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Monday, April 30, 2018 A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace on April 28, 2018, shows Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (C) and his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R), embracing two children while standing behind the logo for “Qiddiya”, an “entertainment city” spanning 334-square kilometres.

Actress’ ‘sex-forrent’ claim sparks debate in Ghana

ACCRA - An actress who said women needed men to take care of them has sparked fierce debate in Ghana and widened the focus about sexual harassment in the country.

Moesha Boduong said the economy was so bad in Ghana that she was forced to have a relationship with a married man in order to pay her bills.

“You just need someone to take care of you. You can’t make enough money as a woman here,” Boduong told CNN in an interview aired recently in the United States.

Boduong has since been pilloried by high-profile Ghanaians for her comment and quickly apologised, saying her experience was “not a reflection of what happens in most homes”.

But the interview struck a nerve in the conservative West African nation, where sexual harassment is an issue but is rarely talked about.

“Sex-for-marks” scandals regularly make the news in Ghana and in nearby Nigeria.

Nigerians are currently following the case of a female student who recorded a conversation with a university lecturer, who demanded sex in exchange for good marks.

The student says he failed her because she refused.

“The angst that has greeted this scandal is not misplaced,” columnist Monday Philips Ekpe wrote in the ThisDay newspaper on Friday.

“Stories about lecturers who seek to satisfy their sexual passion not minding the mental and emotional trauma their victims suffer are common.

“These unscrupulous men sometimes refer to the girls as ‘bush meat’.” (afp)

Saudi king launches building of entertainment mega-park

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RIYADH - Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has launched construction of an “entertainment city” near Riyadh, part of a series of multi-billion dollar projects aimed at helping the oil-dependent kingdom diversify its economy.

The project is part of a sweeping reform and investment programme dubbed “Vision 2030”, the brainchild of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who also attended the launch ceremony at the site on Saturday evening.

Authorities have touted the 334square kilometre (130 square mile) project in Qiddiya, southwest of the capital, as the kingdom’s answer to Disneyland.

Its first phase, which includes high-end theme parks, motor sport facilities and a safari area, is expected to be completed in 2022, officials

say. They hope the park will draw in foreign investment and attract 17 million visitors by 2030.

The kingdom this month hosted its first public film screening in over 35 years, having lifted a decadeslong ban on cinemas last year.

In February, Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority said it would stage more than 5,000 festivals and concerts in 2018, double last year’s figure, and pump $64 billion (53 billion euros) into the sector in the coming decade.

Saudis currently splurge billions of dollars annually to see films and

visit amusement parks in neighbouring tourist hubs like Dubai and Bahrain. The kingdom has also sought to court investors with three hi-tech “giga projects”, funded in part by its sovereign wealth fund.

Aside from Qiddiya, the kingdom has unveiled blueprints for NEOM -- billed as a regional Silicon Valley to be built from scratch -- and a reef-fringed resort destination on the Red Sea. Skeptics have questioned the viability of the projects, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, in an era of cheap oil. (afp)

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Demonstrators hold a banner reading in Basque “There is no one who judges our opinion” during a protest in Pamplona on April 28, 2018 after five men, accused of gang raping a woman at Pamplona’s bull-running festival, were sentenced to nine years in jail for “sexual abuse,” avoiding the more serious charge of rape. The men, aged 27 to 29 who called themselves “the pack”, had been accused of raping the woman, then aged 18, at the entrance to an apartment building in Pamplona on July 7, 2016, at the start of the week-long San Fermin festival, which draws tens of thousands of visitors.

Tens of thousands protest in Spain over gang rape acquittal

Tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets of Pamplona on Saturday to protest against the acquittal of five men accused of gang raping an 18-year-old woman at the city’s bull-running festival. Demonstrators have filled streets across the country since the court ruling on Thursday, leading Spain’s conservative government to say it will consider changing rape laws.

The men were acquitted of sexual assault, which includes rape, and sentenced to nine years for the lesser offence of sexual abuse.

In Pamplona itself, police said that “between 32,000 and 35,000 people” took part in a demonstration on Saturday, rallying under the slogan “it’s not sexual abuse, it’s rape”.

Thousands of women marched together with their hands raised at the protest, which police said passed off peacefully. Ana Botin, the influential head of Santander, one of Spain’s biggest banks, tweeted that the ruling was “a step

back for women’s security” while former judge Manuela Carmena, now Madrid mayor, said it “does not meet women’s demand for justice.”

The men, aged 27 to 29, had been accused of raping the woman at the entrance to an apartment building in Pamplona on July 7, 2016, at the start of the week-long San Fermin festival, which draws tens of thousands of visitors.

The five, all from the southern city of Seville, filmed the incident with their smartphones and then bragged about it on a WhatsApp messaging group where they re-

ferred to themselves as “La Manada”, or “The Pack” in English.

- Online petition An online petition calling for the disqualification of the judges who passed the sentence gathered more than 1.2 million signatures by Saturday. The issue also hogged the headlines of newspapers all around the country and an order of Carmelite nuns added their voices to the wave of condemnation of the court judgement.

Under Spain’s criminal code, evidence of violence or intimidation must exist for the offence of rape to

be proved. But that was a legal nuance that was “not always easy to establish,” top-selling daily El Pais wrote in an editorial. It “leads to the painful question of just how much a person needs to fight to avoid being raped without risking getting killed, and still get recognised as a victim of a serious attack against sexual freedom while ensuring that the perpetrators do not enjoy impunity,” the newspaper said.

In their ruling, the judges said that “it is indisputable that the plaintiff suddenly found herself in a narrow and hidden place, surrounded by five older, thick-bodied males who left her overwhelmed and unresponsive.

“The videos show the plaintiff surrounded and stuck against the wall by two of the accused... she has an absent grimace, and keeps her eyes closed,” they added.

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Prospective candidate of senator of the RI 2019

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Ir. I Nengah Manumuditha, M.M. applied for the senators.

23 prospective candidate of senators submit support terms

Fewer but more varied

DENPASAR - The submission stage of supporting documents for prospective candidate of senator or regional representative council (DPD) of the RI 2019 ended on Thursday (Apr. 26) at 24:00. Of the 27 prospective candidates coming to the Bali Electoral Commission (KPU) during the period of April 22 to 26, only 23 prospective candidates whose terms of support documents were accepted. Meanwhile, the four other prospective candidates are not processed because two files were cancelled and two others were returned.

“There is no more chance if the document is returned because it does not meet the minimum amount of support,” said Commissioner of Bali Electoral Commission, Ni Putu Ayu Winariati, when asked for her confirmation on Friday (Apr. 27).

Based on the data of KPU Bali, the names of prospective candidate whose files were returned are A.A. Kartika Putra and Ida Bagus K. Susena, while the two names that did not deliver the file are Komang Takuaki Banuartha and I Gede Merta. According to Wina, the number of prospective candidate this time is fewer when compared to that of in 2014. However, in terms of composition, it is said to be more varied.

“There are two incumbents, a governor,

former regent as well as director of PD Pasar.

There are also figures of mass organizations, traditional figures and headman. Besides, there are also political party figures and artists. So, in my opinion, the composition is complete,” he explained.

Wina added the next stage is administrative and factual verification. Previously, her side has determined the pattern of verification that will involve the ranks Electoral Commission in the districts / municipality. However, the verification process just began on Sunday (Apr. 29) because on Saturday (Apr. 28) the Bali Electoral Commission focused on open debate activities of the candidate pair of Bali governor and deputy governor 2018.

“For administrative verification, if the

1. A.A. Gde Agung – former regent of Badung (3,145 supports) 2. Gede Lanang Darma Wiweka – musician (3,310) 3. I Gusti Ngurah Harta – spiritual activist (4,055) 4. I Ketut Suwardiana – politician (2,938) 5. I Gde Putu Satwika Yadnya – Director of PD Pasar Buleleng (2,476) 6. Made Mangku Pastika – Governor of Bali (3,080) 7. Ngurah Sugiarta (2,173) 8. Bagus Made Wirajaya (3,091) 9. I Ketut Putra Ismaya Jaya – mass organization (3,784) 10. Dewa Made Suamba Negara (2,647) 11. I Gede Ngurah Ambara Putra (3,879) 12. Shri I Gusti Ngurah Arya Wedakarna MWS – incumbent senator (5,077) 13. Ni Made Suastini – artist (6,204) 14. I Nyoman Sukrayasa (2,846) 15. Dewa Ayu Putu Sri Wigunawati – party figure (2,019) 16. A.A. Ngurah Oka Ratmadi – incumbent senator (2,874) 17. I Nengah Wiratha (2,627) 18. Ida Bagus Ketut Purbanegara – headman of Buduk (2,462) 19. I Nengah Manumudita – Chairman of the Indonesia Fishermen Association (HNSI) Bali (3,296) 20. I Wayan Adnyana (2,212) 21. I Gusti Made Ngurah (2,076) 22. H. Bambang Santoso (2,726) 23. Ni Made Ayu Sriwathi (2,263)

number of support is less than 2,000, there is an opportunity for the prospective candidates to complete the shortcomings. At least, they add the support in accordance with the deficiencies, if possible more that it.

If the number remains inadequate in the re-verification, the prospective candidates will be disqualified,” she explained.

In this process, continued Wina, double support will also be identified through the Information Systems of Individual Election Contestant (SIPPP). If there is internal double support, for example, a name counted for ten times in the support of the senator’s prospective candidate, it will be counted only one. Besides, the prospective candidate will also receive sanctions in the form of a reduction in the number of support as much as 50 times 9.

“We leave to candidate which supports to be removed. If the candidate does not remove it, we will do the deletion with the SIPPP system at random. Then, if there are false data, the support will also be reduced,” he added.

Wina continued, if there is external double support such as a name giving the support to more than one prospective candidate, it will not be subject to sanctions. However, the support of particular prospective candidate can be removed according to the results of factual verification in the district / municipality. In this case, the identity card owner will be interrogated which prospective candidate it supports.

“If the supporters declare their support to prospective candidate A, the support to prospective candidate B or C will be dropped,” she explained. Wina added that prospective candidates who pass the administrative verification and factual verification can proceed to the next stage of registering as a candidate of the DPD RI 2019. (kmb23)

ICOPE encourages land intensification for sustainable palm oil development NUSA DUA - The International Conference on Oil Palm and the Environment (ICOPE) 2018 has encouraged land intensification for sustainable palm oil development, in order to meet world food demand. “We are committed to stop deforestation,” President Director of Sinar Mas Agribusiness and Food, Franky Oesman Widjaja, stated here on Wednesday.

His company has supported the government`s program through its participation in the mentoring of

plasma farmers and villagers in oil palm replanting. It has provided counseling for farmers, who manage their land independently, to get qualified seeds and fertilizers and to practice sustainable farming and has helped them to get funding resource.

Oil palm land intensification is expected to double farmers` land productivity to six million tons per hectare. “For one million farmers, the income would increase to US$4 billion per year. This is amazing,” he remarked, adding that the intensifica-

tion program would save more land.

Widjaja stated that palm oil would become a solution to meet world oil demand. With the world population set to reach some 10 billion by 2045-2050, it would need additional 30-40 hectares of land and 200 million tons of vegetable oil, which is more efficient, compared to other vegetable oils. Soybean, for instance, would need some 400 million hectares of land and rapeseed some 285 million hectares to produce the same

amount of vegetable oil.

According to Widjaja, palm oil sustainability could be reached through the balance in economic chance, protection of the environment, and people`s prosperity as the key components in palm oil sector. The biennial event was attended by 400 speakers from 30 countries and representatives of farmers, activists, plantation owners, and experts.

Chairman of ICOPE 2018, JP Caliman, remarked that since its first

meeting in 2007, the conference has addressed issues on the environment impact of palm oil production and served as an unbiased sourced for sustainable palm oil production.

