant. Meanwhile, other fruits such as pineapple have the potential but few people are planting,” he explained.

Head of the Klungkung Agriculture Agency, Ida Bagus Juanida, said the district government has not issued district regulation on the utilization of local commodities by hotels or restaurants. According to him, it requires a deep study and should ensure the readiness of farmers in producing them.

“If the harvest yields can be utilized by hotels or restaurants, surely we are very welcome. However, we must ensure the readiness of farmers related to what commodities can be provided continuously. Currently, the commodities in demand include cassava and cashew nuts. In the future, it will also try to develop pineapple and dragon fruit,” he said.

This former Head of the Klungkung Food Security Agency also agreed to keep developing the agricultural sector, amid the onslaught of tourism. (kmb45)

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Improvement to layout of street merchants in Petitenget

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MANGUPURA - The slum-like impression of the disorderly street vendors near Petitenget Temple in Kerobokan, North Kuta has been cleaned up. The area which is also a tourist destination has been cleared of the vendors who have been relocate to the wantilan hall of the local temple.

Coordinator of the Dang Kahyangan Petitenget Temple, I Gusti Ngurah Putera, when met at the location on Monday (Apr. 16) said that the temple’s supporting devotees helped with the relocation so that the tourist destination could be made neat.

“We cleaned up the area to make tourists feel more comfortable. Many of the vendors used tarpaulin as roofs which gave a slum-like impression”, he explained, adding that in the new location the vendors now have electricity, water and washrooms.

“The vendors are being charged IDR 1. Million a month each to pay for the management of this tourist attraction”, added Putera.

Only merchants who are committed to selling everyday can rent spaces I the outermost courtyard of Petitenget Temple, so that the space is not taken up unnecessarily. They are also required to be polite, clean and maintain a beautiful atmosphere.

“We also ask the merchants to provide snack foods that are in demand by tourists. They moved to the new kiosk on March 15th”, he said. Putera added that only vendors who are registered in this region can sell here. “Our management will not allow unregistered vendors to sell here so that the area remains neat”, he concluded. (kmb27)

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The merchants formerly filled the area becoming the tourist destination located near the beach has been neatly arranged.

First quarter of 2018 sees 136,704 tourist visits to Bangli.

BANGLI - There were a total of 136,704 foreign and domestic tourists who visited Bangli during the first three months of 2018 yielding some IDR 3,989,960,000 in levies from admission tickets. The total target for 2018 is IDR 22,321,042,538.

Division Head of the Tourist Object Development at the Bangli Tourism and Culture Agency, I Wayan Bona, said on Monday (Apr. 16) said that there were 90, 023 tourists who visited Batur (66,990 and 23,033), and 39,583 tourists who visited Penglipuran (7,389 foreign tourists and 32, 194 domestic tourists). Kehen Temple received 5,444 foreign visitors and no locals, while Penulisan received 118 visitors (105 foreing and 13 domestic) and Trunyan received 1,736 tourists (256 foreign, 1,480 foreign).

Bona went on to say that each tourist destination has their targeted number of visitors for the year: The Batur tourist attraction aims to have 700,000 visitors, Trunyan 26,000 tourists, Penglipuran (±144,000 tourists), Kehen Temple attraction (±40,000 tourists) and Penulisan (±2,000 tourists).

“We hope these targets can be achieved. Recently the number of tourists coming here plummeted due to the eruptions of Mount Agung but now that tourism in Bali is coming back to normal we expect to be able to reach our targets and hopefully exceed the numbers form last year”, said Bona.

According to Bona tourism supporting facilities and infrastructure need to be improved if they want ot increase the number of visitors to this areas. If no improvements are made to our tourists destinations, tourists will become bored. Services and sanitation also need to be given attention. If a tourists destination is clean, visitors feel comfortable, and conversely if these areas are dirty, tourists will not want to visit.

“Many factors influence tourist visits. Hopefully with improvements made to attractions such as Penelokan more tourIBP/kmb ists will want to come to Banli”, said this official from Trunyan Foreign and domestic tourist visit coming to Bangli in the first quarter amounted to 136,704 people. village. (kmb41)

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This photo taken on March 2, 2018 shows Melinda Colite, the grandmother of Zandro Colite, who she says died after getting injected with the anti-dengue fever vaccine Dengvaxia, holding a picture of Zandro during an interview at their house in Cavite, south of Manila.

Confusion, blame game fuels Philippines vaccine scandal

STRASBOURG - French President Emmanuel Macron will on Tuesday address the European Parliament for the first time in a bid to shore up support for his ambitious plans for post-Brexit reforms of the EU. The energetic young French leader wants big changes in the face of growing scepticism about the European project, but there has been a marked lack of enthusiasm from Berlin to Budapest.

Macron’s speech to MEPs in the eastern French city of Strasbourg is part of a charm offensive ahead of European Parliament elections in May 2019, the first after Britain’s departure.

“He will say that it is urgent to take action at a difficult time both inside the European Union, and outside,” said the Elysee, the French presidency, ahead of Macron’s address.

Internal problems include election results in Italy and Hungary which both saw eurosceptics surge in popularity, compounding fears that the 2016 Brexit vote was part of a pattern.

Externally the EU is dealing with the war in Syria -- France and Britain joined the US in air strikes targeting the regime’s alleged chemical weapons at the weekend -- a hostile Russia, and the unpredictable figure of Donald Trump in the United States.

Macron said in a television interview on Sunday that Europe

was experiencing a “rise in illiberalism... the populism of people who call the rule of law into question.”

Later this week Macron will travel to Berlin for crucial talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to try to win her support for his plans for the future of the eurozone.

- Merkel party cools Merkel’s conservative CDU party pushed back on Monday against plans for deeper eurozone integration, including a separate eurozone budget and the expansion of the EU’s bailout fund.

Any reforms have to be “in the European and in the German interest,” CDU secretary-general Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told reporters.

EU leaders are set to adopt preliminary Macron-backed plans for eurozone reforms and for an overhaul of its troubled asylum system in June, but there is still a large amount of work to do.

Merkel is due to address the European Parliament in November, officials said on Monday.

In contrast, Merkel made a joint speech with then-French president Francois Hollande in Strasbourg in 2015 in which they urged unity in the face of the migrant crisis.

European lawmakers welcomed Macron’s decision to address the parliament but urged him to turn words into action as soon as possible. (afp)

IMUS - Melinda Colite shakes with rage as she clutches a photo of her grandson, who she says died after getting the anti-dengue fever vaccine at the heart of a bitter scandal in the Philippines.

While Dengvaxia’s maker Sanofi has said unequivocally that its world-first vaccination is safe, Philippine authorities disagree publicly over whether it could have contributed to children’s deaths.

The resulting confusion has prompted a dangerous plunge in vaccination rates in the Philippines for other diseases.

It has also added to a swirling political battle, fanned by bloggers who back President Rodrigo Duterte and have an audience of millions of Facebook followers.

“The blame game has taken over the main issue,” Ronald Mendoza, dean of the Ateneo de Manila Uni-

versity’s School of Government, told AFP. “It may be doing damage to public health rather than protecting it.”

Health authorities have said child vaccination rates against illnesses like measles have dropped by as much as 25 percentage points over the previous year as public anger and mistrust has grown in the Dengvaxia case.

Several measles outbreaks have struck the nation, claiming at least 13 lives, since the controversy began.

The trouble started last year, shortly after the Philippines gave Dengvaxia to some 837,000 stu-

dents as part of a public immunisation campaign.

Sanofi hailed the vaccine as a breakthrough in combating dengue, which kills hundreds in the Philippines every year, mostly children.

But the company set off a panic when in November it said a new analysis showed the vaccine could lead to more severe symptoms for people who had not previously been infected with dengue.

It prompted Manila to halt the campaign and left hundreds of thousands of terrified parents wondering if their children were at risk. (afp)

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BUSINESS China’s Lander expects ‘huge’ sports investments to resume has stabilised. He adds that the government may already realise that it cannot achieve its goal of developing Chinese football without outside expertise.

Chinese authorities are seeking to curb big spending on overseas assets or football transfers so that funds can instead be invested in developing China’s football abilities. “You have to get the experience overseas, but you can’t fully get it if you don’t invest (overseas),” Chen said.

Without that cross-pollination, “the domestic sports industry will not develop”.

Lander last year announced plans to build a four billion yuan ($640 million) “sports town” in the southwestern province of Sichuan focused on sports, leisure and entertainment activities. Chen said Lander now has plans for 10 more such developments across the country, some of which are already under construction.

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Ngoncang Poses an Expression of Gratitude after Rice Harvest

The art of ngoncang or pounding mortar also enlivened the opening of the Buleleng Festival (Bulfest) 2016. No half-heartedly, there are ten pounding art troupes presenting this agrarian art predominantly used in religious ceremonies.

China’s Lander Sports, whose boss bought a stake in English club Southampton last year, believes Beijing’s curbs on overseas sporting acquisitions are temporary and that “huge” outbound investments will resume, an executive said Tuesday. The listed Chinese builder of stadiums and other athletic complexes also plans to develop 10 “sports towns” in China over the next three years to capitalise on surging growth in the country’s huge sports and leisure market, executive vice president Neil Chen told AFP. After a wave of overseas Chinese acquisitions of sports properties in recent years, Beijing last year launched a tough crackdown due to fears of capital flight, currency instability and “irrational” investments. But Chen said Lander believes the government, which sometimes see-saws between different policies, will ease up.

“This is definitely a temporary thing,” Chen said on the sidelines of Soccerex China, a footballbusiness convention in the southern city of Zhuhai. “I think the government will have more logical policies for the (Chinese football) league and industry.” “In the next three years there should be some huge investments overseas,” he said.

Chen said Lander believes the Chinese government’s crackdown -- which has also targeted a range of other investment assets -- will be lifted once authorities are confident the investment picture

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The Head of the Buleleng Culture and Tourism, Nyoman Sutrisna, said the ten pounding art troupes involved came from the subdistrict of Buleleng, Sukasada and Sawan. Each troupe may consist of six to ten people. They used round and elongated mortar made from teak wood or devil tree wood with the length of two to three meters. In the middle it has a hole and is hit by using wooden round-end pestle generally used for pounding rice.

This pounding art is representing the excitement of gratitude of housewives when celebrating post-harvest time. Rhythm of the beat sounding harmonious symbolizes their unity and oneness. As ancestral heritage, the existence is still preserved to these days. Through the Bulfest, younger generations are expected to know about this tradition. They will see in person the shape and pattern of pounding the rice mortar. Meaning of the sound produced becomes a symbol of harmony of life. Visitors can learn and know a lot of things that Buleleng has diverse cultures and traditions,” he said. (BTN/kmb)

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This picture taken on April 16, 2018 shows the city centre of Beijing at night amid pollution.

Lander also will look to raise Southampton’s profile in China, starting with a tour of the country in July in which the club will play one Chinese Super League team and a Bundesliga side, according

to initial plans.

Lander also intends to build between five and ten youth football schools in China within the next two years, which will be set up using Southampton expertise.

Lander’s founder and chairman Gao Jisheng last year bought a stake in Southampton, which British press reports said cost £200 million ($287 million), giving him 80 percent ownership. (afp)

US firm Advent to buy Sanofi’s generics unit

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In this file photo taken on November 26, 2012 influenza vaccines syringes are displayed at the factory Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi-Aventis pharmaceutical company in the northwestern city of Val-de-Reuil, western France. The biopharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine effective over the long term and against a maximum of Influenza strains, AFP reports on April 15, 2018.

US private equity firm Advent International has agreed to acquire Zentiva, French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi’s European generics arm, for 1.9 billion euros ($2.4 billion), a statement said Tuesday. “Advent’s offer is firm, binding and fully financed,” the statement from Advent and Sanofi said, adding that “the transaction is expected to close by the end of 2018”.

The deal, which is still subject to regulatory approval, is one of a string of mega-mergers and acquisitions in the global pharmaceuticals sector in recent months.

Sanofi CEO Olivier Brandicourt first announced an intention to sell Zentiva in November 2015, shortly after taking the reins of the French company. “Following a comprehensive review of strategic options for our generics unit

in Europe, we have determined that transferring this business to Advent is the best option to ensure its long-term success,” Brandicourt said in Tuesday’s statement.

Advent said it aims to build Zentiva into a “new, independent, European generics leader”.

