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Arise Sir Ringo: Beatles drummer knighted at Buckingham Palace LONDON - Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was knighted at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday and joked with reporters afterwards: “I expect you to use my title.”

The 77-year-old, originally from Liverpool and now based in Los Angeles, was honoured for his services to music in Queen Elizabeth’s New Year’s honours list.

Ringo, real name Richard Starkey, joined Paul McCartney, George Harrison and John Lennon in the Beatles as a replacement drummer for Pete Best in 1962 and occasionally sang lead vocals, notably in “Yellow Submarine” and “With a Little Help from my Friends.”

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a Beatle in 1988 and again in 2015 for his solo career after the group split up.

McCartney was knighted 21 years ago and Tuesday’s ceremony came 53 years after the Beatles received MBEs in 1965.

Accompanied by his wife, Barbara Bach, Ringo was knighted

by Prince William with a ceremonial sword to become Sir Richard Starkey.

“I don’t know how to use this (title) properly,” he said as he showed the medal to a BBC reporter after the ceremony, “but I expect you to use it.” (rtr)

Miss Venezuela pageant to probe contestants’ ethics after social media feud.

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Miss Venezuela pageant to probe contestants’ ethics after social media feud

CARACAS - The Miss Venezuela beauty pageant said on Wednesday it will investigate possible unethical conduct by its contestants following a vitriolic social media spat that saw former participants accusing each other of inappropriate behavior.

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Ringo Starr, whose real name is Richard Starkey, poses after receiving his Knighthood at an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham palace in London, Britain, March 20, 2018.

A group of ex-Miss Venezuela contestants, in a confused flurry of social media posts this month, insinuated that other participants had sought to enrich themselves through romantic relationships with corrupt businessmen and officials.

“Given the events recently described on social media ... a decision has been made to begin an internal review to determine if anyone linked (to the pageant), during the course of their involvement, violated the values and ethics of the contest,” the Miss Venezuela Organization said in a statement.

The organization added that it

was temporarily closing a Caracas training facility and halting casting for the pageant as well as the lowerprofile Mister Venezuela event.

It was not immediately evident how this would affect the Miss Venezuela pageant, which is typically held toward the end of the year.

The rights to Miss Venezuela are owned by Grupo Cisneros, of the wealthy Venezuelan Cisneros family.

Grupo Cisneros referred questions to the Miss Venezuela Organization, which did not respond to a voice mail message seeking further comment.

The allegations drew outrage in Venezuela, where triple-digit inflation and chronic food and medicine shortages have spurred a mass exodus of migrants. They also drew ribbing from critics, who noted the beauty queens’ numerous spelling mistakes.

Venezuelans are among the world’s most successful beauty show contestants and have won global pageants including Miss Universe and Miss World more than a dozen times.

The country has also historically had one of the world’s highest rates of breast implants and cosmetic surgery. (rtr)

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People walk on a platform after a commuter train arrived at the Gare Saint-Lazare railway station during a nationwide strike by French SNCF railway workers, in Paris, France, March 22, 2018.

French public sector, rail workers strike in test for Macron

PARIS - Teachers, train conductors and airline controllers walked off the job across France on Thursday, disrupting transport and public services in a test of public anger with President Emmanuel Macron’s reform drive. While unions have struggled to rally crowds over the past months, this is the first protest against Macron bringing together public sector workers and railway staff, potentially spelling trouble for the government ahead of a rolling rail strike.

“It’s a real mess this morning,” Didier Samba, who missed his morning commuter train to the suburbs and had more than one hour’s wait for the next, said at Paris’ Gare du Nord station.

The strike was expected to lead to the cancellation of 60 percent of fast trains, 75 percent of inter-city trains and about 30 percent of Paris airports’ flights throughout the day.

Unions said one in four primary schools were on strike, while electricity generation dropped by over three gigawatts (GW), the equivalent of three nuclear reactors, as gas and electricity sector workers

joined the strike.

Some 150 protest marches are scheduled, including two rallies starting at around 1300 GMT in Paris. Opinion polls show a paradox: a majority of voters back the strike but an even bigger majority back the reforms, including cutting the number of public sector workers and introducing merit-based pay. That has led the government, which overhauled labour laws last year and is also crafting a series of other sensitive reforms including of unemployment insurance, to say it will stand by its plans, while keeping a close eye on protests.

On Tuesday, following a retirees’ march, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the government would change tack for the poorest 100,000 out of 7 million pensioners concerned by a tax hike, in a sign that a government that prides itself on being firm on reforms can make exceptions. “What we need to avoid is that all the grievances fuse together, as was the case in 1995,” a government official said, referring to France’s biggest strike in decades, which forced the government of the time to withdraw reforms after striking public and private sector workers received huge popular support.

“The situation is very different from 1995. At the time there was a big discrepancy with what the government had promised during the elections and what they eventually did.”

Public sector workers are angry with plans to cut public sector headcount by 120,000 by 2022, including with voluntary redundancies, and introduce other reforms including merit-based pay. Railway workers are worried by government plans to scrap job-for-life guarantees, automatic annual pay rises and generous early retirement.

“Discontent and worry are spreading very quickly,” said JeanMarc Canon of UGFF-CGT, one of the largest public sector’s unions.

While rail workers have planned a three-month rolling strike starting April 3, public sector workers have

no plan yet for further labour action but they will meet next week to decide on any possible move. Thursday’s strike, and the government’s reaction, will be a test, said Laurent Berger, the head of France’s largest union, CFDT. “Either they (the government) listen to us and it will have been just a warning shot, or they don’t listen to us and then, let me tell you that public sector workers are very mobilised,” he told RTL radio. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Ubud tourism still slumped Head of Culture Agency

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Ahead of IMF 2018 Annual Meeting

District govt prepares recovery program

GIANYAR - The impact of Mount Agung eruption on the tourism sector of Gianyar district, especially Ubud, remains to happen until today. The number of tourist visits is not yet fully normal. Various efforts are made to revive tourism having been slumped where one of which is the Ubud recovery program. This was revealed by the Head of Gianyar Tourism Office, A.A. Ari Brahmanta, not long ago.

Ari Brahmanta said the occupancy rate of tourist accommodation chiefly hotels and homestays in Ubud from January to mid-March is on average of 30 percent. This figure is higher than during the Mount Agung eruption resulting in the closure of Ngurah Rai International Airport which is only in the ranges of 10 percent. “But if compared to the previous period, the 30 percent is low. Normally, it used to be 50-60 percent,” he explained.

The occupancy, especially of the homestay, had to touch the figure of 60 percent on the implementation of pelebon or cremation ceremony in Ubud Palace. However, it only lasted a few days where the occupancy dropped again.

Fluctuations re-occurred. In the series of Nyepi Day of Caka New Year 1940, there was an increase of 50 percent.

“Well, it slumped again,” he said.

Current low occupancy is inseparable from misinformation about Mount Agung. A number of foreign tourists got inappropriate information, one of which involves the distance of Ubud from Mount Agung. As a result, many tourists finally canceled their visit to Bali especially Ubud.

According to Ari Brahmanta, inappropriate information remaining to circulate until now is very harmful to Ubud tourism.

“The impact of airport closure for a few days is still felt by tourism businesspeople. Until now, tourism has not yet recovered. It can be seen from the labor side. Many employees are still laid off,” he said.

In order to restore Ubud tourism, Gianyar Tourism Office designed a number of activities related to the Ubud recovery program. They include the Bali Kilo Run 2018 and lantern festival to be held a few months ahead. In addition, traditional events will also be intensively implemented.

“We try some new things that can bring in tourists. Besides, we hope the IMF event will be an effective means to boost the number of tourist visits,” he explained.

His agency did not specifically target when Ubud tourism will recover. Ari Brahmanta just stated that Ubud tourism is expected to recover soon. “The impact can be possibly seen after the events are held, well... about six months later. We cannot directly see the impact,” he said. (kmb25)

Tourists are enjoying their time in Monkey Forest in Ubud.

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Environment Agency urges each village to manage waste

GIANYAR - Waste is a matter that must be handled together. The Gianyar Environment Agency continues to direct each village to hamlet in order to prepare waste management personnel. For instance, this is followed up with the establishment of Bayad Asri Society at Bayad hamlet, Melinggih Kelod village, Payangan.

Head of the Gianyar Environment Agency, I Wayan Kujus Pawitra, said on Wednesday (Mar. 21) the concept of handling garbage in Gianyar district must proactively pick up to the household because the highest source of waste is from household. “So, we will continue to sustain at every village to hamlet by building integrated rural waste management,” he said after inaugurating Nyoman Partana or familiarly addressed as Jero Kubayan as Chief of the Bayad Asri Society.

Through the formation of waste management, Gianyar district will distribute the assistance of garbage trucks to the formation of garbage handlers at each village. To date, Gianyar district has already distributed dozens of trucks to villages that are serious in handling garbage. “There must also be a janitor who is in charge of collecting garbage,” he said.

Kujus Pawitra also directed the garbage management of each village, such as the processing into compost, including the procurement of waste banks for non-organic waste management. “Hopefully, this program gets the support of all parties, so we can realize the clean Gianyar,” he said.

Meanwhile, Jero Kubayan or Nyoman Partana said the formation of Bayad Asri is based on the concerns of community leaders at Bayad hamlet, Melinggih Kelod, against environmental pollution caused by garbage, especially plastic waste. “Moreover, Bayad hamlet is the entrance to Melinggih village tourism area, but for years there is no waste management so the environment gets polluted due to scattered plastic waste,” he said.

A few months ago, he added that his society has started to do cleanup action, including procurement of garbage transport. His group also intensively educates the surrounding community to handle waste properly, such as by sorting and not throwing it into the river. “To optimize this effort, we certainly expect the government assistance, such as trucks and other assistance,” he said. (kmb35)

hopes performers must be carefully selected

DENPASAR - The big international event, namely the International Monetary Fund (IMF) -- World Bank Annual Meeting will be held in Bali next October 2018. Usually every international event cannot be separated from the presentation of a variety of local cultural performances. At the same time, it can also introduce the treasures of local genius values.

Then, what about the art creators in Bali, art studio, artists, and local event organizers in addressing such big event? Are they involved, or just become a complement or audiences because it has been entirely handled by event organizer (EO) from central government?

The Head of the Bali Culture Agency, Dewa Putu Beratha, confirmed that so far the involvement of the artists, creators or EOs in charge of international events are always managed by those of central government. “Some international events, including the Bali World Culture Forum some time ago, are entirely handled by central authority. Maximally our artists are appointed as part of the team just like that,” said Dewa Beratha, Wednesday (Mar. 21).

So far, he said that for the IMF event handled by central government there has been no request for Balinese art composition or the like to make performance as well as promoting Balinese culture in the event. However according to governor of Bali, he had been asked by the President Jokowi as he was impressed by the concept of art parade in Bali so that it can be displayed in the opening of the IMF. “Governor indeed directed that President Joko Widodo once offered governor of Bali to show off Balinese cultural parade in the opening of IMF. However, until this moment the request has not been confirmed,” said God Beratha.

He hoped that every major event should involve Balinese creators directly. “In Bali, we have a lot of creative people, including EO, so that we in Bali should be able to seize the opportunity. If wishing to find players to take part in the national level Bali actually is not shortage of it,” he added.

He continued that so far all major events such as international meetings in Bali involving the art performance entirely use

EO. “Hopefully, the EO that will handle the art activities in the IMF event is really looking for classy art. What we have witnessed all this time, they are looking for cheap arts as long as complying with the budget without thinking about excellence, quality and so on. Hopefully, the EO can choose quality art by classy artists that show off good work, not to choose haphazardly,” he said.

He added that every project using a large budget is decided through auction. Of course, this should be captured by the EOs in Bali. “Do not just be spectators, there are quite a lot of creative people in Bali, so when there is a big event, if Bali’s EOs handle, at least they understand, what to offer, which arts groups to use or what kind of quality to choose.

Thus, Bali human resources have greater chances if they handle it,” he said.

Meanwhile, curator of the Bali Mandara Nawanatya, Kadek Wahyudita, hoped there is a reference from the Culture Agency to event organizer outside when using any kind of art performance in Bali.

“We hope that Culture Agency or Listibya becomes the entrance to the EO that will handle the cultural show in the international event.

Which art troupe is worthy, whose maestro asked to represent or what kind of concept to be used should be understood by central government when presenting the art show for international event and it should have a standard. And this must go through local government or the authorized Listibya. So far, we have not owned this system,” explained Wahyu.

Thus, added Wahyu, every EO that handles the art performance in international event should not be selected carelessly because of cheap price and close relationship.

“We have artistic contestation of the art creativity almost every day.

We have many quality art troupes, both appearing in the Bali Arts Festival, Mahalango and young creative artists in the Nawanatya.

It just needs to rank which one has the best quality so that we can present in the prestigious event with the level of IMF as the arena of the highest promotion because it will be attended by state officials.

What extraordinary it is!” he concluded. (win)

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Beachwalk Shopping Center

SMASHIN’ BEAUTY – MARCH 2018 BEAUTY STARTS HERE! Beachwalk Shopping Center presents “SMASHIN’ BEAUTY” on this March 2018. As usual Beachwalk brings new atmosphere and new spirit with a bunch of entertainments and promo to our Customers.

This March is such an auspicious month, because Balinese people are celebrating the “Nyepi Day”. “Nyepi Day” or Silent Day in Bali is a New Year celebration unlike anywhere else on the planet.

Bali’s celebrates the Saka New Year as the Bali Day of Silence, that is commemorated every Isakawarsa (Saka new year) according to the Balinese calendar (in 2018, it falls on March 17th) an ultimately quietest day of the year. When all of

the island’s inhabitants abide by a set of local rules, which brings all routine activities to a complete halt.

Beachwalk partnership with Ramada Sunset Road Hotel is happy to surprise our “CORNER’S CARD” members the package of “NYEPI Giveaway of 2 Night Stay”. Please save the date of our Kids Ogoh-ogoh parade and traditional Instrument experience will be held on March 15th 2018.

Bali Starts Here. Regularly, visitors always have a chance to be interactively relish the experience and learn more about Balinese culture exclusively. Every Tuesday and Wednesday at our Fountain Stage, level 1 Beachwalk has some variant performances, like Balinese Drama

Musical, Bali traditional comedy, making the offerings and the making of Balinese traditional dessert called Jaja Bali. In addition to entertain our Customers, Beachwalk will also have regular “ACOUSTIC EVE” every Thursday to Monday at 7 PM. YOUR REWARDS, YOUR WAY! Not to be missed is Beachwalk “CORNER’S CARD” – has just launched, a special loyalty card program for Beachwalk Shopping Center’s loyal customers that lets them collect and redeem points with countless special gifts and fantastic vouchers. All you have to do to become a “CORNER’S CARD” member is just simply do a single purchase of a minimum IDR 50,000 in a single receipt and

redeem it at our Customer Service, level 1. Another advantage of having “CORNER’S CARD” is, Customers are eligible to have it’s benefits not only in Beachwalk Shopping Center but also at all the Cornerstone malls, those are: fx Sudirman, Jakarta & 23Paskal, Bandung. In addition to customers who already posses “CORNER’S CARD” can have the opportunity to win a lucky draw to 1 Ticket Return with Scoot Fast Cruises From Bali To Gili Trawangan or 1 night stay at Hard Rock Hotel Bali.

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Beachwalk Shopping Center always presents the unique experiences for tourists and shoppers. The various monthly programs offer more attractions in Kuta and emphasizing the Beachwalk Shopping Center’s tagline, “Bali Starts Here”.