“For 11 years, three partners shared the same values for sustainable palm oil industry,” he added.

The three partners are Sinar Mas Agribusiness and Food, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Indonesia, and Cirad, the French agricultural research and international cooperation organization. (WDY)

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New Meeting Rooms at Bali Dynasty Resort

A premier beachside resort in South Kuta Bali, Bali Dynasty Resort is also a great Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) destination with various meeting amenities and venues to suit your needs. Soon, Bali’s top family resort will make available its brand new Meeting Rooms in

May 2018. Currently undergoing renovations, the MICE venue at Bali Dynasty Resort features two floors with six modern and upgraded meeting rooms.

The three meeting rooms on the second floor can be converted into one large meeting and events venue also called Grand Nusa

Penida, which can fit up to 340 people with a theatre style set-up.

This bright and airy venue comes with its own private access to the main lobby and is an ideal venue for celebrations and banquets. Another event venue is the Kertagosa Room, ideal for large events for up to 200 people.

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Top 5 things to see and do in The Bahamas

THE Islands Of The Bahamas with their famous pink sands and turquoise sea are home to 16 main islands and thousands of cays and islets which offer a wealth of diverse experiences. Here we pick out five of the best: 1.Bahamian People-to-People afternoon tea

In Nassau have afternoon tea at the historic and imposing Government House, the official residence of The Governor of The Bahamas.

On the last Friday of the month the Bahamian People-to-People programme offers complimentary

afternoon tea with a fashion show, live music and shuttle transfer to your hotel, providing luxury and colonial history for no charge.

2. Bahama Barrels: blend-yourown-wine experience

The luxurious 18th century Graycliff Hotel is a Nassau institution and has recently introduced a range of experiences including Bahama Barrels, where you learn to blend your own wine in the oldest Church in the Bahamas (across the road from the main hotel). Guided by Jason, a Californian winemaker, you learn all

about wine production, grapes and tasting. The experience concludes when you blend, name and bottle your very own bottle of wine to take home.

for surfing on the Atlantic side.

And if you fancy staying on the island, try glamping at The Other Side, a collection of luxury tents overlooking the ocean.

3. Island Hopping – Harbour Island or Eleuthera

4. Meet the Dolphins at Blue Lagoon

Take a day trip from Nassau to Harbour Island or Eleuthera with Bahamas Ferries and navigate between the islands. Harbour Island is famous for its miles of candy-floss pink sand and celebrity guests, whereas Eleuthera has sweet pineapple farms dotting the landscape and ideal conditions

Just three miles from Nassau, Blue Lagoon Island, also known as Salt Cay, has water sports including paddle boarding and water bikes, as well as dolphins and sea lions. Visitors can swim with the animals and spend the day relaxing on a tranquil beach. It’s a great family day out.

5. Try Conch Fritters

Conch (or conk as it is called here) is a pretty, pink, edible mollusc eaten throughout the region but a particular favourite in The Bahamas. Don’t leave without trying Conch Fritters: just one of a myriad ways of eating, these bite size fritters are the ideal appetiser at any time of the day and go especially well with a Bahama Mama cocktail or local beer like Kalik or Sands Radler which is a light fruity beer flavoured with grapefruit. Stop off at one of the many colourful conk stalls dotted throughout the islands. (net)

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Grabbing millennial voters

Different characteristics, unaffiliated with past political events DENPASAR - Candidate pairs of governor and deputy governor that will compete in the Bali regional election 2018 face a big challenge. They should be able to ingratiate newbie voters belonging to millennial generation. Unlike the newbie voters in the previous elections, this time their characteristics are quite different. In terms of numbers, they are fairly strategic and very significant.

“Indeed, we do not have a definite number. In my estimation, it may be 25 to 30 percent, maybe even in the election of next 5 or 10 years, this generation will turn dominant,” said Chairman of the Bali Electoral Commission (KPU), I Dewa Kade Wiarsa Raka Sandi, when confirmed in Denpasar, recently.

Recapitulation of Permanent Voter List in Bali regional election 2018 set by KPU Bali some time ago amounted to 2,982,201 voters. In terms of percentage, it is around 25 to 30 percent and the number of millennial generation voter reaches in the range of 745,550 and 894,660 voters. Since the newbie voters are quite a lot, Raka Sandi admitted to have conducted dissemination on the election very intensively to them. It also includes the provision of voter education.

“So, in addition to inviting newbie voters who manifested in the form of our activities here by inviting the senate and student executive board, the Electoral Commission is also often invited to several campuses,” he said.

According to Raka Sandi, young generations that have the right to vote tend to get information through information technology, especially social media. This drives the electoral commission to give full attention. In the level of district/ municipality, the electoral commission ranks directly come to schools and villages to conduct dissemination in the form of art performance by involving local artists. This effort also encourages the process of recording the e-identity card which is still ongoing until now.

“In addition to the dissemination by the electoral commission, the candidate pairs are also obliged to reveal their mission and vision in the running campaign to younger generations who have the right to vote. This is very important and significant due to its large number. In my estimation, they have no historical ties with the past,” he explained.

In other words, continued Raka Sandi, the current newbie voters are not traditional voters affiliated with past political events. These sentiments then became very decisive as to where their voices would be directed.

They are like floating masses, as a term in the New Order era, which is contested by each candidate’s sympathy. Therefore, the newbie voters of millennial generation need to get the right information and not fake news or incorrect news, so they have the responsibility and can exercise their right to vote properly.

Similarly, they have different characteristics from the newbie voters in the previous era.

“I think different, so let’s just say our generation in the 1970s-1980s, there was no information technology as in the current one, so communication was still done face-to-face or verbal. If using the media, they mostly watched in the cinema, using drive-in cinema. But today, the social media are so sophisticated so young generation can easily access any information either positive information about the candidates, about their programs and negative information. Therefore, this surely needs to be balanced by conveying information proportionally,” he explained.

Raka Sandi had confidence that the vision and mission of the candidates delivered intelligently can be captured properly by newbie voters, and it will make them motivated to exercise their suffrage. Moreover, the millennial generation assessed there is a hope for better improvement and benefit them. (kmb32)

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Body scrub and soap made from VCO

TABANAN has many villages with the potential in coconut plantations. Currently, to advance the village’s economy, people are encouraged to make VCO products, and the product becomes the flagship of villageowned enterprise (BUMDes). Different things are done by Nadi Sari women farmer group (KWT) of Kulkul Batu hamlet of Dalang, East Selemadeg. They process coconut into VCO, soap, lotion and body scrub based on VCO. The maker of this VCO body scrub and soap is a member of KWT Nadi Sari, Mariatun. According to her, at first she began to pursue the making of soap and body scrub not deliberately. “We got training from Udayana University. After that, the students donated a soap-making and scrub-making device to us. Armed with the device, we try to make it,” said Mariatun.

With the help of other KWT members, Mariatun tried to make soap and body scrubs based on the VCO. “I do the making of body scrub, soap and lotion alone.

The VCO material is purchased from the members for IDR 80,000 per liter,” she said.

In the beginning, Mariatun marketed its products by offering to schools and hamlet activities. She admitted it is quite difficult because most women at villages do not do body care too frequently. Nevertheless, with tenacious marketing effort, some consumers try to purchase her product again and then promote it to other consumers. The price offered is not too expensive.

According to Mariatun, some consumers that have already tried the VCO beauty products admitted that their skin is cleaner and smoother.

The success of Mariatun in making beauty products from VCO then drew the interest of district government-owned enterprise or BUMDA Tabanan in this case the PDDS Dharma Santika. Currently, Mariatun with KTW Nadi Sari is trying to get certificate from National Agency for Food and Drug Control (BPOM) for the product so that later on it can be marketed through modern stores. “Now, it is being prepared and facilitated by BUMDA,” said Mariatun.

Since it passes through BUMDA, Mariatun said the product currently has a fixed market. She sells the product to BUMDA for IDR 10,000 each. Besides, the KWT Nadi Sari product in the form of VCO is sold in bulk to BUMDA for IDR 100,000 per liter. (kmb24)

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Nadi Sari women farmer group (KWT) of Kulkul Batu hamlet of Dalang, East Selemadeg process coconut into VCO, soap, lotion and body scrub based on VCO.

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Trace back the ‘soul’ of Klungkung as cultural root of Bali

WHEN mentioning the town of the art, direct attention will lead to Gianyar district. This has been very closely struck in the minds of Balinese people. Moreover, it seems to have become ‘the soul.’

However, if asking about Klungkung district, it’s only synonymous with serombotan (assorted salads). This cuisine is made from assorted vegetables coming with spicy sauce and grated coconut.

Apparently, it does not become a good thing, just a legendary culinary icon.

Currently, the famous thing of the district adjacent to Gianyar is only the tourist attraction in Nusa Penida Islands. Due to the beauty owned, it earns a nickname as ‘the Blue Paradise Island.’ The landscape is very beautiful and the white sandy beach is very exotic. It can teases tourists to make a visit. Every year, the visitors reach hundreds of thousands of people.

However, when looking back, not many people know about it.

According to history, actually Klungkung district has a very interesting side. It is no longer a matter of natural beauty. Around the 18th century, coinciding with the era of the Kingdom of Klungkung, it was very famous for its arts as they were very well maintained starting from the dances, paintings, woven fabric to religious case. These are legacies from the Gelgel Kingdom era from the 14th to 15th centuries. After that, a number of Anglurah descendants built a kingdom in other parts of Bali and spread over all the existing districts. In the migration,

common people were also accompanied by reliable artists.

“This entourage then spread the Klungkung culture to other regions. Indeed, Klungkung was the root. Gianyar is dubbed as the district of the art originating from Klungkung,” said a lecturer of Udayana University, Prof. Dr. A.A. Bagus Wirawan, recently.

The culture previously becoming the root has now turned into twigs. This native to Klungkung considered the change was not separated from human resources and the environment. The raising effort is not too late and there is still an opportunity. However, it depends on the leader. According to him, the rapid tourism development lately can increasingly be a medium to show off the true wealth. It can be juxtaposed into something sweet, but still survives.

“This leader should be able to create a network to introduce the potential of this area so people are excited to revive. For example, Kamasan painting is second to none. We should position it in order to continuously grow, in the sense of being able to produce. Do not change the art, and please maintain the style. It is not just a painting, but filled with philosophy. This can be ‘sold,’” he said.

People as the artist must also play a significant role in conservation. They should be able to evoke Klungkung’s true identity. It can be started from a small thing. One of them is by using the endek as the typical product of the area on several occasions. (sos)

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From dead voters to power blackouts: Malaysia braces for ‘filthy’ poll

KUALA LUMPUR - Prime Minister Najib Razak is facing a tough test at the May 9 poll due to a corruption scandal surrounding state fund 1MDB, discontent over rising living costs, and a challenge from veteran ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad.

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Jatiluwih tourism village as one of the tourism potentials owned by Tabanan district undergoes a quite rapid development.

Tourism continues growing

HR of Jatiluwih tourism village gets foreign language training

“Phantom” voters, electoral roll tampering, mysterious power blackouts during recounts -- Malaysian activists are gearing up to battle widespread cheating at what they fear will be the dirtiest election in the country’s history.

Prime Minister Najib Razak is facing a tough test at the May 9 poll due to a corruption scandal surrounding state fund 1MDB, discontent over rising living costs, and a challenge from veteran ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad.

While vote-rigging has plagued previous Malaysian elections, observers fear the high stakes mean that cheating by the long-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition will be more rampant than ever before.

In response, opposition and civil society groups are training poll monitors to prevent fraud, while leading electoral reform group Bersih has set up an online platform to report instances of alleged rigging.

“This election is not just dirty, it is filthy,” Bridget Welsh, a Malaysia expert from John Cabot

University, told AFP. “Najib’s insecurity is delegitimising the electoral process.”

