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Friday, February 22, 2019
Ariana Grande first act since Beatles to claim US top three NEW YORK - Pop princess Ariana Grande is the first act in more than 50 years to claim simultaneously the top three spots on the US singles chart, industry tracker Billboard said Monday. The 25-year-old star is the second act in the Billboard Hot 100 chart’s six-decade history to accomplish the feat, after The Beatles in 1964. Grande’s “7 Rings,” “Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored” and “Thank U, Next” monopolized the top hits chart following her fifth album’s debut on Billboard’s top albums tally. The Beatles nabbed the same spots in April 1964, with “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Twist and Shout” and “Do You Want to Know a Secret” reigning atop the chart. The all-genre Hot 100 blends US streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data to rank the top hits. Grande also broke the record for most simultaneous top 40 hits by a female artist with 11 tracks, beating rapper Cardi B’s previous record of nine. The pop star has seen runaway success over the past 12 months, with Billboard naming her its 2018 Woman of the Year. This month she scored her first Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album for “Sweetener,” beating out tough competition including perennial favorite Taylor Swift. Grande was notably absent from the gala amid a spat with the show’s producer -but the social media maven commanded attention throughout the evening anyway with relentless posts,
including of a satin Zac Posen ball gown she had planned to wear to the show. The superstar’s latest album -entitled “Thank U, Next,” like its lead single -- sees the star sharpen her brand of bubblegum pop with a biting personal edge. Several songs allude to a tumultuous past year that saw Grande break up with rapper Mac Miller -- who died at age 26 in September -- and end a brief but heavily publicized engagement with comedian Pete Davidson. (afp)
Friday, February 22, 2019
Pink to star at British pop music’s big night
LONDON - Dua Lipa, The 1975 and George Ezra are some of the big names vying for prizes at British pop music’s annual celebration on Wednesday, with US singer Pink also set to be honoured. The 39th annual Brit Awards at London’s O2 Arena will recognise Britain’s top talent of 2018, and also feature live performances from Hollywood A-lister Hugh Jackman and Pink. The coveted Best Album of the Year Award will be fought out between pop rockers The 1975, rising star AnneMarie, Florence + The Machine, indie singer George Ezra and Grammy-nominated diva Jorja Smith. Electro-stars Clean Bandit are up for two awards for their collaboration with US actress/ singer Demi Lovato while Dua Lipa, the 23-year-old star of last year’s show, is up for four prizes and will perform with hit producer Calvin Harris during
the glitzy ceremony. Anne-Marie, who shot to fame as the vocalist on Clean Bandit’s worldwide hit “Rockabye”, is nominated for four awards, including for the Britney Spears inspired video to “2002”, her fourth top 10 UK single. Baritone singer George Ezra will also perform live, and could walk away with three awards, including Best British Male Solo Artist. He is up against garage pioneer Craig David, veteran avant-garde techno producer Aphex Twin and soul singer Sam Smith. The British Group award pits indie heavyweights Gorillaz and Arctic Monkeys against each other, with the latter’s May album “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino” earning plaudits for its experimental direction. Three categories recognise foreign artists, with hip-hop giants Eminem, Drake and The Carters all up for awards, along with Ariana Grande and French star Christine
and the Queens. The Brit Awards have recognised the cream of British pop music since they were first held in 1977, and have often been peppered with scandal and farce. The 1989 Brits are best remembered for the shambolic presenting skills of model Samantha Fox and Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood and a comical series of mishaps. Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker stormed the stage in protest while Michael Jackson performed surrounded by children in 1996. In 1998, Chumbawamba vocalist Danbert Nobacon dumped a bucket of iced water over then deputy prime minister John Prescott. And Madonna suffered whiplash injuries at the 2015 edition when she fell off the stage wearing a giant cape and surrounded by dancers wearing bondage-style costumes and horns on their heads. The awards have also been criticised for failing to be bold in their choice of performers in recent years. (afp)
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A car is placed as a barricade by demonstratos during clashes in the center of Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on February 12, 2019, as a sixth day of protests against Haitian President Jovenel Moise and the misuse of Petrocaribe funds continued.
Violent street protests in Haiti hit tourism industry
With flaming barricades and widespread looting, 10 days of street violence in Haiti have all but buried a tourism industry that managed to resurrect itself after a devastating earthquake in 2010. Ugly, violent footage beamed around the world has again sent the message that this impoverished Caribbean country is politically unstable and no place to go on vacation. The final straw was the helicopter evacuation last week of 100-odd Canadian tourists trapped as angry protesters demanded the resignation of the president, whom they accuse of corruption. “We have been through 12 days of hell. We managed the crisis but today we are suffering from the aftershocks,” said Tourism Minister Marie-Christine Stephenson. - Blacklist Beside the direct effects of the
demonstrations, the United States delivered another crushing blow on February 14 when it urged its citizens not to travel to Haiti, which thus joined a no-go list with war-torn countries like Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan. The minister said the US travel alert for Haiti was too harsh, calling the riots something that flared up unexpectedly and are now over. “OK, they lasted 12 days but I am not sure that other Caribbean countries, which have had riots of
their own, have been punished as severely and quickly as we have,” said Stephenson. Overnight, the decision by the US State Department hit the tourism industry hard. Travel web sites simply stopped offering flights to Haiti’s two international airports. Hotels are reporting cancellation of reservations and many empty rooms. Officials in the industry have yet to tally up the damage but say that for the second time in less than
a year, they will have to lay off workers. In July of last year, three days of riots over a government attempt to raise fuel prices ruined the summer vacation season for Haiti’s tourism industry. It is not just hotels that will suffer again, said Beatrice NadalMevs, president of the Haitian Tourism Association. “This is going to affect everyday people because these are direct jobs that are going to be lost and supply chains will be threatened: farming, fishing, crafts, transport,” Nadal-Mevs said. - Mardi Gras cancelled With the opposition planning
more demonstrations to seek the resignation of President Jovenel Moise, the sector got yet more bad news with word that Carnival celebrations have been called off in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. City Hall said it could not guarantee revelers’ safety. Continued to page 6
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Badung Culture Office selects 535 pieces of ogoh-ogoh
MANGUPURA — The Badung Culture Office began to select ogoh-ogoh or papier mâché demon in six sub-districts. The initial assessment carried out since Monday (Feb. 18) involved a number of elements, namely the Badung Culture Office, sub-district committee, Customary Village Middle Assembly (MMDP), Listibya, and Ministry of Religious Affairs. Head of the Badung Culture Agency, Ida Bagus Anom Bhasma, said the initial selection process will determine 18 pieces of ogohogoh in each sub-district of the 535 customary youth clubs (sekaa taruna) in Badung district. “The selection takes place from last Monday to February 28. In the first selection, we’ll determine 18 nominees in each sub-district. After that the team will come down again to determine 3 nominees,” said IB Bhasma on Wednesday (Feb. 20). According to him, in the initial selection, he had a number of criteria such as the ogoh-ogoh must represent the figure of bhutakala (evil spirits), be made from eco-friendly materials as well as without pornographic nuance, discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, race, political motif, and sponsor’s message. “If one of the criteria is not met, the participant will be disqualified.
On that account, we hope they comply with the criteria we have agreed to,” he explained. Although the assessment was carried out, this bureaucrat from Taman village of Abiansemal said the ogoh-ogoh parade will be held at each village, so that security at the Pengerupukan night or the day before Nyepi will be conducive. “We do not centralize the ogohogoh parade at one location, but done at each village to avoid undesirable things,” he said. In this ogoh-ogoh competition, the assessment team will conduct a final assessment on March 1 and 2. The final stage of the assessment will determine the top three of each sub-district and three runner-up nominations. “The first winner will get a cash prize of IDR 25 million, the second prize gets IDR 20 million and the third one gets IDR 15 million. For the three other runner-up
winners will respectively get IDR 10 million. This is our motivation fund so that the creativity of young generation continues to grow,” he explained. Regarding the initial assessment process, IB Bhasma admitted to have not received yet any report. “So far, I have not received a report from the field team, so I don’t know whether there is a disqualification,” he said. As is known, in order to support the preservation of the arts and culture, the Badung district government through the Culture Office allocates the budget of IDR 24 million to be deducted with 15 percent of tax to IDR 20,400,000 per youth club. The number of youth club in Badung reaches 536, but only 535 youth clubs receiving motivation funds because a youth club does not make ogoh-ogoh as hampered by refurbishment of its hamlet hall. (kmb27)
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The Badung Culture Office began to select ogoh-ogoh or papier mâché demon in six subdistricts.
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By using canoes, participants go through the mangroves while picking up plastic waste. Then, the plastic or inorganic waste collected by participants will be weighed.
Exploring mangrove forest at Pemogan
55 teams successfully collect 2.29 tons of plastic waste DENPASAR - Plastic waste has not been handled properly. This can be seen from the accumulating plastic waste in the downstream, such as in mangrove forests at Pemogan, South Denpasar. From the activities of the mangrove walk down while collecting plastic waste held by the Denpasar Fisheries and Food Security Office in collaboration with the Mina Werdhi Batu Lumbang community group on Wednesday (Feb. 20), a total of 2.29 tons of plastic waste could be collected. This proves that quite a lot of plastic waste still flows into the sea. In that activity, as many as 55 teams respectively consisting of two people explored along the 5 km track in the mangrove area to collect plastic waste. The collected waste was then weighed. For a team being able to collect the most garbage was given a prize. “This is done in a series of celebrating the 231st anniversary of Denpasar City. Such activities have been held six times,” said the Head of the Denpasar Fisheries and Food Security Agency, AA Bayu Bramasta. The activity opened by the Mayor of Denpasar, IB Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, was also attended by the Head of the Denpasar Tourism Office, MA Dezire Mulyani, and other relevant agencies. All participants denoting the representatives of senior high and vocational schools as well as the general public or community seemed enthusiastic to gather from the morning. Chairperson of the Committee, I Wayan Kona, said the competition began by exploring the mangrove area along more than 5 kilometers. Along the way, all the participants
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carried out the action of picking up plastic waste for an hour. “By using canoes, participants go through the mangroves while picking up plastic waste. Then, the plastic or inorganic waste collected by participants will be weighed. Participant getting the heaviest will come out as champion,” said Kona while saying that all the 110 participants are divided into 25 high school and vocational school teams and 30 teams belonging to general public category. Bayu Bramasta added the activity is a place to introduce a natural environment to younger generation. So, after the introduction, of course they are expected to be able to arouse a sense of community concern for the environment itself. “We invite the younger generation to get to know the environment and arouse a sense of care for the environment so the existence of garbage mainly plastic waste in waters can be minimized or reduced,” he explained. Mayor of Denpasar, IB Rai Dharmawijaa Mantra, hoped the activity must continue to be maximized considering that such activity can reduce the presence of waste in the waters around the mangrove forests. Thus, the ecosystem and habitat found in the mangrove area remain sustainable. A participant from Germany, Sarah, said she was very happy to be able to take part in such activity. This international student at the Dhyana Pura University also appreciated to the activity which is very good for providing education for younger generation. “Well, it is very good, and I’m very happy to be able to participate in this activity,” she explained. (kmb12)
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NEW YORK’S MOXY CHELSEA OPENS AS THE FLOWER DISTRICT’S NEW SECRET GARDEN
Rising 35 stories high into the New York City skyline, Moxy NYC Chelsea, the micro-room, macro-amenity hotel, developed by Lightstone and part of Marriott International’s experiential Moxy Hotels brand, officially opens its doors today. Inspired by the surrounding Flower District, the hotel blends a botanically-influenced design with
Italian romance and a touch of playful wit – perfectly timed to welcome guests on Valentine’s Day. Creating an environment that appeals to both today’s modern traveler and locals, Moxy Chelsea was developed with a collection of public spaces designed to meet the community’s dining, drinking, and co-working needs—while providing
guests access to New York City at a neighborhood level. The 349-room hotel marks the second collaboration between Yabu Pushelberg, Rockwell Group, and architects Stonehill Taylor, the designers behind Moxy Times Square and three of the industry’s most admired firms. The newly-constructed building’s architecture riffs off the neigh-
borhood’s retro-industrial style and feels harmonious with its location, in the heart of the Chelsea Flower Market. The hotel blends into the lush flower shops that surround it, with a soaring three-story glass atrium revealing the vertical gardens within. Guests enter through the overgrown Putnam & Putnam Flower Shop, designed by Yabu Pushelberg, which is envisioned as a “botanical library,” with planter boxes suspended from the 15-foot wall, reachable by a wheeled ladder. The shop is run by husbands Darroch and Michael Putnam, whose couture approach to floral arrangements over the years has made them a staple at celebrity weddings, including the recent nuptials of Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk. Just beyond the flower shop, a bright yellow neon sign spelling out the words “MEET” and “GREET” beckons guests into Moxy’s take on the check-in area. Four butcher blocks, alluding to the nearby Meatpacking District, are dramatically suspended from the 12-foot ceiling above, acting as check-in kiosks. Members of Marriott’s recently renamed Loyalty program, Marriott Bonvoy; replacing Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest and The Ritz-Carlton Rewards; can also access keyless entry through the Marriott Mobile App. Just beyond check-in is the Moxy Digital Guestbook streaming videos and images taken within Moxy hotels
or tagged #atthemoxy for visitors’ pre-elevator amusement. The bedrooms are drenched in sunlight and feature floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall windows. For the design, Yabu Pushelberg replicates the clever functionality they created for Moxy Times Square, leavened with wit and humanized with a sense of craft. In all three room types — King, Double/Double and Quad Bunk — the furniture, which includes a writing desk and chair/ luggage rack, can be folded up and hung up on Moxy’s signature peg wall when not in use. Other spacesaving gambits include under-bed storage and a lava-stone sink and vanity area placed outside the bathroom. Tiles in the shower stalls are printed with cheeky phrases like “SOME REGRETS” and “WILD THING,” while a bulldog-shaped beer bottle opener hangs on the door. Additional bedroom features nod to the Flower District, like reading lamps that resemble garden lanterns and faucets that recall hose reels. Unique to Moxy Chelsea is the over-the-top MONDO Suite, an entertainment suite located on the 32nd floor. With soaring, double-height 18-foot ceilings and a wall of industrial-style windows looking out onto the Empire State Building, the room is equipped for entertaining and socializing. The suite can be combined with one or two adjoining king rooms to create a place to party and sleep.
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Lagerfeld’s creations shone on the red carpet On the red carpets of the world, Lagerfeld constantly reinterpreted company founder Coco Chanel’s vision. Chanel rarely created a dress specifically for a red carpet ceremony, although Lagerfeld did make a few exceptions, such as for Moore. In 2015, she won the Oscar for best actress for her work in “Still Alice” and at the ceremony wore a gown that required four fittings and 500 hours of work. - Chanel does not pay -
At about the same time Lagerfeld told The New York Times that Moore matched his idea of the perfect woman, not just because of her looks but also for “the way she is in life.” “We felt that it would be nice to be loyal,” Moore’s stylist Leslie Fremar told the website Business of Fashion at the time. “It’s nice to choose a brand that will support you, that has nothing to do with any monetary exchange.” Indeed, most fashion houses pay up to $250,000 for an actress to wear one of their outfits, according to the Hollywood Reporter, but not Chanel, which always refused to pay anything. This policy made front page news in February 2017 when Lagerfeld disclosed that Meryl Streep had refused to don a gown made
for her by Chanel and went with another designer who had in fact agreed to pay. “After we gift her a dress that’s 100,000 euros ($105,000), we found later we had to pay (for her to wear it). We give them dresses, we make the dresses, but we don’t pay,” Lagerfeld told Women’s Wear Daily. “A genius actress, but cheapness also, no?” he said. Streep was livid and denied this account. Lagerfeld ultimately said there had been a misunderstanding. In general Lagerfeld played the game with such Hollywood ceremonies but all this glitz was not really his cup of tea. In an interview with Women’s Wear Daily in 2013, Lagerfeld reminisced about the 1970s, praising that era as unpretentious. “There was no red carpet, there were not 200 bodyguards with a famous person. Today, things are over-organized,” he said. “There’s another problem. If you give to an actress a bold couture dress a woman had ordered, they cancel the dress in a second,” he added. “Perhaps they’re afraid that their husband compares and thinks that Nicole Kidman looks better in the dress,” said Lagerfeld, who was known for his acid tongue.
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In this file photo taken on October 05, 2010 German designer Karl Lagerfeld (C) acknowledges the public with French former model Ines de la Fressange (2nd R) as a models look on during the Chanel Spring/Summer 2011 ready-to-wear collection show on October 5, 2010 in Paris.