According to Bloomberg News, should the sale go through, it would “add to the more than $15 billion in transactions that Sanofi has announced so far this year”. Sanofi took over Zentiva, which is based in Prague, in 2009.

According to its website, Zentiva traces its roots back to the 15th century Black Eagle pharmacy, one of the oldest in the Czech Republic. Shares in Sanofi slid 0.3 percent while the Paris market was up 0.3 percent overall. (afp)

Plecing Gonda … Wow It’s Quite Delicious Vegetable

Speaking about Balinese traditional culinary traditions will never end. One of the menus having not been widely known is plecing gonda (gooseweed with hot spices).

However, in one region, this type of green vegetable sometimes becomes favorite food. Moreover, it is processed in a simple manner.

It just needs to be boiled and then mixed with tomato seasoning and fried onion to make the taste very delicious. It offers typical and tempting aroma.

Plecing gonda has become a typical food for Balinese community. This vegetable menu is very close to farmers living in countryside. Other than easy to get the ingredient, the preparation is also easy. Simply fill with spices in the form of garlic, chili, large chili peppers, tomatoes, shrimp paste, lemon and salt to taste, plecing gonda is already tasted different from other vegetables.

The preparation is not too complicated. Ingredient in the form of gonda is boiled until cooked.

All spices are cleaned, pulverized until subsequently fried, except for lemon. Well, the serving of gonda having been boiled is spiced and

then mixed until finely blended.

To give a distinctive taste, it can be provided with grated kaffir lime.

Other than by boiling, this gooseweed vegetable can also be cooked by stir-frying. Optionally, it can also be roasted and then given seasoning like salt, chili and coconut oil (traditionally processed).

Such cooking method was usually performed by farmers that have completed their work in the fields. When they arrive home, they usually carry a handful of gooseweed. This vegetable is processed as above and then eaten with the family.

Gonda plants are very close to farmers’ life in Bali, especially farmers in Tabanan, right in Ole hamlet, Marga Dauh Puri, Marga subdistrict. This type of plant is actually a weed plant, but taken advantage by farmers as a daily food. It is planted on the sidelines of paddy plants (by intercropping), so it does not require a large area.

Harvest time is also very short namely about 20-25 days. The color is green. It does not need to be sprayed with chemicals, so the gonda is free from chemicals. (kmb)

Let’s Enjoy Warm Water of Geger Beach

Geger Beach is one of the beaches located in Nusa Dua area.

It is slightly hidden and away from the center of crowds so that people choose other beaches as their tourist destination. However, for those wishing to find a beach with quiet atmosphere, this beach is the most appropriate destination in Southern Badung.

In terms of location, Geger Beach in Nusa Dua is located in the area of ??Peminge customary village, Sawangan. To get to the Geger Beach, you can pass through Hotel Nikko located on the southern coast of the Island of Bali. You will find the location of the beach by crossing Jalan Pura Puget located right before Hotel Nikko Bali.

Geger Beach has white sand and remains very natural and untouched by nosy hands wishing to destroy the beauty of the beach. Clean white sand and calm seawater are perfect for those that like sunbathing with tranquil atmosphere. No wonder, many couples will be found on this beach spending their honeymoon.

They usually sunbathe, bathe or just sit down by the beach.

Warm seawater throughout the

day is also beneficial for those who like fishing. Usually in the afternoon, many surrounding people come to the location for fishing.

Unfortunately, around the beach is rarely found any food and beverage merchants because this beach is not as crowded as Kuta Beach.

However, there is a cafe offering seafood, international cuisine and Italian specialties such as pizza, pasta and grilled food.

Some parts of this coastal area

is managed by Hotel Nikko. The hotel offers camel ride packages, traveling along the beach at varying prices. So, you do not have to come all the way to Arab to enjoy a camel ride. This beach is very clean because it is managed by the hotel. Every day there will be a janitor cleaning up this beach. The admission ticket to Geger Beach is very affordable. It is also equipped with parking lot of motorcycle and car for visitors. (kmb)

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Chemical arms experts due in Douma Wednesday, Russians say

THE HAGUE - Chemical weapons experts are due to arrive in Douma on Wednesday to probe an alleged poison gas attack, Russian officials said, as the US voiced fears Moscow may already have “tampered with” evidence at the site.

Following weekend missile strikes on Syria by the US, France and Britain, Russia traded accusations with Western nations on Monday, dismissing as “a blatant lie” accusations that Moscow was hindering the investigation in Douma.

The four nations confronted each other in tense emergency talks at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague as inspectors prepare for a difficult and dangerous mission.

Syrian state media early Tuesday said air defence had shot down missiles over the central province of Homs, with the strikes reportedly targeting regime air bases.

It was not known who carried out the attack, with Pentagon spokeswoman Heather Babb saying: “There are no US or coalition operations in that area.”

The weekend missile strikes by the US, Britain and France were in response to an alleged chlorine and sarin gas attack in Douma on April 7 in which 40 people were said to have been killed.

OPCW director general Ahmet Uzumcu said his nine-strong, all-volunteer team had reached Damascus, but so far “the team has not yet deployed to Douma”.

Syrian and Russian officials had warned of “pending security issues to be worked out before any deployment could take place,” Uzumcu said.

Igor Kirillov, head of Russia’s radiological, biological and chemical protection unit, told reporters the roads still had to be de-mined and cleared and would be tested by UN security services on Tuesday.

“On Wednesday is when we plan the arrival of the OPCW experts,” he added at a press conference in the Russian embassy in The Hague. (afp)

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More than eight million tons of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans every year, and concern is mounting over this petroleum-derived product’s toxic legacy on human health and the environment.

Researchers accidentally engineer plastic-eating enzyme

TAMPA - Researchers in the US and Britain have accidentally engineered an enzyme which eats plastic and may eventually help solve the growing problem of plastic pollution, a study said Monday.

More than eight million tons of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans every year, and concern is mounting over this petroleum-derived product’s toxic legacy on human health and the environment.

Despite recycling efforts, most plastic can persist for hundreds of years in the environment, so researchers are searching for better ways to eliminate it.

Scientists at the University of Portsmouth and the US Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory decided to focus on a naturally occurring bacterium discovered in Japan a few years ago.

Japanese researchers believe the bacterium evolved fairly recently in a waste recycling center, since plastics were not invented until the 1940s.

Known as Ideonella sakaiensis, it appears to feed exclusively on a type of plastic known as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), used widely in plastic bottles.

The researchers’ goal was to understand how one of its enzymes -- called PETase -- worked, by figuring out its structure.

“But they ended up going a step further and accidentally engineered an enzyme which was even better at breaking down PET plastics,” said

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- A useful mutation -

Protestors carry placards as they demonstrate against the UK’s military involvement in Syria, outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on April 16, 2018. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday denied that Moscow was interfering with evidence of a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria after Britain said international inspectors were not being allowed into the site in Douma.

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Choudhary Lal Singh and Chander Prakash Ganga, who attended a rally defending the men, resigned after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to bring those committing rape to justice.

“They have resigned because of the way the entire thing has been

the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed US journal.

Using a super-powerful X-ray, 10 billion times brighter than the Sun, they were able to make an ultra-highresolution three-dimensional model of the enzyme.

Scientists from the University of South Florida and the University of Campinas in Brazil did computer modeling which showed PETase looked similar to another enzyme, cutinase, found in fungus and bacteria.

One area of the PETase was a bit different, though, and researchers hypothesized that this was the part that allowed it to degrade man-made plastic.

So they mutated the PETase active site to make it more like cutinase, and unexpectedly found that this mutant enzyme was even better than the natural PETase at breaking down PET. Researchers say they are now working on further improvements to the enzyme, with the hope of eventually scaling it up for industrial use in breaking down plastics.

“Serendipity often plays a significant role in fundamental scientific research, and our discovery here is no exception,” said study author John McGeehan, professor in the School of Biological Sciences at Portsmouth.

“Although the improvement is modest, this unanticipated discovery suggests that there is room to further improve these enzymes, moving us closer to a recycling solution for the ever-growing mountain of discarded plastics.” (afp) presented across the country. They have been victimised,” said Balbir Singh, a spokesman for Mr Singh.

A political storm now appears to be brewing after Mr Modi addressed the growing unrest in India over violence against women and girls.

He reportedly said: “I want to assure the country that no culprit will be spared, complete justice will be done. Our daughters will definitely get justice.” (afp)

JAKARTA - In a leisurely less than two-hour drive the Bangka-Belitung (Babel) provincial city of Pangkalpinang, visitors to the Putri (Princes) Island will have a diverse range of tourism experiences. Putri Island, situated a stone`s throw from the popular Penyusuk Beach in Belinyu, Bangka District, is noted for its variety of spectacular scenery enabling visitors to enjoy unspoiled sandy beaches and beautiful rock formation in close proximity.

This small island is famous for beaches, walks, fishing, boating and sightseeing, where the visitors will discover spectacular and unspoiled scenery and a relaxing, outdoor, rural and seaside experiences.

Putri Island is a delight for those who love the water with lots of opportunities for fishing, boating and swimming, or to get away from it all -- relax and unwind.

Unfortunately, public transportation does not serve the route to this destination yet, so the option left is either by private or rented car. The island used to be connected to Penyusuk beach by a bridge but owing to less in maintenance, strong wind, and big wave, the bridge has now been in ruins. So far, Putri Island is being developed by Belinyu tourism lovers in partnership with tin mining company PT Timah in Penyusuk village to increase tourist visits to that area. They clean the island and surrounding sea from waste, either organic waste taken by the wave or trash dumped by those who do not understand nature-based tourism yet.

They also fix and maintain the facility, plant and deal with polluted reef because of mining activity and broken reef for being stepped on by careless visitors when snorkeling, and oversee activity endangering the ecosystem.

Local people are also educated to love and take care of the underwater lives, so the island will be more beautiful and worth visiting by both domestic and foreign tourists.

In addition, they continue to intensively promote the island, either through direct promotion, social media or photography. Akli, spokesman of Belinyu tourism lovers, remarked that this year they get help from PT Timah to build the supporting facilities in Putri Island.

Assistance from PT Timah is the development of toilets, clean water facilities, cottage resorts and other supporting facilities to provide comfort for visitors to enjoy the beauty of nature and beaches on the island of Princess.

“So far, the toilet and clean water facilities are still inadequate, so the assistance from PT Timah will be useful for the progress of tourism in Putri Island,” Akli remarked. According to him, Putri Island is a new tourist destination in Bangka District, because it has uniqueness and panoramic coast

and natural underwater beauty.

With the improvement of supporting facilities by PT Timah, it is expected that the number of local and foreign tourists visiting the island will continue to increase. Situated near other other beautiful islands like Mentigi, Antu, and Lampu, the stunning Putri Island is popular to both domestic and foreign visitors.

Crystal clear seawater becomes the main attraction of Putri Island in Bangka District, and Ketawai Island in Central Bangka District, Babel Province. Situated some 18 kilometers from Pangkalpinang, this uninhabited Ketawai island is known for its beaches and underwater landscape filled with sea grass and coral reefs.

Ketawai Island is one of the mainstay tourist destinations in Central Bangka and has become a favorite stopover point for yachts from various countries. Foreign yachters who visit Ketawai always admire and love the beauty of this pristine and well-preserved island in Central Bangka district.

Both the local and foreign tourists who had visited Ketawai Island acknowledged that it is an ideal location for swimming, diving, and snorkeling, but it still needs adequate facilities and infrastructure.

The beauty of Ketawai Island is not inferior to other islands in Indonesia, as it has tremendous tourism potential. Therefore, the facilities and infrastructure there must be improved.

Some foreign visitors to Ketawai Island admitted that the Waters around the island were suitable for swimming, snorkeling, and diving and to enjoy the beautiful coral reefs, consisting of a variety of ornamental fish. The tourism potential in Central Bangka is quite promising, especially with marine tourism attractions such as Kebang Kemilaw Beach, Terentang Beach, Ketawai Island, and Kolong Biru (Blue Lake).

Kolong Biru is a former tin mining pool with blue waters that is currently attracting many tourists who wish to admire its surrounding beauty. Accordingly, the Central Bangka district government and the Culture and Tourism Office will continue to develop it further to attract even more tourists.