Even before a single ballot has been cast, Bersih lamented the poll had descended into an “open auction with votes for sale” due to local leaders -- mainly from BN but also the opposition -- giving out cash and gifts such as TVs and food hampers.

Concerns have been raised about the electoral roll, with Bersih saying that it had so far received over 80 complaints from the public.

These include reports of socalled “phantom” voters, such as people who have died but still appear on the list, or people whose names have appeared without them registering.

At the last election in 2013, when BN lost the popular vote for the first time since Malaysia gained independence from Britain in 1957, there were numerous allegations of cheating.

There were reports of “dubious” voters including foreigners being flown into key constituencies in Malaysia to vote for BN.

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This picture taken on April 28, 2018 shows candidates waiting after handing over election documents during the nomination day ahead of the country’s 14th general election in Pekan.

Supposedly indelible ink, used in a Malaysian general election for the first time and touted by the government as a guarantee against

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To develop the existing tourism business of local villages, it continuously improves the quality of human resources, especially in the mastery of foreign languages. “At least 80 local people and tourism practitioners get English language training, and this village program is always working with universities,” explained the headman of Jatiluwih, I Nengah Kartika, on Saturday (Apr. 28).

Besides, similar training will also be continuously pursued considering Jatiluwih tourism village is growing. “Certainly ... if currently getting English language, probably next time can be enriched with other foreign languages such as

French, Japanese and others,” he explained.

For Nengah Kartika, English language training for tourism village human resources is conducted to improve the quality of human resources that will drive the tourism sector at local village. “To that end, we need to prepare the quality and professional human resources, so as to develop sustainable tourism,” said Kartika.

Kartika added that foreign language training as the implementation of sapta pesona (seven charms) for the community of Jatiluwih village is also considered important to prepare human resources in the field of tourism in order to realize

the development of better tourism village in the future. Moreover, the development of tourism villages will contribute to the economy of the community.

“This training is expected to play an important role because Jatiluwih tourism village wants to keep growing, so that in this development is required of human resources with the skills and expertise in foreign languages,” he said.

Nengah Kartika hoped that after getting the training, tourism players and citizens associated with the tourism sector can guide and provide information for tourists properly and politely. (kmb28)

multiple voting, was found to wash easily off people’s fingers.

Sudden electricity blackouts at polling centres were also experi-

enced during vote recounts, fuelling suspicions of ballot tampering -- something the ruling coalition denied. (afp)

Australia pledges half a billion to restore Great Barrier Reef

TABANAN — Jatiluwih tourism village as one of the tourism potentials owned by Tabanan district undergoes a quite rapid development. It is proved by tourist visits coming and going to enjoy the beautiful panorama of the agricultural sector with its rice terraces.

Around the 18th century, coinciding with the era of the Kingdom of Klungkung, it was very famous for its arts as they were very well maintained starting from the dances, paintings, woven fabric to religious case.

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Aerial View of Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

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SYDNEY - Australia pledged half a billion dollars to restore and protect the Great Barrier Reef Sunday in what it said would be a gamechanger for the embattled natural wonder, but conservationists were not convinced.

The World Heritage-listed site, which attracts millions of tourists, is reeling from significant bouts of coral bleaching due to warming sea temperatures linked to climate change.

It is also under threat from the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish, which has proliferated due to pollution and agricultural runoff.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said more than Aus$500 million ($400 million) would go towards improving water quality, tackling predators, and expanding restoration efforts. Turnbull said it was the “largest ever single investment -- to protect the reef, secure its viability and the 64,000 jobs that rely on the reef”.

“We want to ensure the reef’s future for the benefit of all Australians, particularly those whose livelihood depends on the reef,” he added.

The reef is a critical national asset, contributing Aus$6.4 billion a year to the Australian economy.

Canberra has previously committed more than Aus$2.0 billion to protect the site over

the next decade, but has been criticised for backing a huge coal project by Indian mining giant Adani nearby.

With its heavy use of coal-fired power and relatively small population, Australia is considered one of the world’s worst per-capita greenhouse gas polluters.

Canberra insists it is taking strong action to address the global threat of climate change, having set an ambitious target to reduce emissions by 26 to 28 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.

Turnbull said part of the money will be used to mitigate the impacts of climate change, but gave no details.

Conservationists said while the funding was “an important step”, the biggest threat to the reef was global warming and not enough was being done to combat it by embracing clean energy.

“Science is well aware of what’s killing the coral. It’s the excess heat from burning fossil fuels,” said Bill McKibben, founder of the global grassroots climate movement 350.org.

“To simultaneously promote the world’s biggest coal mine (Adani) while pretending to care about the world’s largest reef is an acrobatic feat only a cynical politician would attempt.” (afp)

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Tourism boom to test Uzbekistan’s thaw

Coiffed, cheerful and multilingual, identical twins Fatima and Zukhra Rakhmatova do not immediately resemble agents of ex-Soviet Uzbekistan’s long-feared security apparatus.

But the photogenic 30-year-old pair are frontline members of a newly formed, user-friendly Tourist Police deployed in the famed Silk Road city of Samarkand and other hotspots as a visitor boom sweeps the Central Asian country.

Tourist Learn to Dance at Kakul Mas Studio, Batuan

The force, established in January, is viewed as part of a broader opening initiated

by Uzbekistan’s authoritarian government following a long period of self-enforced isolation.

More than 2.5 million tourists visited Uzbekistan last year, a 24 percent increase on the previous year, according to the UzDaily news site. “In the past I worked as a teacher and then as a wedding stylist.

I even won a national prize as a stylist,” recalls Zukhra Rakhmatova, one half of a sister act proficient in English, Russian, Farsi, Turkish and Japanese. “But our grandfather served in the force and our uncle too,” Rakhmatova told AFP. “It was always our dream to serve.”

- Change and continuity Samarkand -- a former power centre positioned at the epicentre of millennia-old trade routes linking China and Europe -hosts symbols of authoritarian continuity as well as tentative reform. A short walk from the ceramic and marble dazzle of the three madrasahs towering over the city’s old square is the statue of Islam Karimov, who ruled the country from before independence in 1991 until his death in 2016.

Laid to rest in a grand mausoleum in Samarkand’s historic centre, Karimov is criticised by rights groups as the architect of one of the world’s most repressive and closed-off police states.

Far from being disavowed, his monument is now yet another photo opportunity for visitors and wedding parties in the city, where he was born in 1938 and remains widely revered.

“Everyone makes mistakes but Islam Karimov is a hero. He worked day and night to protect the Uzbek people,” said a 22-yearold bridesmaid posing for pictures by the monument. The young woman, who did not give her name but said she had travelled to Samarkand from the capital Tashkent, refused to say what “mistakes” she thought Karimov had made.

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A picture taken on March 28, 2018 shows Fatima Rakhmatova, 30, a member of a newly-formed Tourist Police, riding on a seagway in the famed silk road city of Samarkand. Coiffed, cheerful and multilingual, identical twins Fatima and Zukhra Rakhmatova do not immediately resemble agents of ex-Soviet Uzbekistan’s long-feared security apparatus.

- Power struggle Whether out of political pragmatism or genuine deference to a man he served for 13 years as prime minister, Karimov’s successor, 60-year-old Shavkat Mirziyoyev has also continued to honour his mentor in public. In the aftermath of the former leader’s death, new strongman Mirziyoyev likened him to a “father”, even as he toned down some of the totalitarian excesses that defined Karimov’s 27-year rule.

Foreign tourism, which grew by around a quarter during Mirziyoyev’s first year in office emerged as a key battleground in a power struggle that pitted the new reform-touting president against regime hardliners.

In February for instance, Mirziyoyev ordered the introduction of a 30-day visa-free regime for citizens of seven countries -- Israel, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey and Japan -- and relaxation of registration rules for citizens of 39 others. In cities like Samarkand, the changes were cheered

by a population that endured long stretches of economic stagnation under Karimov. “(We need to) open up of course!” said Malika Shakhimardonova, a chef at a mutton-grilling teahouse in the shadows of the Bibi-Khanym Mosque, completed on the orders of medieval conqueror Tamerlane in the 15th century. “Let the tourists arrive to us like brothers and sisters!” said Shakhimardonova, whose kitchen is expanding.

- ‘Take photos and share them!’ Many saw significance in the fact that Mirziyoyev’s relaxation of visa restrictions came days after Rustam Inoyatov, 73, who led the notorious national security service for over two decades, was dismissed.

Inoyatov was widely reported to have blocked a previous effort by Mirziyoyev to revamp tourism and to have insisted on retaining long-standing security measures, including a blanket ban on photography in the capital’s metro.

Such bans, which occasionally saw visitors detained by police, were “rudiments of the Soviet Union” now consigned to the past, said the country’s new 44-year-old tourism chief Aziz Abdukhakimov. “We want tourists to take as many photos as possible. Put them on Instagram! It is the best advert for the country,” he told AFP. The Rakhmatova sisters, who scoot around Samarkand on two-wheeled, motorised “Segways” and are trained to administer first aid, certainly seem far removed from the grimmer elements of a former communist police state.

But Fatima jokes their dual presence on the tourism beat might sometimes give visitors a different impression.

“Some tourists will see one of us close to one attraction then move on to another and find the other sister standing there,” she explained. “They smile but sometimes give us a strange look. Probably because we are identical they think the police are following them around,” she laughed. (afp)

Batuan village, Sukawati, Gianyar, deserves to be called a cultural tourism village. In addition to having beautiful nature, this village also keeps ‘gold’ as a source of traditional arts remaining to be inherited until now. Moreover, the ancient heritage at Desa and Puseh Temple can be a special attraction. So it’s not mistaken if the artists, foreign researchers and foreign tourists throng this village.

For instance, some students from Melbourne, Australia, some time ago visited this village. They are Balinese culture lovers deliberately coming to Kakul Mas Dance Studio to know and learn more about the Balinese classical dances.

“There are 15 tourists with student status that learned to dance in our house (Kakul Mas Dance Studio),” said I Ketut Wirtawan, an artist and trainer who is also the successor of the studio.

The students coming at that time, continued Wirtawan, have major in theater that want to deepen the Balinese arts, especially the art of gambuh operetta. The gambuh is a very complex ancient art, having the elements of motion art (dance), vocal and gamelan music. The most important is characterizations, so it is in accordance with their selected major. “The knowledge of Balinese dance is intended to enrich the theatrical studies they have,” he added.

These students studied for ten days and practiced for 2.5 hours a day. They know the Kakul Mas Dance Studio from his father, the late I Ketut Kantor. One of their lecturers had learned mask dance directly from the late I Ketut Kantor. Their lecturer then sent the students to get the fundamentals of Balinese classical dance from the successor of the late I Ketut Kantor.

These students did not only learn to dance, but also tried to express themselves by learning to dance, make a mask and know more about Balinese life. In practicing the dance, they are trained directly by Ketut Wirtawan, Wayan Artawa, Nyoman Juniati, Tut Nik and Wayan Darmawan.

The class of making a mask is provided by Ketut Wirtawan.

“Although the schedule is held by their campus, there are also students attending the program repeatedly on their personal ac-

count,” he said.

Kakul Mas Dance Studio which is also the home of I Ketut Wirtawan’s family is natural remaining to refer to the kosala-kosali (Balinese geomancy) rules, commonly used in the making of Balinese house. That’s why many foreign tourists often visit the house as a kind of tourist attraction. They come from various countries escorted by a tour guide. “There are always tourists making a visit here.

They like to see traditional house as well as painting of Batuan style,” said Wirtawan.