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Friday, February 22, 2019
Measuring potential of mangrove tourism at Budeng
NEW YORK - Late fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld earned himself a special place on the red carpet, designing clothes for a handpicked group of actresses and displaying his knack for melding the modern with the classic. Until the early 1990s, big awards ceremonies like the Oscars were not really the stuff of designers like Lagerfeld, who died Tuesday at the age of 85, as most actresses chose to wear gowns by American designers whose names are now largely forgotten. But with the emergence of TV shows focusing on show business and celebrities and the growth of the internet, those glitzy evenings took on an exponentially higher visibility. As the head of Chanel since 1983, and a collaborator at Fendi since 1965, Lagerfeld took part in this movement but on his own terms. Lagerfeld chose a handful of actresses that he found to be inspiring, establishing special relationships with them. Gwyneth Paltrow, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman and more recently Keira Knightley, Kristen Stewart and Emma Stone have walked down the red carpet more than once wearing a Chanel outfit designed by the German-born creator known for his white hair and ponytail. These were gowns lean on color, often just black or white, with a taste for pearls, crystals or sequins and the touch that puts high fashion ready-to-wear clothes in a class of their own.
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BUDENG village located in Jembrana subdistrict is one of the small villages in Jembrana. Even though the settlement area of the village is small with two hamlets, the village sitting about three kilometers south of the Negara town has promising tourism potential. This small village is surrounded by agricultural land, swamps, ponds and mangrove forests. The potential of mangrove forests now dominating (tens of hectares) the Budeng area is one of the attrac-
tions. Combined with the Perancak River flow, it has natural scenery and the habitat for swamp flora and fauna of Budeng. “In the past, there were many swamp animals and plants for healing. Today, it is get-
ting lush with mangroves and in our opinion this must be preserved,” said Chairman of Budeng Village Mangrove tourism awareness group (Pokdarwis), I Gede Wijaya. Mangrove forest at Budeng is one of the potentials for tourism that underlies a number of young people and residents at Budeng to establish Tourism Awareness Group (Pokdarwis). Mangrove forest at local village has great potential
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In this file photo taken on April 24, 2015 member of the jury and French director of Chanel’s creation studio Virginie Viard (2nd R) looks at creations during the 30th edition of the International Festival of Fashion and Photography, at the Villa Noailles in Hyeres, southeastern France.
Virginie Viard, emerging from Lagerfeld’s shadow to head Chanel
PARIS - Virginie Viard, who was the late Karl Lagerfeld’s “right and left hand” for more than 30 years, is stepping out from the legendary designer’s formidable shadow to take over as Chanel’s creative director. Chanel announced Viard’s nomination “so that the legacy of Gabrielle Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld can live on” at the same time as it confirmed Lagerfeld’s death on Tuesday aged 85. The smoky-eyed designer who will take the spotlight after shunning it for decades was described by her mentor as “my right and left hand”. He told Netflix’s “7 Days Out” documentary series: “Virginie is the most important person, not only for me but also for the atelier, for everything.” Viard declines to reveal her age, as is common in the fashion world. She joined Chanel as an intern in haute couture embroidery in 1987, four years after Lagerfeld took charge, after being recommended by a neighbour of her parents who was close to Monaco’s Prince Rainier. “I imagine we are complementary,” Viard said of her relationship with Lagerfeld as Chanel’s head of studio. “I understand where he wants to take Chanel, but I can’t really explain it, it’s like that,” she told AFP in a 2015 interview. “He doesn’t spend three hours on a dress. He sees right away if it
works well or not.” In November 2017, she told the London Telegraph that she tries “to please him, but I also like to surprise him.” When Lagerfeld missed Chanel’s Paris haute couture show on January 22, with the brand saying he “was tired”, it was Viard who took a bow. “Virginie Viard and Eric Pfrunder, Chanel’s director of image, will continue to work alongside him and follow up the collection and the brand’s publicity campaigns,” Chanel added at the time. That set off speculation that the man nicknamed “the Kaiser”, who has ruled over fashion for a large part of the past half century, may be about to step back. At his last Paris show in October, Lagerfeld had gone out of his way to acknowledge Viard, one of the behind-the-scenes heroines at the luxury label, for her years of support. Often seen wearing a jacket over slim black trousers, Viard says she likes “fashion that lasts... clothes that actually aren’t in style”. It is an echo of the famous dictum of Coco Chanel:”Fashion changes, but style endures”, a fitting mantra for Viard in her new role. Viard’s baptism of fire will come on March 5, when she unveils Chanel’s Autum-Winter 20192020 ready-to-wear collection in Paris. (afp)
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The potential of mangrove forests now dominating (tens of hectares) the Budeng area is one of the attractions.
without having to disturb the area. In addition to the panorama and atmosphere of the mangrove forest, on the banks of the Perancak River there is also a spiritual area associated with Jembrana namely the Kembar Temple. Likewise, it is also supported by the existence of Seacorm or the Marine Research and Observation Center (BPOL) for education and preservation of the environment, especially for the sea. Although remaining relatively new in pioneering stage, a number of efforts of the Pokdarwis and community have been promoted from small things such as the mangrove cleanup and road access to the Kembar Temple, mangrove planting, to the development of the Village Community Empowerment Cadre (KPMD) related to mangroves. Maintaining the cleanliness of the mangrove area is very important because the Perancak River flow that empties into Perancak estuary is prone to pollution. “To actively clean up the mangroves, we also use fishermen’s boat to collect garbage, especially plastic in the river. Every week, we explore the river for cleaning,” added Gede Wijaya. In addition, the monitoring of plants and animals around the mangrove is also carried out, especially after the release of several mon-
keys. Headman of Budeng, Putu Libra Setiawan, claimed to support the preservation of the mangrove area located at Budeng village. Moreover, it is not uncommon for him to go directly with Pokdarwis and provide input for the group related to mangrove conservation and tourism development efforts. “Our concerns are now focused on garbage. We start with regular cleanup, not only with Pokdarwis but also with village government and communities,” said Libra. Estuary of Perancak with its mangrove forest area is now very important. Although the mangrove area has grown naturally to nine hectares since 2014, the waste has become a major problem. When mangrove areas are polluted with garbage, it will have an impact on mangrove growth. In the future, he hoped the efforts to develop the potential of the village can get the support from all parties. Location of the mangrove forest covers various agencies starting from the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Fishery and Maritime Affairs to local village. The community around Budeng also has skills in the utilization of mangrove potentials, such as for written batik materials, food and drinks such as chips to mangrove juice. (olo)
Temeling Beach disrupted by plastic waste
SEMARAPURA — Temeling Beach, Batumadeg, Nusa Penida, is one of the tourist attractions in the Nusa Gede archipelago. However, its presence is not free from waste, especially plastic waste. Such a situation has made the Klungkung Water Police recently intervene and invite communities caring about waste, tourists and local community to maintain the beach cleanliness. Chief of Klungkung Water Police, I Nyoman Arnawa, stated on Tuesday (Feb. 19) that he wanted to show off the form of responsibility to maintain the cleanliness of the environment on the beach. Temeling Beach is selected because on the beach there are still many packaging of drinks, food wrappers and other garbage scattered in the coastal area. This makes the beauty of beach reduce. Deployment of all personnel of the Regional Water Police is also as a form of activity to grace the Plastic Waste Care Day on February 21. Besides, he wanted to arouse the awareness of the public and other parties to always protect the surrounding environment. “That is
why we hope the people making a visit to the tourist sites, especially to the beach, not to dispose or litter so that the coastal area as one of our assets, can maintain its cleanliness and beauty,” he said firmly. Other than Temeling Beach, a cleanup action of plastic waste was also carried out in the Unda River suburb. In the area was also encountered a lot of plastic waste from upstream, when the water of Tukad Unda rose during heavy rains. From the results of cleanup activity at these two places, Water Police collected dozens of sacks of plastic waste. This action is also a form of support of the Water Police for the Bali provincial government program, increasingly and aggressively declaring war against plastic waste. Moreover, there has been a ban on using plastic. With this action, I Nyoman Arnawa hoped to raise awareness to protect the environment from the threat of plastic waste. “We also have a responsibility to preserve the marine environment in addition to maintaining its security,” he said. (kmb31)
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Klungkung Water Police recently intervene and invite communities caring about waste, tourists and local community to maintain the beach cleanliness.
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‘Nut rage’ Korean Air heiress accused of child abuse by husband
To be managed with private public community partnership concept
MANGUPURA - Kedonganan Beach area formerly giving slum impression due to fish waste is now being arranged. In addition to handling the waste, in the future the North Beach of Kedonganan will be made activities like beach club. This is to facilitate tourists in order to be able to enjoy the beach panorama there. According to Chief of Kedonganan customary village, the arrangement is not only carried out on the Northwest coast, but also on the Southwest coast. The welfare of fishermen in the area will also be improved considering fishermen are currently very difficult to find fish. In addition, their fish catching areas are quite far away as well as the tools for catching fish are increasingly expensive. Unavoidably, this makes fishermen difficult. On the other hand, the fishermen remain to exist until now. “Their activities must be developed, not only catching fish but also attracting tourists,” he concluded on Tuesday (Feb. 19). The next concept of development will be called the private public community partnership (PPCP). It is cooperation between private parties with existing hotels with the local government and community. In this case, the local community is especially fisherman in the area. “These three elements will be included in the PPCP concept,” he said. He revealed the arrangement of the Southwest coast is targeted to be in operation this June. There have been some buildings in the area, namely 6 shed buildings, where two sheds will be used for fishing activities while the remaining four buildings will be used for mini beach clubs. Meanwhile, the menus presented are expected to be different from the menus served in
the existing cafes in the area. For this reason, it will cooperate with STP Nusa Dua and ICA. He added the management will be carried out in single door system. The price of both the mini beach and fisherman activities tourism will also be uniformed. “The ownership will indeed be owned by fishermen, but the management will be carried out by young people of Kedonganan,” he concluded He admitted that in the future development, fishermen as citizens will certainly not be easy to find funds. For this reason, he will discuss with the village credit agency (LPD) of Kedonganan to provide facilities and priority for young people who are making business there. They will be supported with very cheap credit for entrepreneurship development. For the Southwest coast, Mertha said it will be developed into a kecak dance venue by involving fishermen. Then, fishing activities are also handled by fishermen groups accompanied with the rental of long chairs. “It will involve all of the local fishermen currently amounting to 53 people,” he said. Other than the West Coast area, the East Coast area located adjacent to mangrove forests will also be developed into eco-mangroves, namely tourism activities based on the concept of mangrove-based tourism. Logging mangroves is not allowed, but the diversity will be taken advantage into an attraction. However, at this moment he will focus first on the West. After that, it will gradually arrange the East Coast. “Fishermen in the eastern region remain to exist. It will be established two tourism awareness groups (Pokdarwis), where one is n the East Coast and another in the West Coast,” he explained. (kmb23)
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Statue of spiritual figure Danghyang Nirartha
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Danghyang Nirartha Statue
A means of education on history of Uluwatu Temple
MANGUPURA - As a means of education related to the history on the founding of Uluwatu Temple, currently in the forest area is built a statue of spiritual figure Danghyang Nirartha. Aside from being an educational medium for the next generation, this statue is also a new attraction for visitors to the Uluwatu region. Operations Manager of Uluwatu Temple Outermost Area, Wayan Wijana, said the establishment of this statue had indeed passed through a study from the Badung Public Works and Settlement Agency (PUPR) as well as validation and dissemination had been carried out to the higher priests (sulinggih) for naming this statue. Wijana said this is a monumental statue related to the history of the Uluwatu Temple. His party as the operator said this effort is also a part to increase the supporting capacity of the Uluwatu destination. “Hopefully, this statue can be an alternative attraction other than nature and culture. But it will be equipped with a tourist attraction closely related to history and culture. Of course, this can attract tourists so the visit can continue to increase,” he said when met amid the inauguration of the Danghyang Nirartha statue, on Tuesday (Feb. 19). Other than the existence of the statue, the operator will prepare an inscription containing the history of the statue itself. For the name of the statue, Wijana said it is indeed taken from the name of Danghyang Nirartha as the founder of the Uluwatu Temple. With this statue, he targeted
to increase the number of visits, especially foreign tourists. From the data available, the number of visits in 2017 reached 2.2 million. Meanwhile, in 2018 the visit rose sharply to reach 2.7 million foreign tourists. This year, his management targeted the number of visits to reach 2.8 million, and if possible it can reach 3 million. Head of the South Kuta subdistrict, Made Widiana, stated the construction of the Danghyang Nirartha statue on the base of the Uluwatu Temple environment can be an educational medium for future generations. With this, they will understand what the founder of Uluwatu Temple is like. “This can be an educational medium for younger generation as well as tourist attraction,” said Widiana. Meanwhile, Head of the Badung Public Works and Settlement Agency, I.B. Surya Suamba, explained the construction of this statue uses bronze material with the height of 8.11 meters. As for the pedestal has a height of about 3 meters. Meanwhile, the statue area is around 400 square meters. “The making of this statue takes 3 months. The overall process was for 6 months, with a budget of more than IDR 5 billion,” he explained.
Surya Suamba revealed the selection of Danghyang Nirartha, was based on consideration that this spiritual figure in his era had succeeded in achieving the perfect level of consciousness, moksha. Besides, it also retains the tracks of a holy journey of Danghyang Nirartha in reaching Moksha. “Obviously, the teachings to achieve Moksha need to be embraced by Hindus in Bali,” he said. He stated the arrangement in the Uluwatu area has not yet been completed. As mentioned in the Detailed Engineering Design (DED), the statue includes one of the points of the Uluwatu temple area. In addition, there is a plan of arranging landscape, parking development and wall arrangement. “Indeed, it has owned the DED. Gradually it is adjusted to the budget conditions. We will arrange this including the overall landscape,” he explained. Within the area of this statue, he added, will be provided with location to take pictures. So, visitors wishing to take photos can be safe and comfortable. In 2019, the master plan concept on the arrangement has been prepared including the construction of entrance gate and parking arrangement. (kmb23)
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Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray of the Philippines waves to fans during a parade held in her honour in Manila on February 21, 2019, two months since she won the crown.
Pageant-mad Philippines welcomes home Miss Universe
SEOUL - The husband of a Korean Air heiress known for a “nut rage” tantrum that sparked uproar in South Korea has accused his wife of abusing him and their young children, police said on Thursday. Cho Hyun-ah shot to international infamy in 2014 when she lost her temper over the way she was served nuts in first class before takeoff from New York. She was sentenced to a year in prison for hampering an air route after ordering the Seoul-bound Korean Air plane back to the gate so she could have a flight attendant ejected. The attendant, along with a colleague, had served her macadamias in a bag rather than a bowl -- prompting Cho to order them to kneel and beg for forgiveness. She was later cleared on appeal and served just five months. Her husband, surnamed Park, said Cho had been physically and verbally abusing his family, including their five-year-old twin sons, since she was released from jail in 2015. He filed charges against Cho -- who denies the allegations -- on Wednesday. “He is suing her for child abuse and inflicting of bodily injury, among other things,” an officer at the National Police Agency told AFP. Park, a plastic surgeon, and Cho -- who married in 2010 after meeting in elementary school -- are in the process of divorcing. He shared photographs of his
neck and toe wounds with a local TV station, claiming they were inflicted by Cho, and said he had submitted photos and video footage of the abuse to police. His wife repeatedly “strangled him” and threw a tablet PC at him, injuring his toe, he told authorities. Park also claimed Cho threw spoons and chopsticks at their young children for “not eating quickly enough” and verbally abused them for “not falling asleep”. He is seeking full custody of the boys. A spokesman for Cho’s law firm Sejong denied the allegations, claiming Park is an alcoholic and therefore his memories are flawed. He has been hospitalised for alcoholism three times during their marriage, the firm said. “We are seriously considering filing a complaint against Park for defamation.” Other family members of Cho, including her mother Lee Myunghee and her sister Cho Hyun-min, have been accused of abusing their employees. The alleged abuses range from cursing and screaming at staff members to kicking, slapping and even throwing a pair of scissors at them. A series of scandals -- including allegations over tax evasion and smuggling of furniture and food -have also left Cho’s father, Korean Air chairman Cho Yang-ho, facing mounting scrutiny that has riled the public and even sparked protests by the firm’s employees. (afp)
MANILA - The beauty pageant-mad Philippines welcomed home freshly crowned Miss Universe Catriona Gray on Thursday with a parade through the capital that drew thousands of screeching fans held back by police. The 25-year-old danced, smiled and waved a tiny Philippine flag from atop a float, shielded from the pounding tropical sun by attendants holding pink umbrellas as some in the crowd scaled utility poles to catch a glimpse. Manila’s already notorious gridlock was brought to a complete stop by a police motorcycle escort that blocked roads as confetti canons sprayed the crowd, which was pushed back by officers. “I was overwhelmed when I saw her and she looked at me!” said Ednor Yaunbaes, 22, as he waved a pink flag. “At least I can say that before I die, I already saw a Miss Universe.” Beauty pageants are mustview spectacles in the nation of
106 million people, and winners of global titles are treated like heroines. Gray -- a student of music theory -- beat more than 90 contestants from around the globe in the 67th instalment of Miss Universe, which was held in the Thai capital in December. Social media exploded with clips of fans jumping for joy and hugging each other as the Filipina contestant went through each successive round and eventually won. Gray works at a non-government outfit that provides free education for children at a Manila slum and has lent her voice to her country’s most controversial issues, including legalising medicines that con-
tain marijuana. Recent pageant success by Filipinas has given a lift to a nation mired in crushing poverty, debilitating corruption and an annual deluge of typhoons, quakes, floods and other natural disasters. Gray, whose father is Australian, was the fourth Filipina winner of the prestigious beauty pageant, and the second since Pia Wurtzbach in 2015. “To come back here as Miss Universe 2018, it was such a fast journey. I want to scream!” Gray told reporters on Wednesday. “It brings me so much pride and honour to be able to bring so much joy to my country of the Philippines.” (afp)
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Executive Cho Hyun-Ah (C) surrounded by journalists after receiving a suspended jail sentence at a court in Seoul.