The supporting facilities around Kolong Biru will be improved in an effort to enhance the appeal of this tourist attraction. For its part, Bangka Island has an abundance of marine and historical attractions, encouraging the Pangkalpinang city government to spare no effort to develop them to appeal to domestic and foreign tourists. The island is known for its lush tropical forests and is surrounded by a crystal-clear sea lapping at its white sandy beaches. (ant)

Parliament launches public hearing with Facebook over data leak scandal

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JAKARTA - House of Representatives launches a public hearing with Facebook representatives to clarify the data leak scandal of one million users from Indonesia, an official said here on Tuesday. “Our agenda for today is conducting a public hearing with Facebook Indonesia on Tuesday morning.

The Facebook representatives have sent us the materials for the hearing,” Abdul Kharis Almasyari, head of Commission I of the House of Representatives said in Jakarta.

Almasyari stressed that the house members will ask the California-based social network company to clarify the data leak scandal, and explain the potential risks and threats to some one million Indonesian users.

Facebook, he emphasized, needs to present a complete picture of the leak, before taking actions to contain the damages and anticipate the future risks.

“We could not take any actions, before the Facebook clarify the allegation, and explain the full account on the leak. Hence after the public hearing, we will determine the best step for us,” Almasyari remarked.

Last week, the House of Representatives asked Facebook to attend the public hearing, but it got cancelled because the social network company was failed to appear at the meeting. Besides the house members, the Information and Communication Ministry also has called on Facebook to submit its auditing report on the data leak scandal.

The Information Minister Rudiantara also asked the social network company to close all third party applications, including ones that are operated by the British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.

“We ask Facebook to shut down the apps that are linked to the third party companies, mainly all the Cambridge Analytica`s quiz apps. The Facebook should close those apps in Indonesia,” Rudiantara said after meeting the social network representatives in Jakarta, Thursday (April 5).

The minister has requested Facebook to conduct a full investigation to the third party-linked apps, in order to prevent the similar scandal, and to contain the damages earlier.

All social network companies that are operating in Indonesia, Rudiantara remarked, have to comply with the country`s laws, including the Minister Regulation No.20 Year 2016 on the Protect of Data Privacy.

Since 2015, the UK-based The Guardian has published an article that is suspecting a third party has misused the personal data of Facebook users in US. The allegation has became a major global scandal, after The Guardian and The New York Times issued reports of the data leak on the California-based social media platform in 2017.

Following the reports, the Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg this year has admitted and apologized over the leak, during the hearing with the US Congress on Tuesday (April 10). He promised that Facebook will reform its data privacy protection for the users. (ant)

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Komune Beach Club

GIANYAR - Komune Beach Club is a perfect venue for those who enjoy the beach lifestyle.

Keramas has long been a favorite surf spot and this addition provides an excellent venue for wave riders from around the world to hang, chill and recharge. A half-hour drive from Denpasar, Komune sits right in front of one of Bali’s best highperformance right hand reef breaks.

Here you can paddle out and ride the waves, then head in for healthy bites and refreshing drinks under the shelter of a uniquely designed restaurant and bar. Getting to Komune from the main areas such as Denpasar and Sanur, head east along the Ida Bagus Mantra bypass and take a U-turn at the traffic lights before the Bali Safari & Marine Park. A small but well paved road leads you to Komune after a one-kilometre drive. The resort lobby features unusual architecture comprising a

slanting roof with solar panels on top of a unique array of sparsely tied bamboo lengths that make it look like a gigantic tatami mat. Through the lobby, the beach club is at the end of a pathway highlighted with green organic gardens and filled with tropical fruits and herbs. You will also pass the resort’s traditional Javanese style Joglo wooden house that forms part of the resort’s distinctive facilities.

A bridge with a surfboardshaped sign leads you to the beach club, where you’ll soon see Nusa Penida Island on the far horizon and the waves. Before the wide ocean views is the main restaurant and bar, a circular structure that looks a bit like a giant mushroom, dappled with black canvas awnings and with green beach facing sofas on wooden decks. The spacious green lawns surround an amazing 20x10m aquamarine infinity pool

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LOS ANGELES - Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson handed San Antonio a painful shooting lesson as Golden State took a grip on their Western Conference playoff duel on Monday.

that also takes a circular form. You can kick back and listen to tunes, surf the net via free Wi-Fi, and enjoy a good read or a soothing massage on one of the daybeds under wide parasols. The daybeds surround the pool on an open-tiered timber decking.

There’s a selection of hearty allday snacks and meals on the menu,

made up of fresh locally sourced produce and also harvested from the club’s own organic garden. The menu also features international and traditional Balinese dishes created by Komune’s homegrown chef, Agus Asther. The beach club’s beef burger is a quick treat that consists of a plump patty plus bacon, lettuce, cheddar cheese, onion,

tomato and coleslaw between thick homemade buns. There are also selections of pastas and pizzas, and a grill menu with Keramas chicken as a highlight, char-grilled on a bed of Japanese soba noodles and sautéed bokchoy leaves. A ‘grommets’ menu for kids includes downsized favourites, such as grilled ‘fish n’ chips’ and lean fillet steaks. (net)

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Kevin Durant #35 of the Golden State Warriors shoots the ball against the San Antonio Spurs in Game Two of Round One of the 2018 NBA Playoffs on April 16, 2018 at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California.

Durant and Thompson both weighed in with 30-point games as the Warriors powered to a 116-101 win that puts the NBA champions 2-0 up in their best-of-seven series.

The Warriors -- still missing the injured talisman Stephen Curry -outclassed a physical San Antonio from three-point range in a devastating display of scoring.

Golden State made 15 of 31 attempts from three-point range, contrasting sharply with San Antonio, who could only muster four from 28 attempts.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich pinpointed his team’s failure to threaten from distance as the principal factor in the loss.

“The ball has to go in the basket,” Popovich said. “That’s the difference in the ball game. They shot 50 percent of threes; we made 14 percent, four of 28 or something.

That’s tough to overcome.

“You’ve got to make shots. And it’s been like that the entire year on

the road for us, for whatever reason.

And it really showed up tonight.

That made it very difficult.”

San Antonio started strongly, with LaMarcus Aldridge -- who finished with 34 points -- driving the Spurs forward as they shaded the first period 25-23.

The visitors continued to rally in the second quarter and had moved into a 53-47 at half-time.

But Golden State’s relentless pressure and offensive variety inevitably began to tell in the second half.

Durant finished with 32 points, six rebounds and six assists while Thompson had 31 points with five assists.

“They took it to us first half,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said.

“But in the second half we matched that effort level and physicality and were able to get that upper hand.”

The Warriors now head to San Antonio for game three on Thursday. (afp)

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MONTE CARLO - Former world number one Novak Djokovic showed signs of a return to form with a 6-0, 6-1 thrashing of fellow Serb Dusan Lajovic in the Monte Carlo Masters first round on Monday.

It was an impressive performance from the 30-year-old in his first match since splitting from coach Andre Agassi and starting to work again with long-time former coach Marian Vajda.

Djokovic is ranked 13th in the world after lengthy spells off the court with a right elbow injury that he said left him unable to even “impersonate a tennis serve”.

“The pain was a huge factor that was affecting my overall state, my mind,” Djokovic said.

“A lot of things had to be left aside, compensated because the elbow was not healed.

“But today, you know, (I’m) pain-free.”

Djokovic has been training with Vajda for 10 days in the run-up to the tournament, having originally parted ways with the Slovak after last year’s Monte Carlo Masters.

“I’m very happy as he (Vajda) is more than a coach. He’s more like a brother, a father,” he said.

“The reality is I’ve played six or

seven matches since July. I’m lacking matches and a bit of confidence on court. But I’m looking ahead.”

Djokovic dominated from the outset as Lajovic struggled, and despite some nervy moments on serve in the second set, wrapped up victory in under an hour to book a second-round meeting with Borna Coric.

It was the 12-time Grand Slam champion’s first win at a regular ATP Tour event this season, after losing his opening matches in Indian Wells and Miami to Taro Daniel and Benoit Paire respectively.

Djokovic started strongly, dropping only three points on serve as he cruised to a first-set bagel which was sealed with a fierce return winner.

Lajovic had his chances in the second, creating break-point opportunities in three consecutive Djokovic service games as the twotime Monte Carlo champion threw in two double faults.

But the qualifier was unable to make the most of those openings, and Djokovic broke in game four as Lajovic fired wide.

Djokovic had to save two break points when serving for the match, but sealed the win to stay on course for a possible quarter-final meeting with old rival Rafael Nadal. (afp)

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Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns a ball to compatriot Dusan Lajovic during their round of 64 tennis match at the Monte-Carlo ATP Masters Series Tournament, on April 16, 2018 in Monaco.

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Napoli hopes hanging as Serie A reaches boiling point Napoli’s dwindling Serie A title hopes are hanging on a win over Udinese on Wednesday before this weekend’s topof-the-table clash against Juventus which could seal a seventh-straight title for the champions. The Italian league is approaching its epilogue with two rounds of matches this week but the final word on who will lift the Scudetto could be decided on Sunday evening, at the end of the big match between Juventus and Napoli at the Allianz Stadium.

believing until it’s no longer mathematically possible.”

A Napoli win over 13th-placed Udinese would put pressure on Juventus who have big games to come against historic rivals Inter Milan and Roma, who are both fighting for Champions League places. Juventus travel Wednesday to Crotone in the sole of the Italian peninsula to face a side who are battling for survival, third from bottom of the table.

But Sassuolo and Spal have both recently shown Napoli and Juventus that it is possible to earn a draw even if you have 50 points fewer.

Six points separate the six-time reigning champions from second-placed Napoli with six games to go after AC Milan’s Gianluigi Donnarumma’s last-gasp save denied Napoli a win at the San Siro on Sunday.

But Napoli believe they can throw open the championship again by garnering maximum points against Udinese and Juventus as they target a third title after 1987 and 1990. “There are still 18 points up for grabs,” insisted Napoli captain Marek Hamsik. “The gap between us and Juventus is getting big, but we must keep

- ‘Decisive week’ -

“It’s the decisive week but before thinking of Napoli we have to beat Crotone,” said French midfielder Blaise Matuidi, who said he was expecting “a difficult game, very difficult”.

“We will have to stay very alert because even against Spal everyone said we would win. But this time we will not be taken by surprise,” he warned.

For Matuidi it would be a first title with the Turin side “but for Juventus it would be the seventh consecutive Scudetto, an exceptional

United stars face axe as Mourinho fumes

goal, crazy”. Below the top two teams the scramble for the two remaining Champions League places heats up. Roma and Lazio, third and fourth on 61 points, play Genoa and Fiorentina respectively.

Inter Milan are fifth and after three games without a win or scoring a goal have no choice but to take three points at home against Cagliari on Tuesday to push for a Champions League place for the first time since 2012.

“Winning is our only objective, even if I don’t know how many points will be needed to qualify for the Champions League,” said coach Luciano Spalletti. “There are only six games left, we all have to find new solutions and can’t wait for someone else to come up with them. “The other players have what it takes to score CARLO HERMANN / AFP goals, besides (Mauro) Icardi Napoli’s Italian striker and (Ivan) Perisic.”AC Lorenzo Insigne conMilan in sixth still betrols the ball during the Itallieve in their Champions ian Serie A football match SSC League destiny despite Napoli vs AC Chievo Verona on being eight points adrift of April 8, 2018 at the San Paolo fourth place ahead of their trip Stadium in Naples. to Torino. (afp)

Bizarre penalty helps Mainz past relegation rivals Freiburg

A bizarrely awarded penalty and a goalkeeping howler helped Mainz to a vital 2-0 victory over Bundesliga relegation rivals Freiburg on Monday.

Following a nervy first half Mainz took the lead in curious circumstances when they were given a penalty by Video Assistant Referee system VAR after the referee had already blown for half-time.

Freiburg’s Marc-Oliver Kempf was ruled to have handled the ball seconds before the whistle, and he and his teammates were called back from the dressing room for the penalty to be taken.

Pablo De Blasis kept his cool from 12 yards to give Mainz the lead. “It leaves a bitter taste, but we have to accept it with a heavy heart,” Freiburg sporting director Jochen Saier told Eurosport at halftime. “We were under the impres-

sion that, when the referee blows for half-time, that’s it.”

The confusion continued after the break, as fans threw toilet rolls onto the pitch in protest against Monday night games, delaying the restart by several minutes.