Ketut Wirtawan is often taken advantage as an object when painting on canvas. Indeed, in the matter of painting, Batuan village remains the same as in the past, preserving the painting of Batuan style. Other than being one of the successors of Gambuh operetta, Wirtawan is still actively scratching on canvas or paper as it has become a habit. (kmb)

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Unique Tradition at Sidatapa Bali is unique. At this time, it is something to do with fruits. The potential of local fruit farming in Buleleng has been recognized for a long time. A number of villages in Buleleng produce various fruits, one of them is durian. Sidatapa village, Banjar subdistrict, is one of the richest villages with local durian production. In durian season like it is today, the production is abundant.

Behind the abundance of durian production, the residents of Sidatapa village continue to preserve their unique rituals every harvest season.

Residents offer durian through a yadnya or ritual known as ngaturan buah or presenting fruits. “This tradition is held on Sunday (Jan. 21) and continued on Wednesday (Jan. 24). Hundreds of people came to Bale Agung Temple. Each brought three durians. Women carried the durian by placing it in the bamboo basket, while the men took it by using a kisah (a kind of woven basket) made of coconut leaves.

As noted, there are 835 families participating in the ritual. Each family head shall present at least three pieces of durian. So, there are totally at least 2,505 pieces of durian. Inevitably, this activity is similar to durian festival because the durians collected finally fill the temple area.

Secretary of Sidatapa customary village, Banjar, Made Parma, this tradition has been going on for generations. Possibly, it has existed since 735 Çaka or around 767 AD. There is no written evidence to corroborate this ritual. The ritual itself is a form of thanksgiving to God’s blessing that nourishes plants and gives results to people’s prosperity.

“With this ceremony, our durians are expected to bear fruit densely in the future. After the ceremony at Bale Agung Temple, it is followed with ceremony in the garden and

at home. People can also hold the ceremony as a form of gratitude in their home yard as long as it has been started from the Bale Agung Temple first,” he said.

According to Parma, there is no specific time or date to organize this ritual. By and large, the ceremony is held when there are indications if the harvest season comes. Having got the indications, village coordinator announces to all residents to carry out the ceremony of presenting fruits. In appropriate local tradition, presenting fruit ceremony will usually be organized for three days.

On the first day, the people must bring three pieces of durian. If happening to have other fruits, they are allowed to collect them to the temple. People having mangosteen will commonly carry at least three kilograms. Meanwhile, those having rambutan will bring minimally three bunches of it.

On the second day, people are required to bring two pieces of durian. Ultimately, on the third day they are only needed to bring one durian. People are well aware of the rituals, so that if they do not have fruit, they will buy to their neighbors. “People really do not dare to violate and they understand very well that if by chance in the garden there is no fruit, they can buy or even ask to their relatives or neighbors,” he explained.

Meanwhile, one of the villagers of Sidatapa, I Wayan Ariawan, said the ritual that cannot be found in other areas is worth developing as a tourist attraction. To that end, he tried to pioneer how each of these durian ritual offerings can be made into festival event. In addition to preserving, visitors will be able to enjoy the durian produced by local farmers, so that it will have an impact on more profits for local people from the sales durian than usual. (kmb).

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Evidence of world’s biggest child sacrifice found in Peru

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This picture taken on April 27, 2018 and released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 28, 2018 shows North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (2nd L) and his wife Ri Sol Ju (L) attending a farewell ceremony with South Korea’s President Moon Jaein (2R) and his wife Kim Jung-sook (R) at the end of their historic summit at the truce village of Panmunjom.

N. Korea offers to shut nuclear test site in May, invite US experts SEOUL - North Korea promised to close its atomic test site next month and invite US weapons experts to the country, Seoul said Sunday, as Donald Trump expressed optimism about securing a nuclear deal in his summit with the secretive regime.

The reported pledge from the North’s leader Kim Jong Un follows weeks of whirlwind diplomacy that saw Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agree to pursue the complete denuclearisation of the peninsula during a historic summit on Friday.

“Kim said, during the summit with President Moon, that he would carry out the closing of the nuclear test site in May,” Seoul’s presidential spokesman Yoon Young-chan said.

Kim said he “would soon invite experts of South Korea and the US as well as journalists to disclose the process to the international community with transparency”, Yoon added.

Tension has been high on the flashpoint peninsula since last year when the North carried its sixth -- and most powerful -- atomic test and test-fired missiles capable of reaching the US mainland.

“Kim said ‘the US feels repelled by us, but once we

talk, they will realise that I am not a person who will fire a nuclear weapon to the South or the US or target the US,” according to Yoon.

“If we meet often (with the US), build trust, end the war and eventually are promised no invasion, why would we live with the nuclear weapons?’”

Kim also slammed speculation during his meeting with Moon that the Punggye-ri test site was already unusable after an underground tunnel there reportedly collapsed.

“As they will see once they visit, there are two more tunnels (in the test site) that are even bigger... and they are in good condition,” he was quoted as saying.

The remarks are likely to be seen as a sweetener ahead of Trump’s own planned summit with Kim, which the US president said would take place “in the next three or four weeks”.

Trump touted his ability to achieve a nuclear deal with the regime at a campaign-style rally in Michigan to cheers and chants of “Nobel! Nobel!”.

The US leader has been eager to play up his role in achieving a breakthrough with Pyongyang through his “maximum pressure” campaign involving tough rhetoric, strengthened global sanctions and diplomatic efforts to further isolate the regime. (afp)

Archaeologists in Peru have found evidence of the biggest-ever sacrifice of children, uncovering the remains of more than 140 youngsters who were slain alongside 200 llamas as part of a ritual offering some 550 years ago, National Geographic announced on Thursday. The site was located on top of a cliff facing the Pacific Ocean in La Libertad, a northern region where the Chimu civilization arose, an ancient pre-Columbian people who worshipped the moon.

The cliff is located just outside the northwestern coastal city of Trujillo, Peru’s third largest city which today has 800,000 inhabitants.

“While incidents of human sacrifice among the Aztec, Maya and Inca have been recorded in colonial-era Spanish chronicles and documented in modern scientific excavations, the discovery of a large-scale child sacrifice event in the little-known pre-Columbian Chimu civilization is unprecedented in the Americas -- if not in the entire world,” National Geographic said.

The investigations were carried out by an international team led by National Geographic’s Peruvian explorer Gabriel Prieto, of the National University of Trujillo, and John Verano, a physical anthropologist from Tulane University in New Orleans. The team uncovered evidence of “the largest single incident of mass child sacrifice in the Americas -- and likely in world history.”

“I, for one, never expected it,” Verano told the magazine of the sacrifice site, known to the researchers as “Las Llamas.” “And I don’t think anyone else would have, either,” he added. The excavations began in 2011 when the team uncovered the remains of 42 children and 76 llamas at a 3,500-year-old temple nearby.

By the time the excavations had finished five years later, they had uncovered more than 140 sets of child remains and 200 juvenile llamas, as well as rope and textiles dating to between 1400 and 1450. Located about 300 meters above sea level, the site is in the middle of a cluster of residential compounds in Huanchaco, a neighborhood bordering Trujillo. (afp)

‘Macho culture’...

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Already on Thursday, large crowds of mainly women had marched in cities across Spain, including Madrid and Barcelona, following the court sentencing. In the northern city of Santander protesters blocked roads, public television TVE reported. Then on Friday, thousands of people demonstrated outside the Pamplona court where the judgement was made.

And a community of 16 Carmelite nuns in the Hondarribia monastery in the Basque country condemned the court ruling on Facebook. “We live cloistered away, wearing a habit that reaches down to our ankles, we don’t go out in the evening, w e d o n ’t g o t o p a r t i e s , w e

don’t drink alcohol and we’ve undertaken a vow of chastity,” the nuns said.

“And because that’s our free choice, we will defend with all the means at our disposal... the right of all woman to FREELY do the opposite, without them being judged, raped, threatened, killed or humiliated,” they wrote. State prosecutors said they would appeal the ruling.

Adriana Lastra, a top official with Spain’s main opposition Socialist party, said the court ruling was “disgraceful”. “It’s the product of a patriarchal and macho culture,” she added.

The case was cited in signs carried by many women during massive demonstrations held in cities across Spain to mark International Women’s Day in March, which were among the largest in Europe. (afp)

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SE Asia faces threats from IS, cyberattacks, summit hears

Southeast Asia faces “very real” threats from the Islamic State (IS) group despite their defeat in the Middle East, as well as cyberattacks, Singapore’s prime minister warned Saturday at a regional summit. Parts of the 10-country region have long struggled with Islamic militancy and the emergence of IS has served as a new rallying point for radicals and re-energised extremist groups.

A deadly gun and suicidebombing attack in the Indonesian capital Jakarta in 2016 was the first IS-claimed assault in the region, while the Philippine city of Marawi was overrun last year by fighters loyal to the jihadists, triggering a months-long battle that killed hundreds.

Fears are also growing that Southeast Asia, which is home to booming economies where a growing number of people are adopting digital technology in their everyday lives, could be increasingly targeted by cyberattackers.

Opening the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned that IS continues to threaten the region, home to about 650 million people, despite their military defeat in Iraq and Syria.

He also warned the move towards digitalisation has made countries more vulnerable to cyberattacks.

“Southeast Asia is at peace, but these threats are very real,” he said. “We need to be resilient to both conventional threats, and also non-conventional threats such as terrorism and cyberattacks.” The leaders at a working dinner Friday ahead of their formal summit agreed to increase coordination to shield countries from cyberattacks.

- Trade war fears -

In a bid to give teeth to the fight against terrorism and other transnational crimes, the leaders agreed for their officials to start talks on an ASEAN-wide extradi-

tion treaty. Officials have already completed a model of a treaty on which a regional agreement could be based. “We now need just to formalise that (the model treaty) and to start negotiating an actual ASEAN extradition treaty,” Lee said at a post-summit news conference.

“It should not take very long because the model is already there, it’s just a matter of tweaking and making sure it’s in a complete document.” In an final statement, the leaders vowed to fight

a “rising tide of protectionism” and intensify efforts to conclude talks for a massive 16-nation free trade zone that would include China and India, called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.

Lee warned that the open global trading system, which has allowed many of the region’s export-driven economies to flourish, has come under increasing threat due to protectionist policies in major economies.

“The political mood in many

countries has shifted against free trade,” he said. “In particular, the trade tensions between the US and China are worrying concerns.”

Washington and Beijing have imposed tit-for-tat tariffs on billions of dollars worth of goods which analysts said could escalate into a global trade war and scupper global growth. ASEAN groups together Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. (afp)

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Indonesia asks Vietnam to wrap up talks on maritime border

SINGAPORE - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Saturday asked Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to immediately wrap up negotiations on the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between the two neighboring countries. President Jokowi raised the border issue at a bilateral meeting with the Vietnamese Prime Minister on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit conference being held in this city country.

Jokowi said a number of the re-

sults of the Joint-Council-BilateralCooperation (JCBC) meeting need immediate follow up talks include issue of maritime borders between Indonesia and Vietnam. Conclusion of the border talks would prevent unnecessary incident and would help promote fishery and maritime cooperation.

Indonesian authorities have detained and exploded a number of foreign fishing boats including Vietnamese fishing vessels caught illegally fishing in Indonesian wa-

ters. “I am confident we could immediately wrap up the negotiation,” Jokowi told the Vietnamese leader.

The Indonesian President also said that the drafting of 2019-2023 Action Plan on strategic partnership between the two countries should be finished in November 2018.

He expressed appreciation for the agreement to remove bottlenecks that exports of motor vehicles from Indonesia to Vietnam could be normal again soon, and the bilateral trade target of US$10 billion set for

2020 could come to a reality.

He said he appreciates support

by Vietnam for the initiative on Indo-Pacific cooperation concept proposed by Indonesia at the ASEAN summit meeting. He took the occasion to convey invitation to the Vietnamese Prime Minister to attend the ASEAN Leaders Gathering to be held in Bali on 11 October 2018. He said he would seriously consider an invitation by Prime Minister Nguyen to attend the World Economic Forum on

ASEAN in September 11-13 this year. “I will seriously consider the invitation,” he said.