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BUSINESS ‘Kaesong is the answer’: S. Koreans pin hopes on shuttered complex
It has been three years since Park Yong-man’s factory was shuttered amid weapons tests and soaring tensions, but next week’s summit between the US and Pyongyang may well signal the South Korean businessman’s lucrative return to the North. His textile company, which employed around 300 North Korean workers, was one of 125 southern firms operating in the Kaesong Industrial Complex, a highly symbolic cross-border business project that made hundreds of millions of dollars for Pyongyang. Seoul shut down the complex in response to a nuclear test and missile launches by the North, claiming that profits from the North Korean border city were funding Pyongyang’s provocations. Despite toughened international sanctions against the North for its weapons programmes -- which currently make restarting Kaesong almost impossible -- the recent rapprochement on the Korean peninsula has renewed hopes for businessmen like Park. “This will be my fourth excruciating year,” said Park, who has struggled to keep his business afloat since leaving Kaesong, where he had access to hard-working, low-cost skilled labour. Like other businessman in Kaesong, Park paid the North Korean government $70 a month for each of the workers it provided -- and critics say employees may have received only a fraction of that. Since the closure Park said he had visited more than a dozen countries trying to find the ideal base for his operations. “And the answer was Kaesong,” he added. He now runs two factories in China and Vietnam and a small production line in the basement of his Seoul office. When AFP visited, five workers were diligently stitching uniforms for a Saudi Arabian cement company in a room ringing with the soft whir of sewing machines. A survey conducted by the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business last year showed that 96 percent of South Korean
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This picture taken on February 16, 2019 shows North Korea’s Kaesong joint industrial complex area as seen from a South Korean observatory post in the southern boundary of the Demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas in Paju. Seoul shut down the complex in response to a nuclear test and missile launches by the North, claiming that hundreds of millions of dollars from the complex was funding Pyongyang’s provocations. firms who had operations at Kaesong wished to return. - Web of sanctions Normalising operations at the complex was one of the key agreements reached between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South’s President Moon Jae-in at their summit in Pyongyang last September. Kim said earlier this year he wanted to reopen Kaesong “without any preconditions”. The dovish Moon has called cross-border economic cooperation “a blessing”, but an intricate web of sanctions tightened since the 2016 closure has halted further action. “For now, reopening the Kaesong Industrial Complex is hard,” said Kim Kwang-gil, a lawyer who was stationed in the factory zone from 2004 to 2013. The new measures include bans
on forming joint ventures with Pyongyang and operating financial institutions, such as a bank for the payment of wages, inside the impoverished state. The UN sanctions also prevent textile exports from North Korea -- a key product manufactured by Kaesong firms -- and the US has banned all products manufactured with North Korean labour. The transfer of bulk cash for workers’ wages is banned by the 15-member council and paying North Korea in US dollars, as it did before the shutdown, would now be a violation of Washington’s sanctions. Seoul could seek exemptions from the UN, Kim Kwang-gil said, as it did for a cross-border railway project last year. But these exemptions have so far been temporary and would not be ideal for guaranteeing Kae-
song’s future, said Korea Economic Institute senior director Troy Stangarone. Washington is reportedly mulling sanctions relief for Pyongyang in exchange for a significant denuclearisation step ahead of Trump and Kim’s second summit in Hanoi. Ahead of the summit, Moon told Trump that Seoul was willing to “share the burden” with the US by resuming joint economic projects with the North, supporting it as it goes through the denuclearisation process. - Cash cow The biggest sticking point in restarting the factory park is its potential use as a cash cow for the nuclear-armed North.In 2017, Moon denied claims by his predecessor that around 70 percent of some $546 million spent at Kaesong was
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used for developing Pyongyang’s arsenal. The North’s weapons programme “benefited” from Kaesong, Stangarone said, even if it did not directly finance it. “It helped provide Pyongyang with the hard currency it needed to make purchases internationally -some legitimate, some related to its weapons programmes,” he added. South Korean foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha told lawmakers last month that Seoul needed ways to reopen the complex without an inflow of hard currency. Lawyer Kim suggested that retailers could open outlets in the complex where employers would payfor workers’ purchases. But that would cut Pyongyang out of the funding loop, Stangarone pointed out, asking: “Would North Korea be willing to accept an alternative form of payment?” (afp)
Friday, February 22, 2019
Philosophical Messages in Kertha Gosa Paintings
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Kertha Gosa in Klungkung has been known as a heritage of the royal period. Until now it remains well maintained. The building features a classic atmosphere. There are a number of stories contained in the paintings mounted on the ceiling. What are they? The name of Kertha Gosa has been very famous not only in Balinese society, but also overseas. The historical heritage located in the south of Puputan Klungkung Monument becomes one of the tourist destinations in Klungkung. When coming in, the classic atmosphere can be felt intensely. The Kertha Gosa building in the northeast corner still shows its taksu or divine vibration. Its foundation is made from hard sand stone. The poles of the building with a palm fiber roof covered with carvings give the impression of the past time. Gold leaf color of some painting has looked to fade but still looks beautiful. They are no less beautiful when compared to the carvings of today. In the center of the building, there are carved table and chairs. According to the story, during the kingdom era it is believed to be the venue for discussion on everything related to security situation, prosperity and justice of kingdom region in Bali. Besides, this pavilion served as a venue of meeting for the subordinate kings throughout Bali held every full moon of the fourth month in Balinese calendar (October). Here the royal officials provided direction and decisions based on considerations of the circumstances and needs. When observed further, the ceiling of this building is filled with paintings. They have very distinctive colors. Additionally, they look natural with a touch of color of the
rocks. Aside from offering very classic nuance, it contains meaningful philosophy. All of them are displayed in plots. Its beauty and uniqueness can draw the attention of many visiting tourists. They are quite curious about the meaning contained therein. A tour guide, I Putu Gede Alex Sanjaya Putra, said the paintings have existed since the beginning of the building. One by one is explained based on the existing references. At the bottom plot, the story tells about Tantri Kandaka, the 1001-night stories whose essence is about all the deceit in society. The second and third plots carry about the Atma Presangsa, depicting the suffering of the souls in Hell found by Bima Sena (second son of the Pandavas) on his way to find out the souls of his father and mother. The fourth plot is about the eagle seeking amrita (holy water of life), taken from Adi Parwa, a story that illustrates how difficult it is to earn a living in the world. Meanwhile, the fifth plot tells about palelindon (forecast and meaning of earthquakes). The sixth and seventh plots tell about Bima Sena when meeting with divine and celestial deities and fighting to save the souls of his father and mother.
Meanwhile, the eighth plot tells about the heaven of the souls and the ninth plot about the god who serves as the keeper of the balance of the four points of the compass of the world. “This painting becomes one of the tourist attractions,” explained Sanjaya Putra, not long ago. Right in the middle of this building area is the Taman Gili. Local community is more familiar with the name of Balai Kambang (literally means ‘the floating pavilion’)
surrounded by a fish pond with water lilies. To get there, visitors should explore some steps that also show the old impression. This building has many poles. The carving is similar to the ones in the Kertha Gosa. This also draws the attention of visitors as intrigued by the story of the paintings on the ceiling. READ Tour de Flores 2017; Cycling across the Undulating Landscape of Flores Near the brick-using founda-
tion building, there is a small note explaining the meaning of the paintings. The first plot from below tells the story about the destiny of a person predetermined by the day of birth. The second plot depicts the story of Pan Berayut, a fairy tale about the couple having 18 children. As for the third to sixth plot tell about the story of Sutasoma, the work of renowned poet, Mpu Tantular during the reign of King Hayam Wuruk in Majapahit in 1365. (kmb)
Smashedbox, Homely Food Stall Selling Healthy Menus
Luxuriating in delicious and healthy cuisines should not necessarily go to a restaurant or a fancy and lavish eatery. There are also
small and homely food stalls. Moreover, the small food stalls serve a complete healthy menu with balanced and appropriate calorie
content. Being curious? Try stopping by at Warung Smashedbox located at Jalan Raya Kerobokan 125, a food court beside the Pondok Duo Restaurant, Kuta. Indeed this restaurant is slightly deep into a hidden place from the hustles and bustles of the tourist oasis of Kuta. However, after entering and enjoying the dishes, they are guaranteed to be addicted. Even though it only offers a simple menu such as fresh vegetables and chicken geprek, Smashedbox is able to provide extraordinary experience and enjoyment. Interestingly, each menu served has calculated the number of calories available in each type of menu. For instance, Smashed Grill Chicken Fit contains 406 calories in one portion. Similarly, the other menus are in accordance with the
taste and needs of dietary patterns. “This is made because foreigners need different calories in each diet program,” said the owner, Euniken M. Renaningtyas. This Warung Smashedbox is perfect for vegan and those who are on a diet program because this bijou warung also prepares delicious menus. As other advantages, each menu is non-MSG and vegan friendly. ”I have local community customers and foreigners. Usually, foreign guests come and eat here. After yoga they eat here,” she admitted. Indeed, the superiority of the Smashedbox menu is the reason for people to come and enjoy the menus. In addition, the very affordable price also becomes their attraction to come. Just imagine, at this time it is still selling menus
for IDR 10,000. Customers can directly shop and order online. “Warung Smashedbox prioritizes health and the levels of calories contained in each portion of the food,” said Euniken M. Renaningtyas. This food stall is opened every day starting at 11:00 – 23:00 local time. Menus on offer include the Smashed Grill Chicken Fit and some best seller menus like the Jumbo Chicken Geprek with three selected chili sauces (green chili condiment, torch ginger condiment and mango condiment), Original Smashed Chicken Wing, Smashed Magical Banana Cinnamon, Smashed Sweet Potatoes and Smashed Tempeh. “This food stall follows government regulations by not using plastic straws and serving food with paper, not plastic,” she concluded. (kmb)
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Pope Francis greets a cardinal during the opening of a global child protection summit for reflections on the sex abuse crisis within the Catholic Church, on February 21, 2019 at the Vatican.
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Inferno kills at least 70 in Dhaka apartment blocks
DHAKA - At least 70 people were killed when fire tore through crumbling apartment blocks in a historic part of Dhaka, setting off a chain of explosions and a wall of flames down nearby streets, officials said Thursday. It started in one building where chemicals for deodorants and other household uses were illegally stored and spread at lightning speed to four nearby buildings, the fire service said. People became trapped by the flames at a nearby bridal party and a restaurant. TV images showed the gates to one building were chained up so residents were unable to escape. Traffic jams in the clogged narrow streets held up the rescue operation. Bangladesh fire chief Ali Ahmed said at least 70 people were killed but that the toll would likely rise. “The number of bodies may increase. The search is still going on,” he told AFP. Doctors said at least 10 of the scores of injured were in critical condition. Firefighters who took almost 12 hours to bring the fire under control, went through the blackened floors of the building, littered with spray cans, looking for bodies. The fire started at about 10.40pm
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis kicks off a red-letter global child protection summit Thursday for reflections on the sex abuse crisis, while victims tired of hearing pledges for change clamour for incisive reforms. The pontiff has set aside three and a half days to convince Catholic bishops to tackle paedophilia in a bid to contain a scandal which hit an already beleaguered Church again in 2018, from Chile to Germany and the United States. The 82-year-old hopes to raise awareness through prayers, speeches, working groups and testimonies from victims. The idea is that the 114 heads of bishops’ conferences will return home with clear ideas on how to spot and deal with abuse. The task is made difficult by the fact that some churches, in Asia and Africa in particular, deny the problem exists. “My hope would be that people see this as a turning point,” said American Cardinal Blase Cupich, one of the pope’s trusted allies in the United States and one of the summit’s four organisers. The US Catholic Church has been shaken by one of the gravest crises in its history, with the defrocking last week by Pope Francis of a former cardinal -- American
Theodore McCarrick -- over accusations he sexually abused a teenager 50 years ago. - ‘Silence a no-go’ -
“It’s not the end game, no one can ever say that... (but) we’re going to do everything possible so people are held responsible, accountable and that there is going to be transparency,” Cupich told journalists said ahead of the meeting. These three themes -- responsibility, accountability and transparency -- will form the backbone of the summit and provide its 190 participants with the keys to ensuring child safety, he said. There are reforms in the pipeline, such as the “tweaking” of certain canon laws, according to another of the organisers, Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna. But the suggestion that Church laws need only fine-tuning has angered many, including Anne Barrett Doyle, the co-director of BishopAccountability.org, a public database that documents cases of proven or suspected cleric sex
crimes. “Canon law has to be changed: not tweaked, not modified, but fundamentally changed, so that it stops prioritising the priesthood... over the lives of children, and vulnerable adults who are sexually assaulted by them,” she said. Scicluna insists that summoning Church leaders from all continents to Rome “is in itself a very important message”. The Maltese spent 10 years as the Vatican’s top prosecutor on paedophilia cases, and was picked by Francis to travel to Chile last year to hear from victims whose voices had previously been silenced by an internal Church cover-up. Scicluna has called for an end to the code of silence and culture of denial within the centuries-old institution. “Silence is a no-go, whether you call it omerta or simply a state of denial,” he said this week. “We have to face facts because only the truth of the matter, and confronting the facts, will make us free,” he added. (afp)
(1640 GMT) on Wednesday at Chawkbazar in the old Mughal part of the capital. Ahmed said it may have been started by a gas cylinder and quickly spread through the building where chemicals were stored in rooms alongside the apartments. Chemicals used for household products were also stored in the nearby buildings. They exploded as the fire spread, witnesses said. “There was a traffic jam when the fire broke out. It spread so quickly that people could not escape,” the fire chief said. Another fire official told reporters the blaze was under control but was not extinguished despite the efforts of more than 200 firefighters. “It will take time. This is not like any other fire,” he said, adding that the inferno had been made more devastating by the “highly combustible” chemicals. Fire trucks had struggled in the narrow streets to reach the scene and there was also a lack of water for the battle, officials said. The main gate of one five storey building was chained up, trapping residents inside, according to images shown on Bangladesh television. (afp)
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Firefighters try to extinguish a fire in Dhaka on February 21, 2019. At least 69 people have died in a huge blaze that tore through apartment buildings also used as chemical warehouses in an old part of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, fire officials said on February 21.