Mainz remained the stronger team in the second half, and De Blasis wrapped up victory 11 minutes from time after an embarrassing error from Alexander Schwolow. The Freiburg keeper gifted Mainz possession inside his own penalty area, and Colin Quaison squared the ball to provide De Blasis with an open goal.

The win saw Mainz move out of the bottom three for the first time since January, drawing level on points with Freiburg, who drop down into the relegation play-off place. (afp)

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J o s e Mourinho has vowed to drop several of Manchester United’s stars as he fumes over their lacklustre loss to West Bromwich Albion. United crashed to a shock 1-0 home defeat against bottom of the table Albion on Sunday as Jay Rodriguez sealed the visitors’ first Premier League win in three months. The limp performance gift-wrapped the Premier League title for arch rivals Manchester City and left United boss Mourinho seething.

He accused his players of resting on their laurels after beating City two weeks ago.

Now Mourinho will take action when he selects his team for Wednesday’s Premier League trip to Bournemouth and Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against Tottenham at Wembley. “Rotating is not the right word,” Mourinho said. “If I play a player against Bournemouth and the player is phenomenal, he plays the semi-final.

“So is not rotating, because rotating looks like a player that plays against Bournemouth is to give a rest to somebody that is going to

play against Spurs in the semi-final.

“So, the word is not rotation, it is an opportunity for people, for some people to play and to try to get a place in the team for Spurs - and some of the guys that played (against West Brom), they don’t have a place in that team.” Asked to clarify if he meant that some of those who under-performed against West Brom would now not play against Tottenham, Mourinho retorted: “Yeah.

“What is the criteria for a manager to choose a team? I only know one criteria: the way you play is the only way I can select players. “Or do you want me to go for the price they cost, or their salary, or their beautiful face? The only way is to go with performance.” Ander Herrera was replaced at half-time on Sunday and Ashley Young was taken off in the 75th minute, while Paul Pogba was withdrawn in the 58th minute.

The France midfielder was a shadow of the imposing, match-winning presence seen in the second half against City. “It was not just him,” Mourinho said of Pogba’s performance. “And he had a yellow card, so he was in a more difficult position than others.

“And playing with only two midfield players, you cannot play with one player in risk of not being able to make a foul.

“You can do it if your team is not losing the ball, but our team was losing the ball so easy with the complication, everything was complicated, so we were losing lots of balls.

Arne Dedert / dpa / AFP

central defenders are at risk of one touch, one late challenge and they are out. (afp)

Paul ELLIS / AFP

Manchester United’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho walks off after the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and West Bomwich Albion at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on April 15, 2018. Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions on Sunday as Manchester United crashed to a shock 1-0 defeat against West Bromwich Albion.

UEFA hits Switzerland’s Sion with two-season ban

Swiss club FC Sion has been fined and barred from taking part in European competitions for the next two seasons after failing to pay for the transfer of a player, UEFA said Tuesday. “The club is excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which it would otherwise qualify in the next two seasons,” European football’s governing body said in a statement.

It added that the Swiss club had also been fined 235,000 euros ($292,000). The case involves a 950,000-euro debt FC Sion had failed to pay on time to French club Sochaux in a disputed transfer of Ghanaian player Ishmael Yartey.

The amount, which had been due in March last year, was finally paid three months late, UEFA said. FC Sion was slapped for the “non-fulfilment of the club licencing criteria defined in the UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regula-

Fans hold up placards against the new Monday Bundesliga games prior to the German first division Bundesliga football match FSV Mainz 05 v SC Freiburg in Mainz, southern Germany on April 16, 2018.

“So, by losing lots of balls, with turnings and flicks and tricks, the midfield players and

tions.”

FC Sion, which is headed by Christian Constantin, who famously assaulted a television pundit on air last September, was eliminated this season by Lithuania’s FK Suduva during the third qualifying round of the Europa League.

The club figures in ninth place -- second-to-last -- in the Swiss championships just a week before it wraps up, and is unlikely to qualify for the Europa League next season.

UEFA also slapped penalties on three other clubs for breaching licensing rules. Kazakh club FC Irtysh was hit with a 440,000-fine and three-season ban from European competition, although it said the penalty was suspended. And UEFA said it had withheld 215,000 euros in Europa League participation bonuses from Serbian club FC Vojvodina and Albanian club KF Tirana. (rtr)

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Napoli hopes hanging as Serie A reaches boiling point Napoli’s dwindling Serie A title hopes are hanging on a win over Udinese on Wednesday before this weekend’s topof-the-table clash against Juventus which could seal a seventh-straight title for the champions. The Italian league is approaching its epilogue with two rounds of matches this week but the final word on who will lift the Scudetto could be decided on Sunday evening, at the end of the big match between Juventus and Napoli at the Allianz Stadium.

believing until it’s no longer mathematically possible.”

A Napoli win over 13th-placed Udinese would put pressure on Juventus who have big games to come against historic rivals Inter Milan and Roma, who are both fighting for Champions League places. Juventus travel Wednesday to Crotone in the sole of the Italian peninsula to face a side who are battling for survival, third from bottom of the table.

But Sassuolo and Spal have both recently shown Napoli and Juventus that it is possible to earn a draw even if you have 50 points fewer.

Six points separate the six-time reigning champions from second-placed Napoli with six games to go after AC Milan’s Gianluigi Donnarumma’s last-gasp save denied Napoli a win at the San Siro on Sunday.

But Napoli believe they can throw open the championship again by garnering maximum points against Udinese and Juventus as they target a third title after 1987 and 1990. “There are still 18 points up for grabs,” insisted Napoli captain Marek Hamsik. “The gap between us and Juventus is getting big, but we must keep

- ‘Decisive week’ -

“It’s the decisive week but before thinking of Napoli we have to beat Crotone,” said French midfielder Blaise Matuidi, who said he was expecting “a difficult game, very difficult”.

“We will have to stay very alert because even against Spal everyone said we would win. But this time we will not be taken by surprise,” he warned.

For Matuidi it would be a first title with the Turin side “but for Juventus it would be the seventh consecutive Scudetto, an exceptional

United stars face axe as Mourinho fumes

goal, crazy”. Below the top two teams the scramble for the two remaining Champions League places heats up. Roma and Lazio, third and fourth on 61 points, play Genoa and Fiorentina respectively.

Inter Milan are fifth and after three games without a win or scoring a goal have no choice but to take three points at home against Cagliari on Tuesday to push for a Champions League place for the first time since 2012.

“Winning is our only objective, even if I don’t know how many points will be needed to qualify for the Champions League,” said coach Luciano Spalletti. “There are only six games left, we all have to find new solutions and can’t wait for someone else to come up with them. “The other players have what it takes to score CARLO HERMANN / AFP goals, besides (Mauro) Icardi Napoli’s Italian striker and (Ivan) Perisic.”AC Lorenzo Insigne conMilan in sixth still betrols the ball during the Itallieve in their Champions ian Serie A football match SSC League destiny despite Napoli vs AC Chievo Verona on being eight points adrift of April 8, 2018 at the San Paolo fourth place ahead of their trip Stadium in Naples. to Torino. (afp)

Bizarre penalty helps Mainz past relegation rivals Freiburg

A bizarrely awarded penalty and a goalkeeping howler helped Mainz to a vital 2-0 victory over Bundesliga relegation rivals Freiburg on Monday.

Following a nervy first half Mainz took the lead in curious circumstances when they were given a penalty by Video Assistant Referee system VAR after the referee had already blown for half-time.

Freiburg’s Marc-Oliver Kempf was ruled to have handled the ball seconds before the whistle, and he and his teammates were called back from the dressing room for the penalty to be taken.

Pablo De Blasis kept his cool from 12 yards to give Mainz the lead. “It leaves a bitter taste, but we have to accept it with a heavy heart,” Freiburg sporting director Jochen Saier told Eurosport at halftime. “We were under the impres-

sion that, when the referee blows for half-time, that’s it.”

The confusion continued after the break, as fans threw toilet rolls onto the pitch in protest against Monday night games, delaying the restart by several minutes.

Mainz remained the stronger team in the second half, and De Blasis wrapped up victory 11 minutes from time after an embarrassing error from Alexander Schwolow. The Freiburg keeper gifted Mainz possession inside his own penalty area, and Colin Quaison squared the ball to provide De Blasis with an open goal.

The win saw Mainz move out of the bottom three for the first time since January, drawing level on points with Freiburg, who drop down into the relegation play-off place. (afp)

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J o s e Mourinho has vowed to drop several of Manchester United’s stars as he fumes over their lacklustre loss to West Bromwich Albion. United crashed to a shock 1-0 home defeat against bottom of the table Albion on Sunday as Jay Rodriguez sealed the visitors’ first Premier League win in three months. The limp performance gift-wrapped the Premier League title for arch rivals Manchester City and left United boss Mourinho seething.

He accused his players of resting on their laurels after beating City two weeks ago.

Now Mourinho will take action when he selects his team for Wednesday’s Premier League trip to Bournemouth and Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against Tottenham at Wembley. “Rotating is not the right word,” Mourinho said. “If I play a player against Bournemouth and the player is phenomenal, he plays the semi-final.

“So is not rotating, because rotating looks like a player that plays against Bournemouth is to give a rest to somebody that is going to

play against Spurs in the semi-final.

“So, the word is not rotation, it is an opportunity for people, for some people to play and to try to get a place in the team for Spurs - and some of the guys that played (against West Brom), they don’t have a place in that team.” Asked to clarify if he meant that some of those who under-performed against West Brom would now not play against Tottenham, Mourinho retorted: “Yeah.

“What is the criteria for a manager to choose a team? I only know one criteria: the way you play is the only way I can select players. “Or do you want me to go for the price they cost, or their salary, or their beautiful face? The only way is to go with performance.” Ander Herrera was replaced at half-time on Sunday and Ashley Young was taken off in the 75th minute, while Paul Pogba was withdrawn in the 58th minute.

The France midfielder was a shadow of the imposing, match-winning presence seen in the second half against City. “It was not just him,” Mourinho said of Pogba’s performance. “And he had a yellow card, so he was in a more difficult position than others.

“And playing with only two midfield players, you cannot play with one player in risk of not being able to make a foul.

“You can do it if your team is not losing the ball, but our team was losing the ball so easy with the complication, everything was complicated, so we were losing lots of balls.

Arne Dedert / dpa / AFP

central defenders are at risk of one touch, one late challenge and they are out. (afp)

Paul ELLIS / AFP

Manchester United’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho walks off after the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and West Bomwich Albion at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on April 15, 2018. Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions on Sunday as Manchester United crashed to a shock 1-0 defeat against West Bromwich Albion.

UEFA hits Switzerland’s Sion with two-season ban

Swiss club FC Sion has been fined and barred from taking part in European competitions for the next two seasons after failing to pay for the transfer of a player, UEFA said Tuesday. “The club is excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which it would otherwise qualify in the next two seasons,” European football’s governing body said in a statement.

It added that the Swiss club had also been fined 235,000 euros ($292,000). The case involves a 950,000-euro debt FC Sion had failed to pay on time to French club Sochaux in a disputed transfer of Ghanaian player Ishmael Yartey.

The amount, which had been due in March last year, was finally paid three months late, UEFA said. FC Sion was slapped for the “non-fulfilment of the club licencing criteria defined in the UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regula-

Fans hold up placards against the new Monday Bundesliga games prior to the German first division Bundesliga football match FSV Mainz 05 v SC Freiburg in Mainz, southern Germany on April 16, 2018.

“So, by losing lots of balls, with turnings and flicks and tricks, the midfield players and

tions.”

FC Sion, which is headed by Christian Constantin, who famously assaulted a television pundit on air last September, was eliminated this season by Lithuania’s FK Suduva during the third qualifying round of the Europa League.

The club figures in ninth place -- second-to-last -- in the Swiss championships just a week before it wraps up, and is unlikely to qualify for the Europa League next season.

UEFA also slapped penalties on three other clubs for breaching licensing rules. Kazakh club FC Irtysh was hit with a 440,000-fine and three-season ban from European competition, although it said the penalty was suspended. And UEFA said it had withheld 215,000 euros in Europa League participation bonuses from Serbian club FC Vojvodina and Albanian club KF Tirana. (rtr)

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Komune Beach Club

GIANYAR - Komune Beach Club is a perfect venue for those who enjoy the beach lifestyle.