Accompanying the president at the meeting included Coordinating Minister for Security, law and Political Affairs Wiranto, Coordinating Minister for Economy Darmin Nasution, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita, Chief the Presidential Staff Moeldoko, and Indonesian Ambassador to Singapore I Gede Ngurah Swajaya. (ant)

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Rio medallist De Grasse fourth in return from injury

LOS ANGELES - Canadian Andre De Grasse finished fourth in the men’s 100m at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday in his return from a nine-month injury absence.

De Grasse, whose three medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics included bronze in the 100m, made his first 100m start since July 2017, clocking 10.15sec with a favourable wind of 1.9 metres per second.

American Isiah Young won in 10.02sec, followed by compatriot Mike Rogers (10.03) and Britain’s CJ Ujah (10.13).

De Grasse, who took silver in the Rio 200m, suffered a right hamstring injury last summer that forced him out of the 2017 World Championships in London.

He was back in action on Saturday for the first time since winning a 200m in 20.03sec on July 16, 2017 in Rabat.

De Grasse, a 23-year-old touted to

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Momota magic: Japan ace stuns Chen for badminton title

SHANGHAI - Japan’s Kento Momota shocked Olympic gold-medallist Chen Long to be crowned badminton’s Asian champion in a stunning upset on Sunday.

The world number 17 had never previously won a game against Chen, but he floored the strong Chinese favourite 21-17, 21-13 at the Badminton Asia Championships in Wuhan.

Momota, a compact left-hander, had Chen firmly on the back foot as he reeled off seven straight points to clinch the title in one hour when the world number three netted.

Momota clenched his fists in triumph and kissed the Japan badge on his singlet after his victory, which follows his straight-sets dismissal of Malaysian great Lee Chong Wei in the semi-finals.

The 23-year-old’s breakthrough follows a steady rise up the rankings, and comes after four previous defeats to Chen, a two-time world champion.

Earlier, Indonesian top seeds Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir beat Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping 17-21, 1721 in the mixed doubles as hosts China were denied another title. (afp)

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He was targeting a return in time for the Commonwealth Games in Australia in early April, but opted out as a precaution.

“For me, it’s all about coming out healthy,” he said. “Now there are no limits for my next meet.”

World record holder Kendra Harrison ran a wind-aided 12.37 in the 100m hurdles to win her third straight Drake Relays title.

“I’m pleased with it,” said Harrison, who added she’s next headed to the first Diamond League meeting of 2018 at Doha next week. “I think it’s going to set up the rest of my hurdles (season).” (afp)

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Ancelotti turns down Italy coaching job - reports Carlo Ancelotti has turned down the offer to take over as Italy coach, according to press reports on Sunday. Italy have been without a permanent coach since Gian Piero Ventura was sacked after the four-time champions failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 60 years after losing to Sweden in a two-legged playoff in November.

Ancelotti, who was sacked by Bayern Munich last September, had met with Italian Football Federation (FIGC) officials in Rome last week. But Corriere dello Sport reported that despite the 58-year-old being offered the job he had decided to turn it down after taking a few days to consider his decision.

Ancelotti has also been linked with taking over as Arsenal manager when Arsene Wenger steps down at the end of the season.

The Italian coach, who has also managed Chelsea, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Juventus, Roma and Paris Saint-Germain, has three Champions League titles to his name as a coach. He has also won the league in Italy, France, Germany and England.

FIGC sub-commissioner Alessandro Costacurta -- who was coached by Ancelotti at AC Milan in the 1980s -- has been appointed to find a successor to Ventura, and has said said the deadline for the appointment remained May 20. Among the other names being touted are Zenit St Petersburg coach Roberto Mancini, Chelsea boss Antonio Conte and former Leicester coach Claudio Ranieri, now in charge of French club Nantes. Italy’s under-21 coach Luigi Di Biagio has been filling the position on an interim basis. (afp)

(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 27, 2017 then Bayern Munich’s Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti reacts during the UEFA Champions League football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris.

Carlo Ancelotti is set to be given the job of reviving the fortunes of Italy’s national team, according to reports on April 24, 2018.

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Juventus gain crucial title edge after late fightback downs Inter

Juventus battled past 10-man Inter Milan with two late goals giving the champions a 3-2 win in the San Siro on Saturday to reopen a four-point lead at the top of the Serie A table. Inter looked as if they would pull off an unlikely victory as the hosts led until three minutes from the whistle despite playing more than 70 minutes a man down after Matias Vecino was sent off.

But Milan Skriniar turned the ball into his own net after 87 minutes with Gonzalo Higuain heading in the winner two minutes later. “I have to congratulate the lads, it was an important step towards the Scudetto,” said Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri. “It was a beautiful night of football between two teams who had to win.

“Winning at San Siro is very complicated, they did very well at 10. We know that to win the championship we have to win all of our games.” Juve’s lead had been cut to one point after their defeat by Napoli in Turin last week.

Maurizio Sarri’s Napoli travel to Fiorentina on Sunday bidding to match the champions and keep their push for a third title after 1987 and 1990 alive.

Saturday’s defeat damages Inter’s hopes of Champions League football next season as they stay fifth behind Roma and Lazio with just three games to play.

“It will be hard to put this defeat behind us,” said Inter coach Luciano Spalletti. “This match meant a huge amount to us and the team deserved a different result. “We used up a lot of energy being a man down and in the final moments it hurt us.”

Douglas Costa fired in the opener for Juventus after 13 minutes following a cross from Juan Cuadrado.

Minutes later Vecino was shown red for a foul on Mario Mandzukic. Juventus thought they had scored a second just before half-time but the video assistant referee (VAR) showed Blaise Matuidi was offside when he found the net.

Mauro Icardi headed in the equaliser for Inter seven minutes after the break for his 27th goal this season, and the hosts took the lead when the ball bounced in off Juventus defender Andrea Barzagli.

But in a late flurry a Cuadrado shot across goal took a deflection off Skriniar and Higuain headed in from close range off a Paulo Dybala free-kick. In a bizarre finish, Allegri was sent to the stands for coming onto the pitch to celebrate.

“It looked as if it was over, like against Napoli it looked as if it was going to end in a draw and we lost,” said Higuain in reference to last week’s 1-0 loss to secondplaced Napoli. “It’s a very important win and a great confidence booster.”

- Roma warm up for Liverpool -

Earlier 10-man Roma warmed-up for next week’s mustwin Champions League clash with Liverpool by easing to a 4-1 win over struggling Chievo to consolidate third place. Eusebio Di Francesco’s side are three points ahead of Lazio who play Torino on Sunday with Inter staying a further point back in fifth.

Edin Dzeko scored in either half with Patrik Schick and Stephan El Shaarawy also on target as Roma overran

the side from Verona despite being a man down after Juan Jesus saw red 10 minutes into the second half.

Roma next face Liverpool in the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday where they have to overturn a 5-2 first-leg deficit to advance to the final. “We have to recover our physical and mental energy, leave the pitch on Wednesday knowing we’ve done all we possibly could,” said Di Francesco. “We’ve proved in the past that we can achieve great results in the Champions League, so we must all believe.”

Roma took the lead when Radja Nainggolan crossed to Schick after nine minutes with Dzeko volleying in a second five minutes before the break off a Aleksandar Kolarov centre.

The hosts dominated even after Brazilian defender Juan Jesus was sent off for fouling Inglese and Alisson saved the resulting penalty, with El Shaarawy and Dzeko adding two more within 10 minutes. Inglese headed in a late consolation goal for Chievo, but they remain two points above the drop zone. (afp)

Goals are missing ingredient for Conte and Chelsea Antonio Conte may have kept alive Chelsea’s hope of Champions League football, but he admitted Saturday there has been something missing this season -– goals. The Blues manager achieved his 50th victory in the Premier League, a 1-0 win away to Swansea, thanks to Cesc Fabregas’s 50th goal in the competition, but Conte was dissatisfied by the London club’s fourth successive victory in all competitions.

The win in south Wales saw fifth-placed Chelsea close to within two points of capital rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the race for a

top-four finish. Spurs play Watford on Monday.

But Eden Hazard, who set up Fabregas for his fourth-minute winner, is Chelsea’s leading scorer this season with a modest 12 goals.

“Our top scorer has scored only 12 goals, and if your best scorer has scored only 12 goals it means it is very difficult to fight for something this season,” said Conte. “That is the reality -- the stats speak very well,” the Italian manager added.

- ‘Kill the game’ -

“I think even today we could be more clinical to kill the game,

but instead we kept the game in balance. “Against West Ham, it happened the same. We dominated and created many chances, but we scored only one goal. “It could have happened the same today. I think this season we are not clinical and in the last period we are winning but also playing a little bit where we could kill the game but don’t.”

Chelsea require Spurs to falter or for Liverpool to be so wrapped in their Champions League campaign they drop further points.

The Blues are grinding out wins, as they did against a spirited

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Inter Milan’s defender Joao Miranda de Souza Filho from Brazil jumps for the ball with Juventus’ midfielder Blaise Matuidi from France (R) during the Italian Serie A football match Inter Milan Vs Juventus on April 28, 2018 at the ‘San Siro Stadium’ in Milan.

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Chelsea’s Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas runs with the ball during the English Premier League football match between Swansea City and Chelsea at The Liberty Stadium in Swansea, south Wales on April 28, 2018.

but toothless Swansea, but they are reliant on others to slip up, regardless of whatever they achieve themselves in their three remaining league matches.

“The situation is not in our hands, but the only way to put a bit of pressure to Tottenham is to get three points in every game,” said Conte. “It won’t be easy, we know they (Tottenham) will play against Watford on Monday but you know very well football is not simple. “It is not simple to win a game in this league, but for sure our situation is not in our hands.”

After Fabregas had curled home a sublime shot following Hazard seizing on a mistake by Andy King in the fourth minute, Chelsea failed to make the most of other clear opportunities.

While Chelsea look upwards for others to stumble, Swansea are looking downward with increasing nervousness. This was their sixth game without a win and they are now just a point above the bottom three -- the teams that will be

relegated at the end of the season.

- Swans’ penalty pain -

There was urgency and desperation enough in Swansea’s game, but little quality in front of goal and the biggest mark left by top scorer Jordan Ayew was on the neck of Chelsea skipper Gary Cahill when he arrived with a late elbow -- an incident which referee Jon Moss somehow missed.

Both managers claimed it escaped their attention, too, with Swansea boss Carlos Carvalhal more agitated by Moss’s refusal to award a penalty after a lunge by Cahill on Nathan Dyer.

“I saw it,” Carvalhal said. “The defender tries to get the ball but he doesn’t see Dyer. He takes the ball and Dyer together. “Outside the area it’s a foul, so in the area it must be a penalty.” He added: “In general I think we did enough to achieve minimum one point. If we carry on playing like that, it’s sure that we will win the points we need.” (afp)

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Ancelotti turns down Italy coaching job - reports Carlo Ancelotti has turned down the offer to take over as Italy coach, according to press reports on Sunday. Italy have been without a permanent coach since Gian Piero Ventura was sacked after the four-time champions failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 60 years after losing to Sweden in a two-legged playoff in November.

Ancelotti, who was sacked by Bayern Munich last September, had met with Italian Football Federation (FIGC) officials in Rome last week. But Corriere dello Sport reported that despite the 58-year-old being offered the job he had decided to turn it down after taking a few days to consider his decision.

Ancelotti has also been linked with taking over as Arsenal manager when Arsene Wenger steps down at the end of the season.

The Italian coach, who has also managed Chelsea, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Juventus, Roma and Paris Saint-Germain, has three Champions League titles to his name as a coach. He has also won the league in Italy, France, Germany and England.