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The festivities, which this year were planned for March 3-5, usually draw many Haitians living abroad and fleeing the winter cold in Canada and the eastern US. Another major Carnival celebration is scheduled to take place in the city of Gonaives, but the government has not said if it will go ahead. As grim as things are, some foreign tourists have gone ahead with visits to Haiti. On Wednesday, a group of Australians under police escort visited a square featuring statues of heros of Haiti’s independence from France. Days ago, demonstrators at the same plaza were
throwing rocks at police, who responded with volleys of tear gas grenades. A woman named Carole, who did not want to give her last name, said, “I trust the company we’re traveling with. They not only want to take us but they want to bring us back.” Kevin McCue, another of the people in the group of 20, said he was glad that their tour operator had not opted for Plan B, which would have meant skipping Haiti and spending the whole week in the neighboring Dominican Republic. “Tourism is alive and well here. People should come. The more they come, the better they spread some money among people who need it and the better for Haiti,” said McCue. (afp)
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Hundreds of students flee violence in Indonesia’s Papua
Hundreds of students have fled fighting in Indonesia’s restive Papua province, a local NGO said, amid unconfirmed reports of violent military reprisals after a massacre of civilian workers by separatist rebels. The death of 16 governmentlinked employees at a remote jungle work camp in early December, marked a dramatic escalation from decades of mostly sporadic skirmishes between poorly armed and disorganised guerrillas and a powerful Indonesian military. Subsequent clashes prompted the Nduga district government to evacuate more than 400 students to Wamena, the capital of neighbouring Jayawijaya district, according to Humanitarian Volunteers for Nduga and a local education agency official. “Some of the students are suffering from trauma,” said Ence Geong, a coordinator at the NGO, told AFP. “When the military came to the school in uniforms, some of the students ran” in fear. Scores of other residents are believed to have fled to neighbouring districts or into the jungle amid allegations soldiers carried out arson, harassment and the killing of livestock and civilians, residents and activists said. Local resident Sripona Nirigi told AFP her elderly father Gemin -- a priest -- was shot dead in December during a sweep of the area by the military. His burned corpse was found by one of her siblings some two weeks later, she added. Her account could not be independently verified. Papua military spokesman Colonel Muhammad Aidi rejected allegations the military had fired on civilians, calling it a “hoax”. “If there are claims of civilian victims, they’re definitely not ordinary civilians,” Aidi told AFP. “They are part of the (separatists) that are
attacking the military.” Aidi said the army had investigated the alleged killing of the priest and denied he was shot by soldiers, saying it was still unclear whether he was alive or dead. He added that two soldiers have been killed and several more were injured in clashes with rebels since the December massacre of workers who were building bridges and roads
in Indonesia’s most impoverished region. The rebels claimed they were legitimate military targets. Local commander Binsar Sianipar separately confirmed the students had been evacuated, but said it was due to a teacher shortage in the area, not the military presence. Classes are being held in tents and the children are staying in overcrowded conditions at relatives’ houses, Geong said. Some 80 teachers have joined them. The military operations in Nduga have displaced at least one thousand people, according to lawyer and
activist Veronica Koman. “Jakarta ordered the military operation, but has been doing nothing to assist... civilians (who are) now internally displaced persons,” said Koman, who is in contact with church leaders and activists in Papua. “I’ve seen credible photos and videos of burnt livestock and houses, including a sick old man burnt inside a house.” Indonesian security forces have long been accused of rights abuses against Papua’s ethnic Melanesian population including extrajudicial killings of activists and
arrest of peaceful protestors. Papua, which shares a border with the island nation Papua New Guinea, just north of Australia, has been the site of low-level insurgency since the 1960s. The former Dutch colony declared itself independent in 1961, but neighbouring Indonesia took control of Papua two years later on the condition it hold an independence referendum. Jakarta annexed the mineral-rich region in 1969 with a UN-backed vote that is widely seen as a sham.(afp)
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This picture taken on February 12, 2019 shows Papuan children attending a class at a temporary shelter in Wamena, Indonesia’s Papua province. Hundreds of students have fled fighting in Indonesia’s restive Papua province, a local NGO said, amid unconfirmed reports of violent military reprisals after a massacre of civilian workers by separatist rebels.
Jokowi hopes training center in pesantren will effectively improve skills
JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed hope that the vocational training center (BLK) established in Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) would effectively improve skills of work forces. “I believe that it could be more effective to improve their skills,”
Jokowi said at the signing of cooperation on batch 1 communitybased vocational training center here on Wednesday. The government, he continued, is evaluating the communitybased BLK program. In 2017, it established 55 community-based BLK, and it was increased to 75
training centers in 2018. In 2019, the Ministry of Manpower would establish one thousand training centers, of which 500 centers would be launched in its first stage. The president remarked that the training centers` effectiveness could be increased as it is established within the Islamic
boarding school complex. Furthermore, Jokowi has called on the training center to adjust the training material with the industry in the region. “They (the boarding school) can choose whether they want to have training on information technology, garment, creative
industry, or processing of agriculture product. There are many alternatives that they can choose,” he elaborated. The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has also opened the chance for graduates of the training center to be channeled to companies. (ant)
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Four-time Masters champ Woods ‘ramping up’ for Augusta
Penataran Sasih Temple
GIANYAR - This was once the state temple of the Pejeng kingdom. In the inner courtyard, high up in a pavilion and difficult to see, is the huge bronze drum known as the Fallen Moon of Pejeng. The hourglass-shaped drum is 186cm long, the largest single-piece cast drum in the world. Estimates of its age vary from 1000 to 2000 years. The temple is in Pejeng, 5km east of central Ubud. It is not certain whether the drum was made locally or imported – the intricate geometric decorations are said to resemble patterns from places as far apart as West Papua and Vietnam. Balinese legend relates that the drum came to earth as a fallen moon, landing in a tree and shining so brightly that it prevented a band of thieves from going about their unlawful purpose. One of the thieves decided to put the light out by urinating on it, but the moon exploded and fell to earth as a drum, with a crack across its base as a result of the fall. Although the big noise here is all about the drum, be sure to notice the statuary in the temple courtyard that dates from the 10th to the 12th century.
Pura Penataran Sasih in Bali served the purpose of one the most important places of worship during the time of the great Balinese kingdoms. Various temple festivals are held in the 9th Balinese month at the Pura Penataran Sasih in Bali. It is an old temple that is before spreading Hinduism to Bali. Sashi means “Moon” in an Indonesian language. “Moon of Pejeng” who is the god of the moon is supplied. “Moon of Pejeng” is a drum made from copper. There is a myth of “Moon of Pejeng” in this temple. “There were 13 moons in ancient Bali. One in that fell in the village when was, and it was caught to the coconut tree. Because the moon is bright day and night, the thief who was not able to work has been embarrassed. The thief thought that he turned off the light of the moon. And, he went up the coconut tree, and put piddle on the moon. However, the moon exploded at the moment. And, the thief died, and the moon dropped on ground.” This is a myth of “Moon of Pejeng”. It is said that the bottom of “Moon of Pejeng” cracked because of this thief. And it is said that another theory was an eardrop of giant Kebo Iwa of the legend.
Legend tells how the gong was once the wheel of a chariot that transported the moon through the skies. The wheel shone just as brightly as the moon itself and, when it fell out of the sky and got stuck in a tree in Pejeng, a local thief became so incensed
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by its incriminating light that he tried to extinguish it by urinating over it. The wheel exploded, killing the thief, and then dropped to the ground. Ever since, the Balinese have .treated the Moon of Pejeng as a sacred object. (IBP/net)
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Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton walks on the paddock during the tests for the new Formula One Grand Prix season at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmelo in the outskirts of Barcelona on February 19, 2019.
‘Better than ever’ Hamilton predicts ‘most challenging season’
MEXICO CITY - Tiger Woods, who counts four Masters titles among his 14 majors, has been laying plans for Augusta National in April ever since October. “Started probably back in October, November,” Woods said Wednesday when asked just when he began thinking about the first major championship of 2019. “Thinking about shots I would need, clubs I’d be using for the event, what kind of swings I have been struggling with or doing well with.” In that context, this week’s elite WGC-Mexico Championship, where Woods will make his third start of 2019, is all part of the Masters plan. Woods’s precise path to Augusta National, where the Masters takes place April 11-14, isn’t entirely clear. His decision to play in Mexico has left him in a quandary regarding four tournaments coming up in successive weeks in Florida: The Honda Classic, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Players Championship and the Valspar Championship in Innisbrook. “From here on out, it’s very complicated,” Woods said. “Next week’s at home for me, then there’s
a tournament that I’ve won there eight times. “Then another event that I’ve won a couple times. Then the week after that is where I had an unbelievable week last year. So it gets very complicated. “That’s what I’m trying to figure out, how much to play, how much is too much, how much is not enough, and at the end of the day being race ready enough for April.” Woods returned to the Masters last year after missing both 2016 and 2017 with debilitating back trouble. He finished with a one-over total of 289 and tied for 32nd in the tournament won by Patrick Reed, but went on to claim the US PGA Tour’s Tour Championship in September and is looking ahead to 2019’s major championships with new confidence. “Last year was different,” said Woods, whose comeback was still in its early stages when he arrived at Augusta National last year. “And in previous years it (hope) was nonexistent,” he said. “This year to be able to ramp up a schedule and to be able to know what I can and can’t do going into the event is a lot more comforting.” (afp)
MONTMELO - Lewis Hamilton says he’s feeling “better than ever” ahead of a 2019 season he predicts will be “the most challenging” since he joined Mercedes with Ferrari looking especially fast. The 34-year-old Briton enjoyed a near flawless run to secure his fifth drivers’ title in 2018. He won 11 of the 21 races to beat Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel with two races to spare, and he expects the Italian marque to once again keep him on his toes. “Ferrari are very strong,” Hamilton said in Barcelona on the third day of pre-season testing on Wednesday with Daniil Kvyat in a Toro Rosso topping the times from the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen. “It appears they have a better package than last year, which means it will be a bigger challenge for us,” he suggested. “In the last few years, Ferrari has looked good from the very beginning so that’s to be expected.” But he said it would be a mistake to draw any hard and fast conclusions from the evidence thrown up by testing. “We’ll have a better idea I guess this time next week where we stand but still then we won’t know what
fuel loads everybody is on and who is showing their cars and who isn’t.” Hamilton, with a new two-year deal that will earn him £40 million ($52 million) a season, is buzzing after the winter recess. “I feel in the best shape that I’ve been in,” he assured his fans, as he embarks on his quest for a sixth championship and record sixth consecutive constructors’ crown for Mercedes. - No complacency On a sixth title, he shrugged: “I am not even focusing on that. It’s a new season, a new year, a new chapter and we have to approach like it’s our first. “We’re going for number one, that’s how I approach it. “But it’s not something that I allow my peers to talk about. It’s not what we are here for to focus on that number.” He dismissed out of hand any notion of complacency setting in at his all-conquering team.
“We are always driven to do something new and to break boundaries and do stuff that no one else has done before but we are fully aware of the work that it will take to deliver something like that and it’s by no means like ‘yeah we are going for the sixth’ like it’s a relaxed thing. “It’s not like that.” Hamilton’s bid for title number six begins at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 17. On the track Wednesday, Kvyat led the time sheets after 134 laps as Williams got their new car out of the garage after missing the first two days. Deputy team principal Claire Williams said finally getting onto the circuit was “a big relief”. She added: “It’s embarrassing not bringing a race car to a circuit when everyone else has managed to do that, particularly a team like ours that has managed to bring a race car to testing for the past 40odd years.” (afp)
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US golfer Tiger Woods is pictured during a practice round at Chapultepec’s Golf Club in Mexico City on February 20, 2019 ahead of the World Golf Championships that runs from February 21 to 24 in the Mexican capital.
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Friday, February 22, 2019
Formidable Atletico stun Ronaldo and Juventus
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Champions League mission with Juventus stalled on Wednesday as Atletico Madrid secured a deserved 2-0 victory from a thrilling first leg at the Wanda Metropolitano. Ronaldo returned to the Spanish capital, where he enjoyed unprecedented success in this tournament with Real, but it was their rivals celebrating at the final whistle as goals from Jose Gimenez and Diego Godin put Atletico within sight of the quarter-finals. “We are not through yet,” Atletico coach Diego Simeone said. “There is another match to play and we know we will have to suffer.” “Fortunately we didn’t concede a third,” said Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri. “Because 2-0 is a result that can be turned around. We’re not dead yet.” But this was a victory that Simeone’s side fully deserved. Antoine Griezmann had hit the crossbar
while VAR twice intervened, correctly, in Juve’s favour, cancelling a penalty for a foul on Diego Costa and then ruling out an Alvaro Morata header just before Gimenez struck. While Juventus tried to preserve the stalemate, Atletico were bold. Simeone introduced Morata, Thomas Lemar and Angel Correa, all around the hour-mark, and his daring paid off. “I showed balls,” Simeone said. Juve are certainly not dead and buried, particularly given Costa and Thomas Partey will both be suspended for the return in Turin after each picked up yellow cards. But the failure to score an away goal, and their clear inferiority
in the second half does not bode well for any hopes of a comeback. “They don’t give you chances,” said Allegri. “They make you play badly.” Defeat in the last 16 for either team would be unthinkable, for Atletico, who know the final will be played here, at their own stadium, on June 1, the perfect chance to wrestle the trophy off Real in the very city they share. - Ronaldo subdued -
And for Juventus, whose wait for Europe’s premier prize has now entered its 23rd year, when expectations are higher than ever given they now boast the tournament’s most prolific ever player. Ronaldo, though, endured a disappointing night, suffocated from the outset by a typically relentless Atletico backline. Perhaps it was frustration that
made him wave five fingers in the direction of the baiting Atletico crowd, presumably to signify his five Champions League triumphs. His best contribution was an early, driven free-kick from 30 yards, that had to be pushed over by Jan Oblak, and the dummy-shot before it, that exposed Costa as encroaching, for which he received his yellow card. Costa was his bristling self and almost won a penalty when referee Felix Zwayer thought he was tripped by Mattia de Sciglio. But VAR showed he had not only exaggerated the contact but also extended his run into the area. The rest of the half was tighter but Atletico had two golden opportunities early in the second. First, Griezmann volleyed Costa in behind but the Spaniard sidefooted wide with only Wojciech Szczesny to beat. Then, it was Griezmann’s
Man City must learn from Schalke scare - Guardiola
Pep Guardiola says Manchester City will not challenge for this season’s Champions League title unless they learn from their dramatic 3-2 win at Schalke with 10 men on Wednesday. “We will not go far in this competition unless we improve,” said City manager Guardiola. “At the end, the quality of (Leroy) Sane and (Raheem) Sterling made the difference. “The result is incredibly good, but we gave the first two penalties away and the red card, so we are not ready to fight for the Champions League.” City were in real trouble at 2-1 down with 22 minutes left when Nicolas Otamendi was sent off before goals by Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling in the last five minutes swung the last 16 tie back in their favour. Schalke led at the break as the video assistant referee (VAR) twice intervened to award penalties, both converted by Nabil Bentaleb, cancelling out Sergio Aguero’s opener in Gelsenkirchen. Sane, who came on for the last 12 minutes, drilled home a stunning free-kick to equalise and
turn, this time Szczesny intervening, tipping the Frenchman’s lob onto the crossbar before Giorgio Chiellini stopped Costa from reaching the rebound. Atletico were pushing and it was Morata, on for Costa, who made the difference. He powered in a brilliant header only to see it chalked off for a push but he was not deterred, and when Juve failed to clear his knock-down at a corner, Gimenez was perfectly placed. Juve were rattled and their failure to rally could cost them dear. Atletico scored again as Godin rose to head in at the near post, only to turn and find Mario Mandzukic had cleared the ball to his feet. The angle was tight but the net was open. Juve might had snatched an away goal late on but Oblak pushed over Federico Bernardeschi’s shot. They have it all to do. (afp)
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Atletico Madrid’s Uruguayan defender Jose Gimenez celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Juventus FC at the Wanda Metropolitan stadium in Madrid on February 20, 2019.
was delighted to score against his old club having joined City from Schalke in 2016. “I wanted to shoot from that position as I have already scored from there and the goal gave us confidence, which set us up to win,” said the Germany international. “We did not get start well, but I’m glad we won and getting three goals away is good.” City still have some work to do in the return leg on March 12 with Fernandinho, who was booked when conceding the second spot-kick, and Otamendi both suspended. - Guardiola backs VAR -
Despite a lengthy delay of over three minutes, after a technical error meant the match referee could not check Otamendi’s handball for the first Schalke penalty, Guardiola said he is a fan of VAR. “The VAR needs time, they will improve, the screen was broken, next time they will be better,” said Guardiola. “I support the technology, because they (referees) need the help.” Guardiola’s main gripe with his side’s heroic display was that they leaked two goals despite Schalke only having two shots
on target over 90 minutes. “They hardly shot a goal on target and they got two goals, so we have some work to do,” said the Spaniard. “To go away and score three goals, I am delighted, but it’s not enough at this level. “We gave them the opportunities to be in the game and we have to improve on that.” Overall, the City boss took more positives than negatives from the last-gasp win. “Maybe it will help us, the result is incredible - if you had told me we would score three goals away, I would have signed for that straight away,” said Guardiola. “I’m delighted, we showed personality - but we gave them options to be in the game.” After leading the Premier League leaders and being on the verge of a famous European victory, Schalke coach Domenico Tedesco could barely hide his frustration. “A 3-2 (loss) is definitely disappointing,” said Tedesco, whose Schalke side sit just above the Bundesliga relegation places. “It is important we learn from this. “We made two goals, even if they were penalties. “We just need to be cleverer in certain situations.” (afp)
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In this file photo taken on February 08, 2019 yellow flowers are displayed in front of the portrait of Argentinian forward Emiliano Sala at the Beaujoire stadium in Nantes, France. Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala’s body is to be returned to Argentina on Friday for his wake at the Club Atletico y Social San Martin in his hometown Progreso, Santa Fe province. Sala’s body was recovered from plane wreckage in the English Channel last week. He was flying to his new team, English Premier League side Cardiff City, from his old French club Nantes when his plane went missing over the Channel on January 21.