Keramas has long been a favorite surf spot and this addition provides an excellent venue for wave riders from around the world to hang, chill and recharge. A half-hour drive from Denpasar, Komune sits right in front of one of Bali’s best highperformance right hand reef breaks.

Here you can paddle out and ride the waves, then head in for healthy bites and refreshing drinks under the shelter of a uniquely designed restaurant and bar. Getting to Komune from the main areas such as Denpasar and Sanur, head east along the Ida Bagus Mantra bypass and take a U-turn at the traffic lights before the Bali Safari & Marine Park. A small but well paved road leads you to Komune after a one-kilometre drive. The resort lobby features unusual architecture comprising a

slanting roof with solar panels on top of a unique array of sparsely tied bamboo lengths that make it look like a gigantic tatami mat. Through the lobby, the beach club is at the end of a pathway highlighted with green organic gardens and filled with tropical fruits and herbs. You will also pass the resort’s traditional Javanese style Joglo wooden house that forms part of the resort’s distinctive facilities.

A bridge with a surfboardshaped sign leads you to the beach club, where you’ll soon see Nusa Penida Island on the far horizon and the waves. Before the wide ocean views is the main restaurant and bar, a circular structure that looks a bit like a giant mushroom, dappled with black canvas awnings and with green beach facing sofas on wooden decks. The spacious green lawns surround an amazing 20x10m aquamarine infinity pool

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Durant, Thompson sink Spurs; D-Wade stuns Sixers

LOS ANGELES - Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson handed San Antonio a painful shooting lesson as Golden State took a grip on their Western Conference playoff duel on Monday.

that also takes a circular form. You can kick back and listen to tunes, surf the net via free Wi-Fi, and enjoy a good read or a soothing massage on one of the daybeds under wide parasols. The daybeds surround the pool on an open-tiered timber decking.

There’s a selection of hearty allday snacks and meals on the menu,

made up of fresh locally sourced produce and also harvested from the club’s own organic garden. The menu also features international and traditional Balinese dishes created by Komune’s homegrown chef, Agus Asther. The beach club’s beef burger is a quick treat that consists of a plump patty plus bacon, lettuce, cheddar cheese, onion,

tomato and coleslaw between thick homemade buns. There are also selections of pastas and pizzas, and a grill menu with Keramas chicken as a highlight, char-grilled on a bed of Japanese soba noodles and sautéed bokchoy leaves. A ‘grommets’ menu for kids includes downsized favourites, such as grilled ‘fish n’ chips’ and lean fillet steaks. (net)

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Kevin Durant #35 of the Golden State Warriors shoots the ball against the San Antonio Spurs in Game Two of Round One of the 2018 NBA Playoffs on April 16, 2018 at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California.

Durant and Thompson both weighed in with 30-point games as the Warriors powered to a 116-101 win that puts the NBA champions 2-0 up in their best-of-seven series.

The Warriors -- still missing the injured talisman Stephen Curry -outclassed a physical San Antonio from three-point range in a devastating display of scoring.

Golden State made 15 of 31 attempts from three-point range, contrasting sharply with San Antonio, who could only muster four from 28 attempts.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich pinpointed his team’s failure to threaten from distance as the principal factor in the loss.

“The ball has to go in the basket,” Popovich said. “That’s the difference in the ball game. They shot 50 percent of threes; we made 14 percent, four of 28 or something.

That’s tough to overcome.

“You’ve got to make shots. And it’s been like that the entire year on

the road for us, for whatever reason.

And it really showed up tonight.

That made it very difficult.”

San Antonio started strongly, with LaMarcus Aldridge -- who finished with 34 points -- driving the Spurs forward as they shaded the first period 25-23.

The visitors continued to rally in the second quarter and had moved into a 53-47 at half-time.

But Golden State’s relentless pressure and offensive variety inevitably began to tell in the second half.

Durant finished with 32 points, six rebounds and six assists while Thompson had 31 points with five assists.

“They took it to us first half,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said.

“But in the second half we matched that effort level and physicality and were able to get that upper hand.”

The Warriors now head to San Antonio for game three on Thursday. (afp)

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MONTE CARLO - Former world number one Novak Djokovic showed signs of a return to form with a 6-0, 6-1 thrashing of fellow Serb Dusan Lajovic in the Monte Carlo Masters first round on Monday.

It was an impressive performance from the 30-year-old in his first match since splitting from coach Andre Agassi and starting to work again with long-time former coach Marian Vajda.

Djokovic is ranked 13th in the world after lengthy spells off the court with a right elbow injury that he said left him unable to even “impersonate a tennis serve”.

“The pain was a huge factor that was affecting my overall state, my mind,” Djokovic said.

“A lot of things had to be left aside, compensated because the elbow was not healed.

“But today, you know, (I’m) pain-free.”

Djokovic has been training with Vajda for 10 days in the run-up to the tournament, having originally parted ways with the Slovak after last year’s Monte Carlo Masters.

“I’m very happy as he (Vajda) is more than a coach. He’s more like a brother, a father,” he said.

“The reality is I’ve played six or

seven matches since July. I’m lacking matches and a bit of confidence on court. But I’m looking ahead.”

Djokovic dominated from the outset as Lajovic struggled, and despite some nervy moments on serve in the second set, wrapped up victory in under an hour to book a second-round meeting with Borna Coric.

It was the 12-time Grand Slam champion’s first win at a regular ATP Tour event this season, after losing his opening matches in Indian Wells and Miami to Taro Daniel and Benoit Paire respectively.

Djokovic started strongly, dropping only three points on serve as he cruised to a first-set bagel which was sealed with a fierce return winner.

Lajovic had his chances in the second, creating break-point opportunities in three consecutive Djokovic service games as the twotime Monte Carlo champion threw in two double faults.

But the qualifier was unable to make the most of those openings, and Djokovic broke in game four as Lajovic fired wide.

Djokovic had to save two break points when serving for the match, but sealed the win to stay on course for a possible quarter-final meeting with old rival Rafael Nadal. (afp)

VALERY HACHE / AFP

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns a ball to compatriot Dusan Lajovic during their round of 64 tennis match at the Monte-Carlo ATP Masters Series Tournament, on April 16, 2018 in Monaco.

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Chemical arms experts due in Douma Wednesday, Russians say

THE HAGUE - Chemical weapons experts are due to arrive in Douma on Wednesday to probe an alleged poison gas attack, Russian officials said, as the US voiced fears Moscow may already have “tampered with” evidence at the site.

Following weekend missile strikes on Syria by the US, France and Britain, Russia traded accusations with Western nations on Monday, dismissing as “a blatant lie” accusations that Moscow was hindering the investigation in Douma.

The four nations confronted each other in tense emergency talks at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague as inspectors prepare for a difficult and dangerous mission.

Syrian state media early Tuesday said air defence had shot down missiles over the central province of Homs, with the strikes reportedly targeting regime air bases.

It was not known who carried out the attack, with Pentagon spokeswoman Heather Babb saying: “There are no US or coalition operations in that area.”

The weekend missile strikes by the US, Britain and France were in response to an alleged chlorine and sarin gas attack in Douma on April 7 in which 40 people were said to have been killed.

OPCW director general Ahmet Uzumcu said his nine-strong, all-volunteer team had reached Damascus, but so far “the team has not yet deployed to Douma”.

Syrian and Russian officials had warned of “pending security issues to be worked out before any deployment could take place,” Uzumcu said.

Igor Kirillov, head of Russia’s radiological, biological and chemical protection unit, told reporters the roads still had to be de-mined and cleared and would be tested by UN security services on Tuesday.

“On Wednesday is when we plan the arrival of the OPCW experts,” he added at a press conference in the Russian embassy in The Hague. (afp)

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More than eight million tons of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans every year, and concern is mounting over this petroleum-derived product’s toxic legacy on human health and the environment.

Researchers accidentally engineer plastic-eating enzyme

TAMPA - Researchers in the US and Britain have accidentally engineered an enzyme which eats plastic and may eventually help solve the growing problem of plastic pollution, a study said Monday.

More than eight million tons of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans every year, and concern is mounting over this petroleum-derived product’s toxic legacy on human health and the environment.

Despite recycling efforts, most plastic can persist for hundreds of years in the environment, so researchers are searching for better ways to eliminate it.

Scientists at the University of Portsmouth and the US Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory decided to focus on a naturally occurring bacterium discovered in Japan a few years ago.

Japanese researchers believe the bacterium evolved fairly recently in a waste recycling center, since plastics were not invented until the 1940s.

Known as Ideonella sakaiensis, it appears to feed exclusively on a type of plastic known as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), used widely in plastic bottles.

The researchers’ goal was to understand how one of its enzymes -- called PETase -- worked, by figuring out its structure.

“But they ended up going a step further and accidentally engineered an enzyme which was even better at breaking down PET plastics,” said

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- A useful mutation -

Protestors carry placards as they demonstrate against the UK’s military involvement in Syria, outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on April 16, 2018. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday denied that Moscow was interfering with evidence of a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria after Britain said international inspectors were not being allowed into the site in Douma.

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Choudhary Lal Singh and Chander Prakash Ganga, who attended a rally defending the men, resigned after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to bring those committing rape to justice.

“They have resigned because of the way the entire thing has been

the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed US journal.

Using a super-powerful X-ray, 10 billion times brighter than the Sun, they were able to make an ultra-highresolution three-dimensional model of the enzyme.

Scientists from the University of South Florida and the University of Campinas in Brazil did computer modeling which showed PETase looked similar to another enzyme, cutinase, found in fungus and bacteria.

One area of the PETase was a bit different, though, and researchers hypothesized that this was the part that allowed it to degrade man-made plastic.

So they mutated the PETase active site to make it more like cutinase, and unexpectedly found that this mutant enzyme was even better than the natural PETase at breaking down PET. Researchers say they are now working on further improvements to the enzyme, with the hope of eventually scaling it up for industrial use in breaking down plastics.

“Serendipity often plays a significant role in fundamental scientific research, and our discovery here is no exception,” said study author John McGeehan, professor in the School of Biological Sciences at Portsmouth.

“Although the improvement is modest, this unanticipated discovery suggests that there is room to further improve these enzymes, moving us closer to a recycling solution for the ever-growing mountain of discarded plastics.” (afp) presented across the country. They have been victimised,” said Balbir Singh, a spokesman for Mr Singh.

A political storm now appears to be brewing after Mr Modi addressed the growing unrest in India over violence against women and girls.

He reportedly said: “I want to assure the country that no culprit will be spared, complete justice will be done. Our daughters will definitely get justice.” (afp)

JAKARTA - In a leisurely less than two-hour drive the Bangka-Belitung (Babel) provincial city of Pangkalpinang, visitors to the Putri (Princes) Island will have a diverse range of tourism experiences. Putri Island, situated a stone`s throw from the popular Penyusuk Beach in Belinyu, Bangka District, is noted for its variety of spectacular scenery enabling visitors to enjoy unspoiled sandy beaches and beautiful rock formation in close proximity.

This small island is famous for beaches, walks, fishing, boating and sightseeing, where the visitors will discover spectacular and unspoiled scenery and a relaxing, outdoor, rural and seaside experiences.

Putri Island is a delight for those who love the water with lots of opportunities for fishing, boating and swimming, or to get away from it all -- relax and unwind.

Unfortunately, public transportation does not serve the route to this destination yet, so the option left is either by private or rented car. The island used to be connected to Penyusuk beach by a bridge but owing to less in maintenance, strong wind, and big wave, the bridge has now been in ruins. So far, Putri Island is being developed by Belinyu tourism lovers in partnership with tin mining company PT Timah in Penyusuk village to increase tourist visits to that area. They clean the island and surrounding sea from waste, either organic waste taken by the wave or trash dumped by those who do not understand nature-based tourism yet.

They also fix and maintain the facility, plant and deal with polluted reef because of mining activity and broken reef for being stepped on by careless visitors when snorkeling, and oversee activity endangering the ecosystem.

Local people are also educated to love and take care of the underwater lives, so the island will be more beautiful and worth visiting by both domestic and foreign tourists.

In addition, they continue to intensively promote the island, either through direct promotion, social media or photography. Akli, spokesman of Belinyu tourism lovers, remarked that this year they get help from PT Timah to build the supporting facilities in Putri Island.

Assistance from PT Timah is the development of toilets, clean water facilities, cottage resorts and other supporting facilities to provide comfort for visitors to enjoy the beauty of nature and beaches on the island of Princess.