FIGC sub-commissioner Alessandro Costacurta -- who was coached by Ancelotti at AC Milan in the 1980s -- has been appointed to find a successor to Ventura, and has said said the deadline for the appointment remained May 20. Among the other names being touted are Zenit St Petersburg coach Roberto Mancini, Chelsea boss Antonio Conte and former Leicester coach Claudio Ranieri, now in charge of French club Nantes. Italy’s under-21 coach Luigi Di Biagio has been filling the position on an interim basis. (afp)

(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 27, 2017 then Bayern Munich’s Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti reacts during the UEFA Champions League football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris.

Carlo Ancelotti is set to be given the job of reviving the fortunes of Italy’s national team, according to reports on April 24, 2018.

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Juventus gain crucial title edge after late fightback downs Inter

Juventus battled past 10-man Inter Milan with two late goals giving the champions a 3-2 win in the San Siro on Saturday to reopen a four-point lead at the top of the Serie A table. Inter looked as if they would pull off an unlikely victory as the hosts led until three minutes from the whistle despite playing more than 70 minutes a man down after Matias Vecino was sent off.

But Milan Skriniar turned the ball into his own net after 87 minutes with Gonzalo Higuain heading in the winner two minutes later. “I have to congratulate the lads, it was an important step towards the Scudetto,” said Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri. “It was a beautiful night of football between two teams who had to win.

“Winning at San Siro is very complicated, they did very well at 10. We know that to win the championship we have to win all of our games.” Juve’s lead had been cut to one point after their defeat by Napoli in Turin last week.

Maurizio Sarri’s Napoli travel to Fiorentina on Sunday bidding to match the champions and keep their push for a third title after 1987 and 1990 alive.

Saturday’s defeat damages Inter’s hopes of Champions League football next season as they stay fifth behind Roma and Lazio with just three games to play.

“It will be hard to put this defeat behind us,” said Inter coach Luciano Spalletti. “This match meant a huge amount to us and the team deserved a different result. “We used up a lot of energy being a man down and in the final moments it hurt us.”

Douglas Costa fired in the opener for Juventus after 13 minutes following a cross from Juan Cuadrado.

Minutes later Vecino was shown red for a foul on Mario Mandzukic. Juventus thought they had scored a second just before half-time but the video assistant referee (VAR) showed Blaise Matuidi was offside when he found the net.

Mauro Icardi headed in the equaliser for Inter seven minutes after the break for his 27th goal this season, and the hosts took the lead when the ball bounced in off Juventus defender Andrea Barzagli.

But in a late flurry a Cuadrado shot across goal took a deflection off Skriniar and Higuain headed in from close range off a Paulo Dybala free-kick. In a bizarre finish, Allegri was sent to the stands for coming onto the pitch to celebrate.

“It looked as if it was over, like against Napoli it looked as if it was going to end in a draw and we lost,” said Higuain in reference to last week’s 1-0 loss to secondplaced Napoli. “It’s a very important win and a great confidence booster.”

- Roma warm up for Liverpool -

Earlier 10-man Roma warmed-up for next week’s mustwin Champions League clash with Liverpool by easing to a 4-1 win over struggling Chievo to consolidate third place. Eusebio Di Francesco’s side are three points ahead of Lazio who play Torino on Sunday with Inter staying a further point back in fifth.

Edin Dzeko scored in either half with Patrik Schick and Stephan El Shaarawy also on target as Roma overran

the side from Verona despite being a man down after Juan Jesus saw red 10 minutes into the second half.

Roma next face Liverpool in the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday where they have to overturn a 5-2 first-leg deficit to advance to the final. “We have to recover our physical and mental energy, leave the pitch on Wednesday knowing we’ve done all we possibly could,” said Di Francesco. “We’ve proved in the past that we can achieve great results in the Champions League, so we must all believe.”

Roma took the lead when Radja Nainggolan crossed to Schick after nine minutes with Dzeko volleying in a second five minutes before the break off a Aleksandar Kolarov centre.

The hosts dominated even after Brazilian defender Juan Jesus was sent off for fouling Inglese and Alisson saved the resulting penalty, with El Shaarawy and Dzeko adding two more within 10 minutes. Inglese headed in a late consolation goal for Chievo, but they remain two points above the drop zone. (afp)

Goals are missing ingredient for Conte and Chelsea Antonio Conte may have kept alive Chelsea’s hope of Champions League football, but he admitted Saturday there has been something missing this season -– goals. The Blues manager achieved his 50th victory in the Premier League, a 1-0 win away to Swansea, thanks to Cesc Fabregas’s 50th goal in the competition, but Conte was dissatisfied by the London club’s fourth successive victory in all competitions.

The win in south Wales saw fifth-placed Chelsea close to within two points of capital rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the race for a

top-four finish. Spurs play Watford on Monday.

But Eden Hazard, who set up Fabregas for his fourth-minute winner, is Chelsea’s leading scorer this season with a modest 12 goals.

“Our top scorer has scored only 12 goals, and if your best scorer has scored only 12 goals it means it is very difficult to fight for something this season,” said Conte. “That is the reality -- the stats speak very well,” the Italian manager added.

- ‘Kill the game’ -

“I think even today we could be more clinical to kill the game,

but instead we kept the game in balance. “Against West Ham, it happened the same. We dominated and created many chances, but we scored only one goal. “It could have happened the same today. I think this season we are not clinical and in the last period we are winning but also playing a little bit where we could kill the game but don’t.”

Chelsea require Spurs to falter or for Liverpool to be so wrapped in their Champions League campaign they drop further points.

The Blues are grinding out wins, as they did against a spirited

Geoff CADDICK / AFP

MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP

Inter Milan’s defender Joao Miranda de Souza Filho from Brazil jumps for the ball with Juventus’ midfielder Blaise Matuidi from France (R) during the Italian Serie A football match Inter Milan Vs Juventus on April 28, 2018 at the ‘San Siro Stadium’ in Milan.

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Chelsea’s Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas runs with the ball during the English Premier League football match between Swansea City and Chelsea at The Liberty Stadium in Swansea, south Wales on April 28, 2018.

but toothless Swansea, but they are reliant on others to slip up, regardless of whatever they achieve themselves in their three remaining league matches.

“The situation is not in our hands, but the only way to put a bit of pressure to Tottenham is to get three points in every game,” said Conte. “It won’t be easy, we know they (Tottenham) will play against Watford on Monday but you know very well football is not simple. “It is not simple to win a game in this league, but for sure our situation is not in our hands.”

After Fabregas had curled home a sublime shot following Hazard seizing on a mistake by Andy King in the fourth minute, Chelsea failed to make the most of other clear opportunities.

While Chelsea look upwards for others to stumble, Swansea are looking downward with increasing nervousness. This was their sixth game without a win and they are now just a point above the bottom three -- the teams that will be

relegated at the end of the season.

- Swans’ penalty pain -

There was urgency and desperation enough in Swansea’s game, but little quality in front of goal and the biggest mark left by top scorer Jordan Ayew was on the neck of Chelsea skipper Gary Cahill when he arrived with a late elbow -- an incident which referee Jon Moss somehow missed.

Both managers claimed it escaped their attention, too, with Swansea boss Carlos Carvalhal more agitated by Moss’s refusal to award a penalty after a lunge by Cahill on Nathan Dyer.

“I saw it,” Carvalhal said. “The defender tries to get the ball but he doesn’t see Dyer. He takes the ball and Dyer together. “Outside the area it’s a foul, so in the area it must be a penalty.” He added: “In general I think we did enough to achieve minimum one point. If we carry on playing like that, it’s sure that we will win the points we need.” (afp)

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Rio medallist De Grasse fourth in return from injury

LOS ANGELES - Canadian Andre De Grasse finished fourth in the men’s 100m at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday in his return from a nine-month injury absence.

De Grasse, whose three medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics included bronze in the 100m, made his first 100m start since July 2017, clocking 10.15sec with a favourable wind of 1.9 metres per second.

American Isiah Young won in 10.02sec, followed by compatriot Mike Rogers (10.03) and Britain’s CJ Ujah (10.13).

De Grasse, who took silver in the Rio 200m, suffered a right hamstring injury last summer that forced him out of the 2017 World Championships in London.

He was back in action on Saturday for the first time since winning a 200m in 20.03sec on July 16, 2017 in Rabat.

De Grasse, a 23-year-old touted to

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Momota magic: Japan ace stuns Chen for badminton title

SHANGHAI - Japan’s Kento Momota shocked Olympic gold-medallist Chen Long to be crowned badminton’s Asian champion in a stunning upset on Sunday.

The world number 17 had never previously won a game against Chen, but he floored the strong Chinese favourite 21-17, 21-13 at the Badminton Asia Championships in Wuhan.

Momota, a compact left-hander, had Chen firmly on the back foot as he reeled off seven straight points to clinch the title in one hour when the world number three netted.

Momota clenched his fists in triumph and kissed the Japan badge on his singlet after his victory, which follows his straight-sets dismissal of Malaysian great Lee Chong Wei in the semi-finals.

The 23-year-old’s breakthrough follows a steady rise up the rankings, and comes after four previous defeats to Chen, a two-time world champion.

Earlier, Indonesian top seeds Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir beat Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping 17-21, 1721 in the mixed doubles as hosts China were denied another title. (afp)

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He was targeting a return in time for the Commonwealth Games in Australia in early April, but opted out as a precaution.

“For me, it’s all about coming out healthy,” he said. “Now there are no limits for my next meet.”

World record holder Kendra Harrison ran a wind-aided 12.37 in the 100m hurdles to win her third straight Drake Relays title.

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Evidence of world’s biggest child sacrifice found in Peru

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This picture taken on April 27, 2018 and released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 28, 2018 shows North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (2nd L) and his wife Ri Sol Ju (L) attending a farewell ceremony with South Korea’s President Moon Jaein (2R) and his wife Kim Jung-sook (R) at the end of their historic summit at the truce village of Panmunjom.

N. Korea offers to shut nuclear test site in May, invite US experts SEOUL - North Korea promised to close its atomic test site next month and invite US weapons experts to the country, Seoul said Sunday, as Donald Trump expressed optimism about securing a nuclear deal in his summit with the secretive regime.

The reported pledge from the North’s leader Kim Jong Un follows weeks of whirlwind diplomacy that saw Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agree to pursue the complete denuclearisation of the peninsula during a historic summit on Friday.

“Kim said, during the summit with President Moon, that he would carry out the closing of the nuclear test site in May,” Seoul’s presidential spokesman Yoon Young-chan said.

Kim said he “would soon invite experts of South Korea and the US as well as journalists to disclose the process to the international community with transparency”, Yoon added.

Tension has been high on the flashpoint peninsula since last year when the North carried its sixth -- and most powerful -- atomic test and test-fired missiles capable of reaching the US mainland.

“Kim said ‘the US feels repelled by us, but once we

talk, they will realise that I am not a person who will fire a nuclear weapon to the South or the US or target the US,” according to Yoon.

“If we meet often (with the US), build trust, end the war and eventually are promised no invasion, why would we live with the nuclear weapons?’”

Kim also slammed speculation during his meeting with Moon that the Punggye-ri test site was already unusable after an underground tunnel there reportedly collapsed.

“As they will see once they visit, there are two more tunnels (in the test site) that are even bigger... and they are in good condition,” he was quoted as saying.

The remarks are likely to be seen as a sweetener ahead of Trump’s own planned summit with Kim, which the US president said would take place “in the next three or four weeks”.

Trump touted his ability to achieve a nuclear deal with the regime at a campaign-style rally in Michigan to cheers and chants of “Nobel! Nobel!”.