Nantes fined over use of flares in Sala tributes Nantes were fined a total of 21,000 euros ($23,800) by the French league’s disciplinary committee on Wednesday after supporters set off flares during tributes for the late Emiliano Sala. The club incurred a fine of 16,500 euros for the “use of pyrotechnics and throwing objects” during the game against Saint-Etienne on January 30, their first since the striker’s plane disappeared over the Channel. They were also punished for the
same reasons following their home game against Nimes on February 10, three days after Sala’s body was recovered from the wreckage of the plane. The league declined to comment when contacted by AFP. Sala had signed for Cardiff City for a club record £15 million ($19 million) last month and was flying to his new team from former side Nantes when his plane went missing on January 21. (afp)
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Manchester City’s German midfielder Leroy Sane (L) vies with Schalke’s Senegalese defender Salif Sane during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg football match between Schalke 04 and Manchester City on February 20, 2019 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
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Friday, February 22, 2019
Formidable Atletico stun Ronaldo and Juventus
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Champions League mission with Juventus stalled on Wednesday as Atletico Madrid secured a deserved 2-0 victory from a thrilling first leg at the Wanda Metropolitano. Ronaldo returned to the Spanish capital, where he enjoyed unprecedented success in this tournament with Real, but it was their rivals celebrating at the final whistle as goals from Jose Gimenez and Diego Godin put Atletico within sight of the quarter-finals. “We are not through yet,” Atletico coach Diego Simeone said. “There is another match to play and we know we will have to suffer.” “Fortunately we didn’t concede a third,” said Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri. “Because 2-0 is a result that can be turned around. We’re not dead yet.” But this was a victory that Simeone’s side fully deserved. Antoine Griezmann had hit the crossbar
while VAR twice intervened, correctly, in Juve’s favour, cancelling a penalty for a foul on Diego Costa and then ruling out an Alvaro Morata header just before Gimenez struck. While Juventus tried to preserve the stalemate, Atletico were bold. Simeone introduced Morata, Thomas Lemar and Angel Correa, all around the hour-mark, and his daring paid off. “I showed balls,” Simeone said. Juve are certainly not dead and buried, particularly given Costa and Thomas Partey will both be suspended for the return in Turin after each picked up yellow cards. But the failure to score an away goal, and their clear inferiority
in the second half does not bode well for any hopes of a comeback. “They don’t give you chances,” said Allegri. “They make you play badly.” Defeat in the last 16 for either team would be unthinkable, for Atletico, who know the final will be played here, at their own stadium, on June 1, the perfect chance to wrestle the trophy off Real in the very city they share. - Ronaldo subdued -
And for Juventus, whose wait for Europe’s premier prize has now entered its 23rd year, when expectations are higher than ever given they now boast the tournament’s most prolific ever player. Ronaldo, though, endured a disappointing night, suffocated from the outset by a typically relentless Atletico backline. Perhaps it was frustration that
made him wave five fingers in the direction of the baiting Atletico crowd, presumably to signify his five Champions League triumphs. His best contribution was an early, driven free-kick from 30 yards, that had to be pushed over by Jan Oblak, and the dummy-shot before it, that exposed Costa as encroaching, for which he received his yellow card. Costa was his bristling self and almost won a penalty when referee Felix Zwayer thought he was tripped by Mattia de Sciglio. But VAR showed he had not only exaggerated the contact but also extended his run into the area. The rest of the half was tighter but Atletico had two golden opportunities early in the second. First, Griezmann volleyed Costa in behind but the Spaniard sidefooted wide with only Wojciech Szczesny to beat. Then, it was Griezmann’s
Man City must learn from Schalke scare - Guardiola
Pep Guardiola says Manchester City will not challenge for this season’s Champions League title unless they learn from their dramatic 3-2 win at Schalke with 10 men on Wednesday. “We will not go far in this competition unless we improve,” said City manager Guardiola. “At the end, the quality of (Leroy) Sane and (Raheem) Sterling made the difference. “The result is incredibly good, but we gave the first two penalties away and the red card, so we are not ready to fight for the Champions League.” City were in real trouble at 2-1 down with 22 minutes left when Nicolas Otamendi was sent off before goals by Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling in the last five minutes swung the last 16 tie back in their favour. Schalke led at the break as the video assistant referee (VAR) twice intervened to award penalties, both converted by Nabil Bentaleb, cancelling out Sergio Aguero’s opener in Gelsenkirchen. Sane, who came on for the last 12 minutes, drilled home a stunning free-kick to equalise and
turn, this time Szczesny intervening, tipping the Frenchman’s lob onto the crossbar before Giorgio Chiellini stopped Costa from reaching the rebound. Atletico were pushing and it was Morata, on for Costa, who made the difference. He powered in a brilliant header only to see it chalked off for a push but he was not deterred, and when Juve failed to clear his knock-down at a corner, Gimenez was perfectly placed. Juve were rattled and their failure to rally could cost them dear. Atletico scored again as Godin rose to head in at the near post, only to turn and find Mario Mandzukic had cleared the ball to his feet. The angle was tight but the net was open. Juve might had snatched an away goal late on but Oblak pushed over Federico Bernardeschi’s shot. They have it all to do. (afp)
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Atletico Madrid’s Uruguayan defender Jose Gimenez celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Juventus FC at the Wanda Metropolitan stadium in Madrid on February 20, 2019.
was delighted to score against his old club having joined City from Schalke in 2016. “I wanted to shoot from that position as I have already scored from there and the goal gave us confidence, which set us up to win,” said the Germany international. “We did not get start well, but I’m glad we won and getting three goals away is good.” City still have some work to do in the return leg on March 12 with Fernandinho, who was booked when conceding the second spot-kick, and Otamendi both suspended. - Guardiola backs VAR -
Despite a lengthy delay of over three minutes, after a technical error meant the match referee could not check Otamendi’s handball for the first Schalke penalty, Guardiola said he is a fan of VAR. “The VAR needs time, they will improve, the screen was broken, next time they will be better,” said Guardiola. “I support the technology, because they (referees) need the help.” Guardiola’s main gripe with his side’s heroic display was that they leaked two goals despite Schalke only having two shots
on target over 90 minutes. “They hardly shot a goal on target and they got two goals, so we have some work to do,” said the Spaniard. “To go away and score three goals, I am delighted, but it’s not enough at this level. “We gave them the opportunities to be in the game and we have to improve on that.” Overall, the City boss took more positives than negatives from the last-gasp win. “Maybe it will help us, the result is incredible - if you had told me we would score three goals away, I would have signed for that straight away,” said Guardiola. “I’m delighted, we showed personality - but we gave them options to be in the game.” After leading the Premier League leaders and being on the verge of a famous European victory, Schalke coach Domenico Tedesco could barely hide his frustration. “A 3-2 (loss) is definitely disappointing,” said Tedesco, whose Schalke side sit just above the Bundesliga relegation places. “It is important we learn from this. “We made two goals, even if they were penalties. “We just need to be cleverer in certain situations.” (afp)
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In this file photo taken on February 08, 2019 yellow flowers are displayed in front of the portrait of Argentinian forward Emiliano Sala at the Beaujoire stadium in Nantes, France. Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala’s body is to be returned to Argentina on Friday for his wake at the Club Atletico y Social San Martin in his hometown Progreso, Santa Fe province. Sala’s body was recovered from plane wreckage in the English Channel last week. He was flying to his new team, English Premier League side Cardiff City, from his old French club Nantes when his plane went missing over the Channel on January 21.
Nantes fined over use of flares in Sala tributes Nantes were fined a total of 21,000 euros ($23,800) by the French league’s disciplinary committee on Wednesday after supporters set off flares during tributes for the late Emiliano Sala. The club incurred a fine of 16,500 euros for the “use of pyrotechnics and throwing objects” during the game against Saint-Etienne on January 30, their first since the striker’s plane disappeared over the Channel. They were also punished for the
same reasons following their home game against Nimes on February 10, three days after Sala’s body was recovered from the wreckage of the plane. The league declined to comment when contacted by AFP. Sala had signed for Cardiff City for a club record £15 million ($19 million) last month and was flying to his new team from former side Nantes when his plane went missing on January 21. (afp)
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Manchester City’s German midfielder Leroy Sane (L) vies with Schalke’s Senegalese defender Salif Sane during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg football match between Schalke 04 and Manchester City on February 20, 2019 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
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Four-time Masters champ Woods ‘ramping up’ for Augusta
Penataran Sasih Temple
GIANYAR - This was once the state temple of the Pejeng kingdom. In the inner courtyard, high up in a pavilion and difficult to see, is the huge bronze drum known as the Fallen Moon of Pejeng. The hourglass-shaped drum is 186cm long, the largest single-piece cast drum in the world. Estimates of its age vary from 1000 to 2000 years. The temple is in Pejeng, 5km east of central Ubud. It is not certain whether the drum was made locally or imported – the intricate geometric decorations are said to resemble patterns from places as far apart as West Papua and Vietnam. Balinese legend relates that the drum came to earth as a fallen moon, landing in a tree and shining so brightly that it prevented a band of thieves from going about their unlawful purpose. One of the thieves decided to put the light out by urinating on it, but the moon exploded and fell to earth as a drum, with a crack across its base as a result of the fall. Although the big noise here is all about the drum, be sure to notice the statuary in the temple courtyard that dates from the 10th to the 12th century.
Pura Penataran Sasih in Bali served the purpose of one the most important places of worship during the time of the great Balinese kingdoms. Various temple festivals are held in the 9th Balinese month at the Pura Penataran Sasih in Bali. It is an old temple that is before spreading Hinduism to Bali. Sashi means “Moon” in an Indonesian language. “Moon of Pejeng” who is the god of the moon is supplied. “Moon of Pejeng” is a drum made from copper. There is a myth of “Moon of Pejeng” in this temple. “There were 13 moons in ancient Bali. One in that fell in the village when was, and it was caught to the coconut tree. Because the moon is bright day and night, the thief who was not able to work has been embarrassed. The thief thought that he turned off the light of the moon. And, he went up the coconut tree, and put piddle on the moon. However, the moon exploded at the moment. And, the thief died, and the moon dropped on ground.” This is a myth of “Moon of Pejeng”. It is said that the bottom of “Moon of Pejeng” cracked because of this thief. And it is said that another theory was an eardrop of giant Kebo Iwa of the legend.
Legend tells how the gong was once the wheel of a chariot that transported the moon through the skies. The wheel shone just as brightly as the moon itself and, when it fell out of the sky and got stuck in a tree in Pejeng, a local thief became so incensed
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by its incriminating light that he tried to extinguish it by urinating over it. The wheel exploded, killing the thief, and then dropped to the ground. Ever since, the Balinese have .treated the Moon of Pejeng as a sacred object. (IBP/net)
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Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton walks on the paddock during the tests for the new Formula One Grand Prix season at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmelo in the outskirts of Barcelona on February 19, 2019.
‘Better than ever’ Hamilton predicts ‘most challenging season’
MEXICO CITY - Tiger Woods, who counts four Masters titles among his 14 majors, has been laying plans for Augusta National in April ever since October. “Started probably back in October, November,” Woods said Wednesday when asked just when he began thinking about the first major championship of 2019. “Thinking about shots I would need, clubs I’d be using for the event, what kind of swings I have been struggling with or doing well with.” In that context, this week’s elite WGC-Mexico Championship, where Woods will make his third start of 2019, is all part of the Masters plan. Woods’s precise path to Augusta National, where the Masters takes place April 11-14, isn’t entirely clear. His decision to play in Mexico has left him in a quandary regarding four tournaments coming up in successive weeks in Florida: The Honda Classic, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Players Championship and the Valspar Championship in Innisbrook. “From here on out, it’s very complicated,” Woods said. “Next week’s at home for me, then there’s
a tournament that I’ve won there eight times. “Then another event that I’ve won a couple times. Then the week after that is where I had an unbelievable week last year. So it gets very complicated. “That’s what I’m trying to figure out, how much to play, how much is too much, how much is not enough, and at the end of the day being race ready enough for April.” Woods returned to the Masters last year after missing both 2016 and 2017 with debilitating back trouble. He finished with a one-over total of 289 and tied for 32nd in the tournament won by Patrick Reed, but went on to claim the US PGA Tour’s Tour Championship in September and is looking ahead to 2019’s major championships with new confidence. “Last year was different,” said Woods, whose comeback was still in its early stages when he arrived at Augusta National last year. “And in previous years it (hope) was nonexistent,” he said. “This year to be able to ramp up a schedule and to be able to know what I can and can’t do going into the event is a lot more comforting.” (afp)
MONTMELO - Lewis Hamilton says he’s feeling “better than ever” ahead of a 2019 season he predicts will be “the most challenging” since he joined Mercedes with Ferrari looking especially fast. The 34-year-old Briton enjoyed a near flawless run to secure his fifth drivers’ title in 2018. He won 11 of the 21 races to beat Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel with two races to spare, and he expects the Italian marque to once again keep him on his toes. “Ferrari are very strong,” Hamilton said in Barcelona on the third day of pre-season testing on Wednesday with Daniil Kvyat in a Toro Rosso topping the times from the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen. “It appears they have a better package than last year, which means it will be a bigger challenge for us,” he suggested. “In the last few years, Ferrari has looked good from the very beginning so that’s to be expected.” But he said it would be a mistake to draw any hard and fast conclusions from the evidence thrown up by testing. “We’ll have a better idea I guess this time next week where we stand but still then we won’t know what
fuel loads everybody is on and who is showing their cars and who isn’t.” Hamilton, with a new two-year deal that will earn him £40 million ($52 million) a season, is buzzing after the winter recess. “I feel in the best shape that I’ve been in,” he assured his fans, as he embarks on his quest for a sixth championship and record sixth consecutive constructors’ crown for Mercedes. - No complacency On a sixth title, he shrugged: “I am not even focusing on that. It’s a new season, a new year, a new chapter and we have to approach like it’s our first. “We’re going for number one, that’s how I approach it. “But it’s not something that I allow my peers to talk about. It’s not what we are here for to focus on that number.” He dismissed out of hand any notion of complacency setting in at his all-conquering team.
“We are always driven to do something new and to break boundaries and do stuff that no one else has done before but we are fully aware of the work that it will take to deliver something like that and it’s by no means like ‘yeah we are going for the sixth’ like it’s a relaxed thing. “It’s not like that.” Hamilton’s bid for title number six begins at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 17. On the track Wednesday, Kvyat led the time sheets after 134 laps as Williams got their new car out of the garage after missing the first two days. Deputy team principal Claire Williams said finally getting onto the circuit was “a big relief”. She added: “It’s embarrassing not bringing a race car to a circuit when everyone else has managed to do that, particularly a team like ours that has managed to bring a race car to testing for the past 40odd years.” (afp)
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Pope Francis greets a cardinal during the opening of a global child protection summit for reflections on the sex abuse crisis within the Catholic Church, on February 21, 2019 at the Vatican.
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Inferno kills at least 70 in Dhaka apartment blocks
DHAKA - At least 70 people were killed when fire tore through crumbling apartment blocks in a historic part of Dhaka, setting off a chain of explosions and a wall of flames down nearby streets, officials said Thursday. It started in one building where chemicals for deodorants and other household uses were illegally stored and spread at lightning speed to four nearby buildings, the fire service said. People became trapped by the flames at a nearby bridal party and a restaurant. TV images showed the gates to one building were chained up so residents were unable to escape. Traffic jams in the clogged narrow streets held up the rescue operation. Bangladesh fire chief Ali Ahmed said at least 70 people were killed but that the toll would likely rise. “The number of bodies may increase. The search is still going on,” he told AFP. Doctors said at least 10 of the scores of injured were in critical condition. Firefighters who took almost 12 hours to bring the fire under control, went through the blackened floors of the building, littered with spray cans, looking for bodies. The fire started at about 10.40pm
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis kicks off a red-letter global child protection summit Thursday for reflections on the sex abuse crisis, while victims tired of hearing pledges for change clamour for incisive reforms. The pontiff has set aside three and a half days to convince Catholic bishops to tackle paedophilia in a bid to contain a scandal which hit an already beleaguered Church again in 2018, from Chile to Germany and the United States. The 82-year-old hopes to raise awareness through prayers, speeches, working groups and testimonies from victims. The idea is that the 114 heads of bishops’ conferences will return home with clear ideas on how to spot and deal with abuse. The task is made difficult by the fact that some churches, in Asia and Africa in particular, deny the problem exists. “My hope would be that people see this as a turning point,” said American Cardinal Blase Cupich, one of the pope’s trusted allies in the United States and one of the summit’s four organisers. The US Catholic Church has been shaken by one of the gravest crises in its history, with the defrocking last week by Pope Francis of a former cardinal -- American
Theodore McCarrick -- over accusations he sexually abused a teenager 50 years ago. - ‘Silence a no-go’ -
“It’s not the end game, no one can ever say that... (but) we’re going to do everything possible so people are held responsible, accountable and that there is going to be transparency,” Cupich told journalists said ahead of the meeting. These three themes -- responsibility, accountability and transparency -- will form the backbone of the summit and provide its 190 participants with the keys to ensuring child safety, he said. There are reforms in the pipeline, such as the “tweaking” of certain canon laws, according to another of the organisers, Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna. But the suggestion that Church laws need only fine-tuning has angered many, including Anne Barrett Doyle, the co-director of BishopAccountability.org, a public database that documents cases of proven or suspected cleric sex
crimes. “Canon law has to be changed: not tweaked, not modified, but fundamentally changed, so that it stops prioritising the priesthood... over the lives of children, and vulnerable adults who are sexually assaulted by them,” she said. Scicluna insists that summoning Church leaders from all continents to Rome “is in itself a very important message”. The Maltese spent 10 years as the Vatican’s top prosecutor on paedophilia cases, and was picked by Francis to travel to Chile last year to hear from victims whose voices had previously been silenced by an internal Church cover-up. Scicluna has called for an end to the code of silence and culture of denial within the centuries-old institution. “Silence is a no-go, whether you call it omerta or simply a state of denial,” he said this week. “We have to face facts because only the truth of the matter, and confronting the facts, will make us free,” he added. (afp)
(1640 GMT) on Wednesday at Chawkbazar in the old Mughal part of the capital. Ahmed said it may have been started by a gas cylinder and quickly spread through the building where chemicals were stored in rooms alongside the apartments. Chemicals used for household products were also stored in the nearby buildings. They exploded as the fire spread, witnesses said. “There was a traffic jam when the fire broke out. It spread so quickly that people could not escape,” the fire chief said. Another fire official told reporters the blaze was under control but was not extinguished despite the efforts of more than 200 firefighters. “It will take time. This is not like any other fire,” he said, adding that the inferno had been made more devastating by the “highly combustible” chemicals. Fire trucks had struggled in the narrow streets to reach the scene and there was also a lack of water for the battle, officials said. The main gate of one five storey building was chained up, trapping residents inside, according to images shown on Bangladesh television. (afp)
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Firefighters try to extinguish a fire in Dhaka on February 21, 2019. At least 69 people have died in a huge blaze that tore through apartment buildings also used as chemical warehouses in an old part of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, fire officials said on February 21.