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Fashion

International

Fur is officially banned in San Francisco now

LAST week, Donatella Versace declared fur is over, and now the city of San Francisco concurs. Time reports that the city’s Board of Supervisors has just voted to ban the sale of fur. The legislation will go into effect on January 1, 2019.

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San Francisco is now the largest U.S. city to ban fur sales—Berkeley and West Hollywood have also passed similar legislation.

According to Time, San Francisco is now the largest U.S. city to ban fur sales—Berkeley and West Hollywood have also passed similar legislation. The L.A. Times tapped the supervisor who pushed the ban, Katy Tang, to offer her take on the subject. “I hope that it inspires other cities and the country to take action.

Certainly we need better federal regulations on fur farming,” Tang told the newspaper. “There’s no humane way to raise an animal to peel its skin off.” (net)

Gimme More: Britney Spears Stars in Kenzo’s Epic New Campaign

KENZ0 is giving us what we never knew we needed: Britney Spears wearing a denim baseball hat, denim underwear, and thigh-high denim boots. The singer stars in the brand’s newest campaign, and the photos, shot

by Peter Lindbergh, are instantly legendary.

“La Collection Memento N°2 focuses heavily on denim and was inspired by the 1986 Paris runway debut of Kenzo Jeans,” Kenzo explained in a press release. “But

a more esoteric theme is ‘Icons.’

The Kenzo motifs (the tiger, The Great Wave of Kanagawa) are all featured heavily, as well as (for the advertising) Britney Spears.”

Kenzo went on to explain how its star fits in perfectly with the

brand. “Britney Spears. KENZO. Peter Lindbergh. What could at first seem an unusual trifecta, actually makes total sense when one learns that the collection is all about icons,” the press release reads. “Britney is certainly

an icon and the quintessential queen of denim. Of similar stature in the photo world is Peter Lindbergh, whose British Vogue cover of Linda, Naomi, Cindy, Tatiana and Christy ignited the age of the supermodel.” (net)

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Another illegal commodity restrained at Gilimanuk

NEGARA - Ranks of Gilimanuk Sea Area Police returned to secure illegal commodities attempted to be smuggled to Bali. This illegal commodity is secured due to increased inspection of goods, people and letters coming out or entering Bali at the harbor becoming the priority of Gilimanuk Police.

“We have repeatedly secured illegal commodities and the inspections have also been intensified but it did not discourage drivers and business players from committing violations while using harbor access as a means of crossing their illegal goods,” said Chief of Gilimanuk Sea Area Police, Nyoman Subawa, accompanied by his Chief of Criminal Investigation, Komang Muliyadi, on Tuesday (Mar. 20).

The secured commodities included 10 sacks of chicken meat, 3 sacks of duck meat, 3 sacks of meatball processed meat from Surabaya, East Java to Denpasar. The commodities are transported by truck with license plate of DK 9338 AH belonging to PT Sakura Inter Buana driven by Faruk Ariyadi, 44, from Jember.

The items are said to have not been equipped with quarantine health certificate. He said although the commodity is not anything prohibited, but including the document is obligatory because it has been regulated in the provisions of Law No.16/1992 on the quarantine of animals, fish and plants. Every shipment of animals, fish and plants, animal products, fish and plant product from one island to another shall be accompanied by a health certificate from the region of origin as well as the quantity of goods and documents shall also be adjusted.

Faruk said he is only a driver and does not know the contents of packaged goods transported. Muliyadi reminded that such mindset should not be familiarized and become a misconception. The drivers are obliged to know about the goods they transported. So, if there are goods that should be equipped with documents in accordance with the designation it can be submitted before leaving for destination.

Unlike this time, he should experience obstacles precisely those caused by his own negligence so he must accept the IBP/kmb consequences. The commodity is now being secured in the Gilimanuk Sea Area Police for further processing. (kmb) Ranks of Gilimanuk Sea Area Police returned to secure illegal commodities attempted to be smuggled to Bali.

Fox Haris Hotel Jimbaran newly opened

FOX Harris is the newest brand of Tauzia and is an extension of the Harris brand having been widely known before. Contemporary and adaptable design makes Fox Harris the right choice for rebranding of the previous property, Pramapada Hotel Jimbaran. Quality of the hotel and service can be met well

by Tauzia which has the concept of reflecting the spirit of Simple, Unique and Friendly.

FOX Harris Jimbaran comes as a 4-star midscale hotel targeting the middle-class market, particularly modern business travelers, leisure travelers, individuals and groups as well as corporations.

It is expected to fulfill the needs of accommodation on the Island of the Gods. With tagline ‘A moment in life’ FOX Harris Jimbaran brings decoration pattern as public

rooms and the rooms to reflect the concept of Urban Lifestyle without reducing the value and ethnic elements of Bali.

In addition, FOX Harris Jimbaran also presents excellent quality of hotel products and services by involving human touch that will surely make FOX Harris Jimbaran special and different from a number of other hotels existing in Bali with Tauzia as a partner of new operator.

FOX Harris Jimbaran would like to invite guests to enjoy life through the unique experiences at FOX Harris hotels through colorful activities, and full interaction with the hotel team and with fellow guests.

Strategically located in Jimbaran Bay area, FOX Harris Jimbaran is famous for its beautiful beaches and very popular seafood restau-

rants. From hotel to the beach, it only takes you about 5 minutes’ walk. Surrounded by international hotels and world-class villas makes Jimbaran area into a fun holiday destination.

Facilities available include 125 Deluxe rooms, WTF Rooftop Pool and Bar, WTF Lounge, Meeting Room, Restaurant, Fitness Center, Laundry, Cub Club, 24-hour room service, Wi-Fi internet access, wedding chapel, Pool Bar, Dedari Spa and 24-hour security.

Its room interior design is quite luxurious with wooden parquet making it elegant and comfortable to stay. Spreading across 38 square meters, the room is spacious and available in double and twin bed.

For guests staying with family, there is a day bed of large size.

Free Wi-Fi is accessible in every

room equipped with 40-inch LCD TV, safe deposit box, mini bar, bathrobes and toiletries.

WTF Rooftop Pool and Bar becomes the highlight of FOX Harris Jimbaran. This infinity pool is designed very beautifully and guests can enjoy sunset view while swimming in the afternoon from the 6th floor. At the WTF Rooftop Pool & Bar guests can sing along with karaoke on Mondays and Wednesdays. Various choices of songs are available according to taste. Meanwhile, the entertainment on Wednesdays and Fridays is acoustic guitar and BBQ Dinner. WTF Rooftop is very suitable for private parties such as birthdays, gatherings, reunions and others.

In the Lobby area, there is WTF Lounge where guests can relax

while listening to the music, billiard table and sofas with matching design. While in the WTF lounge, guests will be recommended to enjoy the signature juice of ‘FOX on the Beach’ consisting of dragon fruit, pineapple, mango and coconut milk and special ‘FOX on the Roll’ dish that can also be enjoyed in a pleasant holiday atmosphere.

In a series of the grand launching of FOX Harris in Pekanbaru, the hotel has done promotional event with the name of Foxing Fox for all the bookings made within the period of March 1-14, 2018.

Guests can get special rates and free breakfast for 2 persons by booking through the official website directly at www.foxharrishotels. com. Guests can stay for the period of March 1, 2018 until August 31, 2018. (kmb)

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International

The cattle of residents are roaming near the location where tourists usually enjoy the beach scene.

Karangsewu tourism area used to graze cattle

NEGARA — One of the developing tourist attractions at Gilimanuk today is Karangsewu Beach. The beach is located in the area of West Bali National Park (TNBB). Other than being threatened by abrasion, the land area is troubled by cattle. The cattle belonging to residents herded on the beach known as the green grass landscape is disturbing the comfort. Besides, they leave cow dung around the object so it gives dirty impression.

As seen last weekend, many cattle roamed around as deliberately grazed in the object developed by the TNBB. At least, there are dozens of cows at some locations around the coastal object. Moreover, the cattle of residents

are roaming near the location where tourists usually enjoy the beach scene.

The most annoying is the cow dung scattered over the meadow.

This problem has been repeatedly addressed by the TNBB authority.

Moreover, since 2016, it has provided coaching for residents. Division Head of the TNBB Administration, Wiryawan, said on Wednesday (Mar. 21) the cattle in Karangsewu are owned by local residents. The cattle are often

released freely like that because people claimed not to have a cowshed so that it becomes a habit. Cattle owners have also been repeatedly approached and provided with counseling. Hopefully, they could realize and will not let their cattle roam around especially in the area of Karangsewu.

Having been provided with the counseling, many people are aware.

So, the number of grazed cattle gradually reduces from hundreds of

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Truck drivers complain having queued at Padangbai for two days

AMLAPURA - Bad weather in the form of tropical cyclone does not have too bad impact in Karangasem, especially the activities at Padangbai Harbor. However, a number of truck drivers met at the local harbor began complaining about the poor schedule

of crossings issued by the BPTD. Most truck drivers admitted to have queued for more than two days before crossing from Padangbai to Lembar Harbor.

One of the truck drivers, Syahrul, admitted on Wednesday (Mar. 21) to

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Most truck drivers admitted to have queued for more than two days before crossing from Padangbai to Lembar Harbor.

wonder why the crossing is always said to run smoothly. Actually, he himself with fellow truck drivers from Lombok has queued for more than two days, and has not yet been crossed. During the queue, they ran out supplies on the trip. “Do not ask to BPTD, they will surely say if the crossing runs smoothly. We have held out in the harbor for a few days,” said Syahrul, a driver of truck hauling various goods.

He and the other truck drivers started complaining as out of stock.

Moreover, the schedule of crossing is not clear. They claimed to worry that their cargoes will arrive late at the destination and perish. He asserted that in the past the crossing schedule was determined by the ASDP. At that time, this condition never happened because it always ran smoothly. However, after the crossing schedule is set by the BPTD, the situation started to become disorderly. “How long will we experience this?” he asked with

other drivers sitting together in front of the entrance of the PT ASDP office.

A harbor officer asking for anonymity admitted if the truck queue happened due to the delay of the ship arrival from Lembar Harbor, Lombok. “Possibly, due to lonely passengers from Lembar Harbor, the ship departed late to Padangbai,” said the officer.

In relation to the crossing activity at Padangbai Harbor, no related official can be asked for his confirmation.

According to ASDP staff, the Manager of ASDP Padangbai, I Wayan Rosta, along with all his supervisions was attending a meeting at the ASDP office at Lembar Harbor.

On the other hand, one of the officers of the Land Transportation Management Center (BPTD), Lalu Yuda, claimed the Padangbai-Lembar crossing activity still runs smoothly.

Related to weather condition, he said the crossing is not constrained by extreme weather as the reports

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cattle. When making an approach and providing counseling the TNBB also teams up with local village authority.

Karangsewu Beach area is one of the objects whose development is focused by the TNBB apart from the Labuan Lalang and Menjangan Island (Buleleng). As targeted, in 2019 there will be no more cattle of residents grazed on Karangsewu Beach. An arrangement and development will be carried out this year. (kmb26)

occurred outside Bali. “The weather is still sloping and the crossing is still smooth, although there is a report on quite strong wind in the middle,” said Lalu Yuda.

Tropical cyclone triggering the occurrence of strong winds in some areas of Karangasem did not affect the crossing activities at Padangbai Harbor. Based on weather reports issued by the National Weather Service (BMKG) for Region III Denpasar, the wave height in the waters of Northern Bali posing the crossing route of Padangbai-Lembar on Wednesday reached 0.25-1.5 meters.

Meanwhile, in the waters of Southern Bali or the Badung Strait, the wave height reached 0.75-3.0 meters and wind speed of 8-40 kilometers per hour. Then, the weather forecast applicable for Thursday (Mar. 22) says the wave height in the waters of Northern Bali reached 0.25-2.0 meters and in the waters of Southern Bali reached 0.75-3.0 meters. (kmb31)

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A boys rest at a sculpture of a large gun with a twisted barrel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia March 21, 2018.

Forty-five countries urge Cambodia to conduct free vote, release opposition leader

PHNOM PENH - Forty-five countries called on Cambodia on Wednesday to reinstate the main opposition party, release its jailed leader and ensure a July general election is free and fair.

A statement on the human rights situation in Cambodia read by New Zealand on behalf of a group of 45 countries, including the United States, Germany, Australia and United Kingdom, said previous optimism had been “replaced by deep concern” regarding a decline in civil and political rights in Cambodia.

The statement, which was read to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, urged Cambodia’s government to reinstate the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) and all elected members.

Dozens of opposition lawmakers were banned when Cambodia’s Supreme Court dissolved the CNRP last year in a ruling that was widely condemned by the international community.

That decision followed the arrest of CNRP leader Kem Sokha last September. Kem Sokha has been

charged with treason, accused of colluding with Americans to overthrow the Cambodian government.

He denies the charges and the U.S. embassy in Phnom Penh has also denied the accusation.

Kem Sokha faces 30 years in prison if convicted. Prime Minister Hun Sen has ruled Cambodia for 33 years. He is a former Khmer Rouge cadre who defected from the genocidal group and helped drive it from power in 1979, and is credited with helping Cambodia achieve economic growth, but has been criticized for his crackdown on critics and the media.

“We call on the Royal Government of Cambodia to take all measures necessary, before it is too late, to ensure that the 2018 elections are free, fair and credible,” the statement said.

“We are particularly concerned about the conditions under which opposition leader Kem Sokha is be-

ing detained following his arbitrary arrest: he is reportedly in isolation, without adequate access to health care, subjected to intrusive observation, and other conditions, such as constant light.”

“We call for the immediate release of all political prisoners, including Kem Sokha.”

The group raised concerns about a government crackdown on freedom of expression that has extended to independent media and non-governmental organizations.

Government spokesman Phay Siphan said Cambodia won’t comply with demands made by foreign countries.

“We are equally members of the United Nations,” Phay Siphan told Reuters. “This is a violation of Cambodia’s sovereignty.”

“We will hold elections according to what Cambodians want, based on Cambodian laws,” he added. (rtr)

Conditt likely recorded the PFLUGERVILLE - The serial bomber whose deadly attacks ter- video between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. rorized Austin, Texas, for weeks on Tuesday. According to Manley, left a 25-minute video “confession” Conditt said he believed police on a cell phone found after he blew “were getting very close to him,” himself up on Wednesday as of- and he was right. Authorities filed ficers closed in to make an arrest, a criminal complaint and issued an arrest warrant around that time. police said.

By Wednesday morning, police Mark Conditt, 23, an unemployed man from the suburb of had tracked Conditt to a hotel and Pflugerville, detailed how he made were waiting for the arrival of tacall seven bombs that have been ac- tical units and equipment before counted for - five that exploded, one they planned to make an arrest, that was recovered before it went Manley said. But then Conditt off and a seventh that he detonated drove away.

Police followed and decided to as officers rushed his vehicle early stop him before he got on the highon Wednesday.

But the video failed to reveal a coherent motive for the attacks spread over the past three weeks, police said.

“He does not at all mention anything about terrorism, nor does he mention anything about hate, but instead it is the outcry of a very challenged young man, talking about challenges in his personal life,” Austin Police Chief Brian Manley told reporters.

“I would classify this as a confession,” Manley said.

Conditt, who had never before been in trouble with the law, killed two people and wounded five with a campaign of violence that Austin Community College/Handout via REUTERS began on March 2, authoriTexas blast suspect Mark Anthony ties said.