The US leader has been eager to play up his role in achieving a breakthrough with Pyongyang through his “maximum pressure” campaign involving tough rhetoric, strengthened global sanctions and diplomatic efforts to further isolate the regime. (afp)

Archaeologists in Peru have found evidence of the biggest-ever sacrifice of children, uncovering the remains of more than 140 youngsters who were slain alongside 200 llamas as part of a ritual offering some 550 years ago, National Geographic announced on Thursday. The site was located on top of a cliff facing the Pacific Ocean in La Libertad, a northern region where the Chimu civilization arose, an ancient pre-Columbian people who worshipped the moon.

The cliff is located just outside the northwestern coastal city of Trujillo, Peru’s third largest city which today has 800,000 inhabitants.

“While incidents of human sacrifice among the Aztec, Maya and Inca have been recorded in colonial-era Spanish chronicles and documented in modern scientific excavations, the discovery of a large-scale child sacrifice event in the little-known pre-Columbian Chimu civilization is unprecedented in the Americas -- if not in the entire world,” National Geographic said.

The investigations were carried out by an international team led by National Geographic’s Peruvian explorer Gabriel Prieto, of the National University of Trujillo, and John Verano, a physical anthropologist from Tulane University in New Orleans. The team uncovered evidence of “the largest single incident of mass child sacrifice in the Americas -- and likely in world history.”

“I, for one, never expected it,” Verano told the magazine of the sacrifice site, known to the researchers as “Las Llamas.” “And I don’t think anyone else would have, either,” he added. The excavations began in 2011 when the team uncovered the remains of 42 children and 76 llamas at a 3,500-year-old temple nearby.

By the time the excavations had finished five years later, they had uncovered more than 140 sets of child remains and 200 juvenile llamas, as well as rope and textiles dating to between 1400 and 1450. Located about 300 meters above sea level, the site is in the middle of a cluster of residential compounds in Huanchaco, a neighborhood bordering Trujillo. (afp)

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Already on Thursday, large crowds of mainly women had marched in cities across Spain, including Madrid and Barcelona, following the court sentencing. In the northern city of Santander protesters blocked roads, public television TVE reported. Then on Friday, thousands of people demonstrated outside the Pamplona court where the judgement was made.

And a community of 16 Carmelite nuns in the Hondarribia monastery in the Basque country condemned the court ruling on Facebook. “We live cloistered away, wearing a habit that reaches down to our ankles, we don’t go out in the evening, w e d o n ’t g o t o p a r t i e s , w e

don’t drink alcohol and we’ve undertaken a vow of chastity,” the nuns said.

“And because that’s our free choice, we will defend with all the means at our disposal... the right of all woman to FREELY do the opposite, without them being judged, raped, threatened, killed or humiliated,” they wrote. State prosecutors said they would appeal the ruling.

Adriana Lastra, a top official with Spain’s main opposition Socialist party, said the court ruling was “disgraceful”. “It’s the product of a patriarchal and macho culture,” she added.

The case was cited in signs carried by many women during massive demonstrations held in cities across Spain to mark International Women’s Day in March, which were among the largest in Europe. (afp)

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SE Asia faces threats from IS, cyberattacks, summit hears

Southeast Asia faces “very real” threats from the Islamic State (IS) group despite their defeat in the Middle East, as well as cyberattacks, Singapore’s prime minister warned Saturday at a regional summit. Parts of the 10-country region have long struggled with Islamic militancy and the emergence of IS has served as a new rallying point for radicals and re-energised extremist groups.

A deadly gun and suicidebombing attack in the Indonesian capital Jakarta in 2016 was the first IS-claimed assault in the region, while the Philippine city of Marawi was overrun last year by fighters loyal to the jihadists, triggering a months-long battle that killed hundreds.

Fears are also growing that Southeast Asia, which is home to booming economies where a growing number of people are adopting digital technology in their everyday lives, could be increasingly targeted by cyberattackers.

Opening the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned that IS continues to threaten the region, home to about 650 million people, despite their military defeat in Iraq and Syria.

He also warned the move towards digitalisation has made countries more vulnerable to cyberattacks.

“Southeast Asia is at peace, but these threats are very real,” he said. “We need to be resilient to both conventional threats, and also non-conventional threats such as terrorism and cyberattacks.” The leaders at a working dinner Friday ahead of their formal summit agreed to increase coordination to shield countries from cyberattacks.

- Trade war fears -

In a bid to give teeth to the fight against terrorism and other transnational crimes, the leaders agreed for their officials to start talks on an ASEAN-wide extradi-

tion treaty. Officials have already completed a model of a treaty on which a regional agreement could be based. “We now need just to formalise that (the model treaty) and to start negotiating an actual ASEAN extradition treaty,” Lee said at a post-summit news conference.

“It should not take very long because the model is already there, it’s just a matter of tweaking and making sure it’s in a complete document.” In an final statement, the leaders vowed to fight

a “rising tide of protectionism” and intensify efforts to conclude talks for a massive 16-nation free trade zone that would include China and India, called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.

Lee warned that the open global trading system, which has allowed many of the region’s export-driven economies to flourish, has come under increasing threat due to protectionist policies in major economies.

“The political mood in many

countries has shifted against free trade,” he said. “In particular, the trade tensions between the US and China are worrying concerns.”

Washington and Beijing have imposed tit-for-tat tariffs on billions of dollars worth of goods which analysts said could escalate into a global trade war and scupper global growth. ASEAN groups together Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. (afp)

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Indonesia asks Vietnam to wrap up talks on maritime border

SINGAPORE - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Saturday asked Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to immediately wrap up negotiations on the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between the two neighboring countries. President Jokowi raised the border issue at a bilateral meeting with the Vietnamese Prime Minister on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit conference being held in this city country.

Jokowi said a number of the re-

sults of the Joint-Council-BilateralCooperation (JCBC) meeting need immediate follow up talks include issue of maritime borders between Indonesia and Vietnam. Conclusion of the border talks would prevent unnecessary incident and would help promote fishery and maritime cooperation.

Indonesian authorities have detained and exploded a number of foreign fishing boats including Vietnamese fishing vessels caught illegally fishing in Indonesian wa-

ters. “I am confident we could immediately wrap up the negotiation,” Jokowi told the Vietnamese leader.

The Indonesian President also said that the drafting of 2019-2023 Action Plan on strategic partnership between the two countries should be finished in November 2018.

He expressed appreciation for the agreement to remove bottlenecks that exports of motor vehicles from Indonesia to Vietnam could be normal again soon, and the bilateral trade target of US$10 billion set for

2020 could come to a reality.

He said he appreciates support

by Vietnam for the initiative on Indo-Pacific cooperation concept proposed by Indonesia at the ASEAN summit meeting. He took the occasion to convey invitation to the Vietnamese Prime Minister to attend the ASEAN Leaders Gathering to be held in Bali on 11 October 2018. He said he would seriously consider an invitation by Prime Minister Nguyen to attend the World Economic Forum on

ASEAN in September 11-13 this year. “I will seriously consider the invitation,” he said.

Accompanying the president at the meeting included Coordinating Minister for Security, law and Political Affairs Wiranto, Coordinating Minister for Economy Darmin Nasution, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita, Chief the Presidential Staff Moeldoko, and Indonesian Ambassador to Singapore I Gede Ngurah Swajaya. (ant)

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Tourism boom to test Uzbekistan’s thaw

Coiffed, cheerful and multilingual, identical twins Fatima and Zukhra Rakhmatova do not immediately resemble agents of ex-Soviet Uzbekistan’s long-feared security apparatus.

But the photogenic 30-year-old pair are frontline members of a newly formed, user-friendly Tourist Police deployed in the famed Silk Road city of Samarkand and other hotspots as a visitor boom sweeps the Central Asian country.

Tourist Learn to Dance at Kakul Mas Studio, Batuan

The force, established in January, is viewed as part of a broader opening initiated

by Uzbekistan’s authoritarian government following a long period of self-enforced isolation.

More than 2.5 million tourists visited Uzbekistan last year, a 24 percent increase on the previous year, according to the UzDaily news site. “In the past I worked as a teacher and then as a wedding stylist.

I even won a national prize as a stylist,” recalls Zukhra Rakhmatova, one half of a sister act proficient in English, Russian, Farsi, Turkish and Japanese. “But our grandfather served in the force and our uncle too,” Rakhmatova told AFP. “It was always our dream to serve.”

- Change and continuity Samarkand -- a former power centre positioned at the epicentre of millennia-old trade routes linking China and Europe -hosts symbols of authoritarian continuity as well as tentative reform. A short walk from the ceramic and marble dazzle of the three madrasahs towering over the city’s old square is the statue of Islam Karimov, who ruled the country from before independence in 1991 until his death in 2016.

Laid to rest in a grand mausoleum in Samarkand’s historic centre, Karimov is criticised by rights groups as the architect of one of the world’s most repressive and closed-off police states.

Far from being disavowed, his monument is now yet another photo opportunity for visitors and wedding parties in the city, where he was born in 1938 and remains widely revered.

“Everyone makes mistakes but Islam Karimov is a hero. He worked day and night to protect the Uzbek people,” said a 22-yearold bridesmaid posing for pictures by the monument. The young woman, who did not give her name but said she had travelled to Samarkand from the capital Tashkent, refused to say what “mistakes” she thought Karimov had made.

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A picture taken on March 28, 2018 shows Fatima Rakhmatova, 30, a member of a newly-formed Tourist Police, riding on a seagway in the famed silk road city of Samarkand. Coiffed, cheerful and multilingual, identical twins Fatima and Zukhra Rakhmatova do not immediately resemble agents of ex-Soviet Uzbekistan’s long-feared security apparatus.

- Power struggle Whether out of political pragmatism or genuine deference to a man he served for 13 years as prime minister, Karimov’s successor, 60-year-old Shavkat Mirziyoyev has also continued to honour his mentor in public. In the aftermath of the former leader’s death, new strongman Mirziyoyev likened him to a “father”, even as he toned down some of the totalitarian excesses that defined Karimov’s 27-year rule.

Foreign tourism, which grew by around a quarter during Mirziyoyev’s first year in office emerged as a key battleground in a power struggle that pitted the new reform-touting president against regime hardliners.

In February for instance, Mirziyoyev ordered the introduction of a 30-day visa-free regime for citizens of seven countries -- Israel, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey and Japan -- and relaxation of registration rules for citizens of 39 others. In cities like Samarkand, the changes were cheered

by a population that endured long stretches of economic stagnation under Karimov. “(We need to) open up of course!” said Malika Shakhimardonova, a chef at a mutton-grilling teahouse in the shadows of the Bibi-Khanym Mosque, completed on the orders of medieval conqueror Tamerlane in the 15th century. “Let the tourists arrive to us like brothers and sisters!” said Shakhimardonova, whose kitchen is expanding.

- ‘Take photos and share them!’ Many saw significance in the fact that Mirziyoyev’s relaxation of visa restrictions came days after Rustam Inoyatov, 73, who led the notorious national security service for over two decades, was dismissed.

Inoyatov was widely reported to have blocked a previous effort by Mirziyoyev to revamp tourism and to have insisted on retaining long-standing security measures, including a blanket ban on photography in the capital’s metro.

Such bans, which occasionally saw visitors detained by police, were “rudiments of the Soviet Union” now consigned to the past, said the country’s new 44-year-old tourism chief Aziz Abdukhakimov. “We want tourists to take as many photos as possible. Put them on Instagram! It is the best advert for the country,” he told AFP. The Rakhmatova sisters, who scoot around Samarkand on two-wheeled, motorised “Segways” and are trained to administer first aid, certainly seem far removed from the grimmer elements of a former communist police state.

But Fatima jokes their dual presence on the tourism beat might sometimes give visitors a different impression.