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The festivities, which this year were planned for March 3-5, usually draw many Haitians living abroad and fleeing the winter cold in Canada and the eastern US. Another major Carnival celebration is scheduled to take place in the city of Gonaives, but the government has not said if it will go ahead. As grim as things are, some foreign tourists have gone ahead with visits to Haiti. On Wednesday, a group of Australians under police escort visited a square featuring statues of heros of Haiti’s independence from France. Days ago, demonstrators at the same plaza were
throwing rocks at police, who responded with volleys of tear gas grenades. A woman named Carole, who did not want to give her last name, said, “I trust the company we’re traveling with. They not only want to take us but they want to bring us back.” Kevin McCue, another of the people in the group of 20, said he was glad that their tour operator had not opted for Plan B, which would have meant skipping Haiti and spending the whole week in the neighboring Dominican Republic. “Tourism is alive and well here. People should come. The more they come, the better they spread some money among people who need it and the better for Haiti,” said McCue. (afp)
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Hundreds of students flee violence in Indonesia’s Papua
Hundreds of students have fled fighting in Indonesia’s restive Papua province, a local NGO said, amid unconfirmed reports of violent military reprisals after a massacre of civilian workers by separatist rebels. The death of 16 governmentlinked employees at a remote jungle work camp in early December, marked a dramatic escalation from decades of mostly sporadic skirmishes between poorly armed and disorganised guerrillas and a powerful Indonesian military. Subsequent clashes prompted the Nduga district government to evacuate more than 400 students to Wamena, the capital of neighbouring Jayawijaya district, according to Humanitarian Volunteers for Nduga and a local education agency official. “Some of the students are suffering from trauma,” said Ence Geong, a coordinator at the NGO, told AFP. “When the military came to the school in uniforms, some of the students ran” in fear. Scores of other residents are believed to have fled to neighbouring districts or into the jungle amid allegations soldiers carried out arson, harassment and the killing of livestock and civilians, residents and activists said. Local resident Sripona Nirigi told AFP her elderly father Gemin -- a priest -- was shot dead in December during a sweep of the area by the military. His burned corpse was found by one of her siblings some two weeks later, she added. Her account could not be independently verified. Papua military spokesman Colonel Muhammad Aidi rejected allegations the military had fired on civilians, calling it a “hoax”. “If there are claims of civilian victims, they’re definitely not ordinary civilians,” Aidi told AFP. “They are part of the (separatists) that are
attacking the military.” Aidi said the army had investigated the alleged killing of the priest and denied he was shot by soldiers, saying it was still unclear whether he was alive or dead. He added that two soldiers have been killed and several more were injured in clashes with rebels since the December massacre of workers who were building bridges and roads
in Indonesia’s most impoverished region. The rebels claimed they were legitimate military targets. Local commander Binsar Sianipar separately confirmed the students had been evacuated, but said it was due to a teacher shortage in the area, not the military presence. Classes are being held in tents and the children are staying in overcrowded conditions at relatives’ houses, Geong said. Some 80 teachers have joined them. The military operations in Nduga have displaced at least one thousand people, according to lawyer and
activist Veronica Koman. “Jakarta ordered the military operation, but has been doing nothing to assist... civilians (who are) now internally displaced persons,” said Koman, who is in contact with church leaders and activists in Papua. “I’ve seen credible photos and videos of burnt livestock and houses, including a sick old man burnt inside a house.” Indonesian security forces have long been accused of rights abuses against Papua’s ethnic Melanesian population including extrajudicial killings of activists and
arrest of peaceful protestors. Papua, which shares a border with the island nation Papua New Guinea, just north of Australia, has been the site of low-level insurgency since the 1960s. The former Dutch colony declared itself independent in 1961, but neighbouring Indonesia took control of Papua two years later on the condition it hold an independence referendum. Jakarta annexed the mineral-rich region in 1969 with a UN-backed vote that is widely seen as a sham.(afp)
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This picture taken on February 12, 2019 shows Papuan children attending a class at a temporary shelter in Wamena, Indonesia’s Papua province. Hundreds of students have fled fighting in Indonesia’s restive Papua province, a local NGO said, amid unconfirmed reports of violent military reprisals after a massacre of civilian workers by separatist rebels.
Jokowi hopes training center in pesantren will effectively improve skills
JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed hope that the vocational training center (BLK) established in Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) would effectively improve skills of work forces. “I believe that it could be more effective to improve their skills,”
Jokowi said at the signing of cooperation on batch 1 communitybased vocational training center here on Wednesday. The government, he continued, is evaluating the communitybased BLK program. In 2017, it established 55 community-based BLK, and it was increased to 75
training centers in 2018. In 2019, the Ministry of Manpower would establish one thousand training centers, of which 500 centers would be launched in its first stage. The president remarked that the training centers` effectiveness could be increased as it is established within the Islamic
boarding school complex. Furthermore, Jokowi has called on the training center to adjust the training material with the industry in the region. “They (the boarding school) can choose whether they want to have training on information technology, garment, creative
industry, or processing of agriculture product. There are many alternatives that they can choose,” he elaborated. The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has also opened the chance for graduates of the training center to be channeled to companies. (ant)
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BUSINESS ‘Kaesong is the answer’: S. Koreans pin hopes on shuttered complex
It has been three years since Park Yong-man’s factory was shuttered amid weapons tests and soaring tensions, but next week’s summit between the US and Pyongyang may well signal the South Korean businessman’s lucrative return to the North. His textile company, which employed around 300 North Korean workers, was one of 125 southern firms operating in the Kaesong Industrial Complex, a highly symbolic cross-border business project that made hundreds of millions of dollars for Pyongyang. Seoul shut down the complex in response to a nuclear test and missile launches by the North, claiming that profits from the North Korean border city were funding Pyongyang’s provocations. Despite toughened international sanctions against the North for its weapons programmes -- which currently make restarting Kaesong almost impossible -- the recent rapprochement on the Korean peninsula has renewed hopes for businessmen like Park. “This will be my fourth excruciating year,” said Park, who has struggled to keep his business afloat since leaving Kaesong, where he had access to hard-working, low-cost skilled labour. Like other businessman in Kaesong, Park paid the North Korean government $70 a month for each of the workers it provided -- and critics say employees may have received only a fraction of that. Since the closure Park said he had visited more than a dozen countries trying to find the ideal base for his operations. “And the answer was Kaesong,” he added. He now runs two factories in China and Vietnam and a small production line in the basement of his Seoul office. When AFP visited, five workers were diligently stitching uniforms for a Saudi Arabian cement company in a room ringing with the soft whir of sewing machines. A survey conducted by the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business last year showed that 96 percent of South Korean
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This picture taken on February 16, 2019 shows North Korea’s Kaesong joint industrial complex area as seen from a South Korean observatory post in the southern boundary of the Demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas in Paju. Seoul shut down the complex in response to a nuclear test and missile launches by the North, claiming that hundreds of millions of dollars from the complex was funding Pyongyang’s provocations. firms who had operations at Kaesong wished to return. - Web of sanctions Normalising operations at the complex was one of the key agreements reached between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South’s President Moon Jae-in at their summit in Pyongyang last September. Kim said earlier this year he wanted to reopen Kaesong “without any preconditions”. The dovish Moon has called cross-border economic cooperation “a blessing”, but an intricate web of sanctions tightened since the 2016 closure has halted further action. “For now, reopening the Kaesong Industrial Complex is hard,” said Kim Kwang-gil, a lawyer who was stationed in the factory zone from 2004 to 2013. The new measures include bans
on forming joint ventures with Pyongyang and operating financial institutions, such as a bank for the payment of wages, inside the impoverished state. The UN sanctions also prevent textile exports from North Korea -- a key product manufactured by Kaesong firms -- and the US has banned all products manufactured with North Korean labour. The transfer of bulk cash for workers’ wages is banned by the 15-member council and paying North Korea in US dollars, as it did before the shutdown, would now be a violation of Washington’s sanctions. Seoul could seek exemptions from the UN, Kim Kwang-gil said, as it did for a cross-border railway project last year. But these exemptions have so far been temporary and would not be ideal for guaranteeing Kae-
song’s future, said Korea Economic Institute senior director Troy Stangarone. Washington is reportedly mulling sanctions relief for Pyongyang in exchange for a significant denuclearisation step ahead of Trump and Kim’s second summit in Hanoi. Ahead of the summit, Moon told Trump that Seoul was willing to “share the burden” with the US by resuming joint economic projects with the North, supporting it as it goes through the denuclearisation process. - Cash cow The biggest sticking point in restarting the factory park is its potential use as a cash cow for the nuclear-armed North.In 2017, Moon denied claims by his predecessor that around 70 percent of some $546 million spent at Kaesong was
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used for developing Pyongyang’s arsenal. The North’s weapons programme “benefited” from Kaesong, Stangarone said, even if it did not directly finance it. “It helped provide Pyongyang with the hard currency it needed to make purchases internationally -some legitimate, some related to its weapons programmes,” he added. South Korean foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha told lawmakers last month that Seoul needed ways to reopen the complex without an inflow of hard currency. Lawyer Kim suggested that retailers could open outlets in the complex where employers would payfor workers’ purchases. But that would cut Pyongyang out of the funding loop, Stangarone pointed out, asking: “Would North Korea be willing to accept an alternative form of payment?” (afp)
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Philosophical Messages in Kertha Gosa Paintings
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Kertha Gosa in Klungkung has been known as a heritage of the royal period. Until now it remains well maintained. The building features a classic atmosphere. There are a number of stories contained in the paintings mounted on the ceiling. What are they? The name of Kertha Gosa has been very famous not only in Balinese society, but also overseas. The historical heritage located in the south of Puputan Klungkung Monument becomes one of the tourist destinations in Klungkung. When coming in, the classic atmosphere can be felt intensely. The Kertha Gosa building in the northeast corner still shows its taksu or divine vibration. Its foundation is made from hard sand stone. The poles of the building with a palm fiber roof covered with carvings give the impression of the past time. Gold leaf color of some painting has looked to fade but still looks beautiful. They are no less beautiful when compared to the carvings of today. In the center of the building, there are carved table and chairs. According to the story, during the kingdom era it is believed to be the venue for discussion on everything related to security situation, prosperity and justice of kingdom region in Bali. Besides, this pavilion served as a venue of meeting for the subordinate kings throughout Bali held every full moon of the fourth month in Balinese calendar (October). Here the royal officials provided direction and decisions based on considerations of the circumstances and needs. When observed further, the ceiling of this building is filled with paintings. They have very distinctive colors. Additionally, they look natural with a touch of color of the
rocks. Aside from offering very classic nuance, it contains meaningful philosophy. All of them are displayed in plots. Its beauty and uniqueness can draw the attention of many visiting tourists. They are quite curious about the meaning contained therein. A tour guide, I Putu Gede Alex Sanjaya Putra, said the paintings have existed since the beginning of the building. One by one is explained based on the existing references. At the bottom plot, the story tells about Tantri Kandaka, the 1001-night stories whose essence is about all the deceit in society. The second and third plots carry about the Atma Presangsa, depicting the suffering of the souls in Hell found by Bima Sena (second son of the Pandavas) on his way to find out the souls of his father and mother. The fourth plot is about the eagle seeking amrita (holy water of life), taken from Adi Parwa, a story that illustrates how difficult it is to earn a living in the world. Meanwhile, the fifth plot tells about palelindon (forecast and meaning of earthquakes). The sixth and seventh plots tell about Bima Sena when meeting with divine and celestial deities and fighting to save the souls of his father and mother.