Based on their search of Conditt is seen in this undated handthe suspect’s home and his out photo released by Austin Comvideo statement, authori- munity College in Austin, Texas, U.S. ties said they felt confident March 21, 2018. that there were no other bombs and that the public was safe way. Just as officers approached the vehicle, the explosion went off, from further harm.

FBI special agent Christopher Manley said. There was also some Combs said investigators believe police shooting.

“This can never be called a hapthe suspect would have continued his attacks had he not been ap- py ending, but it’s a damn good one for the people of this community, prehended.

Police recovered a “target list” the people of the state of Texas,” of addresses for future bombings, Travis County District Attorney the Los Angeles Times reported, Margaret Moore told reporters.

Residents in Austin, a city of 1 citing U.S. Representative Michael McCaul of Texas, the Republican million people and a liberal enclave chairman of the House Homeland of university students and tech companies, voiced relief that the hunt for Security Committee.

Even so, the video gave no ex- the serial bomber was over.

“I am going to be leery and planation for the individuals and addresses singled out as recipients extra careful tomorrow at work, of the bombs that were planted or but I feel relieved now,” said Jesus Borjon, 44, an employee of parcel shipped, Manley said.

Police previously said they had delivery firm UPS, who lives in considered the possibility that the Pflugerville.

Austin was hosting thousands of attacks were racially motivated, noting that the first several vic- out-of-town visitors for its annual tims, including the two who died, South by Southwest festival of muwere either African-American or sic, film and technology when the first bombings occurred. (rtr) Hispanic.

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Dollar slips after Fed decision, trade worries shackle shares

TOKYO - The U.S. dollar slipped on Thursday after the Federal Reserve held back from increasing the pace of this year’s rate hikes, while worries over an impending announcement on trade tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump capped Asian shares.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was flat, erasing earlier gains of 0.7 pct. Japan’s Nikkei gained 1.0 percent.

European shares are expected to fall, with spread-betters looking to a lower opening of 0.4 percent in Germany’s Dax , 0.2 percent in Britain’s FTSE and 0.1 percent in France’s Cac. Wall Street stock indexes ended the day lower, with the S&P 500 losing 0.18 percent despite a boost from sharp gains in energy shares on rising oil prices.

The Nasdaq dropped 0.26 percent with Apple falling below its 100-day average even as Facebook bounced back after two days of steep losses amid a controversy over outside exploitation of its users’ data. The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday and forecast two more hikes for 2018, based on board members’ median projection.

Given that some investors had expected it to project three more rate hikes, the guidance was perceived as less hawkish than anticipated, a positive factor for risk assets in general.

But otherwise the Fed was upbeat on the economy, revising up rate projections for 2019 and 2020 and raising the estimated longer-term “neutral” interest rate a touch, suggesting the current tightening cycle could last for longer than previously thought. “They also forecast three hikes next year and two more in 2020 and clearly revised up the growth forecast as well,” said Norihiro Fujito, senior investment strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities.

“So the picture looks different when you look at longer-term projections. That explains the complicated reaction by markets. The prospects of continued rate hikes may cap shares,” he added. The yield on two-year U.S. notes slipped back to 2.304 percent from 9 1/2-year high of 2.366 percent hit on Wednesday while the 10-year yield dipped to 2.874 percent after an initial spike to 2.936 percent.

That pushed the U.S. dollar lower in the currency market, with the dollar index testing this month’s low after posting its biggest fall in two months on Wednesday. The euro gained 0.2 percent to $1.2363, extending its recovery from a near three-week low of $1.2240 touched earlier in the week.

The dollar shed up to 0.4 percent to

105.58 yen, turning down on the week to edge closer to the 16-month low of 105.24 hit on March 2. It last stood at 105.91 yen. The British pound hit a 1 1/2-month high of $1.4171, building on Wednesday’s one-percent gains.

Strong British wage data published on Wednesday cemented expectations that the Bank of England was likely to signal a May rate hike after its monetary policy meeting later in the day. Following the Fed’s move, the People’s Bank of China gingerly raised the seven-day reverse repo rate, a key short-term interest rate, by 5 basis points, to prevent U.S.-China rate differential from getting too wide.

The move was the PBOC’s first major policy decision under new Governor Yi Gang, who was appointed by parliament on Monday. With the Fed meeting over, investors are watching Trump, who is due to sign a memo on imposing tariffs on Chinese imports at 1630 GMT on Thursday. Concerns about a trade war between the world’s two largest economies has put many investors on guard.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Wednesday the tariffs would target China’s hightechnology sector and could also include restrictions on Chinese investment in the United States. Investors worry such a move could trigger countermeasures by China, possibly causing a vicious cycle of escalating retaliation.

Shares on China’s exchanges were lower, the with Shanghai Composite Index slipping as much as 1.2 percent to two-week lows. “China’s equity market is relatively domestic. We estimate that on average more than 80 percent of revenues are generated in China while only a marginal share comes from the U.S. Still, there would be first-order casualties if trade tensions escalated. In the front line would be firms with significant exposure to the U.S., mostly in the tech and consumer sectors,” wrote analysts at Societe Generale.

In the energy market, oil prices held firm, buoyed by a surprise decline in U.S. crude inventories as well as ongoing supply cuts led by OPEC, although a relentless rise in U.S. oil output threatens to undermine efforts to tighten the market. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose to as high as $65.74 per barrel, not far from its January peak of $66.66, having gained almost five percent so far this week. It last stood almost flat at $65.13. In contrast, copper fell to three-month low of $6,702 per tonne the previous day before bouncing back to $6,817. (rtr)

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People enjoy the sunset in front of a container ship at the Elbe river in Hamburg Germany March 20, 2018.

Threat of protectionism pushes down German business morale

BERLIN - German business confidence deteriorated for a second straight month in March, dropping to its lowest level in nearly a year, as managers in Europe’s largest economy became more concerned about the rising threat of protectionism. The Munich-based Ifo economic institute said on Thursday that its business climate index, based on a monthly survey of some 7,000 companies, fell to 114.7 from 115.4 in February.

The reading, an 11-month low, undershot the expectations of analysts polled by Reuters, whose consensus forecast was 114.8.

“The threat of protectionism is dampening the mood in the German economy,” Ifo chief Clemens Fuest said.

German managers were less satisfied with their current business situation, which nevertheless remained at a high level, Ifo said.

Firms were also less upbeat about the coming months. “The protectionism debate is leaving its mark,” Ifo economist Klaus Wohlrabe told Reuters, adding that export expectations fell to their lowest levels in more than a year.

Unicredit economist Andreas Rees said U.S. trade policies had increased uncertainty. “But

there’ll be robust growth in the months ahead - even if the German economy probably has surpassed its peak,” Rees said. A sector breakdown of the Ifo figures showed the main drag came from retailing and manufacturing.

Business sentiment improved in construction.

The Ifo data chimed with HIS Markit’s latest survey among purchasing managers, which showed growth in Germany’s private sector lost a little steam in March as factory output slowed.

HIS Markit economist Chris Williamson said that the outlook for exporters had been clouded by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose import tariffs on steel and aluminium, as well as the recent appreciation of the euro.

However, the overall high readings of the PMI survey also suggested that Germany’s upswing is likely to continue.

“We’ll probably see a strong first quarter with a growth rate of around 0.7 percent,” Williamson said. This compares with a growth rate of 0.6 percent on the quarter in the last three months of 2017.

Economic advisers to the German government on Wednesday raised their 2018 growth forecast to 2.3 percent but warned that protectionist measures could limit the upswing.

The Ifo institute is even more optimistic, with its researchers confirming their forecasts - originally made in December - of 2.6 percent German growth this year and 2.1 percent in 2019. (rtr)

Traditional games look very simple. They always dwell on nature and get very close to the habits existing in the local social environment. This type of game seems to have no limit because almost all places can be used as a playground. This ancient game has many benefits such as learning sportsmanship, honesty, discipline and respect.

These values ??thrive because they always make dissemination to friends in the environment becoming their natural playground. Accepting defeat and recognizing the opponent’s victory in the game is an example of a sportsmanlike attitude.

In addition to training physical endurance, the traditional games are also to hone the intelligence because when playing the children must be able to set the strategy.

Rector of the State Hindu Dharma Institute (IHDN) Denpasar, Prof. Dr. I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana, said that traditional games in Bali can become a medium for dissemination. In the games, they will always invite others as a reflection of cooperation. “In the game, there is a lesson for mutual respect and apologies if something goes wrong and rewards when someone wins,” he said.

IGN-Sudiana The games also have very positive influence because it forces the children to be creative as they also demand higher creativity. Such activity can also increase self-confidence because there are elements to train communication. Children as players of the game become more confident and democratic. “When determining a leader or punishment for the offending child, they do by

agreement,” added Sudiana.

Besides, said this Chairman of Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) of Bali, traditional games are also part of the application of Hindu teachings such as philosophy (tattva), karmic law, tat tvam asi (You are that (God)) and Tri Kaya Parisudha.

“When viewed from an educational perspective, people learn from nature.

Meanwhile, if learning from cultural theories, people learn from others and the environment,” he explained.

When playing, they always make others happy, in addition to make them happy. In Sundaram’s teachings meaning beauty it will be able to make others happy and peaceful. It is also the teaching of yadnya (sincere sacrifice). Peacefulness makes them not quarrel, fight but strengthen friendship.

Moreover, the teachings of Karmic law limit them from doing arbitrarily.

They realize if doing wrong and doing not good, they will get punishment from friends according to mutual agreement. Therefore a child will not dare to hurt his friend. Because, if he is hurt will also feel the same. It is in accordance with the teaching of tat tvam asi.

The real application of Hinduism is the Tri Kaya Parisuda teaching, meaning think good, say good and do goodness. After performing the

games, they uphold the values ??of honesty, though not told before.

“It happens due to the influence of creative culture of children’s minds, especially through religious teaching,” he added.

According to Prof. Sudiana, traditional games in Bali are inspired by the teachings of Hinduism interpreted innocently by children. The games can be inspired by ritual activities, and so can the games into activity. For example, a ritual activity of sesuwunan (sanctified effigies) can then become a game such as in the mebarongbarongan (barong-like game), and mengunying-ngunyingan. On the contrary, a game can become a ritual procession, like the making of barong bangkung (boar) that can become sesuwunan because it passes through trance process.

Nevertheless, playing traditional games is not a form of offering, but an activity to fulfill the desire to interact with other children, relieve stress and saturation as well as grow creativity. More importantly, children can learn in their own environment.

“Children of the past made the natural surroundings into a medium of their game. Certainly it is from the results of their creativity, not consumptive like many children do in the current era,” he explained. (kmb)

Traveloka, a leading technology company that provides an online travel booking platform for domestic and international destinations, announces its participation in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the world’s biggest soccer event which takes place in Russia from 14 June – 15 July.

Traveloka’s participation as the first and only Indonesian technology company that becomes official partner of the 21st FIFA World Cup is attributed to its cooperation with 2018 FIFA World Cup’s official territorial licensing in Indonesia, Futball Momentum Asia (FMA).

Having previously supported a series of local events with success, now Traveloka proudly supports the 2018 World Cup. This outlook aligns with Traveloka’s company history, a homegrown company headquartered in Indonesia which has currently expanded to five other countries in Southeast Asia.

Elaborating further on this, Traveloka Country Market Manager, John Safenson said that Traveloka tries to always be present in their customers’ various special moments. “Traveloka is pleased to participate in the 2018 World Cup. The 2018 World Cup is one of the perfect moments to gather with loved ones. We strive to facilitate our customers in creating these moments and celebrate them with their loved ones, wherever they are.”

In anticipation of the 2018 World Cup, Traveloka rolls out exclusive offers for soccer fans who want to feel the festivities of the 2018 World Cup, either directly in Russia or in Indonesia. Other than providing various travel needs to Russia, Traveloka will also add to the excitement by preparing interactive activities on Traveloka App as well as giving away exclusive opportunities for hotel partners that want to organize watching sessions, with licenses that can be obtained through Traveloka.

When it comes to World Cup, people generally watch the matches together with loved ones, usually done in public venues such as cafes or restaurants. Fully embracing the spirit of the 2018 World Cup, Traveloka’s hotel partners can join in the festivities by holding get-togethers for all hotel guests and customers who want to watch the matches, with licenses that can be obtained via Traveloka.

Chief of BPP PHRI, Hariyadi B.S. Sukamdani shows positive support for Traveloka’s participation for the 2018 World Cup, saying, “We fully support Traveloka’s participation in supporting the 2018 World Cup. World Cup is one of the most anticipated event in the world, including in Indonesia. Through the 2018 World Cup celebration, we hope that more hotel customers, especially in Bali can have a pleasant experience watching the matches with their loved ones,” said Hariyadi. (kmb)

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Zuckerberg apologizes for Facebook mistakes with user data, vows curbs

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologized on Wednesday for mistakes his company made in how it handled data belonging to 50 million of its users and promised tougher steps to restrict developers’ access to such information.

The world’s largest social media network is facing growing government scrutiny in Europe and the United States about a whistleblower’s allegations that London-based political consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed user information to build profiles on American voters that were later used to help elect U.S. President Donald Trump in 2016.

“This was a major breach of trust. I’m really sorry this happened. We have a basic responsibility to protect people’s data,” Zuckerberg said in an interview with CNN, breaking a public silence since the scandal erupted at the weekend.

Zuckerberg said in a post on Facebook the company “made mistakes, there’s more to do, and we need to

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step up and do it.”

He said the social network planned to conduct an investigation of thousands of apps that have used Facebook’s platform, restrict developer access to data, and give members a tool that lets them to disable access to their Facebook data more easily.

His plans did not represent a big reduction of advertisers’ ability to use Facebook data, which is the company’s lifeblood.

Zuckerberg said he was open to additional government regulation and happy to testify before the U.S. Congress if he was the right person.

“I’m not sure we shouldn’t be regulated,” he told CNN. “I actually think the question is more what is the right regulation rather than yes or no, should it be regulated? ... People should know who is buying the ads that they see on Facebook.”

Zuckerberg said Facebook was committed to stopping interference in the U.S. midterm election in November and elections in India and Brazil. (rtr)

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Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 18, 2017.

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks after the Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2018.

U.S. Congress unveils $1.3 trillion spending bill as shutdown looms

WASHINGTON - Republican and Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress late on Wednesday unveiled a $1.3 trillion bill to fund the government through September, which includes an additional $80 billion in national defense spending but fails to fund some of President Donald Trump’s immigration initiatives.

If passed by the House of Representatives and Senate by a Friday midnight deadline, it would avert the shutdown of many federal agencies and programs beginning this weekend, when existing funds expire.

Earlier on Wednesday, the White House indicated Trump would support the measure, potentially ending a prolonged debate over spending priorities for the fiscal year that began last Oct. 1.

The Republican-controlled Congress will need Democratic support to pass a bill that many Republican conservatives are likely to balk at because of its cost.

Representative Mark Walker, who heads a large group of House conservative Republicans, complained that the bill will add to budget deficits. “It is imperative that we curb Washington’s out-of-control spending addiction that has not been slowed under Republican rule,” Walker said.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer touted the measure. “From opioid funding to rural broadband, and from student loans to child care, this bill puts workers and families first,” he said in a statement.

Trump at one point wanted $25 billion included in the bill to fully fund construction of his proposed U.S.Mexico border wall, but negotiations with Democrats to make that happen fell apart early this week, according to congressional aides.

Instead, Trump will get nearly $1.6 billion more for border security this year.