“So far, the toilet and clean water facilities are still inadequate, so the assistance from PT Timah will be useful for the progress of tourism in Putri Island,” Akli remarked. According to him, Putri Island is a new tourist destination in Bangka District, because it has uniqueness and panoramic coast

and natural underwater beauty.

With the improvement of supporting facilities by PT Timah, it is expected that the number of local and foreign tourists visiting the island will continue to increase. Situated near other other beautiful islands like Mentigi, Antu, and Lampu, the stunning Putri Island is popular to both domestic and foreign visitors.

Crystal clear seawater becomes the main attraction of Putri Island in Bangka District, and Ketawai Island in Central Bangka District, Babel Province. Situated some 18 kilometers from Pangkalpinang, this uninhabited Ketawai island is known for its beaches and underwater landscape filled with sea grass and coral reefs.

Ketawai Island is one of the mainstay tourist destinations in Central Bangka and has become a favorite stopover point for yachts from various countries. Foreign yachters who visit Ketawai always admire and love the beauty of this pristine and well-preserved island in Central Bangka district.

Both the local and foreign tourists who had visited Ketawai Island acknowledged that it is an ideal location for swimming, diving, and snorkeling, but it still needs adequate facilities and infrastructure.

The beauty of Ketawai Island is not inferior to other islands in Indonesia, as it has tremendous tourism potential. Therefore, the facilities and infrastructure there must be improved.

Some foreign visitors to Ketawai Island admitted that the Waters around the island were suitable for swimming, snorkeling, and diving and to enjoy the beautiful coral reefs, consisting of a variety of ornamental fish. The tourism potential in Central Bangka is quite promising, especially with marine tourism attractions such as Kebang Kemilaw Beach, Terentang Beach, Ketawai Island, and Kolong Biru (Blue Lake).

Kolong Biru is a former tin mining pool with blue waters that is currently attracting many tourists who wish to admire its surrounding beauty. Accordingly, the Central Bangka district government and the Culture and Tourism Office will continue to develop it further to attract even more tourists.

The supporting facilities around Kolong Biru will be improved in an effort to enhance the appeal of this tourist attraction. For its part, Bangka Island has an abundance of marine and historical attractions, encouraging the Pangkalpinang city government to spare no effort to develop them to appeal to domestic and foreign tourists. The island is known for its lush tropical forests and is surrounded by a crystal-clear sea lapping at its white sandy beaches. (ant)

Parliament launches public hearing with Facebook over data leak scandal

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JAKARTA - House of Representatives launches a public hearing with Facebook representatives to clarify the data leak scandal of one million users from Indonesia, an official said here on Tuesday. “Our agenda for today is conducting a public hearing with Facebook Indonesia on Tuesday morning.

The Facebook representatives have sent us the materials for the hearing,” Abdul Kharis Almasyari, head of Commission I of the House of Representatives said in Jakarta.

Almasyari stressed that the house members will ask the California-based social network company to clarify the data leak scandal, and explain the potential risks and threats to some one million Indonesian users.

Facebook, he emphasized, needs to present a complete picture of the leak, before taking actions to contain the damages and anticipate the future risks.

“We could not take any actions, before the Facebook clarify the allegation, and explain the full account on the leak. Hence after the public hearing, we will determine the best step for us,” Almasyari remarked.

Last week, the House of Representatives asked Facebook to attend the public hearing, but it got cancelled because the social network company was failed to appear at the meeting. Besides the house members, the Information and Communication Ministry also has called on Facebook to submit its auditing report on the data leak scandal.

The Information Minister Rudiantara also asked the social network company to close all third party applications, including ones that are operated by the British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.

“We ask Facebook to shut down the apps that are linked to the third party companies, mainly all the Cambridge Analytica`s quiz apps. The Facebook should close those apps in Indonesia,” Rudiantara said after meeting the social network representatives in Jakarta, Thursday (April 5).

The minister has requested Facebook to conduct a full investigation to the third party-linked apps, in order to prevent the similar scandal, and to contain the damages earlier.

All social network companies that are operating in Indonesia, Rudiantara remarked, have to comply with the country`s laws, including the Minister Regulation No.20 Year 2016 on the Protect of Data Privacy.

Since 2015, the UK-based The Guardian has published an article that is suspecting a third party has misused the personal data of Facebook users in US. The allegation has became a major global scandal, after The Guardian and The New York Times issued reports of the data leak on the California-based social media platform in 2017.

Following the reports, the Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg this year has admitted and apologized over the leak, during the hearing with the US Congress on Tuesday (April 10). He promised that Facebook will reform its data privacy protection for the users. (ant)

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BUSINESS China’s Lander expects ‘huge’ sports investments to resume has stabilised. He adds that the government may already realise that it cannot achieve its goal of developing Chinese football without outside expertise.

Chinese authorities are seeking to curb big spending on overseas assets or football transfers so that funds can instead be invested in developing China’s football abilities. “You have to get the experience overseas, but you can’t fully get it if you don’t invest (overseas),” Chen said.

Without that cross-pollination, “the domestic sports industry will not develop”.

Lander last year announced plans to build a four billion yuan ($640 million) “sports town” in the southwestern province of Sichuan focused on sports, leisure and entertainment activities. Chen said Lander now has plans for 10 more such developments across the country, some of which are already under construction.

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Ngoncang Poses an Expression of Gratitude after Rice Harvest

The art of ngoncang or pounding mortar also enlivened the opening of the Buleleng Festival (Bulfest) 2016. No half-heartedly, there are ten pounding art troupes presenting this agrarian art predominantly used in religious ceremonies.

China’s Lander Sports, whose boss bought a stake in English club Southampton last year, believes Beijing’s curbs on overseas sporting acquisitions are temporary and that “huge” outbound investments will resume, an executive said Tuesday. The listed Chinese builder of stadiums and other athletic complexes also plans to develop 10 “sports towns” in China over the next three years to capitalise on surging growth in the country’s huge sports and leisure market, executive vice president Neil Chen told AFP. After a wave of overseas Chinese acquisitions of sports properties in recent years, Beijing last year launched a tough crackdown due to fears of capital flight, currency instability and “irrational” investments. But Chen said Lander believes the government, which sometimes see-saws between different policies, will ease up.

“This is definitely a temporary thing,” Chen said on the sidelines of Soccerex China, a footballbusiness convention in the southern city of Zhuhai. “I think the government will have more logical policies for the (Chinese football) league and industry.” “In the next three years there should be some huge investments overseas,” he said.

Chen said Lander believes the Chinese government’s crackdown -- which has also targeted a range of other investment assets -- will be lifted once authorities are confident the investment picture

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The Head of the Buleleng Culture and Tourism, Nyoman Sutrisna, said the ten pounding art troupes involved came from the subdistrict of Buleleng, Sukasada and Sawan. Each troupe may consist of six to ten people. They used round and elongated mortar made from teak wood or devil tree wood with the length of two to three meters. In the middle it has a hole and is hit by using wooden round-end pestle generally used for pounding rice.

This pounding art is representing the excitement of gratitude of housewives when celebrating post-harvest time. Rhythm of the beat sounding harmonious symbolizes their unity and oneness. As ancestral heritage, the existence is still preserved to these days. Through the Bulfest, younger generations are expected to know about this tradition. They will see in person the shape and pattern of pounding the rice mortar. Meaning of the sound produced becomes a symbol of harmony of life. Visitors can learn and know a lot of things that Buleleng has diverse cultures and traditions,” he said. (BTN/kmb)

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This picture taken on April 16, 2018 shows the city centre of Beijing at night amid pollution.

Lander also will look to raise Southampton’s profile in China, starting with a tour of the country in July in which the club will play one Chinese Super League team and a Bundesliga side, according

to initial plans.

Lander also intends to build between five and ten youth football schools in China within the next two years, which will be set up using Southampton expertise.

Lander’s founder and chairman Gao Jisheng last year bought a stake in Southampton, which British press reports said cost £200 million ($287 million), giving him 80 percent ownership. (afp)

US firm Advent to buy Sanofi’s generics unit

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In this file photo taken on November 26, 2012 influenza vaccines syringes are displayed at the factory Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi-Aventis pharmaceutical company in the northwestern city of Val-de-Reuil, western France. The biopharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine effective over the long term and against a maximum of Influenza strains, AFP reports on April 15, 2018.

US private equity firm Advent International has agreed to acquire Zentiva, French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi’s European generics arm, for 1.9 billion euros ($2.4 billion), a statement said Tuesday. “Advent’s offer is firm, binding and fully financed,” the statement from Advent and Sanofi said, adding that “the transaction is expected to close by the end of 2018”.

The deal, which is still subject to regulatory approval, is one of a string of mega-mergers and acquisitions in the global pharmaceuticals sector in recent months.

Sanofi CEO Olivier Brandicourt first announced an intention to sell Zentiva in November 2015, shortly after taking the reins of the French company. “Following a comprehensive review of strategic options for our generics unit

in Europe, we have determined that transferring this business to Advent is the best option to ensure its long-term success,” Brandicourt said in Tuesday’s statement.

Advent said it aims to build Zentiva into a “new, independent, European generics leader”.

According to Bloomberg News, should the sale go through, it would “add to the more than $15 billion in transactions that Sanofi has announced so far this year”. Sanofi took over Zentiva, which is based in Prague, in 2009.

According to its website, Zentiva traces its roots back to the 15th century Black Eagle pharmacy, one of the oldest in the Czech Republic. Shares in Sanofi slid 0.3 percent while the Paris market was up 0.3 percent overall. (afp)

Plecing Gonda … Wow It’s Quite Delicious Vegetable

Speaking about Balinese traditional culinary traditions will never end. One of the menus having not been widely known is plecing gonda (gooseweed with hot spices).

However, in one region, this type of green vegetable sometimes becomes favorite food. Moreover, it is processed in a simple manner.

It just needs to be boiled and then mixed with tomato seasoning and fried onion to make the taste very delicious. It offers typical and tempting aroma.

Plecing gonda has become a typical food for Balinese community. This vegetable menu is very close to farmers living in countryside. Other than easy to get the ingredient, the preparation is also easy. Simply fill with spices in the form of garlic, chili, large chili peppers, tomatoes, shrimp paste, lemon and salt to taste, plecing gonda is already tasted different from other vegetables.

The preparation is not too complicated. Ingredient in the form of gonda is boiled until cooked.

All spices are cleaned, pulverized until subsequently fried, except for lemon. Well, the serving of gonda having been boiled is spiced and

then mixed until finely blended.

To give a distinctive taste, it can be provided with grated kaffir lime.

Other than by boiling, this gooseweed vegetable can also be cooked by stir-frying. Optionally, it can also be roasted and then given seasoning like salt, chili and coconut oil (traditionally processed).

Such cooking method was usually performed by farmers that have completed their work in the fields. When they arrive home, they usually carry a handful of gooseweed. This vegetable is processed as above and then eaten with the family.

Gonda plants are very close to farmers’ life in Bali, especially farmers in Tabanan, right in Ole hamlet, Marga Dauh Puri, Marga subdistrict. This type of plant is actually a weed plant, but taken advantage by farmers as a daily food. It is planted on the sidelines of paddy plants (by intercropping), so it does not require a large area.

Harvest time is also very short namely about 20-25 days. The color is green. It does not need to be sprayed with chemicals, so the gonda is free from chemicals. (kmb)

Let’s Enjoy Warm Water of Geger Beach

Geger Beach is one of the beaches located in Nusa Dua area.

It is slightly hidden and away from the center of crowds so that people choose other beaches as their tourist destination. However, for those wishing to find a beach with quiet atmosphere, this beach is the most appropriate destination in Southern Badung.

In terms of location, Geger Beach in Nusa Dua is located in the area of ??Peminge customary village, Sawangan. To get to the Geger Beach, you can pass through Hotel Nikko located on the southern coast of the Island of Bali. You will find the location of the beach by crossing Jalan Pura Puget located right before Hotel Nikko Bali.

Geger Beach has white sand and remains very natural and untouched by nosy hands wishing to destroy the beauty of the beach. Clean white sand and calm seawater are perfect for those that like sunbathing with tranquil atmosphere. No wonder, many couples will be found on this beach spending their honeymoon.

They usually sunbathe, bathe or just sit down by the beach.

Warm seawater throughout the

day is also beneficial for those who like fishing. Usually in the afternoon, many surrounding people come to the location for fishing.