Meanwhile, the eighth plot tells about the heaven of the souls and the ninth plot about the god who serves as the keeper of the balance of the four points of the compass of the world. “This painting becomes one of the tourist attractions,” explained Sanjaya Putra, not long ago. Right in the middle of this building area is the Taman Gili. Local community is more familiar with the name of Balai Kambang (literally means ‘the floating pavilion’)
surrounded by a fish pond with water lilies. To get there, visitors should explore some steps that also show the old impression. This building has many poles. The carving is similar to the ones in the Kertha Gosa. This also draws the attention of visitors as intrigued by the story of the paintings on the ceiling. READ Tour de Flores 2017; Cycling across the Undulating Landscape of Flores Near the brick-using founda-
tion building, there is a small note explaining the meaning of the paintings. The first plot from below tells the story about the destiny of a person predetermined by the day of birth. The second plot depicts the story of Pan Berayut, a fairy tale about the couple having 18 children. As for the third to sixth plot tell about the story of Sutasoma, the work of renowned poet, Mpu Tantular during the reign of King Hayam Wuruk in Majapahit in 1365. (kmb)
Smashedbox, Homely Food Stall Selling Healthy Menus
Luxuriating in delicious and healthy cuisines should not necessarily go to a restaurant or a fancy and lavish eatery. There are also
small and homely food stalls. Moreover, the small food stalls serve a complete healthy menu with balanced and appropriate calorie
content. Being curious? Try stopping by at Warung Smashedbox located at Jalan Raya Kerobokan 125, a food court beside the Pondok Duo Restaurant, Kuta. Indeed this restaurant is slightly deep into a hidden place from the hustles and bustles of the tourist oasis of Kuta. However, after entering and enjoying the dishes, they are guaranteed to be addicted. Even though it only offers a simple menu such as fresh vegetables and chicken geprek, Smashedbox is able to provide extraordinary experience and enjoyment. Interestingly, each menu served has calculated the number of calories available in each type of menu. For instance, Smashed Grill Chicken Fit contains 406 calories in one portion. Similarly, the other menus are in accordance with the
taste and needs of dietary patterns. “This is made because foreigners need different calories in each diet program,” said the owner, Euniken M. Renaningtyas. This Warung Smashedbox is perfect for vegan and those who are on a diet program because this bijou warung also prepares delicious menus. As other advantages, each menu is non-MSG and vegan friendly. ”I have local community customers and foreigners. Usually, foreign guests come and eat here. After yoga they eat here,” she admitted. Indeed, the superiority of the Smashedbox menu is the reason for people to come and enjoy the menus. In addition, the very affordable price also becomes their attraction to come. Just imagine, at this time it is still selling menus
for IDR 10,000. Customers can directly shop and order online. “Warung Smashedbox prioritizes health and the levels of calories contained in each portion of the food,” said Euniken M. Renaningtyas. This food stall is opened every day starting at 11:00 – 23:00 local time. Menus on offer include the Smashed Grill Chicken Fit and some best seller menus like the Jumbo Chicken Geprek with three selected chili sauces (green chili condiment, torch ginger condiment and mango condiment), Original Smashed Chicken Wing, Smashed Magical Banana Cinnamon, Smashed Sweet Potatoes and Smashed Tempeh. “This food stall follows government regulations by not using plastic straws and serving food with paper, not plastic,” she concluded. (kmb)
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To be managed with private public community partnership concept
MANGUPURA - Kedonganan Beach area formerly giving slum impression due to fish waste is now being arranged. In addition to handling the waste, in the future the North Beach of Kedonganan will be made activities like beach club. This is to facilitate tourists in order to be able to enjoy the beach panorama there. According to Chief of Kedonganan customary village, the arrangement is not only carried out on the Northwest coast, but also on the Southwest coast. The welfare of fishermen in the area will also be improved considering fishermen are currently very difficult to find fish. In addition, their fish catching areas are quite far away as well as the tools for catching fish are increasingly expensive. Unavoidably, this makes fishermen difficult. On the other hand, the fishermen remain to exist until now. “Their activities must be developed, not only catching fish but also attracting tourists,” he concluded on Tuesday (Feb. 19). The next concept of development will be called the private public community partnership (PPCP). It is cooperation between private parties with existing hotels with the local government and community. In this case, the local community is especially fisherman in the area. “These three elements will be included in the PPCP concept,” he said. He revealed the arrangement of the Southwest coast is targeted to be in operation this June. There have been some buildings in the area, namely 6 shed buildings, where two sheds will be used for fishing activities while the remaining four buildings will be used for mini beach clubs. Meanwhile, the menus presented are expected to be different from the menus served in
the existing cafes in the area. For this reason, it will cooperate with STP Nusa Dua and ICA. He added the management will be carried out in single door system. The price of both the mini beach and fisherman activities tourism will also be uniformed. “The ownership will indeed be owned by fishermen, but the management will be carried out by young people of Kedonganan,” he concluded He admitted that in the future development, fishermen as citizens will certainly not be easy to find funds. For this reason, he will discuss with the village credit agency (LPD) of Kedonganan to provide facilities and priority for young people who are making business there. They will be supported with very cheap credit for entrepreneurship development. For the Southwest coast, Mertha said it will be developed into a kecak dance venue by involving fishermen. Then, fishing activities are also handled by fishermen groups accompanied with the rental of long chairs. “It will involve all of the local fishermen currently amounting to 53 people,” he said. Other than the West Coast area, the East Coast area located adjacent to mangrove forests will also be developed into eco-mangroves, namely tourism activities based on the concept of mangrove-based tourism. Logging mangroves is not allowed, but the diversity will be taken advantage into an attraction. However, at this moment he will focus first on the West. After that, it will gradually arrange the East Coast. “Fishermen in the eastern region remain to exist. It will be established two tourism awareness groups (Pokdarwis), where one is n the East Coast and another in the West Coast,” he explained. (kmb23)
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Statue of spiritual figure Danghyang Nirartha
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A means of education on history of Uluwatu Temple
MANGUPURA - As a means of education related to the history on the founding of Uluwatu Temple, currently in the forest area is built a statue of spiritual figure Danghyang Nirartha. Aside from being an educational medium for the next generation, this statue is also a new attraction for visitors to the Uluwatu region. Operations Manager of Uluwatu Temple Outermost Area, Wayan Wijana, said the establishment of this statue had indeed passed through a study from the Badung Public Works and Settlement Agency (PUPR) as well as validation and dissemination had been carried out to the higher priests (sulinggih) for naming this statue. Wijana said this is a monumental statue related to the history of the Uluwatu Temple. His party as the operator said this effort is also a part to increase the supporting capacity of the Uluwatu destination. “Hopefully, this statue can be an alternative attraction other than nature and culture. But it will be equipped with a tourist attraction closely related to history and culture. Of course, this can attract tourists so the visit can continue to increase,” he said when met amid the inauguration of the Danghyang Nirartha statue, on Tuesday (Feb. 19). Other than the existence of the statue, the operator will prepare an inscription containing the history of the statue itself. For the name of the statue, Wijana said it is indeed taken from the name of Danghyang Nirartha as the founder of the Uluwatu Temple. With this statue, he targeted
to increase the number of visits, especially foreign tourists. From the data available, the number of visits in 2017 reached 2.2 million. Meanwhile, in 2018 the visit rose sharply to reach 2.7 million foreign tourists. This year, his management targeted the number of visits to reach 2.8 million, and if possible it can reach 3 million. Head of the South Kuta subdistrict, Made Widiana, stated the construction of the Danghyang Nirartha statue on the base of the Uluwatu Temple environment can be an educational medium for future generations. With this, they will understand what the founder of Uluwatu Temple is like. “This can be an educational medium for younger generation as well as tourist attraction,” said Widiana. Meanwhile, Head of the Badung Public Works and Settlement Agency, I.B. Surya Suamba, explained the construction of this statue uses bronze material with the height of 8.11 meters. As for the pedestal has a height of about 3 meters. Meanwhile, the statue area is around 400 square meters. “The making of this statue takes 3 months. The overall process was for 6 months, with a budget of more than IDR 5 billion,” he explained.
Surya Suamba revealed the selection of Danghyang Nirartha, was based on consideration that this spiritual figure in his era had succeeded in achieving the perfect level of consciousness, moksha. Besides, it also retains the tracks of a holy journey of Danghyang Nirartha in reaching Moksha. “Obviously, the teachings to achieve Moksha need to be embraced by Hindus in Bali,” he said. He stated the arrangement in the Uluwatu area has not yet been completed. As mentioned in the Detailed Engineering Design (DED), the statue includes one of the points of the Uluwatu temple area. In addition, there is a plan of arranging landscape, parking development and wall arrangement. “Indeed, it has owned the DED. Gradually it is adjusted to the budget conditions. We will arrange this including the overall landscape,” he explained. Within the area of this statue, he added, will be provided with location to take pictures. So, visitors wishing to take photos can be safe and comfortable. In 2019, the master plan concept on the arrangement has been prepared including the construction of entrance gate and parking arrangement. (kmb23)
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Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray of the Philippines waves to fans during a parade held in her honour in Manila on February 21, 2019, two months since she won the crown.
Pageant-mad Philippines welcomes home Miss Universe
SEOUL - The husband of a Korean Air heiress known for a “nut rage” tantrum that sparked uproar in South Korea has accused his wife of abusing him and their young children, police said on Thursday. Cho Hyun-ah shot to international infamy in 2014 when she lost her temper over the way she was served nuts in first class before takeoff from New York. She was sentenced to a year in prison for hampering an air route after ordering the Seoul-bound Korean Air plane back to the gate so she could have a flight attendant ejected. The attendant, along with a colleague, had served her macadamias in a bag rather than a bowl -- prompting Cho to order them to kneel and beg for forgiveness. She was later cleared on appeal and served just five months. Her husband, surnamed Park, said Cho had been physically and verbally abusing his family, including their five-year-old twin sons, since she was released from jail in 2015. He filed charges against Cho -- who denies the allegations -- on Wednesday. “He is suing her for child abuse and inflicting of bodily injury, among other things,” an officer at the National Police Agency told AFP. Park, a plastic surgeon, and Cho -- who married in 2010 after meeting in elementary school -- are in the process of divorcing. He shared photographs of his
neck and toe wounds with a local TV station, claiming they were inflicted by Cho, and said he had submitted photos and video footage of the abuse to police. His wife repeatedly “strangled him” and threw a tablet PC at him, injuring his toe, he told authorities. Park also claimed Cho threw spoons and chopsticks at their young children for “not eating quickly enough” and verbally abused them for “not falling asleep”. He is seeking full custody of the boys. A spokesman for Cho’s law firm Sejong denied the allegations, claiming Park is an alcoholic and therefore his memories are flawed. He has been hospitalised for alcoholism three times during their marriage, the firm said. “We are seriously considering filing a complaint against Park for defamation.” Other family members of Cho, including her mother Lee Myunghee and her sister Cho Hyun-min, have been accused of abusing their employees. The alleged abuses range from cursing and screaming at staff members to kicking, slapping and even throwing a pair of scissors at them. A series of scandals -- including allegations over tax evasion and smuggling of furniture and food -have also left Cho’s father, Korean Air chairman Cho Yang-ho, facing mounting scrutiny that has riled the public and even sparked protests by the firm’s employees. (afp)
MANILA - The beauty pageant-mad Philippines welcomed home freshly crowned Miss Universe Catriona Gray on Thursday with a parade through the capital that drew thousands of screeching fans held back by police. The 25-year-old danced, smiled and waved a tiny Philippine flag from atop a float, shielded from the pounding tropical sun by attendants holding pink umbrellas as some in the crowd scaled utility poles to catch a glimpse. Manila’s already notorious gridlock was brought to a complete stop by a police motorcycle escort that blocked roads as confetti canons sprayed the crowd, which was pushed back by officers. “I was overwhelmed when I saw her and she looked at me!” said Ednor Yaunbaes, 22, as he waved a pink flag. “At least I can say that before I die, I already saw a Miss Universe.” Beauty pageants are mustview spectacles in the nation of
106 million people, and winners of global titles are treated like heroines. Gray -- a student of music theory -- beat more than 90 contestants from around the globe in the 67th instalment of Miss Universe, which was held in the Thai capital in December. Social media exploded with clips of fans jumping for joy and hugging each other as the Filipina contestant went through each successive round and eventually won. Gray works at a non-government outfit that provides free education for children at a Manila slum and has lent her voice to her country’s most controversial issues, including legalising medicines that con-
tain marijuana. Recent pageant success by Filipinas has given a lift to a nation mired in crushing poverty, debilitating corruption and an annual deluge of typhoons, quakes, floods and other natural disasters. Gray, whose father is Australian, was the fourth Filipina winner of the prestigious beauty pageant, and the second since Pia Wurtzbach in 2015. “To come back here as Miss Universe 2018, it was such a fast journey. I want to scream!” Gray told reporters on Wednesday. “It brings me so much pride and honour to be able to bring so much joy to my country of the Philippines.” (afp)
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Executive Cho Hyun-Ah (C) surrounded by journalists after receiving a suspended jail sentence at a court in Seoul.
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Lagerfeld’s creations shone on the red carpet On the red carpets of the world, Lagerfeld constantly reinterpreted company founder Coco Chanel’s vision. Chanel rarely created a dress specifically for a red carpet ceremony, although Lagerfeld did make a few exceptions, such as for Moore. In 2015, she won the Oscar for best actress for her work in “Still Alice” and at the ceremony wore a gown that required four fittings and 500 hours of work. - Chanel does not pay -
At about the same time Lagerfeld told The New York Times that Moore matched his idea of the perfect woman, not just because of her looks but also for “the way she is in life.” “We felt that it would be nice to be loyal,” Moore’s stylist Leslie Fremar told the website Business of Fashion at the time. “It’s nice to choose a brand that will support you, that has nothing to do with any monetary exchange.” Indeed, most fashion houses pay up to $250,000 for an actress to wear one of their outfits, according to the Hollywood Reporter, but not Chanel, which always refused to pay anything. This policy made front page news in February 2017 when Lagerfeld disclosed that Meryl Streep had refused to don a gown made
for her by Chanel and went with another designer who had in fact agreed to pay. “After we gift her a dress that’s 100,000 euros ($105,000), we found later we had to pay (for her to wear it). We give them dresses, we make the dresses, but we don’t pay,” Lagerfeld told Women’s Wear Daily. “A genius actress, but cheapness also, no?” he said. Streep was livid and denied this account. Lagerfeld ultimately said there had been a misunderstanding. In general Lagerfeld played the game with such Hollywood ceremonies but all this glitz was not really his cup of tea. In an interview with Women’s Wear Daily in 2013, Lagerfeld reminisced about the 1970s, praising that era as unpretentious. “There was no red carpet, there were not 200 bodyguards with a famous person. Today, things are over-organized,” he said. “There’s another problem. If you give to an actress a bold couture dress a woman had ordered, they cancel the dress in a second,” he added. “Perhaps they’re afraid that their husband compares and thinks that Nicole Kidman looks better in the dress,” said Lagerfeld, who was known for his acid tongue.
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In this file photo taken on October 05, 2010 German designer Karl Lagerfeld (C) acknowledges the public with French former model Ines de la Fressange (2nd R) as a models look on during the Chanel Spring/Summer 2011 ready-to-wear collection show on October 5, 2010 in Paris.
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Measuring potential of mangrove tourism at Budeng
NEW YORK - Late fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld earned himself a special place on the red carpet, designing clothes for a handpicked group of actresses and displaying his knack for melding the modern with the classic. Until the early 1990s, big awards ceremonies like the Oscars were not really the stuff of designers like Lagerfeld, who died Tuesday at the age of 85, as most actresses chose to wear gowns by American designers whose names are now largely forgotten. But with the emergence of TV shows focusing on show business and celebrities and the growth of the internet, those glitzy evenings took on an exponentially higher visibility. As the head of Chanel since 1983, and a collaborator at Fendi since 1965, Lagerfeld took part in this movement but on his own terms. Lagerfeld chose a handful of actresses that he found to be inspiring, establishing special relationships with them. Gwyneth Paltrow, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman and more recently Keira Knightley, Kristen Stewart and Emma Stone have walked down the red carpet more than once wearing a Chanel outfit designed by the German-born creator known for his white hair and ponytail. These were gowns lean on color, often just black or white, with a taste for pearls, crystals or sequins and the touch that puts high fashion ready-to-wear clothes in a class of their own.
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BUDENG village located in Jembrana subdistrict is one of the small villages in Jembrana. Even though the settlement area of the village is small with two hamlets, the village sitting about three kilometers south of the Negara town has promising tourism potential. This small village is surrounded by agricultural land, swamps, ponds and mangrove forests. The potential of mangrove forests now dominating (tens of hectares) the Budeng area is one of the attrac-
tions. Combined with the Perancak River flow, it has natural scenery and the habitat for swamp flora and fauna of Budeng. “In the past, there were many swamp animals and plants for healing. Today, it is get-
ting lush with mangroves and in our opinion this must be preserved,” said Chairman of Budeng Village Mangrove tourism awareness group (Pokdarwis), I Gede Wijaya. Mangrove forest at Budeng is one of the potentials for tourism that underlies a number of young people and residents at Budeng to establish Tourism Awareness Group (Pokdarwis). Mangrove forest at local village has great potential
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In this file photo taken on April 24, 2015 member of the jury and French director of Chanel’s creation studio Virginie Viard (2nd R) looks at creations during the 30th edition of the International Festival of Fashion and Photography, at the Villa Noailles in Hyeres, southeastern France.
Virginie Viard, emerging from Lagerfeld’s shadow to head Chanel
PARIS - Virginie Viard, who was the late Karl Lagerfeld’s “right and left hand” for more than 30 years, is stepping out from the legendary designer’s formidable shadow to take over as Chanel’s creative director. Chanel announced Viard’s nomination “so that the legacy of Gabrielle Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld can live on” at the same time as it confirmed Lagerfeld’s death on Tuesday aged 85. The smoky-eyed designer who will take the spotlight after shunning it for decades was described by her mentor as “my right and left hand”. He told Netflix’s “7 Days Out” documentary series: “Virginie is the most important person, not only for me but also for the atelier, for everything.” Viard declines to reveal her age, as is common in the fashion world. She joined Chanel as an intern in haute couture embroidery in 1987, four years after Lagerfeld took charge, after being recommended by a neighbour of her parents who was close to Monaco’s Prince Rainier. “I imagine we are complementary,” Viard said of her relationship with Lagerfeld as Chanel’s head of studio. “I understand where he wants to take Chanel, but I can’t really explain it, it’s like that,” she told AFP in a 2015 interview. “He doesn’t spend three hours on a dress. He sees right away if it
works well or not.” In November 2017, she told the London Telegraph that she tries “to please him, but I also like to surprise him.” When Lagerfeld missed Chanel’s Paris haute couture show on January 22, with the brand saying he “was tired”, it was Viard who took a bow. “Virginie Viard and Eric Pfrunder, Chanel’s director of image, will continue to work alongside him and follow up the collection and the brand’s publicity campaigns,” Chanel added at the time. That set off speculation that the man nicknamed “the Kaiser”, who has ruled over fashion for a large part of the past half century, may be about to step back. At his last Paris show in October, Lagerfeld had gone out of his way to acknowledge Viard, one of the behind-the-scenes heroines at the luxury label, for her years of support. Often seen wearing a jacket over slim black trousers, Viard says she likes “fashion that lasts... clothes that actually aren’t in style”. It is an echo of the famous dictum of Coco Chanel:”Fashion changes, but style endures”, a fitting mantra for Viard in her new role. Viard’s baptism of fire will come on March 5, when she unveils Chanel’s Autum-Winter 20192020 ready-to-wear collection in Paris. (afp)
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The potential of mangrove forests now dominating (tens of hectares) the Budeng area is one of the attractions.