Republicans said that money will help with more than 90 miles of “physical barrier construction” along the southern U.S. border “for replacement (of existing barriers), bollards, and levee improvements.”

Democrats said the money would

not be used for any new concrete wall.

The Department of Homeland Security would get an additional $7 million to hire 351 new Customs and Border Protection agents. But the legislation would not give Trump money for the significant increase in Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents he sought as part of a plan to expand deportations of undocumented immigrants.

Besides containing the largest increase in defense spending in 15 years, the bill would provide a significant boost in non-defense spending.

And it would fix a “grain glitch” included in the tax law enacted at the end of last year.

Big grain buyers, such as Anheuser Busch, Cargill and the ethanol industry, have complained that the glitch gives lucrative tax breaks to grain producers for selling to farming cooperatives, and a lesser break for selling to agriculture companies.

In exchange for supporting the inclusion of the grain fix, Democrats secured the addition of a bipartisan proposal to expand a low-income housing tax credit, congressional aides said.

It would also include new money for infrastructure, combating Russian election hacking and some modest gun legislation following a series of mass shootings at American schools, churches and other public spaces.

The bill calls for tightening gun sales background checks, but falls far short of Democratic demands to close loopholes that currently allow some gun sales to go unchecked.

The bill will provide a $307 million increase above the administration’s request for counter-intelligence efforts to fight Russian cyberattacks in 2018, when mid-term congressional elections will be held.

Another $380 million is planned for grants to states to secure U.S. election systems.

Democrats said the bill will help fund the Gateway rail tunnel under the Hudson River connecting New York and New Jersey and serving both Amtrak and New Jersey commuter trains, which Trump opposes. (rtr)

JAKARTA - Indonesia has won an appeal against the European Union in a dispute over the bloc’s anti-dumping duty on biodiesel, the Ministry of Trade said in a statement on Wednesday.

The European Court of Justice, the EU’s highest court, ruled that the bloc must do away with anti-dumping duties of between 8.8 percent to 23.3 percent on imports of Indonesian biodiesel products.

Indonesia is one of the world’s largest exporters of palm oilbased biodiesel.

“With the elimination of these duties, businesses can once again export biodiesel to the EU,” said Oke Nurwan, director general of foreign trade at the Indonesian trade ministry.

He added that the elimination of duties was valid from March 16, 2018. The Indonesia Biofuel Producers Association welcomed

the ruling.

“We’re asking producers to prepare exports soon,” said Paulus Tjakrawan, vice chairman of the association. He declined to give an estimate on expected export volumes.

The EU court ruling reinforces a decision made by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) earlier this year, which said the EU needed to bring its measures into conformity with WTO agreements.

Indonesia also plans to challenge anti-subsidy duties in the United States in a U.S. court and at the WTO. Indonesia has also been pushing domestic biodiesel consumption as part of an ambitious plan to develop its biofuels industry.

It plans to expand biodiesel subsidies to cover palm-oil blended fuels for use by its huge mining sector in addition to the power sector. (rtr)

Indonesia-Malaysia to discuss cross border traffic

BATAM - Indonesian and Malaysia have agreed to impose tighter control over illegal border crossing that would prevent more undocumented Indonesian job seekers to enter Malaysia especially from North Kalimantan. A meeting in Batam on Wednesday between the immigration authorities of the two countries decided to discuss later in greater details the issue of cross border traffic for the security of each country.

The meeting on Wednesday was a follow up of the visit by President Joko Widodo to Kuching last year, head of the Batam immigration office Lucky Agung Binarto said here on Thursday.

The next meeting is to be held at a border city either in Sarawak of Malaysia or Pontianak of Indonesia, but the date is yet to be set, Lucky told reporters.

The two countries hope to reach an agreement on the opening of border gates at border posts, he said. Directors General of Immigration of the two countries also agreed to provide joint training to improve the quality of human resources and to exchange information, improve capacity and solve problem jointly.

Many illegal Indonesian migrant workers have been nabbed by the Malaysian authorities and were sent

back to Indonesia across the land border to North Kalimantan.

The influx of illegal Indonesian migrant workers into Malaysia continues to be a source of bilateral friction in MalaysiaIndonesia relations. Long-term solutions to the problem of illegal Indonesian workers remain illusive because of the lack of political will on the part of both governments to compromise.

Recently it was reported that around 70,000 illegal migrant workers from Indonesia are to be deported from Malaysia by the end of the year, according to a source within the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration.

The report quoting a ministry official who was not authorized to speak with the media, said the figure was significantly higher than the number announced by Indonesia`s deputy ambassador to Malaysia earlier.

Each year about 700,000 documented Indonesian workers travel abroad to work, according to the International Labor Organization. The UN agency estimates the number of undocumented migrants to be two to four times higher. Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia, are the most common destinations for Indonesian migrant workers.(ant)

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A view of Mount Ijen, an active volcano and popular tourist destination for its sulphur mining, is seen the day after the crater was closed to visitors and many residents living on its slopes were forced to flee to avoid toxic gas near Bondowoso, East Java, Indonesia March 22, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

Toxic gases from Indonesian volcano sends 30 to hospital

JAKARTA - An Indonesian volcano belched thick clouds of sulphuric gas on Wednesday, sending 30 people to hospital and prompting the closure of the popular tourist and mining site.

Nearly 200 people living on the slopes of Mount Ijen in East Java province were forced to evacuate.

“Because of this incident, the public - tourists or miners - are not allowed near the crater until further notice,” said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the national disaster mitigation agency.

He added that many residents had experienced vomiting and difficulty in breathing. There was no increase in seismic activity, Nugroho said.

The crater is a popular site for tourists and miners, who dig up hardening yellow sulphur to sell for use in everything from cosmetics to matchsticks.

The volcano regularly puffs out small amounts of noxious gases but the site stays open to the public.

Around five million of Indonesia’s 250 million people live and work near volcanoes, according to authorities, largely because of the fertile farming soil. (rtr)

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Parker a bigger all-round threat than Wilder, says Joshua Bodyboarding in Bali

MANGUPURA - Bodyboarding in Bali is the second most popular wave riding activity after surfing. Instead of standing on your board, you can experience

the thrills with your body flatfacing down, riding over crests or through barrelling waves. If you haven’t brought your own board, boogie boards are readily

available for rent at Bali’s popular coasts, so if you’ve got the riding experience, you can simply grab a good board, slap on some fins and hit the waves. Unlike surfing, fins help you catch waves faster before they break, and even help steering you around to make fun and crazy manoeuvres. Plus, cruising flat on your belly offers a different kind of sensation, akin to swimming.

Newcomers to the sport can readily opt for bodyboarding in Bali classes for beginners, which let you get the hang of your board, then catch a good wave to ride, all within only a matter of a few hours.

What is Bodyboarding?

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a regular surfboard, thicker and much more rectangular, allowing for better buoyancy of your whole upper body. The boards are usually shaped out of foam. Bodyboarding originated from the water cultures of Polynesia, whose people rode original wooden boards called ‘alaia’ on their bellies or knees.

Unlike surfboards that are usually fitted with fins, body boards are steered by flippers worn on the feet of riders.

Where to Go Bali has much to offer in terms of wave riding. Trade winds are fairly predictable and tide charts apply to almost any other kind of surfing activity, bodyboarding included. Almost all of Bali’s best surf spots also treat you to exciting

waves for bodyboarding as well.

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Where to Learn Almost all surf schools in Bali can teach bodyboarding. Beginners get to feel the real thrill of surfing through courses that are guided by experienced instructors, who walk you through the basics of water safety and awareness, and all you need to know about the craft and going about on the waves. Beginner classes take over two hours and you are assured of successfully catching and riding a wave. (net)

LONDON - Britain’s Anthony Joshua says his next opponent, WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker, is a more well-rounded fighter than Deontay Wilder and does not appear overly impressed with the WBC belt holder’s recent win over Luis Ortiz.

Joshua holds the WBA, IBF and IBO crowns and boasts a perfect 20-0 record. The 28-year-old has exchanged jibes with American Wilder, who has won all 40 of his fights.

But while many boxing fans are talking up a clash between the two, Joshua says he is looking no further than New Zealander Parker.

“Parker is a better all-rounder,” Joshua told reporters at his training camp. “He has a good left hook, right hand, he wings a right to the body, he likes a left hook to the body. I haven’t seen Wilder throw that many body shots.

“Wilder relies on the right hand. There has never been one champion in the heavyweight division that relied solely on power and one punch ... Parker has an all-round game. That is what makes it a dangerous fight.”

Wilder retained his title with a win against Ortiz this month but Joshua was not dazzled by his rival’s victory over the 38-year-old Cuban.

“When he won, I just thought he’s supposed to do that,” Joshua said, adding, “... by my 40th fight, no one should be giving me problems. By my 40th fight, I should be a seasoned professional.”

Joshua will fight Parker at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on March 31. (rtr)

Hamilton, Vettel savour competing against the ‘best’

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Anthony Joshua during the media session.

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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel during the press conference.

MELBOURNE - The tension of a rivalry that produced ‘road rage’ and acrimony between Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel in 2017 was absent on Thursday as the four-times Formula One champions made nice before the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

This year marks the first ever in the series that two quadruple champions go wheel-to-wheel and their battle to join Argentine legend Juan Manuel Fangio on five titles will be a talking point throughout the season.

Mutual respect was traded in for resentment last year when the pair bumped wheels at an explosive Azerbaijan Grand Prix, prompting an angry outburst from Mercedes’ Hamilton.

Fans will hope passions are high when the pair face off at Albert Park on Sunday and can remain so through a proper season-long tussle.

At the year’s first pre-race news conference, however, they staged little more than a mutual appreciation society when comparing their challenges, trading smiles and light-hearted banter while sitting side-by-side.

“When you come to the end of your career you want to know that you’re competing against the best,” said reigning champion Hamilton, who overhauled Ferrari’s Vettel last year to claim his third title with Mercedes.

“There are those that bow out early, those that have one champi-

onship maybe, that has not been as competitive and the ultimate goal to be the best is that you’re going to have to go up against the best.

“It’s great because it’s been a great experience for me to be able to race Sebastian.

“He’s got the four world titles, had the most of any other driver at the time and I think this is an exciting year for Formula One fans being that we have two four-time world champions battling it out.”

German Vettel, who took four consecutive titles for Red Bull from 2010-13, was similarly generous to the driver he shook his fist at in a rage at Baku last year when he claimed the Briton had brake-tested him before their clash of wheels on track. (rtr)

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Sp rt Costa urges Griezmann to remain at Atletico

MADRID - Atletico Madrid forward Diego Costa has said he would ‘love’ for team mate Antoine Griezmann to stay at the La Liga club beyond the next transfer window. Griezmann has been linked with a move away from the Spanish capital for the past 18 months and was on the verge of joining Premier League side Manchester United last year. He made a U-turn, however, when Atletico’s transfer ban was upheld and instead signed a new deal through to 2022.

“He knows he’s an important player for Atletico,” Costa told a news conference. “He’s with us now and we want it to remain that way. I would love him to stay, but everyone needs to make their own decisions. For me that’d be him staying. “I reckon he’ll stay with us. He called me to see if I was going to join him at Atleti, he can’t leave me on my own now.”

Costa, who officially re-joined Atletico from Chelsea in January after an acrimonious falling out with

manager Antonio Conte, did not play for the first half of the season.

His performances since coming back into the side, scoring six times in 14 appearances in all competitions, have earned him a recall to the Spain squad for the first time since June last year for the upcoming friendlies against Germany and Argentina. The 29-year-old said that he was in a good place now following a difficult period.

“I’m happy off the pitch. Before things didn’t go well, but my team mates believed in me,” he said.

“Everyone’s always treated me really well. I’m happy and with things like this I always will be.”

The man who replaced Costa at Chelsea, Alvaro Morata, has come in for criticism of late after going 13 games without scoring and was omitted from Julen Lopetegui’s latest Spain squad. He found an unlikely ally in Costa, though.

“I miss him because we get on well. My life’s never been easy, and I improve with competition. Hopefully he’s in the next squad. He’s having a bad time at the moment, but I hope things change for him,” the former Chelsea striker said. (rtr)

Williams pondered Wales retirement after World Cup failure

Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

England’s Jack Wilshere during the media day

Wilshere fought for Arsenal place after Wenger said he could leave

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere was told by manager Arsene Wenger that he was free to leave the Premier League club before the start of the season but the 26-year-old opted to fight for his place. The England international has struggled to hold down a starting place in recent years after battling serious injuries and spent the last campaign on loan at Bournemouth before sustaining a season-ending leg fracture in April.

Wilshere was told he could leave with around a month remaining in the summer transfer window but felt offers from other clubs were not enticing enough and he had yet to regain full fitness.

“It was an honest conversation,” Wilshere told British media. “He (Wenger) said, ‘I am going to be honest with you and at the moment we are not going to be offering you a contract, so if you can get a contract somewhere else, you can go’. “Obviously, I was not happy

with that but at the same time I was happy he was being honest.

“He also said at the same time that if I did stay I had an opportunity to fight for my place, and if I performed well in the League Cup and Europa League, I had a chance.”

Wilshere has fought to regain his first team spot, making 31 appearances for the club this season and earning an England call-up for the first time since 2016. The midfielder’s contract expires at the end of the season and Wilshere is keen to seal his future before the World Cup finals begin in June.

“I have got three months left on my contract. Ideally, yes, I want it sorted as soon as possible. I want to go to the World Cup and enjoy it...,” Wilshere added.

“Ideally from my point of view and the club’s point of view, they will probably want it sorted.”

England play a friendly away at the Netherlands on Friday before hosting Italy four days later. (rtr)

Wales captain Ashley Williams says he considered retiring from international football after their failure to qualify for this summer’s World Cup finals in Russia.

The 33-year-old defender played in October’s 1-0 home defeat by Ireland in the qualifiers which left Wales third in Group D and ended their World Cup hopes.

“It was just so disappointing missing out on that that I had

to think about retirement,” Williams told reporters. “I spoke to the people closest to me, I didn’t want to retire or anything like that.

“But I felt like it was something that I should’ve thought about and seen where I was at with club and international football and life in general.

“I did give that a thought, but then I decided I wanted to keep

doing it anyway.”

Williams said that he had met with new Wales manager Ryan Giggs and his backroom staff earlier this month to help them get familiar with the team.

Giggs, who succeeded Chris Coleman in January, will take charge of his first game when Wales face China in the opening match of the China Cup tournament later on Thursday. (rtr)

Sanchez expected more from himself after Man United move

Alexis Sanchez says he expected a lot more from himself since moving to Manchester United from Premier League rivals Arsenal in January.

The Chile international, who has scored just once in 10 appearances for United, said he has high expectations for himself and that he has struggled to adapt after the “abrupt” January transfer window move.

“Because I demand a lot from myself, I was hoping for something

better,” Sanchez told reporters while on national duty in Sweden.

“After my arrival at United, it was hard to change everything very quickly...

“The change of club was something that was very abrupt -- it was the first time I’ve changed clubs in January -- but many things have happened in my life that are difficult.”

The 29-year-old says he considered withdrawing from the national team squad for upcoming friendlies

to stay at United and work on his game but a conversation with Chile captain Claudio Bravo changed his mind.

“I had asked permission to miss these games, but then I thought better and spoke with Claudio and told him that we should all be united,” Sanchez added.