Unfortunately, around the beach is rarely found any food and beverage merchants because this beach is not as crowded as Kuta Beach.

However, there is a cafe offering seafood, international cuisine and Italian specialties such as pizza, pasta and grilled food.

Some parts of this coastal area

is managed by Hotel Nikko. The hotel offers camel ride packages, traveling along the beach at varying prices. So, you do not have to come all the way to Arab to enjoy a camel ride. This beach is very clean because it is managed by the hotel. Every day there will be a janitor cleaning up this beach. The admission ticket to Geger Beach is very affordable. It is also equipped with parking lot of motorcycle and car for visitors. (kmb)

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Improvement to layout of street merchants in Petitenget

France’s Macron to push EU lawmakers on reforms

MANGUPURA - The slum-like impression of the disorderly street vendors near Petitenget Temple in Kerobokan, North Kuta has been cleaned up. The area which is also a tourist destination has been cleared of the vendors who have been relocate to the wantilan hall of the local temple.

Coordinator of the Dang Kahyangan Petitenget Temple, I Gusti Ngurah Putera, when met at the location on Monday (Apr. 16) said that the temple’s supporting devotees helped with the relocation so that the tourist destination could be made neat.

“We cleaned up the area to make tourists feel more comfortable. Many of the vendors used tarpaulin as roofs which gave a slum-like impression”, he explained, adding that in the new location the vendors now have electricity, water and washrooms.

“The vendors are being charged IDR 1. Million a month each to pay for the management of this tourist attraction”, added Putera.

Only merchants who are committed to selling everyday can rent spaces I the outermost courtyard of Petitenget Temple, so that the space is not taken up unnecessarily. They are also required to be polite, clean and maintain a beautiful atmosphere.

“We also ask the merchants to provide snack foods that are in demand by tourists. They moved to the new kiosk on March 15th”, he said. Putera added that only vendors who are registered in this region can sell here. “Our management will not allow unregistered vendors to sell here so that the area remains neat”, he concluded. (kmb27)

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The merchants formerly filled the area becoming the tourist destination located near the beach has been neatly arranged.

First quarter of 2018 sees 136,704 tourist visits to Bangli.

BANGLI - There were a total of 136,704 foreign and domestic tourists who visited Bangli during the first three months of 2018 yielding some IDR 3,989,960,000 in levies from admission tickets. The total target for 2018 is IDR 22,321,042,538.

Division Head of the Tourist Object Development at the Bangli Tourism and Culture Agency, I Wayan Bona, said on Monday (Apr. 16) said that there were 90, 023 tourists who visited Batur (66,990 and 23,033), and 39,583 tourists who visited Penglipuran (7,389 foreign tourists and 32, 194 domestic tourists). Kehen Temple received 5,444 foreign visitors and no locals, while Penulisan received 118 visitors (105 foreing and 13 domestic) and Trunyan received 1,736 tourists (256 foreign, 1,480 foreign).

Bona went on to say that each tourist destination has their targeted number of visitors for the year: The Batur tourist attraction aims to have 700,000 visitors, Trunyan 26,000 tourists, Penglipuran (±144,000 tourists), Kehen Temple attraction (±40,000 tourists) and Penulisan (±2,000 tourists).

“We hope these targets can be achieved. Recently the number of tourists coming here plummeted due to the eruptions of Mount Agung but now that tourism in Bali is coming back to normal we expect to be able to reach our targets and hopefully exceed the numbers form last year”, said Bona.

According to Bona tourism supporting facilities and infrastructure need to be improved if they want ot increase the number of visitors to this areas. If no improvements are made to our tourists destinations, tourists will become bored. Services and sanitation also need to be given attention. If a tourists destination is clean, visitors feel comfortable, and conversely if these areas are dirty, tourists will not want to visit.

“Many factors influence tourist visits. Hopefully with improvements made to attractions such as Penelokan more tourIBP/kmb ists will want to come to Banli”, said this official from Trunyan Foreign and domestic tourist visit coming to Bangli in the first quarter amounted to 136,704 people. village. (kmb41)

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This photo taken on March 2, 2018 shows Melinda Colite, the grandmother of Zandro Colite, who she says died after getting injected with the anti-dengue fever vaccine Dengvaxia, holding a picture of Zandro during an interview at their house in Cavite, south of Manila.

Confusion, blame game fuels Philippines vaccine scandal

STRASBOURG - French President Emmanuel Macron will on Tuesday address the European Parliament for the first time in a bid to shore up support for his ambitious plans for post-Brexit reforms of the EU. The energetic young French leader wants big changes in the face of growing scepticism about the European project, but there has been a marked lack of enthusiasm from Berlin to Budapest.

Macron’s speech to MEPs in the eastern French city of Strasbourg is part of a charm offensive ahead of European Parliament elections in May 2019, the first after Britain’s departure.

“He will say that it is urgent to take action at a difficult time both inside the European Union, and outside,” said the Elysee, the French presidency, ahead of Macron’s address.

Internal problems include election results in Italy and Hungary which both saw eurosceptics surge in popularity, compounding fears that the 2016 Brexit vote was part of a pattern.

Externally the EU is dealing with the war in Syria -- France and Britain joined the US in air strikes targeting the regime’s alleged chemical weapons at the weekend -- a hostile Russia, and the unpredictable figure of Donald Trump in the United States.

Macron said in a television interview on Sunday that Europe

was experiencing a “rise in illiberalism... the populism of people who call the rule of law into question.”

Later this week Macron will travel to Berlin for crucial talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to try to win her support for his plans for the future of the eurozone.

- Merkel party cools Merkel’s conservative CDU party pushed back on Monday against plans for deeper eurozone integration, including a separate eurozone budget and the expansion of the EU’s bailout fund.

Any reforms have to be “in the European and in the German interest,” CDU secretary-general Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told reporters.

EU leaders are set to adopt preliminary Macron-backed plans for eurozone reforms and for an overhaul of its troubled asylum system in June, but there is still a large amount of work to do.

Merkel is due to address the European Parliament in November, officials said on Monday.

In contrast, Merkel made a joint speech with then-French president Francois Hollande in Strasbourg in 2015 in which they urged unity in the face of the migrant crisis.

European lawmakers welcomed Macron’s decision to address the parliament but urged him to turn words into action as soon as possible. (afp)

IMUS - Melinda Colite shakes with rage as she clutches a photo of her grandson, who she says died after getting the anti-dengue fever vaccine at the heart of a bitter scandal in the Philippines.

While Dengvaxia’s maker Sanofi has said unequivocally that its world-first vaccination is safe, Philippine authorities disagree publicly over whether it could have contributed to children’s deaths.

The resulting confusion has prompted a dangerous plunge in vaccination rates in the Philippines for other diseases.

It has also added to a swirling political battle, fanned by bloggers who back President Rodrigo Duterte and have an audience of millions of Facebook followers.

“The blame game has taken over the main issue,” Ronald Mendoza, dean of the Ateneo de Manila Uni-

versity’s School of Government, told AFP. “It may be doing damage to public health rather than protecting it.”

Health authorities have said child vaccination rates against illnesses like measles have dropped by as much as 25 percentage points over the previous year as public anger and mistrust has grown in the Dengvaxia case.

Several measles outbreaks have struck the nation, claiming at least 13 lives, since the controversy began.

The trouble started last year, shortly after the Philippines gave Dengvaxia to some 837,000 stu-

dents as part of a public immunisation campaign.

Sanofi hailed the vaccine as a breakthrough in combating dengue, which kills hundreds in the Philippines every year, mostly children.

But the company set off a panic when in November it said a new analysis showed the vaccine could lead to more severe symptoms for people who had not previously been infected with dengue.

It prompted Manila to halt the campaign and left hundreds of thousands of terrified parents wondering if their children were at risk. (afp)

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French President Emmanuel Macron

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SpaceX postpones launch of NASA’s planethunter spacecraft

TAMPA - SpaceX postponed the launch of NASA’s new planet-hunting mission Monday in order to verify the Falcon 9 rocket’s navigation systems, the California-based company said.

The next opportunity to blast off the $337 million satellite -- which aims to advance the search for extraterrestrial life by scanning the skies for nearby, Earth-like planets -- will be Wednesday.

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, is “in excellent health and remains ready for launch,” SpaceX said on Twitter.

“Launch teams are standing down today to conduct additional guidance navigation and control analysis.”

The postponement was announced about two hours before the planned blast off from a NASA launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The washing machine-sized spacecraft is built to search the nearest, brightest stars for signs of periodic dimming. These so-called “transits” may mean that planets are in orbit around them.

TESS is expected to reveal 20,000 planets beyond our solar system, known as exoplanets, NASA said.

Its discoveries will be studied further by groundand space-based telescopes for signs of habitability, including rocky terrain, a size similar to Earth and a distance from their sun -- neither too close nor too far -- that allows the right temperature for liquid water.

NASA predicts that TESS could find more than 50

- Kepler vs TESS -

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This undated NASA artist’s illustration released on April 11, 2018 shows NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) that is set to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

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Hinduism-based preschools in Badung produce cultured generation

Earth-sized planets and up to 500 planets less than twice the size of the Earth.

TESS will survey far more cosmic terrain than its predecessor, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, which launched in 2009, taking in some 85 percent of the skies.

“TESS is equipped with four very sensitive cameras that will be able to monitor nearly the entire sky,” said George Ricker, TESS principal investigator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

“That is about 20 times what the Kepler mission was able to detect.”

Kepler, the first planet-hunting mission of its kind, “was launched to answer one single question: How common is a planet like Earth around a star like the Sun?” said Patricia “Padi” Boyd, director of the TESS guest investigator program at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center.

“It was designed to look at 150,000 stars in a fairly wide field of view without blinking, for four years,” she told reporters on the eve of the launch.

“One of the many amazing things that Kepler told us is that planets are everywhere and there are all kinds of planets out there.

“So TESS takes the next step. If planets are everywhere, then it is time for us to find the planets that are closest to us orbiting bright nearby stars, because these will be the touchstone system.” (afp)

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A Japanese firm is poised to carry out what it hailed as the world’s first experiment to test for cancer using urine samples, which would greatly facilitate screening for the deadly disease.

Japan to trial ‘world’s first urine test’ to spot cancer TOKYO - A Japanese firm is poised to carry out what it hailed as the world’s first experiment to test for cancer using urine samples, which would greatly facilitate screening for the deadly disease.

Engineering and IT conglomerate Hitachi developed the basic technology to detect breast or colon cancer from urine samples two years ago.

It will now begin testing the method using some 250 urine samples, to see if samples at room temperature are suitable for analysis, Hitachi spokesman Chiharu Odaira told AFP. “If this method is put to practical use, it will be a lot easier for people to get a cancer test, as there will be no need to go to a medical organisation for a blood test,” he said.

It is also intended to be used to detect paediatric cancers.

“That will be especially beneficial in testing for small children” who are often afraid of needles, added Odaira.

Research published earlier this year demonstrated that a new blood test has shown promise

towards detecting eight different kinds of tumours before they spread elsewhere in the body.

Usual diagnostic methods for breast cancer consist of a mammogram followed by a biopsy if a risk is detected.

For colon cancer, screening is generally conducted via a stool test and a colonoscopy for patients at high risk.

The Hitachi technology centres around detecting waste materials inside urine samples that act as a “biomarker” -- a naturally occurring substance by which a particular disease can be identified, the company said in a statement.

The procedure aims to improve the early detection of cancer, saving lives and reducing the medical and social cost to the country, Odaira explained.

The experiment will start this month until through September in cooperation with Nagoya University in central Japan.

“We aim to put the technology in use in the 2020s, although this depends on various things such as getting approval from the authorities,” Odaira said. (afp)

DISTRICT government of Badung continues to increase the number of schools, especially the preschool education (PAUD) with Hindu nuance. However, it does not necessarily mean to teach students Hinduism, but rather contains the growing culture and arts on the Island of the Gods. By that way, the ancestral heritages are not eroded by the age and can result in cultured generation with high nationalism.

Then, how does the Hinduismbased school development look like? This development was commenced in 2016 by establishing six Hinduism-based preschools.

District government of Badung through the local Education Agency succeeded in adding six more preschools in 2017, bringing the total to 12 preschools. Among them, they are the Hindu kindergarten of Darma Sastra, Prawidia Dharma Kumara, Budhi Kumara, Pradnyandari III, Karang Kemanisan and Tri Eka Dharma Loka.