without having to disturb the area. In addition to the panorama and atmosphere of the mangrove forest, on the banks of the Perancak River there is also a spiritual area associated with Jembrana namely the Kembar Temple. Likewise, it is also supported by the existence of Seacorm or the Marine Research and Observation Center (BPOL) for education and preservation of the environment, especially for the sea. Although remaining relatively new in pioneering stage, a number of efforts of the Pokdarwis and community have been promoted from small things such as the mangrove cleanup and road access to the Kembar Temple, mangrove planting, to the development of the Village Community Empowerment Cadre (KPMD) related to mangroves. Maintaining the cleanliness of the mangrove area is very important because the Perancak River flow that empties into Perancak estuary is prone to pollution. “To actively clean up the mangroves, we also use fishermen’s boat to collect garbage, especially plastic in the river. Every week, we explore the river for cleaning,” added Gede Wijaya. In addition, the monitoring of plants and animals around the mangrove is also carried out, especially after the release of several mon-
keys. Headman of Budeng, Putu Libra Setiawan, claimed to support the preservation of the mangrove area located at Budeng village. Moreover, it is not uncommon for him to go directly with Pokdarwis and provide input for the group related to mangrove conservation and tourism development efforts. “Our concerns are now focused on garbage. We start with regular cleanup, not only with Pokdarwis but also with village government and communities,” said Libra. Estuary of Perancak with its mangrove forest area is now very important. Although the mangrove area has grown naturally to nine hectares since 2014, the waste has become a major problem. When mangrove areas are polluted with garbage, it will have an impact on mangrove growth. In the future, he hoped the efforts to develop the potential of the village can get the support from all parties. Location of the mangrove forest covers various agencies starting from the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Fishery and Maritime Affairs to local village. The community around Budeng also has skills in the utilization of mangrove potentials, such as for written batik materials, food and drinks such as chips to mangrove juice. (olo)
Temeling Beach disrupted by plastic waste
SEMARAPURA — Temeling Beach, Batumadeg, Nusa Penida, is one of the tourist attractions in the Nusa Gede archipelago. However, its presence is not free from waste, especially plastic waste. Such a situation has made the Klungkung Water Police recently intervene and invite communities caring about waste, tourists and local community to maintain the beach cleanliness. Chief of Klungkung Water Police, I Nyoman Arnawa, stated on Tuesday (Feb. 19) that he wanted to show off the form of responsibility to maintain the cleanliness of the environment on the beach. Temeling Beach is selected because on the beach there are still many packaging of drinks, food wrappers and other garbage scattered in the coastal area. This makes the beauty of beach reduce. Deployment of all personnel of the Regional Water Police is also as a form of activity to grace the Plastic Waste Care Day on February 21. Besides, he wanted to arouse the awareness of the public and other parties to always protect the surrounding environment. “That is
why we hope the people making a visit to the tourist sites, especially to the beach, not to dispose or litter so that the coastal area as one of our assets, can maintain its cleanliness and beauty,” he said firmly. Other than Temeling Beach, a cleanup action of plastic waste was also carried out in the Unda River suburb. In the area was also encountered a lot of plastic waste from upstream, when the water of Tukad Unda rose during heavy rains. From the results of cleanup activity at these two places, Water Police collected dozens of sacks of plastic waste. This action is also a form of support of the Water Police for the Bali provincial government program, increasingly and aggressively declaring war against plastic waste. Moreover, there has been a ban on using plastic. With this action, I Nyoman Arnawa hoped to raise awareness to protect the environment from the threat of plastic waste. “We also have a responsibility to preserve the marine environment in addition to maintaining its security,” he said. (kmb31)
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Klungkung Water Police recently intervene and invite communities caring about waste, tourists and local community to maintain the beach cleanliness.
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Badung Culture Office selects 535 pieces of ogoh-ogoh
MANGUPURA — The Badung Culture Office began to select ogoh-ogoh or papier mâché demon in six sub-districts. The initial assessment carried out since Monday (Feb. 18) involved a number of elements, namely the Badung Culture Office, sub-district committee, Customary Village Middle Assembly (MMDP), Listibya, and Ministry of Religious Affairs. Head of the Badung Culture Agency, Ida Bagus Anom Bhasma, said the initial selection process will determine 18 pieces of ogohogoh in each sub-district of the 535 customary youth clubs (sekaa taruna) in Badung district. “The selection takes place from last Monday to February 28. In the first selection, we’ll determine 18 nominees in each sub-district. After that the team will come down again to determine 3 nominees,” said IB Bhasma on Wednesday (Feb. 20). According to him, in the initial selection, he had a number of criteria such as the ogoh-ogoh must represent the figure of bhutakala (evil spirits), be made from eco-friendly materials as well as without pornographic nuance, discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, race, political motif, and sponsor’s message. “If one of the criteria is not met, the participant will be disqualified.
On that account, we hope they comply with the criteria we have agreed to,” he explained. Although the assessment was carried out, this bureaucrat from Taman village of Abiansemal said the ogoh-ogoh parade will be held at each village, so that security at the Pengerupukan night or the day before Nyepi will be conducive. “We do not centralize the ogohogoh parade at one location, but done at each village to avoid undesirable things,” he said. In this ogoh-ogoh competition, the assessment team will conduct a final assessment on March 1 and 2. The final stage of the assessment will determine the top three of each sub-district and three runner-up nominations. “The first winner will get a cash prize of IDR 25 million, the second prize gets IDR 20 million and the third one gets IDR 15 million. For the three other runner-up
winners will respectively get IDR 10 million. This is our motivation fund so that the creativity of young generation continues to grow,” he explained. Regarding the initial assessment process, IB Bhasma admitted to have not received yet any report. “So far, I have not received a report from the field team, so I don’t know whether there is a disqualification,” he said. As is known, in order to support the preservation of the arts and culture, the Badung district government through the Culture Office allocates the budget of IDR 24 million to be deducted with 15 percent of tax to IDR 20,400,000 per youth club. The number of youth club in Badung reaches 536, but only 535 youth clubs receiving motivation funds because a youth club does not make ogoh-ogoh as hampered by refurbishment of its hamlet hall. (kmb27)
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The Badung Culture Office began to select ogoh-ogoh or papier mâché demon in six subdistricts.
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By using canoes, participants go through the mangroves while picking up plastic waste. Then, the plastic or inorganic waste collected by participants will be weighed.
Exploring mangrove forest at Pemogan
55 teams successfully collect 2.29 tons of plastic waste DENPASAR - Plastic waste has not been handled properly. This can be seen from the accumulating plastic waste in the downstream, such as in mangrove forests at Pemogan, South Denpasar. From the activities of the mangrove walk down while collecting plastic waste held by the Denpasar Fisheries and Food Security Office in collaboration with the Mina Werdhi Batu Lumbang community group on Wednesday (Feb. 20), a total of 2.29 tons of plastic waste could be collected. This proves that quite a lot of plastic waste still flows into the sea. In that activity, as many as 55 teams respectively consisting of two people explored along the 5 km track in the mangrove area to collect plastic waste. The collected waste was then weighed. For a team being able to collect the most garbage was given a prize. “This is done in a series of celebrating the 231st anniversary of Denpasar City. Such activities have been held six times,” said the Head of the Denpasar Fisheries and Food Security Agency, AA Bayu Bramasta. The activity opened by the Mayor of Denpasar, IB Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, was also attended by the Head of the Denpasar Tourism Office, MA Dezire Mulyani, and other relevant agencies. All participants denoting the representatives of senior high and vocational schools as well as the general public or community seemed enthusiastic to gather from the morning. Chairperson of the Committee, I Wayan Kona, said the competition began by exploring the mangrove area along more than 5 kilometers. Along the way, all the participants
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carried out the action of picking up plastic waste for an hour. “By using canoes, participants go through the mangroves while picking up plastic waste. Then, the plastic or inorganic waste collected by participants will be weighed. Participant getting the heaviest will come out as champion,” said Kona while saying that all the 110 participants are divided into 25 high school and vocational school teams and 30 teams belonging to general public category. Bayu Bramasta added the activity is a place to introduce a natural environment to younger generation. So, after the introduction, of course they are expected to be able to arouse a sense of community concern for the environment itself. “We invite the younger generation to get to know the environment and arouse a sense of care for the environment so the existence of garbage mainly plastic waste in waters can be minimized or reduced,” he explained. Mayor of Denpasar, IB Rai Dharmawijaa Mantra, hoped the activity must continue to be maximized considering that such activity can reduce the presence of waste in the waters around the mangrove forests. Thus, the ecosystem and habitat found in the mangrove area remain sustainable. A participant from Germany, Sarah, said she was very happy to be able to take part in such activity. This international student at the Dhyana Pura University also appreciated to the activity which is very good for providing education for younger generation. “Well, it is very good, and I’m very happy to be able to participate in this activity,” she explained. (kmb12)
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NEW YORK’S MOXY CHELSEA OPENS AS THE FLOWER DISTRICT’S NEW SECRET GARDEN
Rising 35 stories high into the New York City skyline, Moxy NYC Chelsea, the micro-room, macro-amenity hotel, developed by Lightstone and part of Marriott International’s experiential Moxy Hotels brand, officially opens its doors today. Inspired by the surrounding Flower District, the hotel blends a botanically-influenced design with
Italian romance and a touch of playful wit – perfectly timed to welcome guests on Valentine’s Day. Creating an environment that appeals to both today’s modern traveler and locals, Moxy Chelsea was developed with a collection of public spaces designed to meet the community’s dining, drinking, and co-working needs—while providing
guests access to New York City at a neighborhood level. The 349-room hotel marks the second collaboration between Yabu Pushelberg, Rockwell Group, and architects Stonehill Taylor, the designers behind Moxy Times Square and three of the industry’s most admired firms. The newly-constructed building’s architecture riffs off the neigh-
borhood’s retro-industrial style and feels harmonious with its location, in the heart of the Chelsea Flower Market. The hotel blends into the lush flower shops that surround it, with a soaring three-story glass atrium revealing the vertical gardens within. Guests enter through the overgrown Putnam & Putnam Flower Shop, designed by Yabu Pushelberg, which is envisioned as a “botanical library,” with planter boxes suspended from the 15-foot wall, reachable by a wheeled ladder. The shop is run by husbands Darroch and Michael Putnam, whose couture approach to floral arrangements over the years has made them a staple at celebrity weddings, including the recent nuptials of Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk. Just beyond the flower shop, a bright yellow neon sign spelling out the words “MEET” and “GREET” beckons guests into Moxy’s take on the check-in area. Four butcher blocks, alluding to the nearby Meatpacking District, are dramatically suspended from the 12-foot ceiling above, acting as check-in kiosks. Members of Marriott’s recently renamed Loyalty program, Marriott Bonvoy; replacing Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest and The Ritz-Carlton Rewards; can also access keyless entry through the Marriott Mobile App. Just beyond check-in is the Moxy Digital Guestbook streaming videos and images taken within Moxy hotels
or tagged #atthemoxy for visitors’ pre-elevator amusement. The bedrooms are drenched in sunlight and feature floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall windows. For the design, Yabu Pushelberg replicates the clever functionality they created for Moxy Times Square, leavened with wit and humanized with a sense of craft. In all three room types — King, Double/Double and Quad Bunk — the furniture, which includes a writing desk and chair/ luggage rack, can be folded up and hung up on Moxy’s signature peg wall when not in use. Other spacesaving gambits include under-bed storage and a lava-stone sink and vanity area placed outside the bathroom. Tiles in the shower stalls are printed with cheeky phrases like “SOME REGRETS” and “WILD THING,” while a bulldog-shaped beer bottle opener hangs on the door. Additional bedroom features nod to the Flower District, like reading lamps that resemble garden lanterns and faucets that recall hose reels. Unique to Moxy Chelsea is the over-the-top MONDO Suite, an entertainment suite located on the 32nd floor. With soaring, double-height 18-foot ceilings and a wall of industrial-style windows looking out onto the Empire State Building, the room is equipped for entertaining and socializing. The suite can be combined with one or two adjoining king rooms to create a place to party and sleep.
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Friday, February 22, 2019
Ariana Grande first act since Beatles to claim US top three NEW YORK - Pop princess Ariana Grande is the first act in more than 50 years to claim simultaneously the top three spots on the US singles chart, industry tracker Billboard said Monday. The 25-year-old star is the second act in the Billboard Hot 100 chart’s six-decade history to accomplish the feat, after The Beatles in 1964. Grande’s “7 Rings,” “Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored” and “Thank U, Next” monopolized the top hits chart following her fifth album’s debut on Billboard’s top albums tally. The Beatles nabbed the same spots in April 1964, with “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Twist and Shout” and “Do You Want to Know a Secret” reigning atop the chart. The all-genre Hot 100 blends US streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data to rank the top hits. Grande also broke the record for most simultaneous top 40 hits by a female artist with 11 tracks, beating rapper Cardi B’s previous record of nine. The pop star has seen runaway success over the past 12 months, with Billboard naming her its 2018 Woman of the Year. This month she scored her first Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album for “Sweetener,” beating out tough competition including perennial favorite Taylor Swift. Grande was notably absent from the gala amid a spat with the show’s producer -but the social media maven commanded attention throughout the evening anyway with relentless posts,
including of a satin Zac Posen ball gown she had planned to wear to the show. The superstar’s latest album -entitled “Thank U, Next,” like its lead single -- sees the star sharpen her brand of bubblegum pop with a biting personal edge. Several songs allude to a tumultuous past year that saw Grande break up with rapper Mac Miller -- who died at age 26 in September -- and end a brief but heavily publicized engagement with comedian Pete Davidson. (afp)
Friday, February 22, 2019
Pink to star at British pop music’s big night
LONDON - Dua Lipa, The 1975 and George Ezra are some of the big names vying for prizes at British pop music’s annual celebration on Wednesday, with US singer Pink also set to be honoured. The 39th annual Brit Awards at London’s O2 Arena will recognise Britain’s top talent of 2018, and also feature live performances from Hollywood A-lister Hugh Jackman and Pink. The coveted Best Album of the Year Award will be fought out between pop rockers The 1975, rising star AnneMarie, Florence + The Machine, indie singer George Ezra and Grammy-nominated diva Jorja Smith. Electro-stars Clean Bandit are up for two awards for their collaboration with US actress/ singer Demi Lovato while Dua Lipa, the 23-year-old star of last year’s show, is up for four prizes and will perform with hit producer Calvin Harris during
the glitzy ceremony. Anne-Marie, who shot to fame as the vocalist on Clean Bandit’s worldwide hit “Rockabye”, is nominated for four awards, including for the Britney Spears inspired video to “2002”, her fourth top 10 UK single. Baritone singer George Ezra will also perform live, and could walk away with three awards, including Best British Male Solo Artist. He is up against garage pioneer Craig David, veteran avant-garde techno producer Aphex Twin and soul singer Sam Smith. The British Group award pits indie heavyweights Gorillaz and Arctic Monkeys against each other, with the latter’s May album “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino” earning plaudits for its experimental direction. Three categories recognise foreign artists, with hip-hop giants Eminem, Drake and The Carters all up for awards, along with Ariana Grande and French star Christine
and the Queens. The Brit Awards have recognised the cream of British pop music since they were first held in 1977, and have often been peppered with scandal and farce. The 1989 Brits are best remembered for the shambolic presenting skills of model Samantha Fox and Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood and a comical series of mishaps. Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker stormed the stage in protest while Michael Jackson performed surrounded by children in 1996. In 1998, Chumbawamba vocalist Danbert Nobacon dumped a bucket of iced water over then deputy prime minister John Prescott. And Madonna suffered whiplash injuries at the 2015 edition when she fell off the stage wearing a giant cape and surrounded by dancers wearing bondage-style costumes and horns on their heads. The awards have also been criticised for failing to be bold in their choice of performers in recent years. (afp)
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A car is placed as a barricade by demonstratos during clashes in the center of Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on February 12, 2019, as a sixth day of protests against Haitian President Jovenel Moise and the misuse of Petrocaribe funds continued.
Violent street protests in Haiti hit tourism industry
With flaming barricades and widespread looting, 10 days of street violence in Haiti have all but buried a tourism industry that managed to resurrect itself after a devastating earthquake in 2010. Ugly, violent footage beamed around the world has again sent the message that this impoverished Caribbean country is politically unstable and no place to go on vacation. The final straw was the helicopter evacuation last week of 100-odd Canadian tourists trapped as angry protesters demanded the resignation of the president, whom they accuse of corruption. “We have been through 12 days of hell. We managed the crisis but today we are suffering from the aftershocks,” said Tourism Minister Marie-Christine Stephenson. - Blacklist Beside the direct effects of the
demonstrations, the United States delivered another crushing blow on February 14 when it urged its citizens not to travel to Haiti, which thus joined a no-go list with war-torn countries like Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan. The minister said the US travel alert for Haiti was too harsh, calling the riots something that flared up unexpectedly and are now over. “OK, they lasted 12 days but I am not sure that other Caribbean countries, which have had riots of
their own, have been punished as severely and quickly as we have,” said Stephenson. Overnight, the decision by the US State Department hit the tourism industry hard. Travel web sites simply stopped offering flights to Haiti’s two international airports. Hotels are reporting cancellation of reservations and many empty rooms. Officials in the industry have yet to tally up the damage but say that for the second time in less than
a year, they will have to lay off workers. In July of last year, three days of riots over a government attempt to raise fuel prices ruined the summer vacation season for Haiti’s tourism industry. It is not just hotels that will suffer again, said Beatrice NadalMevs, president of the Haitian Tourism Association. “This is going to affect everyday people because these are direct jobs that are going to be lost and supply chains will be threatened: farming, fishing, crafts, transport,” Nadal-Mevs said. - Mardi Gras cancelled With the opposition planning
more demonstrations to seek the resignation of President Jovenel Moise, the sector got yet more bad news with word that Carnival celebrations have been called off in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. City Hall said it could not guarantee revelers’ safety. Continued to page 6
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