Chile, who failed to qualify for this year’s World Cup finals in Russia, play friendlies against Sweden on Saturday and Denmark three days later. (rtr)

West Ham hand out five life bans over stadium trouble

France’s Antoine Griezmann arrives before training

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West Ham United issued lifetime bans to five individuals on Thursday for invading the pitch at the London Stadium during their 3-0 Premier League defeat by Burnley earlier this month.

Disgruntled supporters invaded the pitch during the club’s 14th league defeat of the season, while verbal abuse and coins were hurled at owners David Sullivan and David Gold.

“West Ham United can confirm that swift and decisive action has been taken against a number of spectators who breached stadium regulations or were found to have committed acts of severe violence and physical ag-

gression at our recent Premier League match against Burnley,” the club said in a statement.

An unspecified number of supporters have also been banned for life for “violently throwing coins or objects with intent to injure or harm on the bridge directly in front of the Directors’ Box”, the club added.

West Ham said the investigation into the incidents remained ongoing and that the club expected to issue further bans before their next home game against Southampton on March 31.

The club are two points above the relegation zone in 17th place in the table. (rtr)

Manchester United’s Alexis Sanchez looks dejected

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Sp rt Costa urges Griezmann to remain at Atletico

MADRID - Atletico Madrid forward Diego Costa has said he would ‘love’ for team mate Antoine Griezmann to stay at the La Liga club beyond the next transfer window. Griezmann has been linked with a move away from the Spanish capital for the past 18 months and was on the verge of joining Premier League side Manchester United last year. He made a U-turn, however, when Atletico’s transfer ban was upheld and instead signed a new deal through to 2022.

“He knows he’s an important player for Atletico,” Costa told a news conference. “He’s with us now and we want it to remain that way. I would love him to stay, but everyone needs to make their own decisions. For me that’d be him staying. “I reckon he’ll stay with us. He called me to see if I was going to join him at Atleti, he can’t leave me on my own now.”

Costa, who officially re-joined Atletico from Chelsea in January after an acrimonious falling out with

manager Antonio Conte, did not play for the first half of the season.

His performances since coming back into the side, scoring six times in 14 appearances in all competitions, have earned him a recall to the Spain squad for the first time since June last year for the upcoming friendlies against Germany and Argentina. The 29-year-old said that he was in a good place now following a difficult period.

“I’m happy off the pitch. Before things didn’t go well, but my team mates believed in me,” he said.

“Everyone’s always treated me really well. I’m happy and with things like this I always will be.”

The man who replaced Costa at Chelsea, Alvaro Morata, has come in for criticism of late after going 13 games without scoring and was omitted from Julen Lopetegui’s latest Spain squad. He found an unlikely ally in Costa, though.

“I miss him because we get on well. My life’s never been easy, and I improve with competition. Hopefully he’s in the next squad. He’s having a bad time at the moment, but I hope things change for him,” the former Chelsea striker said. (rtr)

Williams pondered Wales retirement after World Cup failure

Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

England’s Jack Wilshere during the media day

Wilshere fought for Arsenal place after Wenger said he could leave

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere was told by manager Arsene Wenger that he was free to leave the Premier League club before the start of the season but the 26-year-old opted to fight for his place. The England international has struggled to hold down a starting place in recent years after battling serious injuries and spent the last campaign on loan at Bournemouth before sustaining a season-ending leg fracture in April.

Wilshere was told he could leave with around a month remaining in the summer transfer window but felt offers from other clubs were not enticing enough and he had yet to regain full fitness.

“It was an honest conversation,” Wilshere told British media. “He (Wenger) said, ‘I am going to be honest with you and at the moment we are not going to be offering you a contract, so if you can get a contract somewhere else, you can go’. “Obviously, I was not happy

with that but at the same time I was happy he was being honest.

“He also said at the same time that if I did stay I had an opportunity to fight for my place, and if I performed well in the League Cup and Europa League, I had a chance.”

Wilshere has fought to regain his first team spot, making 31 appearances for the club this season and earning an England call-up for the first time since 2016. The midfielder’s contract expires at the end of the season and Wilshere is keen to seal his future before the World Cup finals begin in June.

“I have got three months left on my contract. Ideally, yes, I want it sorted as soon as possible. I want to go to the World Cup and enjoy it...,” Wilshere added.

“Ideally from my point of view and the club’s point of view, they will probably want it sorted.”

England play a friendly away at the Netherlands on Friday before hosting Italy four days later. (rtr)

Wales captain Ashley Williams says he considered retiring from international football after their failure to qualify for this summer’s World Cup finals in Russia.

The 33-year-old defender played in October’s 1-0 home defeat by Ireland in the qualifiers which left Wales third in Group D and ended their World Cup hopes.

“It was just so disappointing missing out on that that I had

to think about retirement,” Williams told reporters. “I spoke to the people closest to me, I didn’t want to retire or anything like that.

“But I felt like it was something that I should’ve thought about and seen where I was at with club and international football and life in general.

“I did give that a thought, but then I decided I wanted to keep

doing it anyway.”

Williams said that he had met with new Wales manager Ryan Giggs and his backroom staff earlier this month to help them get familiar with the team.

Giggs, who succeeded Chris Coleman in January, will take charge of his first game when Wales face China in the opening match of the China Cup tournament later on Thursday. (rtr)

Sanchez expected more from himself after Man United move

Alexis Sanchez says he expected a lot more from himself since moving to Manchester United from Premier League rivals Arsenal in January.

The Chile international, who has scored just once in 10 appearances for United, said he has high expectations for himself and that he has struggled to adapt after the “abrupt” January transfer window move.

“Because I demand a lot from myself, I was hoping for something

better,” Sanchez told reporters while on national duty in Sweden.

“After my arrival at United, it was hard to change everything very quickly...

“The change of club was something that was very abrupt -- it was the first time I’ve changed clubs in January -- but many things have happened in my life that are difficult.”

The 29-year-old says he considered withdrawing from the national team squad for upcoming friendlies

to stay at United and work on his game but a conversation with Chile captain Claudio Bravo changed his mind.

“I had asked permission to miss these games, but then I thought better and spoke with Claudio and told him that we should all be united,” Sanchez added.

Chile, who failed to qualify for this year’s World Cup finals in Russia, play friendlies against Sweden on Saturday and Denmark three days later. (rtr)

West Ham hand out five life bans over stadium trouble

France’s Antoine Griezmann arrives before training

REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

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West Ham United issued lifetime bans to five individuals on Thursday for invading the pitch at the London Stadium during their 3-0 Premier League defeat by Burnley earlier this month.

Disgruntled supporters invaded the pitch during the club’s 14th league defeat of the season, while verbal abuse and coins were hurled at owners David Sullivan and David Gold.

“West Ham United can confirm that swift and decisive action has been taken against a number of spectators who breached stadium regulations or were found to have committed acts of severe violence and physical ag-

gression at our recent Premier League match against Burnley,” the club said in a statement.

An unspecified number of supporters have also been banned for life for “violently throwing coins or objects with intent to injure or harm on the bridge directly in front of the Directors’ Box”, the club added.

West Ham said the investigation into the incidents remained ongoing and that the club expected to issue further bans before their next home game against Southampton on March 31.

The club are two points above the relegation zone in 17th place in the table. (rtr)

Manchester United’s Alexis Sanchez looks dejected

REUTERS/David Klein

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Parker a bigger all-round threat than Wilder, says Joshua Bodyboarding in Bali

MANGUPURA - Bodyboarding in Bali is the second most popular wave riding activity after surfing. Instead of standing on your board, you can experience

the thrills with your body flatfacing down, riding over crests or through barrelling waves. If you haven’t brought your own board, boogie boards are readily

available for rent at Bali’s popular coasts, so if you’ve got the riding experience, you can simply grab a good board, slap on some fins and hit the waves. Unlike surfing, fins help you catch waves faster before they break, and even help steering you around to make fun and crazy manoeuvres. Plus, cruising flat on your belly offers a different kind of sensation, akin to swimming.

Newcomers to the sport can readily opt for bodyboarding in Bali classes for beginners, which let you get the hang of your board, then catch a good wave to ride, all within only a matter of a few hours.

What is Bodyboarding?

The modern body board, aka boogie board, is half the length of

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a regular surfboard, thicker and much more rectangular, allowing for better buoyancy of your whole upper body. The boards are usually shaped out of foam. Bodyboarding originated from the water cultures of Polynesia, whose people rode original wooden boards called ‘alaia’ on their bellies or knees.

Unlike surfboards that are usually fitted with fins, body boards are steered by flippers worn on the feet of riders.

Where to Go Bali has much to offer in terms of wave riding. Trade winds are fairly predictable and tide charts apply to almost any other kind of surfing activity, bodyboarding included. Almost all of Bali’s best surf spots also treat you to exciting

waves for bodyboarding as well.

From the fine reeling barrels of the Bukit Peninsula’s reef breaks, to the kindlier sandy breaks of the southwestern coasts of Kuta, Legian and Canggu, it is no wonder that Bali’s considered a surfing paradise.

Where to Learn Almost all surf schools in Bali can teach bodyboarding. Beginners get to feel the real thrill of surfing through courses that are guided by experienced instructors, who walk you through the basics of water safety and awareness, and all you need to know about the craft and going about on the waves. Beginner classes take over two hours and you are assured of successfully catching and riding a wave. (net)

LONDON - Britain’s Anthony Joshua says his next opponent, WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker, is a more well-rounded fighter than Deontay Wilder and does not appear overly impressed with the WBC belt holder’s recent win over Luis Ortiz.

Joshua holds the WBA, IBF and IBO crowns and boasts a perfect 20-0 record. The 28-year-old has exchanged jibes with American Wilder, who has won all 40 of his fights.

But while many boxing fans are talking up a clash between the two, Joshua says he is looking no further than New Zealander Parker.

“Parker is a better all-rounder,” Joshua told reporters at his training camp. “He has a good left hook, right hand, he wings a right to the body, he likes a left hook to the body. I haven’t seen Wilder throw that many body shots.

“Wilder relies on the right hand. There has never been one champion in the heavyweight division that relied solely on power and one punch ... Parker has an all-round game. That is what makes it a dangerous fight.”

Wilder retained his title with a win against Ortiz this month but Joshua was not dazzled by his rival’s victory over the 38-year-old Cuban.

“When he won, I just thought he’s supposed to do that,” Joshua said, adding, “... by my 40th fight, no one should be giving me problems. By my 40th fight, I should be a seasoned professional.”

Joshua will fight Parker at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on March 31. (rtr)

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Anthony Joshua during the media session.

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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel during the press conference.

MELBOURNE - The tension of a rivalry that produced ‘road rage’ and acrimony between Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel in 2017 was absent on Thursday as the four-times Formula One champions made nice before the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

This year marks the first ever in the series that two quadruple champions go wheel-to-wheel and their battle to join Argentine legend Juan Manuel Fangio on five titles will be a talking point throughout the season.

Mutual respect was traded in for resentment last year when the pair bumped wheels at an explosive Azerbaijan Grand Prix, prompting an angry outburst from Mercedes’ Hamilton.

Fans will hope passions are high when the pair face off at Albert Park on Sunday and can remain so through a proper season-long tussle.

At the year’s first pre-race news conference, however, they staged little more than a mutual appreciation society when comparing their challenges, trading smiles and light-hearted banter while sitting side-by-side.

“When you come to the end of your career you want to know that you’re competing against the best,” said reigning champion Hamilton, who overhauled Ferrari’s Vettel last year to claim his third title with Mercedes.

“There are those that bow out early, those that have one champi-

onship maybe, that has not been as competitive and the ultimate goal to be the best is that you’re going to have to go up against the best.

“It’s great because it’s been a great experience for me to be able to race Sebastian.

“He’s got the four world titles, had the most of any other driver at the time and I think this is an exciting year for Formula One fans being that we have two four-time world champions battling it out.”

German Vettel, who took four consecutive titles for Red Bull from 2010-13, was similarly generous to the driver he shook his fist at in a rage at Baku last year when he claimed the Briton had brake-tested him before their clash of wheels on track. (rtr)

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Zuckerberg apologizes for Facebook mistakes with user data, vows curbs

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologized on Wednesday for mistakes his company made in how it handled data belonging to 50 million of its users and promised tougher steps to restrict developers’ access to such information.

The world’s largest social media network is facing growing government scrutiny in Europe and the United States about a whistleblower’s allegations that London-based political consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed user information to build profiles on American voters that were later used to help elect U.S. President Donald Trump in 2016.

“This was a major breach of trust. I’m really sorry this happened. We have a basic responsibility to protect people’s data,” Zuckerberg said in an interview with CNN, breaking a public silence since the scandal erupted at the weekend.

Zuckerberg said in a post on Facebook the company “made mistakes, there’s more to do, and we need to

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step up and do it.”

He said the social network planned to conduct an investigation of thousands of apps that have used Facebook’s platform, restrict developer access to data, and give members a tool that lets them to disable access to their Facebook data more easily.

His plans did not represent a big reduction of advertisers’ ability to use Facebook data, which is the company’s lifeblood.

Zuckerberg said he was open to additional government regulation and happy to testify before the U.S. Congress if he was the right person.

“I’m not sure we shouldn’t be regulated,” he told CNN. “I actually think the question is more what is the right regulation rather than yes or no, should it be regulated? ... People should know who is buying the ads that they see on Facebook.”

Zuckerberg said Facebook was committed to stopping interference in the U.S. midterm election in November and elections in India and Brazil. (rtr)

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Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 18, 2017.

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Indonesia wins appeal against EU over anti-dumping duty on biodiesel

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks after the Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2018.

U.S. Congress unveils $1.3 trillion spending bill as shutdown looms

WASHINGTON - Republican and Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress late on Wednesday unveiled a $1.3 trillion bill to fund the government through September, which includes an additional $80 billion in national defense spending but fails to fund some of President Donald Trump’s immigration initiatives.

If passed by the House of Representatives and Senate by a Friday midnight deadline, it would avert the shutdown of many federal agencies and programs beginning this weekend, when existing funds expire.

Earlier on Wednesday, the White House indicated Trump would support the measure, potentially ending a prolonged debate over spending priorities for the fiscal year that began last Oct. 1.

The Republican-controlled Congress will need Democratic support to pass a bill that many Republican conservatives are likely to balk at because of its cost.

Representative Mark Walker, who heads a large group of House conservative Republicans, complained that the bill will add to budget deficits. “It is imperative that we curb Washington’s out-of-control spending addiction that has not been slowed under Republican rule,” Walker said.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer touted the measure. “From opioid funding to rural broadband, and from student loans to child care, this bill puts workers and families first,” he said in a statement.

Trump at one point wanted $25 billion included in the bill to fully fund construction of his proposed U.S.Mexico border wall, but negotiations with Democrats to make that happen fell apart early this week, according to congressional aides.

Instead, Trump will get nearly $1.6 billion more for border security this year.

Republicans said that money will help with more than 90 miles of “physical barrier construction” along the southern U.S. border “for replacement (of existing barriers), bollards, and levee improvements.”

Democrats said the money would

not be used for any new concrete wall.

The Department of Homeland Security would get an additional $7 million to hire 351 new Customs and Border Protection agents. But the legislation would not give Trump money for the significant increase in Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents he sought as part of a plan to expand deportations of undocumented immigrants.

Besides containing the largest increase in defense spending in 15 years, the bill would provide a significant boost in non-defense spending.

And it would fix a “grain glitch” included in the tax law enacted at the end of last year.

Big grain buyers, such as Anheuser Busch, Cargill and the ethanol industry, have complained that the glitch gives lucrative tax breaks to grain producers for selling to farming cooperatives, and a lesser break for selling to agriculture companies.