Furthermore, there are also the Kumara Ngurah Rai I, Werdi Kumara I preschool, Widya Kumara I, Dharma Kumara I Tibubeneng, Dharma Putra Kedonganan, and Widya Kumara preschool of Kutuh customary village.

Head of the Badung Education Agency, I Ketut Widia Astika, said that in addition to public schools the government plans to establish ashrams to develop Hinduismbased education. “The most important thing is that children are directed to love and absorb the values of art, customs and culture from an early age. On that account, although the globalization grows rapidly, children will still inherit these values,” said Widia Astika, recently.

Despite having Hindu nuance, Widia Astika added the preschools are still under the Badung Educa-

I Ketut Widia Astika (C)

tion Agency. Unmitigatedly, his agency allocated the budget worth approximately IDR 2.5 billion for the 12 preschools in 2017.

“They remain under the Education Agency, not the Ministry of Religious Affairs. However, the curriculum is slightly different from the other preschool educations, namely containing the formation of character based on Hinduism and the values of the art and culture,” he said.

He described that dozens of Hinduism-based preschool spread across all subdistricts and each subdistrict has two preschool.

With the addition of six kindergartens by 2018, there will be three Hinduism-based kindergartens in each subdistrict.

“We are evaluating first because we are going to increase the number. All this time, the public enthusiasm on the existence of Hinduism-based kindergarten is pretty good. If there is no obstacle, this year will be added six more such kindergartens,” he explained.

He explained the establishment of the Hinduism-, art- and culture-based kindergarten should be implemented gradually, so the quality remains good. Besides, the teachers will empower the existing teaching staff by providing them with coaching.

“We’d like to take advantage of the existing teachers. We only provide more training courses such as upgrading and workshops,” he said.

This former principal of the SMKN 1 South Kuta vocational school mentioned there have been many teachers with civil servant status in Badung. Each preschool has different number of teachers because it highly depends on the number of students. Ideally, each teacher educates 15 to 20 students. (kmb27)

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Agricultural potential owned by Klungkung district, both in the mainland area and the islands of Nusa Penida, is quite large. However, it has not been in synergy with the latest growing tourism sector.

Synergy of agriculture and tourism runs less maximally

SEMARAPURA - Agricultural potential owned by Klungkung district, both in the mainland area and the islands of Nusa Penida, is quite large. However, it has not been in synergy with the latest growing tourism sector.

One of them is marked by the lack of absorption of the harvest for consumption needs. The sales by farmers remain dependent on local communities.

“Agricultural output, especially in Klungkung mainland, is almost just to meet the needs of local communities. It has not been significantly synergized with tourism,” said the agricultural activist, I Wayan Sulendra, on Sunday (Apr. 15).

This man from Kemoning neighborhood, Semarapura Klod, said the presence of tourism should have a role in building the agrarian sector. It should not exactly ‘eliminate.’ In this case, farmers also need to make a breakthrough so that the harvest yields can be glimpsed.

One of them is by cultivating organic commodities. This pattern can be applied to vegetables. “Organic farming is very potential. Today, many people including tourists are looking for healthy food,” he said.

To realize is not an easy case because farmers have very long struggled in non organic cultivation. The government needs to work more fully to change their habit. “It is very difficult to get farmers to switch to organic farming and it needs a process. The government must also be convincing. It does not make demonstration plot only, but directly involve farmers,” he said.

When separately confirmed, the Secretary of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Klungkung Chapter, I Wayan Sukadana, said that fulfillment of hotel and restaurant needs, especially in Nusa Penida, such as many fruits are supplied from Denpasar. It happens because the production in the area stays very minimal and even is unavailable. “Other ingredients are also supplied from Denpasar,” he said.

This man from Suana village, Nusa Penida subdistrict, stated there are already hotels and restaurants utilizing local commodities in the form of tubers for consumption. However, the number remains very minimal. “For fruits, many young coconuts have entered the hotel and restaurant. Meanwhile, other fruits such as pineapple have the potential but few people are planting,” he explained.

Head of the Klungkung Agriculture Agency, Ida Bagus Juanida, said the district government has not issued district regulation on the utilization of local commodities by hotels or restaurants. According to him, it requires a deep study and should ensure the readiness of farmers in producing them.

“If the harvest yields can be utilized by hotels or restaurants, surely we are very welcome. However, we must ensure the readiness of farmers related to what commodities can be provided continuously. Currently, the commodities in demand include cassava and cashew nuts. In the future, it will also try to develop pineapple and dragon fruit,” he said.

This former Head of the Klungkung Food Security Agency also agreed to keep developing the agricultural sector, amid the onslaught of tourism. (kmb45)

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Providers’ cable on Jalan Subak Sari complained by residents

Underpass to be built at horse statue intersection in Tuban to

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MANGUPURA - Cables belonging to a number of internet providers hindering on Jalan Subak Sari, North Kuta, are complained by local residents. Aside from being unorganized alias chaotic, the fiber optic cables are often broken up to topple over passing road users.

“Yesterday (Saturday, Apr. 14), the cables returned to get broken off. As usual, at the same location (Jalan Subak Sari—Ed) the cables caused housewife to fall down because her neck was hit. Fortunately, it is not severe,” complained Rah De, one of the residents met at the location on Monday (Apr. 16).

According to him, the cables belonging to a number of internet service providers frequently break off because the supporting pole is not high. “Every month, there is a broken off cable because about the 5-6 companies having the cables have never sat together to elevate the pole around this road,” he said.

He hoped the local government can pay attention to the condition, so it will not increase the casualties.

“Hopefully, the government can

come down and find a solution. It’s a pity on road users that are often caught in the cables,” he said.

Responding to the problem, the Head of the Badung Communications and Informatics Agency, Wayan Weda Dharmaja, when confirmed on Monday (Apr. 16) promised to summon all the providers related to the arrangement of fiber optic cables in Badung, including the area of Jalan Subak Sari as criticized by residents.

“We will summon all the providers related to the cable management in Badung. If they are indeed unlicensed, it can be addressed by the judicial team,” he said.

Each fiber optic cable installation, said this official from Sembung, Mengwi, must have permission or recommendation from the local community. The public reserves the right to ban any cable installation having not obtained environmental permission.

“If unauthorized and disturbing, it can be stopped and cracked down on by municipal police. We also issue permits based on the permits issued by the local environment,” he concluded. (kmb27)

Reduce traffic congestion in the area

MANGUPURA - Along with the underpass at being built at the Dewa Ruci statue- Ngurah Rai Statue intersection, the District of Badung is also building an underpass at the horse statue intersection in Tuban. A budget for conducting the feasibility study has already been allocated.

Division Head of Road Development at the Badung Public Works and Spatial Planning Agency, Sang Nyoman Oka Permana, confirmed that the underpass is being built to help reduce traffic congestion in Kuta and surrounding areas. The planning consultation services, feasibility study preparations are in the tender process and sourced from the Regional Budget 2018. According to Permana, the limit package is valued at IDR 515,000,000 and the HPS package at IDR 513,525,540.

The feasibility study is limited to initial review and the results of the feasibility study will suggest the best solution to traffic congestion – whether that is an underpass or a change to the intersection concept.

Once the feasibility study is complete, financing of the project will be submitted ot eh central government.

Next year there are plans to work on the west and

south ring road to reduce traffic congestion on Southern Kuta. The feasibility study and detailed engineering design (DED) for the projects have been completed and the DED has entered tender process in the Electronic Procurement Service (LPSE) of district of Badung.

According to the tender auction for the planning consultancy and the DED preparation for the development of the west ring road of South Kuta, the project will be funded through the amended Regional Budget 2017 at IDR 310,120,000. Similarly, the planning consultancy and DED preparation of west ring road development of Tanjung Benoa has entered the auction stage with a budget of IDR 750,163,900 also coming from the amended Regional Budget 2017. The west ring road of South Kuta covers Sawangan-UngasanPecatu and Uluwatu-Four Season Jimbaran with a length of about 5.3 km.

Some parts of the road section will also run along the coastline, with some flyover area being built. The west ring road of Tanjung Benoa covers Jalan Pratama through some mangrove areas, empty land and residential borderline and then ends at the northern end of Tanjung Benoa with the length of 4.5 km. “Hopefully, the execution of the western ring road can be realized in 2019”, he said. (kmb23)

The unorganize cable is seen on the picture

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‘Rampage’ takes over box office lead

LOS ANGELES - Sci-fi action flick “Rampage” topped North American box offices over the weekend to barely beat out horror film “A Quiet Place,” industry figures showed Monday.

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In this file photo taken on May 21, 2017 rapper Drake poses in the press room with his awards during the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Drake, reigning on singles chart, announces album NEW YORK - Hip-hop superstar Drake teased a new album Monday, all but certain to prove a major commercial success as he dethroned himself on top of the singles chart.

The Toronto artist posted on Instagram a picture of himself with his back to the camera sporting a jacket that read “Scorpion” and “June 2018.”

Drake, who separately put out a picture of a necklace with a scorpion pendant, did not reveal an exact release date or other details.

He has often played with the traditional album format, instead putting out sprawling song collections marketed as mixtapes.

But one consistency in his prodi-

gious output has been commercial achievement.

His song “God’s Plan” topped the US singles chart for 11 weeks -- until being dethroned Monday by another of his songs, “Nice for What.”

His latest song was streamed in the United States more than 60 million times and downloaded 88,000 times in the week through Thursday, tracking service Nielsen Music said.

Drake, 31, has roots as a rapper but has increasingly gone in a pop direction and incorporated the infectious beats of Jamaican dancehall, most notably on his hit “One Dance,” which is the second most-streamed song ever on Spotify. (afp)

“Rampage” stars hard-working Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson as a primatologist who befriends an albino gorilla which grows to enormous size after a rogue experiment and then teams with Johnson to stop invading monsters. Naomie Harris co-stars.

While the three-day $35.8 million take for the new Warner Bros film was said to be one of the best ever for a video game spinoff, it will need many weeks of strong showing to make its money back on a $120 million budget.

“A Quiet Place,” in its second week, took in a healthy $33 million, buoyed by rave reviews.

The almost wordless Paramount production stars actor/director John Krasinski and real-life wife Emily Blunt as a couple silently struggling to protect their family from invading aliens that are blind but can track their prey by sound.

In third place over the Friday the 13th weekend was yet another horror film, new Universal/Blumhouse release “Truth or Dare,” which took in $18.7 million -- more than five times the movie’s minuscule budget.

The supernatural thriller stars

Lucy Hale and Tyler Posey as spring breakers caught up in an innocent game that turns deadly.

Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One” -- a futuristic tribute to 1980s films -- took in $11.5 million

to cling to fourth place in its third week out. Its budget was a not-sominuscule $175 million.

The Warner Bros. film tells the story of a teenage gamer (Wade Watts) who finds himself inside an addictive virtual reality world.

And in fifth was “Blockers,” a raunchy comedy from Universal starring John Cena and Leslie Mann that netted $10.8 million. (afp)

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Eight in court after gang rape and killing of Muslim girl, 8, in India

Eight men have entered not guilty pleas following the rape and killing of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in India. The men were detained after the girl’s body was found battered in a forest in January, a week after she went missing while grazing her family’s ponies.

The men - all Hindu - are accused of planning the child’s kidnapping for more than a month in a bid to scare her Muslim nomadic tribe away from where they live, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Police said the girl was repeatedly raped at a Hindu temple, where she was sedated and held captive. She was later strangled and bludgeoned to death.

The case has sparked protests across the country and made headlines last week when thousands of members of Hindu radical group Hindu Ekta Manch - or the Hindu

Unity Platform - marched in support of the accused men.

Hundreds of lawyers from the local bar association also tried to prevent police entering a court to put their investigation before a judge, saying the men accused were innocent.

Six men - including two police officers - are accused of being directly involved in the attacks on the girl. One of the policemen also allegedly joined in the search for her body. Two other officers were arrested, accused of attempting to destroy evidence.

Since the case came to light, at least two politicians from India’s Hindu nationalist ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have spoken in support of the men accused.

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Indian demonstrators hold placards during a silent protest ‘Not In My Name’ in support of rape victims following high profile cases in Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh states, in New Delhi on April 15, 2018. Indian police have made another arrest after the alleged rape of a teenager by a ruling party politician sparked protests across the country, federal investigators said April 15.