In exchange for supporting the inclusion of the grain fix, Democrats secured the addition of a bipartisan proposal to expand a low-income housing tax credit, congressional aides said.

It would also include new money for infrastructure, combating Russian election hacking and some modest gun legislation following a series of mass shootings at American schools, churches and other public spaces.

The bill calls for tightening gun sales background checks, but falls far short of Democratic demands to close loopholes that currently allow some gun sales to go unchecked.

The bill will provide a $307 million increase above the administration’s request for counter-intelligence efforts to fight Russian cyberattacks in 2018, when mid-term congressional elections will be held.

Another $380 million is planned for grants to states to secure U.S. election systems.

Democrats said the bill will help fund the Gateway rail tunnel under the Hudson River connecting New York and New Jersey and serving both Amtrak and New Jersey commuter trains, which Trump opposes. (rtr)

JAKARTA - Indonesia has won an appeal against the European Union in a dispute over the bloc’s anti-dumping duty on biodiesel, the Ministry of Trade said in a statement on Wednesday.

The European Court of Justice, the EU’s highest court, ruled that the bloc must do away with anti-dumping duties of between 8.8 percent to 23.3 percent on imports of Indonesian biodiesel products.

Indonesia is one of the world’s largest exporters of palm oilbased biodiesel.

“With the elimination of these duties, businesses can once again export biodiesel to the EU,” said Oke Nurwan, director general of foreign trade at the Indonesian trade ministry.

He added that the elimination of duties was valid from March 16, 2018. The Indonesia Biofuel Producers Association welcomed

the ruling.

“We’re asking producers to prepare exports soon,” said Paulus Tjakrawan, vice chairman of the association. He declined to give an estimate on expected export volumes.

The EU court ruling reinforces a decision made by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) earlier this year, which said the EU needed to bring its measures into conformity with WTO agreements.

Indonesia also plans to challenge anti-subsidy duties in the United States in a U.S. court and at the WTO. Indonesia has also been pushing domestic biodiesel consumption as part of an ambitious plan to develop its biofuels industry.

It plans to expand biodiesel subsidies to cover palm-oil blended fuels for use by its huge mining sector in addition to the power sector. (rtr)

Indonesia-Malaysia to discuss cross border traffic

BATAM - Indonesian and Malaysia have agreed to impose tighter control over illegal border crossing that would prevent more undocumented Indonesian job seekers to enter Malaysia especially from North Kalimantan. A meeting in Batam on Wednesday between the immigration authorities of the two countries decided to discuss later in greater details the issue of cross border traffic for the security of each country.

The meeting on Wednesday was a follow up of the visit by President Joko Widodo to Kuching last year, head of the Batam immigration office Lucky Agung Binarto said here on Thursday.

The next meeting is to be held at a border city either in Sarawak of Malaysia or Pontianak of Indonesia, but the date is yet to be set, Lucky told reporters.

The two countries hope to reach an agreement on the opening of border gates at border posts, he said. Directors General of Immigration of the two countries also agreed to provide joint training to improve the quality of human resources and to exchange information, improve capacity and solve problem jointly.

Many illegal Indonesian migrant workers have been nabbed by the Malaysian authorities and were sent

back to Indonesia across the land border to North Kalimantan.

The influx of illegal Indonesian migrant workers into Malaysia continues to be a source of bilateral friction in MalaysiaIndonesia relations. Long-term solutions to the problem of illegal Indonesian workers remain illusive because of the lack of political will on the part of both governments to compromise.

Recently it was reported that around 70,000 illegal migrant workers from Indonesia are to be deported from Malaysia by the end of the year, according to a source within the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration.

The report quoting a ministry official who was not authorized to speak with the media, said the figure was significantly higher than the number announced by Indonesia`s deputy ambassador to Malaysia earlier.

Each year about 700,000 documented Indonesian workers travel abroad to work, according to the International Labor Organization. The UN agency estimates the number of undocumented migrants to be two to four times higher. Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia, are the most common destinations for Indonesian migrant workers.(ant)

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A view of Mount Ijen, an active volcano and popular tourist destination for its sulphur mining, is seen the day after the crater was closed to visitors and many residents living on its slopes were forced to flee to avoid toxic gas near Bondowoso, East Java, Indonesia March 22, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

Toxic gases from Indonesian volcano sends 30 to hospital

JAKARTA - An Indonesian volcano belched thick clouds of sulphuric gas on Wednesday, sending 30 people to hospital and prompting the closure of the popular tourist and mining site.

Nearly 200 people living on the slopes of Mount Ijen in East Java province were forced to evacuate.

“Because of this incident, the public - tourists or miners - are not allowed near the crater until further notice,” said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the national disaster mitigation agency.

He added that many residents had experienced vomiting and difficulty in breathing. There was no increase in seismic activity, Nugroho said.

The crater is a popular site for tourists and miners, who dig up hardening yellow sulphur to sell for use in everything from cosmetics to matchsticks.

The volcano regularly puffs out small amounts of noxious gases but the site stays open to the public.

Around five million of Indonesia’s 250 million people live and work near volcanoes, according to authorities, largely because of the fertile farming soil. (rtr)

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Traveloka Becomes Official Media & Broadcast Sponsor of 2018 FIFA World Cup

Dollar slips after Fed decision, trade worries shackle shares

TOKYO - The U.S. dollar slipped on Thursday after the Federal Reserve held back from increasing the pace of this year’s rate hikes, while worries over an impending announcement on trade tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump capped Asian shares.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was flat, erasing earlier gains of 0.7 pct. Japan’s Nikkei gained 1.0 percent.

European shares are expected to fall, with spread-betters looking to a lower opening of 0.4 percent in Germany’s Dax , 0.2 percent in Britain’s FTSE and 0.1 percent in France’s Cac. Wall Street stock indexes ended the day lower, with the S&P 500 losing 0.18 percent despite a boost from sharp gains in energy shares on rising oil prices.

The Nasdaq dropped 0.26 percent with Apple falling below its 100-day average even as Facebook bounced back after two days of steep losses amid a controversy over outside exploitation of its users’ data. The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday and forecast two more hikes for 2018, based on board members’ median projection.

Given that some investors had expected it to project three more rate hikes, the guidance was perceived as less hawkish than anticipated, a positive factor for risk assets in general.

But otherwise the Fed was upbeat on the economy, revising up rate projections for 2019 and 2020 and raising the estimated longer-term “neutral” interest rate a touch, suggesting the current tightening cycle could last for longer than previously thought. “They also forecast three hikes next year and two more in 2020 and clearly revised up the growth forecast as well,” said Norihiro Fujito, senior investment strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities.

“So the picture looks different when you look at longer-term projections. That explains the complicated reaction by markets. The prospects of continued rate hikes may cap shares,” he added. The yield on two-year U.S. notes slipped back to 2.304 percent from 9 1/2-year high of 2.366 percent hit on Wednesday while the 10-year yield dipped to 2.874 percent after an initial spike to 2.936 percent.

That pushed the U.S. dollar lower in the currency market, with the dollar index testing this month’s low after posting its biggest fall in two months on Wednesday. The euro gained 0.2 percent to $1.2363, extending its recovery from a near three-week low of $1.2240 touched earlier in the week.

The dollar shed up to 0.4 percent to

105.58 yen, turning down on the week to edge closer to the 16-month low of 105.24 hit on March 2. It last stood at 105.91 yen. The British pound hit a 1 1/2-month high of $1.4171, building on Wednesday’s one-percent gains.

Strong British wage data published on Wednesday cemented expectations that the Bank of England was likely to signal a May rate hike after its monetary policy meeting later in the day. Following the Fed’s move, the People’s Bank of China gingerly raised the seven-day reverse repo rate, a key short-term interest rate, by 5 basis points, to prevent U.S.-China rate differential from getting too wide.

The move was the PBOC’s first major policy decision under new Governor Yi Gang, who was appointed by parliament on Monday. With the Fed meeting over, investors are watching Trump, who is due to sign a memo on imposing tariffs on Chinese imports at 1630 GMT on Thursday. Concerns about a trade war between the world’s two largest economies has put many investors on guard.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Wednesday the tariffs would target China’s hightechnology sector and could also include restrictions on Chinese investment in the United States. Investors worry such a move could trigger countermeasures by China, possibly causing a vicious cycle of escalating retaliation.

Shares on China’s exchanges were lower, the with Shanghai Composite Index slipping as much as 1.2 percent to two-week lows. “China’s equity market is relatively domestic. We estimate that on average more than 80 percent of revenues are generated in China while only a marginal share comes from the U.S. Still, there would be first-order casualties if trade tensions escalated. In the front line would be firms with significant exposure to the U.S., mostly in the tech and consumer sectors,” wrote analysts at Societe Generale.

In the energy market, oil prices held firm, buoyed by a surprise decline in U.S. crude inventories as well as ongoing supply cuts led by OPEC, although a relentless rise in U.S. oil output threatens to undermine efforts to tighten the market. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose to as high as $65.74 per barrel, not far from its January peak of $66.66, having gained almost five percent so far this week. It last stood almost flat at $65.13. In contrast, copper fell to three-month low of $6,702 per tonne the previous day before bouncing back to $6,817. (rtr)

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Traditional Games, an Application of Hindu Teachings

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People enjoy the sunset in front of a container ship at the Elbe river in Hamburg Germany March 20, 2018.

Threat of protectionism pushes down German business morale

BERLIN - German business confidence deteriorated for a second straight month in March, dropping to its lowest level in nearly a year, as managers in Europe’s largest economy became more concerned about the rising threat of protectionism. The Munich-based Ifo economic institute said on Thursday that its business climate index, based on a monthly survey of some 7,000 companies, fell to 114.7 from 115.4 in February.

The reading, an 11-month low, undershot the expectations of analysts polled by Reuters, whose consensus forecast was 114.8.

“The threat of protectionism is dampening the mood in the German economy,” Ifo chief Clemens Fuest said.

German managers were less satisfied with their current business situation, which nevertheless remained at a high level, Ifo said.

Firms were also less upbeat about the coming months. “The protectionism debate is leaving its mark,” Ifo economist Klaus Wohlrabe told Reuters, adding that export expectations fell to their lowest levels in more than a year.

Unicredit economist Andreas Rees said U.S. trade policies had increased uncertainty. “But

there’ll be robust growth in the months ahead - even if the German economy probably has surpassed its peak,” Rees said. A sector breakdown of the Ifo figures showed the main drag came from retailing and manufacturing.

Business sentiment improved in construction.

The Ifo data chimed with HIS Markit’s latest survey among purchasing managers, which showed growth in Germany’s private sector lost a little steam in March as factory output slowed.

HIS Markit economist Chris Williamson said that the outlook for exporters had been clouded by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose import tariffs on steel and aluminium, as well as the recent appreciation of the euro.

However, the overall high readings of the PMI survey also suggested that Germany’s upswing is likely to continue.

“We’ll probably see a strong first quarter with a growth rate of around 0.7 percent,” Williamson said. This compares with a growth rate of 0.6 percent on the quarter in the last three months of 2017.

Economic advisers to the German government on Wednesday raised their 2018 growth forecast to 2.3 percent but warned that protectionist measures could limit the upswing.

The Ifo institute is even more optimistic, with its researchers confirming their forecasts - originally made in December - of 2.6 percent German growth this year and 2.1 percent in 2019. (rtr)

Traditional games look very simple. They always dwell on nature and get very close to the habits existing in the local social environment. This type of game seems to have no limit because almost all places can be used as a playground. This ancient game has many benefits such as learning sportsmanship, honesty, discipline and respect.

These values ??thrive because they always make dissemination to friends in the environment becoming their natural playground. Accepting defeat and recognizing the opponent’s victory in the game is an example of a sportsmanlike attitude.

In addition to training physical endurance, the traditional games are also to hone the intelligence because when playing the children must be able to set the strategy.

Rector of the State Hindu Dharma Institute (IHDN) Denpasar, Prof. Dr. I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana, said that traditional games in Bali can become a medium for dissemination. In the games, they will always invite others as a reflection of cooperation. “In the game, there is a lesson for mutual respect and apologies if something goes wrong and rewards when someone wins,” he said.

IGN-Sudiana The games also have very positive influence because it forces the children to be creative as they also demand higher creativity. Such activity can also increase self-confidence because there are elements to train communication. Children as players of the game become more confident and democratic. “When determining a leader or punishment for the offending child, they do by

agreement,” added Sudiana.

Besides, said this Chairman of Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) of Bali, traditional games are also part of the application of Hindu teachings such as philosophy (tattva), karmic law, tat tvam asi (You are that (God)) and Tri Kaya Parisudha.

“When viewed from an educational perspective, people learn from nature.

Meanwhile, if learning from cultural theories, people learn from others and the environment,” he explained.

When playing, they always make others happy, in addition to make them happy. In Sundaram’s teachings meaning beauty it will be able to make others happy and peaceful. It is also the teaching of yadnya (sincere sacrifice). Peacefulness makes them not quarrel, fight but strengthen friendship.

Moreover, the teachings of Karmic law limit them from doing arbitrarily.

They realize if doing wrong and doing not good, they will get punishment from friends according to mutual agreement. Therefore a child will not dare to hurt his friend. Because, if he is hurt will also feel the same. It is in accordance with the teaching of tat tvam asi.

The real application of Hinduism is the Tri Kaya Parisuda teaching, meaning think good, say good and do goodness. After performing the

games, they uphold the values ??of honesty, though not told before.

“It happens due to the influence of creative culture of children’s minds, especially through religious teaching,” he added.

According to Prof. Sudiana, traditional games in Bali are inspired by the teachings of Hinduism interpreted innocently by children. The games can be inspired by ritual activities, and so can the games into activity. For example, a ritual activity of sesuwunan (sanctified effigies) can then become a game such as in the mebarongbarongan (barong-like game), and mengunying-ngunyingan. On the contrary, a game can become a ritual procession, like the making of barong bangkung (boar) that can become sesuwunan because it passes through trance process.

Nevertheless, playing traditional games is not a form of offering, but an activity to fulfill the desire to interact with other children, relieve stress and saturation as well as grow creativity. More importantly, children can learn in their own environment.

“Children of the past made the natural surroundings into a medium of their game. Certainly it is from the results of their creativity, not consumptive like many children do in the current era,” he explained. (kmb)

Traveloka, a leading technology company that provides an online travel booking platform for domestic and international destinations, announces its participation in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the world’s biggest soccer event which takes place in Russia from 14 June – 15 July.

Traveloka’s participation as the first and only Indonesian technology company that becomes official partner of the 21st FIFA World Cup is attributed to its cooperation with 2018 FIFA World Cup’s official territorial licensing in Indonesia, Futball Momentum Asia (FMA).

Having previously supported a series of local events with success, now Traveloka proudly supports the 2018 World Cup. This outlook aligns with Traveloka’s company history, a homegrown company headquartered in Indonesia which has currently expanded to five other countries in Southeast Asia.

Elaborating further on this, Traveloka Country Market Manager, John Safenson said that Traveloka tries to always be present in their customers’ various special moments. “Traveloka is pleased to participate in the 2018 World Cup. The 2018 World Cup is one of the perfect moments to gather with loved ones. We strive to facilitate our customers in creating these moments and celebrate them with their loved ones, wherever they are.”

In anticipation of the 2018 World Cup, Traveloka rolls out exclusive offers for soccer fans who want to feel the festivities of the 2018 World Cup, either directly in Russia or in Indonesia. Other than providing various travel needs to Russia, Traveloka will also add to the excitement by preparing interactive activities on Traveloka App as well as giving away exclusive opportunities for hotel partners that want to organize watching sessions, with licenses that can be obtained through Traveloka.

When it comes to World Cup, people generally watch the matches together with loved ones, usually done in public venues such as cafes or restaurants. Fully embracing the spirit of the 2018 World Cup, Traveloka’s hotel partners can join in the festivities by holding get-togethers for all hotel guests and customers who want to watch the matches, with licenses that can be obtained via Traveloka.

Chief of BPP PHRI, Hariyadi B.S. Sukamdani shows positive support for Traveloka’s participation for the 2018 World Cup, saying, “We fully support Traveloka’s participation in supporting the 2018 World Cup. World Cup is one of the most anticipated event in the world, including in Indonesia. Through the 2018 World Cup celebration, we hope that more hotel customers, especially in Bali can have a pleasant experience watching the matches with their loved ones,” said Hariyadi. (kmb)

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The cattle of residents are roaming near the location where tourists usually enjoy the beach scene.

Karangsewu tourism area used to graze cattle

NEGARA — One of the developing tourist attractions at Gilimanuk today is Karangsewu Beach. The beach is located in the area of West Bali National Park (TNBB). Other than being threatened by abrasion, the land area is troubled by cattle. The cattle belonging to residents herded on the beach known as the green grass landscape is disturbing the comfort. Besides, they leave cow dung around the object so it gives dirty impression.

As seen last weekend, many cattle roamed around as deliberately grazed in the object developed by the TNBB. At least, there are dozens of cows at some locations around the coastal object. Moreover, the cattle of residents

are roaming near the location where tourists usually enjoy the beach scene.

The most annoying is the cow dung scattered over the meadow.

This problem has been repeatedly addressed by the TNBB authority.

Moreover, since 2016, it has provided coaching for residents. Division Head of the TNBB Administration, Wiryawan, said on Wednesday (Mar. 21) the cattle in Karangsewu are owned by local residents. The cattle are often

released freely like that because people claimed not to have a cowshed so that it becomes a habit. Cattle owners have also been repeatedly approached and provided with counseling. Hopefully, they could realize and will not let their cattle roam around especially in the area of Karangsewu.

Having been provided with the counseling, many people are aware.

So, the number of grazed cattle gradually reduces from hundreds of

Crossing schedule undefined

Truck drivers complain having queued at Padangbai for two days

AMLAPURA - Bad weather in the form of tropical cyclone does not have too bad impact in Karangasem, especially the activities at Padangbai Harbor. However, a number of truck drivers met at the local harbor began complaining about the poor schedule

of crossings issued by the BPTD. Most truck drivers admitted to have queued for more than two days before crossing from Padangbai to Lembar Harbor.

One of the truck drivers, Syahrul, admitted on Wednesday (Mar. 21) to

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Most truck drivers admitted to have queued for more than two days before crossing from Padangbai to Lembar Harbor.

wonder why the crossing is always said to run smoothly. Actually, he himself with fellow truck drivers from Lombok has queued for more than two days, and has not yet been crossed. During the queue, they ran out supplies on the trip. “Do not ask to BPTD, they will surely say if the crossing runs smoothly. We have held out in the harbor for a few days,” said Syahrul, a driver of truck hauling various goods.

He and the other truck drivers started complaining as out of stock.

Moreover, the schedule of crossing is not clear. They claimed to worry that their cargoes will arrive late at the destination and perish. He asserted that in the past the crossing schedule was determined by the ASDP. At that time, this condition never happened because it always ran smoothly. However, after the crossing schedule is set by the BPTD, the situation started to become disorderly. “How long will we experience this?” he asked with

other drivers sitting together in front of the entrance of the PT ASDP office.

A harbor officer asking for anonymity admitted if the truck queue happened due to the delay of the ship arrival from Lembar Harbor, Lombok. “Possibly, due to lonely passengers from Lembar Harbor, the ship departed late to Padangbai,” said the officer.

In relation to the crossing activity at Padangbai Harbor, no related official can be asked for his confirmation.

According to ASDP staff, the Manager of ASDP Padangbai, I Wayan Rosta, along with all his supervisions was attending a meeting at the ASDP office at Lembar Harbor.

On the other hand, one of the officers of the Land Transportation Management Center (BPTD), Lalu Yuda, claimed the Padangbai-Lembar crossing activity still runs smoothly.

Related to weather condition, he said the crossing is not constrained by extreme weather as the reports

Texas serial bomber made video confession before blowing himself up

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cattle. When making an approach and providing counseling the TNBB also teams up with local village authority.

Karangsewu Beach area is one of the objects whose development is focused by the TNBB apart from the Labuan Lalang and Menjangan Island (Buleleng). As targeted, in 2019 there will be no more cattle of residents grazed on Karangsewu Beach. An arrangement and development will be carried out this year. (kmb26)

occurred outside Bali. “The weather is still sloping and the crossing is still smooth, although there is a report on quite strong wind in the middle,” said Lalu Yuda.

Tropical cyclone triggering the occurrence of strong winds in some areas of Karangasem did not affect the crossing activities at Padangbai Harbor. Based on weather reports issued by the National Weather Service (BMKG) for Region III Denpasar, the wave height in the waters of Northern Bali posing the crossing route of Padangbai-Lembar on Wednesday reached 0.25-1.5 meters.

Meanwhile, in the waters of Southern Bali or the Badung Strait, the wave height reached 0.75-3.0 meters and wind speed of 8-40 kilometers per hour. Then, the weather forecast applicable for Thursday (Mar. 22) says the wave height in the waters of Northern Bali reached 0.25-2.0 meters and in the waters of Southern Bali reached 0.75-3.0 meters. (kmb31)

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A boys rest at a sculpture of a large gun with a twisted barrel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia March 21, 2018.

Forty-five countries urge Cambodia to conduct free vote, release opposition leader

PHNOM PENH - Forty-five countries called on Cambodia on Wednesday to reinstate the main opposition party, release its jailed leader and ensure a July general election is free and fair.

A statement on the human rights situation in Cambodia read by New Zealand on behalf of a group of 45 countries, including the United States, Germany, Australia and United Kingdom, said previous optimism had been “replaced by deep concern” regarding a decline in civil and political rights in Cambodia.

The statement, which was read to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, urged Cambodia’s government to reinstate the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) and all elected members.

Dozens of opposition lawmakers were banned when Cambodia’s Supreme Court dissolved the CNRP last year in a ruling that was widely condemned by the international community.

That decision followed the arrest of CNRP leader Kem Sokha last September. Kem Sokha has been

charged with treason, accused of colluding with Americans to overthrow the Cambodian government.

He denies the charges and the U.S. embassy in Phnom Penh has also denied the accusation.

Kem Sokha faces 30 years in prison if convicted. Prime Minister Hun Sen has ruled Cambodia for 33 years. He is a former Khmer Rouge cadre who defected from the genocidal group and helped drive it from power in 1979, and is credited with helping Cambodia achieve economic growth, but has been criticized for his crackdown on critics and the media.

“We call on the Royal Government of Cambodia to take all measures necessary, before it is too late, to ensure that the 2018 elections are free, fair and credible,” the statement said.

“We are particularly concerned about the conditions under which opposition leader Kem Sokha is be-

ing detained following his arbitrary arrest: he is reportedly in isolation, without adequate access to health care, subjected to intrusive observation, and other conditions, such as constant light.”

“We call for the immediate release of all political prisoners, including Kem Sokha.”

The group raised concerns about a government crackdown on freedom of expression that has extended to independent media and non-governmental organizations.

Government spokesman Phay Siphan said Cambodia won’t comply with demands made by foreign countries.

“We are equally members of the United Nations,” Phay Siphan told Reuters. “This is a violation of Cambodia’s sovereignty.”

“We will hold elections according to what Cambodians want, based on Cambodian laws,” he added. (rtr)

Conditt likely recorded the PFLUGERVILLE - The serial bomber whose deadly attacks ter- video between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. rorized Austin, Texas, for weeks on Tuesday. According to Manley, left a 25-minute video “confession” Conditt said he believed police on a cell phone found after he blew “were getting very close to him,” himself up on Wednesday as of- and he was right. Authorities filed ficers closed in to make an arrest, a criminal complaint and issued an arrest warrant around that time. police said.

By Wednesday morning, police Mark Conditt, 23, an unemployed man from the suburb of had tracked Conditt to a hotel and Pflugerville, detailed how he made were waiting for the arrival of tacall seven bombs that have been ac- tical units and equipment before counted for - five that exploded, one they planned to make an arrest, that was recovered before it went Manley said. But then Conditt off and a seventh that he detonated drove away.

Police followed and decided to as officers rushed his vehicle early stop him before he got on the highon Wednesday.

But the video failed to reveal a coherent motive for the attacks spread over the past three weeks, police said.

“He does not at all mention anything about terrorism, nor does he mention anything about hate, but instead it is the outcry of a very challenged young man, talking about challenges in his personal life,” Austin Police Chief Brian Manley told reporters.

“I would classify this as a confession,” Manley said.

Conditt, who had never before been in trouble with the law, killed two people and wounded five with a campaign of violence that Austin Community College/Handout via REUTERS began on March 2, authoriTexas blast suspect Mark Anthony ties said.

Based on their search of Conditt is seen in this undated handthe suspect’s home and his out photo released by Austin Comvideo statement, authori- munity College in Austin, Texas, U.S. ties said they felt confident March 21, 2018. that there were no other bombs and that the public was safe way. Just as officers approached the vehicle, the explosion went off, from further harm.

FBI special agent Christopher Manley said. There was also some Combs said investigators believe police shooting.

“This can never be called a hapthe suspect would have continued his attacks had he not been ap- py ending, but it’s a damn good one for the people of this community, prehended.

Police recovered a “target list” the people of the state of Texas,” of addresses for future bombings, Travis County District Attorney the Los Angeles Times reported, Margaret Moore told reporters.

Residents in Austin, a city of 1 citing U.S. Representative Michael McCaul of Texas, the Republican million people and a liberal enclave chairman of the House Homeland of university students and tech companies, voiced relief that the hunt for Security Committee.

Even so, the video gave no ex- the serial bomber was over.

“I am going to be leery and planation for the individuals and addresses singled out as recipients extra careful tomorrow at work, of the bombs that were planted or but I feel relieved now,” said Jesus Borjon, 44, an employee of parcel shipped, Manley said.

Police previously said they had delivery firm UPS, who lives in considered the possibility that the Pflugerville.

Austin was hosting thousands of attacks were racially motivated, noting that the first several vic- out-of-town visitors for its annual tims, including the two who died, South by Southwest festival of muwere either African-American or sic, film and technology when the first bombings occurred. (rtr) Hispanic.

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Fur is officially banned in San Francisco now

LAST week, Donatella Versace declared fur is over, and now the city of San Francisco concurs. Time reports that the city’s Board of Supervisors has just voted to ban the sale of fur. The legislation will go into effect on January 1, 2019.

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San Francisco is now the largest U.S. city to ban fur sales—Berkeley and West Hollywood have also passed similar legislation.

According to Time, San Francisco is now the largest U.S. city to ban fur sales—Berkeley and West Hollywood have also passed similar legislation. The L.A. Times tapped the supervisor who pushed the ban, Katy Tang, to offer her take on the subject. “I hope that it inspires other cities and the country to take action.

Certainly we need better federal regulations on fur farming,” Tang told the newspaper. “There’s no humane way to raise an animal to peel its skin off.” (net)

Gimme More: Britney Spears Stars in Kenzo’s Epic New Campaign

KENZ0 is giving us what we never knew we needed: Britney Spears wearing a denim baseball hat, denim underwear, and thigh-high denim boots. The singer stars in the brand’s newest campaign, and the photos, shot

by Peter Lindbergh, are instantly legendary.

“La Collection Memento N°2 focuses heavily on denim and was inspired by the 1986 Paris runway debut of Kenzo Jeans,” Kenzo explained in a press release. “But

a more esoteric theme is ‘Icons.’

The Kenzo motifs (the tiger, The Great Wave of Kanagawa) are all featured heavily, as well as (for the advertising) Britney Spears.”

Kenzo went on to explain how its star fits in perfectly with the

brand. “Britney Spears. KENZO. Peter Lindbergh. What could at first seem an unusual trifecta, actually makes total sense when one learns that the collection is all about icons,” the press release reads. “Britney is certainly

an icon and the quintessential queen of denim. Of similar stature in the photo world is Peter Lindbergh, whose British Vogue cover of Linda, Naomi, Cindy, Tatiana and Christy ignited the age of the supermodel.” (net)

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Another illegal commodity restrained at Gilimanuk

NEGARA - Ranks of Gilimanuk Sea Area Police returned to secure illegal commodities attempted to be smuggled to Bali. This illegal commodity is secured due to increased inspection of goods, people and letters coming out or entering Bali at the harbor becoming the priority of Gilimanuk Police.

“We have repeatedly secured illegal commodities and the inspections have also been intensified but it did not discourage drivers and business players from committing violations while using harbor access as a means of crossing their illegal goods,” said Chief of Gilimanuk Sea Area Police, Nyoman Subawa, accompanied by his Chief of Criminal Investigation, Komang Muliyadi, on Tuesday (Mar. 20).

The secured commodities included 10 sacks of chicken meat, 3 sacks of duck meat, 3 sacks of meatball processed meat from Surabaya, East Java to Denpasar. The commodities are transported by truck with license plate of DK 9338 AH belonging to PT Sakura Inter Buana driven by Faruk Ariyadi, 44, from Jember.

The items are said to have not been equipped with quarantine health certificate. He said although the commodity is not anything prohibited, but including the document is obligatory because it has been regulated in the provisions of Law No.16/1992 on the quarantine of animals, fish and plants. Every shipment of animals, fish and plants, animal products, fish and plant product from one island to another shall be accompanied by a health certificate from the region of origin as well as the quantity of goods and documents shall also be adjusted.

Faruk said he is only a driver and does not know the contents of packaged goods transported. Muliyadi reminded that such mindset should not be familiarized and become a misconception. The drivers are obliged to know about the goods they transported. So, if there are goods that should be equipped with documents in accordance with the designation it can be submitted before leaving for destination.

Unlike this time, he should experience obstacles precisely those caused by his own negligence so he must accept the IBP/kmb consequences. The commodity is now being secured in the Gilimanuk Sea Area Police for further processing. (kmb) Ranks of Gilimanuk Sea Area Police returned to secure illegal commodities attempted to be smuggled to Bali.

Fox Haris Hotel Jimbaran newly opened

FOX Harris is the newest brand of Tauzia and is an extension of the Harris brand having been widely known before. Contemporary and adaptable design makes Fox Harris the right choice for rebranding of the previous property, Pramapada Hotel Jimbaran. Quality of the hotel and service can be met well

by Tauzia which has the concept of reflecting the spirit of Simple, Unique and Friendly.

FOX Harris Jimbaran comes as a 4-star midscale hotel targeting the middle-class market, particularly modern business travelers, leisure travelers, individuals and groups as well as corporations.

It is expected to fulfill the needs of accommodation on the Island of the Gods. With tagline ‘A moment in life’ FOX Harris Jimbaran brings decoration pattern as public

rooms and the rooms to reflect the concept of Urban Lifestyle without reducing the value and ethnic elements of Bali.

In addition, FOX Harris Jimbaran also presents excellent quality of hotel products and services by involving human touch that will surely make FOX Harris Jimbaran special and different from a number of other hotels existing in Bali with Tauzia as a partner of new operator.

FOX Harris Jimbaran would like to invite guests to enjoy life through the unique experiences at FOX Harris hotels through colorful activities, and full interaction with the hotel team and with fellow guests.

Strategically located in Jimbaran Bay area, FOX Harris Jimbaran is famous for its beautiful beaches and very popular seafood restau-

rants. From hotel to the beach, it only takes you about 5 minutes’ walk. Surrounded by international hotels and world-class villas makes Jimbaran area into a fun holiday destination.

Facilities available include 125 Deluxe rooms, WTF Rooftop Pool and Bar, WTF Lounge, Meeting Room, Restaurant, Fitness Center, Laundry, Cub Club, 24-hour room service, Wi-Fi internet access, wedding chapel, Pool Bar, Dedari Spa and 24-hour security.

Its room interior design is quite luxurious with wooden parquet making it elegant and comfortable to stay. Spreading across 38 square meters, the room is spacious and available in double and twin bed.

For guests staying with family, there is a day bed of large size.

Free Wi-Fi is accessible in every

room equipped with 40-inch LCD TV, safe deposit box, mini bar, bathrobes and toiletries.

WTF Rooftop Pool and Bar becomes the highlight of FOX Harris Jimbaran. This infinity pool is designed very beautifully and guests can enjoy sunset view while swimming in the afternoon from the 6th floor. At the WTF Rooftop Pool & Bar guests can sing along with karaoke on Mondays and Wednesdays. Various choices of songs are available according to taste. Meanwhile, the entertainment on Wednesdays and Fridays is acoustic guitar and BBQ Dinner. WTF Rooftop is very suitable for private parties such as birthdays, gatherings, reunions and others.

In the Lobby area, there is WTF Lounge where guests can relax

while listening to the music, billiard table and sofas with matching design. While in the WTF lounge, guests will be recommended to enjoy the signature juice of ‘FOX on the Beach’ consisting of dragon fruit, pineapple, mango and coconut milk and special ‘FOX on the Roll’ dish that can also be enjoyed in a pleasant holiday atmosphere.

In a series of the grand launching of FOX Harris in Pekanbaru, the hotel has done promotional event with the name of Foxing Fox for all the bookings made within the period of March 1-14, 2018.

Guests can get special rates and free breakfast for 2 persons by booking through the official website directly at www.foxharrishotels. com. Guests can stay for the period of March 1, 2018 until August 31, 2018. (kmb)

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Ahead of IMF 2018 Annual Meeting

District govt prepares recovery program

GIANYAR - The impact of Mount Agung eruption on the tourism sector of Gianyar district, especially Ubud, remains to happen until today. The number of tourist visits is not yet fully normal. Various efforts are made to revive tourism having been slumped where one of which is the Ubud recovery program. This was revealed by the Head of Gianyar Tourism Office, A.A. Ari Brahmanta, not long ago.

Ari Brahmanta said the occupancy rate of tourist accommodation chiefly hotels and homestays in Ubud from January to mid-March is on average of 30 percent. This figure is higher than during the Mount Agung eruption resulting in the closure of Ngurah Rai International Airport which is only in the ranges of 10 percent. “But if compared to the previous period, the 30 percent is low. Normally, it used to be 50-60 percent,” he explained.

The occupancy, especially of the homestay, had to touch the figure of 60 percent on the implementation of pelebon or cremation ceremony in Ubud Palace. However, it only lasted a few days where the occupancy dropped again.

Fluctuations re-occurred. In the series of Nyepi Day of Caka New Year 1940, there was an increase of 50 percent.

“Well, it slumped again,” he said.

Current low occupancy is inseparable from misinformation about Mount Agung. A number of foreign tourists got inappropriate information, one of which involves the distance of Ubud from Mount Agung. As a result, many tourists finally canceled their visit to Bali especially Ubud.

According to Ari Brahmanta, inappropriate information remaining to circulate until now is very harmful to Ubud tourism.

“The impact of airport closure for a few days is still felt by tourism businesspeople. Until now, tourism has not yet recovered. It can be seen from the labor side. Many employees are still laid off,” he said.

In order to restore Ubud tourism, Gianyar Tourism Office designed a number of activities related to the Ubud recovery program. They include the Bali Kilo Run 2018 and lantern festival to be held a few months ahead. In addition, traditional events will also be intensively implemented.

“We try some new things that can bring in tourists. Besides, we hope the IMF event will be an effective means to boost the number of tourist visits,” he explained.

His agency did not specifically target when Ubud tourism will recover. Ari Brahmanta just stated that Ubud tourism is expected to recover soon. “The impact can be possibly seen after the events are held, well... about six months later. We cannot directly see the impact,” he said. (kmb25)

Tourists are enjoying their time in Monkey Forest in Ubud.

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Environment Agency urges each village to manage waste

GIANYAR - Waste is a matter that must be handled together. The Gianyar Environment Agency continues to direct each village to hamlet in order to prepare waste management personnel. For instance, this is followed up with the establishment of Bayad Asri Society at Bayad hamlet, Melinggih Kelod village, Payangan.

Head of the Gianyar Environment Agency, I Wayan Kujus Pawitra, said on Wednesday (Mar. 21) the concept of handling garbage in Gianyar district must proactively pick up to the household because the highest source of waste is from household. “So, we will continue to sustain at every village to hamlet by building integrated rural waste management,” he said after inaugurating Nyoman Partana or familiarly addressed as Jero Kubayan as Chief of the Bayad Asri Society.

Through the formation of waste management, Gianyar district will distribute the assistance of garbage trucks to the formation of garbage handlers at each village. To date, Gianyar district has already distributed dozens of trucks to villages that are serious in handling garbage. “There must also be a janitor who is in charge of collecting garbage,” he said.

Kujus Pawitra also directed the garbage management of each village, such as the processing into compost, including the procurement of waste banks for non-organic waste management. “Hopefully, this program gets the support of all parties, so we can realize the clean Gianyar,” he said.

Meanwhile, Jero Kubayan or Nyoman Partana said the formation of Bayad Asri is based on the concerns of community leaders at Bayad hamlet, Melinggih Kelod, against environmental pollution caused by garbage, especially plastic waste. “Moreover, Bayad hamlet is the entrance to Melinggih village tourism area, but for years there is no waste management so the environment gets polluted due to scattered plastic waste,” he said.

A few months ago, he added that his society has started to do cleanup action, including procurement of garbage transport. His group also intensively educates the surrounding community to handle waste properly, such as by sorting and not throwing it into the river. “To optimize this effort, we certainly expect the government assistance, such as trucks and other assistance,” he said. (kmb35)

hopes performers must be carefully selected

DENPASAR - The big international event, namely the International Monetary Fund (IMF) -- World Bank Annual Meeting will be held in Bali next October 2018. Usually every international event cannot be separated from the presentation of a variety of local cultural performances. At the same time, it can also introduce the treasures of local genius values.

Then, what about the art creators in Bali, art studio, artists, and local event organizers in addressing such big event? Are they involved, or just become a complement or audiences because it has been entirely handled by event organizer (EO) from central government?

The Head of the Bali Culture Agency, Dewa Putu Beratha, confirmed that so far the involvement of the artists, creators or EOs in charge of international events are always managed by those of central government. “Some international events, including the Bali World Culture Forum some time ago, are entirely handled by central authority. Maximally our artists are appointed as part of the team just like that,” said Dewa Beratha, Wednesday (Mar. 21).

So far, he said that for the IMF event handled by central government there has been no request for Balinese art composition or the like to make performance as well as promoting Balinese culture in the event. However according to governor of Bali, he had been asked by the President Jokowi as he was impressed by the concept of art parade in Bali so that it can be displayed in the opening of the IMF. “Governor indeed directed that President Joko Widodo once offered governor of Bali to show off Balinese cultural parade in the opening of IMF. However, until this moment the request has not been confirmed,” said God Beratha.

He hoped that every major event should involve Balinese creators directly. “In Bali, we have a lot of creative people, including EO, so that we in Bali should be able to seize the opportunity. If wishing to find players to take part in the national level Bali actually is not shortage of it,” he added.

He continued that so far all major events such as international meetings in Bali involving the art performance entirely use

EO. “Hopefully, the EO that will handle the art activities in the IMF event is really looking for classy art. What we have witnessed all this time, they are looking for cheap arts as long as complying with the budget without thinking about excellence, quality and so on. Hopefully, the EO can choose quality art by classy artists that show off good work, not to choose haphazardly,” he said.

He added that every project using a large budget is decided through auction. Of course, this should be captured by the EOs in Bali. “Do not just be spectators, there are quite a lot of creative people in Bali, so when there is a big event, if Bali’s EOs handle, at least they understand, what to offer, which arts groups to use or what kind of quality to choose.

Thus, Bali human resources have greater chances if they handle it,” he said.

Meanwhile, curator of the Bali Mandara Nawanatya, Kadek Wahyudita, hoped there is a reference from the Culture Agency to event organizer outside when using any kind of art performance in Bali.

“We hope that Culture Agency or Listibya becomes the entrance to the EO that will handle the cultural show in the international event.

Which art troupe is worthy, whose maestro asked to represent or what kind of concept to be used should be understood by central government when presenting the art show for international event and it should have a standard. And this must go through local government or the authorized Listibya. So far, we have not owned this system,” explained Wahyu.

Thus, added Wahyu, every EO that handles the art performance in international event should not be selected carelessly because of cheap price and close relationship.

“We have artistic contestation of the art creativity almost every day.

We have many quality art troupes, both appearing in the Bali Arts Festival, Mahalango and young creative artists in the Nawanatya.

It just needs to rank which one has the best quality so that we can present in the prestigious event with the level of IMF as the arena of the highest promotion because it will be attended by state officials.

What extraordinary it is!” he concluded. (win)

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Bali’s celebrates the Saka New Year as the Bali Day of Silence, that is commemorated every Isakawarsa (Saka new year) according to the Balinese calendar (in 2018, it falls on March 17th) an ultimately quietest day of the year. When all of

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Arise Sir Ringo: Beatles drummer knighted at Buckingham Palace LONDON - Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was knighted at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday and joked with reporters afterwards: “I expect you to use my title.”

The 77-year-old, originally from Liverpool and now based in Los Angeles, was honoured for his services to music in Queen Elizabeth’s New Year’s honours list.

Ringo, real name Richard Starkey, joined Paul McCartney, George Harrison and John Lennon in the Beatles as a replacement drummer for Pete Best in 1962 and occasionally sang lead vocals, notably in “Yellow Submarine” and “With a Little Help from my Friends.”

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a Beatle in 1988 and again in 2015 for his solo career after the group split up.

McCartney was knighted 21 years ago and Tuesday’s ceremony came 53 years after the Beatles received MBEs in 1965.

Accompanied by his wife, Barbara Bach, Ringo was knighted

by Prince William with a ceremonial sword to become Sir Richard Starkey.

“I don’t know how to use this (title) properly,” he said as he showed the medal to a BBC reporter after the ceremony, “but I expect you to use it.” (rtr)

Miss Venezuela pageant to probe contestants’ ethics after social media feud.

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Miss Venezuela pageant to probe contestants’ ethics after social media feud

CARACAS - The Miss Venezuela beauty pageant said on Wednesday it will investigate possible unethical conduct by its contestants following a vitriolic social media spat that saw former participants accusing each other of inappropriate behavior.

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Ringo Starr, whose real name is Richard Starkey, poses after receiving his Knighthood at an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham palace in London, Britain, March 20, 2018.

A group of ex-Miss Venezuela contestants, in a confused flurry of social media posts this month, insinuated that other participants had sought to enrich themselves through romantic relationships with corrupt businessmen and officials.

“Given the events recently described on social media ... a decision has been made to begin an internal review to determine if anyone linked (to the pageant), during the course of their involvement, violated the values and ethics of the contest,” the Miss Venezuela Organization said in a statement.

The organization added that it

was temporarily closing a Caracas training facility and halting casting for the pageant as well as the lowerprofile Mister Venezuela event.

It was not immediately evident how this would affect the Miss Venezuela pageant, which is typically held toward the end of the year.

The rights to Miss Venezuela are owned by Grupo Cisneros, of the wealthy Venezuelan Cisneros family.

Grupo Cisneros referred questions to the Miss Venezuela Organization, which did not respond to a voice mail message seeking further comment.

The allegations drew outrage in Venezuela, where triple-digit inflation and chronic food and medicine shortages have spurred a mass exodus of migrants. They also drew ribbing from critics, who noted the beauty queens’ numerous spelling mistakes.

Venezuelans are among the world’s most successful beauty show contestants and have won global pageants including Miss Universe and Miss World more than a dozen times.

The country has also historically had one of the world’s highest rates of breast implants and cosmetic surgery. (rtr)

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People walk on a platform after a commuter train arrived at the Gare Saint-Lazare railway station during a nationwide strike by French SNCF railway workers, in Paris, France, March 22, 2018.

French public sector, rail workers strike in test for Macron

PARIS - Teachers, train conductors and airline controllers walked off the job across France on Thursday, disrupting transport and public services in a test of public anger with President Emmanuel Macron’s reform drive. While unions have struggled to rally crowds over the past months, this is the first protest against Macron bringing together public sector workers and railway staff, potentially spelling trouble for the government ahead of a rolling rail strike.

“It’s a real mess this morning,” Didier Samba, who missed his morning commuter train to the suburbs and had more than one hour’s wait for the next, said at Paris’ Gare du Nord station.

The strike was expected to lead to the cancellation of 60 percent of fast trains, 75 percent of inter-city trains and about 30 percent of Paris airports’ flights throughout the day.

Unions said one in four primary schools were on strike, while electricity generation dropped by over three gigawatts (GW), the equivalent of three nuclear reactors, as gas and electricity sector workers

joined the strike.

Some 150 protest marches are scheduled, including two rallies starting at around 1300 GMT in Paris. Opinion polls show a paradox: a majority of voters back the strike but an even bigger majority back the reforms, including cutting the number of public sector workers and introducing merit-based pay. That has led the government, which overhauled labour laws last year and is also crafting a series of other sensitive reforms including of unemployment insurance, to say it will stand by its plans, while keeping a close eye on protests.

On Tuesday, following a retirees’ march, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the government would change tack for the poorest 100,000 out of 7 million pensioners concerned by a tax hike, in a sign that a government that prides itself on being firm on reforms can make exceptions. “What we need to avoid is that all the grievances fuse together, as was the case in 1995,” a government official said, referring to France’s biggest strike in decades, which forced the government of the time to withdraw reforms after striking public and private sector workers received huge popular support.

“The situation is very different from 1995. At the time there was a big discrepancy with what the government had promised during the elections and what they eventually did.”

Public sector workers are angry with plans to cut public sector headcount by 120,000 by 2022, including with voluntary redundancies, and introduce other reforms including merit-based pay. Railway workers are worried by government plans to scrap job-for-life guarantees, automatic annual pay rises and generous early retirement.

“Discontent and worry are spreading very quickly,” said JeanMarc Canon of UGFF-CGT, one of the largest public sector’s unions.

While rail workers have planned a three-month rolling strike starting April 3, public sector workers have

no plan yet for further labour action but they will meet next week to decide on any possible move. Thursday’s strike, and the government’s reaction, will be a test, said Laurent Berger, the head of France’s largest union, CFDT. “Either they (the government) listen to us and it will have been just a warning shot, or they don’t listen to us and then, let me tell you that public sector workers are very mobilised,” he told RTL radio. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.