“Some tourists will see one of us close to one attraction then move on to another and find the other sister standing there,” she explained. “They smile but sometimes give us a strange look. Probably because we are identical they think the police are following them around,” she laughed. (afp)

Batuan village, Sukawati, Gianyar, deserves to be called a cultural tourism village. In addition to having beautiful nature, this village also keeps ‘gold’ as a source of traditional arts remaining to be inherited until now. Moreover, the ancient heritage at Desa and Puseh Temple can be a special attraction. So it’s not mistaken if the artists, foreign researchers and foreign tourists throng this village.

For instance, some students from Melbourne, Australia, some time ago visited this village. They are Balinese culture lovers deliberately coming to Kakul Mas Dance Studio to know and learn more about the Balinese classical dances.

“There are 15 tourists with student status that learned to dance in our house (Kakul Mas Dance Studio),” said I Ketut Wirtawan, an artist and trainer who is also the successor of the studio.

The students coming at that time, continued Wirtawan, have major in theater that want to deepen the Balinese arts, especially the art of gambuh operetta. The gambuh is a very complex ancient art, having the elements of motion art (dance), vocal and gamelan music. The most important is characterizations, so it is in accordance with their selected major. “The knowledge of Balinese dance is intended to enrich the theatrical studies they have,” he added.

These students studied for ten days and practiced for 2.5 hours a day. They know the Kakul Mas Dance Studio from his father, the late I Ketut Kantor. One of their lecturers had learned mask dance directly from the late I Ketut Kantor. Their lecturer then sent the students to get the fundamentals of Balinese classical dance from the successor of the late I Ketut Kantor.

These students did not only learn to dance, but also tried to express themselves by learning to dance, make a mask and know more about Balinese life. In practicing the dance, they are trained directly by Ketut Wirtawan, Wayan Artawa, Nyoman Juniati, Tut Nik and Wayan Darmawan.

The class of making a mask is provided by Ketut Wirtawan.

“Although the schedule is held by their campus, there are also students attending the program repeatedly on their personal ac-

count,” he said.

Kakul Mas Dance Studio which is also the home of I Ketut Wirtawan’s family is natural remaining to refer to the kosala-kosali (Balinese geomancy) rules, commonly used in the making of Balinese house. That’s why many foreign tourists often visit the house as a kind of tourist attraction. They come from various countries escorted by a tour guide. “There are always tourists making a visit here.

They like to see traditional house as well as painting of Batuan style,” said Wirtawan.

Ketut Wirtawan is often taken advantage as an object when painting on canvas. Indeed, in the matter of painting, Batuan village remains the same as in the past, preserving the painting of Batuan style. Other than being one of the successors of Gambuh operetta, Wirtawan is still actively scratching on canvas or paper as it has become a habit. (kmb)

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Unique Tradition at Sidatapa Bali is unique. At this time, it is something to do with fruits. The potential of local fruit farming in Buleleng has been recognized for a long time. A number of villages in Buleleng produce various fruits, one of them is durian. Sidatapa village, Banjar subdistrict, is one of the richest villages with local durian production. In durian season like it is today, the production is abundant.

Behind the abundance of durian production, the residents of Sidatapa village continue to preserve their unique rituals every harvest season.

Residents offer durian through a yadnya or ritual known as ngaturan buah or presenting fruits. “This tradition is held on Sunday (Jan. 21) and continued on Wednesday (Jan. 24). Hundreds of people came to Bale Agung Temple. Each brought three durians. Women carried the durian by placing it in the bamboo basket, while the men took it by using a kisah (a kind of woven basket) made of coconut leaves.

As noted, there are 835 families participating in the ritual. Each family head shall present at least three pieces of durian. So, there are totally at least 2,505 pieces of durian. Inevitably, this activity is similar to durian festival because the durians collected finally fill the temple area.

Secretary of Sidatapa customary village, Banjar, Made Parma, this tradition has been going on for generations. Possibly, it has existed since 735 Çaka or around 767 AD. There is no written evidence to corroborate this ritual. The ritual itself is a form of thanksgiving to God’s blessing that nourishes plants and gives results to people’s prosperity.

“With this ceremony, our durians are expected to bear fruit densely in the future. After the ceremony at Bale Agung Temple, it is followed with ceremony in the garden and

at home. People can also hold the ceremony as a form of gratitude in their home yard as long as it has been started from the Bale Agung Temple first,” he said.

According to Parma, there is no specific time or date to organize this ritual. By and large, the ceremony is held when there are indications if the harvest season comes. Having got the indications, village coordinator announces to all residents to carry out the ceremony of presenting fruits. In appropriate local tradition, presenting fruit ceremony will usually be organized for three days.

On the first day, the people must bring three pieces of durian. If happening to have other fruits, they are allowed to collect them to the temple. People having mangosteen will commonly carry at least three kilograms. Meanwhile, those having rambutan will bring minimally three bunches of it.

On the second day, people are required to bring two pieces of durian. Ultimately, on the third day they are only needed to bring one durian. People are well aware of the rituals, so that if they do not have fruit, they will buy to their neighbors. “People really do not dare to violate and they understand very well that if by chance in the garden there is no fruit, they can buy or even ask to their relatives or neighbors,” he explained.

Meanwhile, one of the villagers of Sidatapa, I Wayan Ariawan, said the ritual that cannot be found in other areas is worth developing as a tourist attraction. To that end, he tried to pioneer how each of these durian ritual offerings can be made into festival event. In addition to preserving, visitors will be able to enjoy the durian produced by local farmers, so that it will have an impact on more profits for local people from the sales durian than usual. (kmb).

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International

Trace back the ‘soul’ of Klungkung as cultural root of Bali

WHEN mentioning the town of the art, direct attention will lead to Gianyar district. This has been very closely struck in the minds of Balinese people. Moreover, it seems to have become ‘the soul.’

However, if asking about Klungkung district, it’s only synonymous with serombotan (assorted salads). This cuisine is made from assorted vegetables coming with spicy sauce and grated coconut.

Apparently, it does not become a good thing, just a legendary culinary icon.

Currently, the famous thing of the district adjacent to Gianyar is only the tourist attraction in Nusa Penida Islands. Due to the beauty owned, it earns a nickname as ‘the Blue Paradise Island.’ The landscape is very beautiful and the white sandy beach is very exotic. It can teases tourists to make a visit. Every year, the visitors reach hundreds of thousands of people.

However, when looking back, not many people know about it.

According to history, actually Klungkung district has a very interesting side. It is no longer a matter of natural beauty. Around the 18th century, coinciding with the era of the Kingdom of Klungkung, it was very famous for its arts as they were very well maintained starting from the dances, paintings, woven fabric to religious case. These are legacies from the Gelgel Kingdom era from the 14th to 15th centuries. After that, a number of Anglurah descendants built a kingdom in other parts of Bali and spread over all the existing districts. In the migration,

common people were also accompanied by reliable artists.

“This entourage then spread the Klungkung culture to other regions. Indeed, Klungkung was the root. Gianyar is dubbed as the district of the art originating from Klungkung,” said a lecturer of Udayana University, Prof. Dr. A.A. Bagus Wirawan, recently.

The culture previously becoming the root has now turned into twigs. This native to Klungkung considered the change was not separated from human resources and the environment. The raising effort is not too late and there is still an opportunity. However, it depends on the leader. According to him, the rapid tourism development lately can increasingly be a medium to show off the true wealth. It can be juxtaposed into something sweet, but still survives.

“This leader should be able to create a network to introduce the potential of this area so people are excited to revive. For example, Kamasan painting is second to none. We should position it in order to continuously grow, in the sense of being able to produce. Do not change the art, and please maintain the style. It is not just a painting, but filled with philosophy. This can be ‘sold,’” he said.

People as the artist must also play a significant role in conservation. They should be able to evoke Klungkung’s true identity. It can be started from a small thing. One of them is by using the endek as the typical product of the area on several occasions. (sos)

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International

From dead voters to power blackouts: Malaysia braces for ‘filthy’ poll

KUALA LUMPUR - Prime Minister Najib Razak is facing a tough test at the May 9 poll due to a corruption scandal surrounding state fund 1MDB, discontent over rising living costs, and a challenge from veteran ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad.

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Jatiluwih tourism village as one of the tourism potentials owned by Tabanan district undergoes a quite rapid development.

Tourism continues growing

HR of Jatiluwih tourism village gets foreign language training

“Phantom” voters, electoral roll tampering, mysterious power blackouts during recounts -- Malaysian activists are gearing up to battle widespread cheating at what they fear will be the dirtiest election in the country’s history.

Prime Minister Najib Razak is facing a tough test at the May 9 poll due to a corruption scandal surrounding state fund 1MDB, discontent over rising living costs, and a challenge from veteran ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad.

While vote-rigging has plagued previous Malaysian elections, observers fear the high stakes mean that cheating by the long-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition will be more rampant than ever before.

In response, opposition and civil society groups are training poll monitors to prevent fraud, while leading electoral reform group Bersih has set up an online platform to report instances of alleged rigging.

“This election is not just dirty, it is filthy,” Bridget Welsh, a Malaysia expert from John Cabot

University, told AFP. “Najib’s insecurity is delegitimising the electoral process.”

Even before a single ballot has been cast, Bersih lamented the poll had descended into an “open auction with votes for sale” due to local leaders -- mainly from BN but also the opposition -- giving out cash and gifts such as TVs and food hampers.

Concerns have been raised about the electoral roll, with Bersih saying that it had so far received over 80 complaints from the public.

These include reports of socalled “phantom” voters, such as people who have died but still appear on the list, or people whose names have appeared without them registering.

At the last election in 2013, when BN lost the popular vote for the first time since Malaysia gained independence from Britain in 1957, there were numerous allegations of cheating.

There were reports of “dubious” voters including foreigners being flown into key constituencies in Malaysia to vote for BN.

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This picture taken on April 28, 2018 shows candidates waiting after handing over election documents during the nomination day ahead of the country’s 14th general election in Pekan.

Supposedly indelible ink, used in a Malaysian general election for the first time and touted by the government as a guarantee against

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To develop the existing tourism business of local villages, it continuously improves the quality of human resources, especially in the mastery of foreign languages. “At least 80 local people and tourism practitioners get English language training, and this village program is always working with universities,” explained the headman of Jatiluwih, I Nengah Kartika, on Saturday (Apr. 28).

Besides, similar training will also be continuously pursued considering Jatiluwih tourism village is growing. “Certainly ... if currently getting English language, probably next time can be enriched with other foreign languages such as

French, Japanese and others,” he explained.

For Nengah Kartika, English language training for tourism village human resources is conducted to improve the quality of human resources that will drive the tourism sector at local village. “To that end, we need to prepare the quality and professional human resources, so as to develop sustainable tourism,” said Kartika.

Kartika added that foreign language training as the implementation of sapta pesona (seven charms) for the community of Jatiluwih village is also considered important to prepare human resources in the field of tourism in order to realize

the development of better tourism village in the future. Moreover, the development of tourism villages will contribute to the economy of the community.

“This training is expected to play an important role because Jatiluwih tourism village wants to keep growing, so that in this development is required of human resources with the skills and expertise in foreign languages,” he said.

Nengah Kartika hoped that after getting the training, tourism players and citizens associated with the tourism sector can guide and provide information for tourists properly and politely. (kmb28)

multiple voting, was found to wash easily off people’s fingers.

Sudden electricity blackouts at polling centres were also experi-

enced during vote recounts, fuelling suspicions of ballot tampering -- something the ruling coalition denied. (afp)

Australia pledges half a billion to restore Great Barrier Reef

TABANAN — Jatiluwih tourism village as one of the tourism potentials owned by Tabanan district undergoes a quite rapid development. It is proved by tourist visits coming and going to enjoy the beautiful panorama of the agricultural sector with its rice terraces.

Around the 18th century, coinciding with the era of the Kingdom of Klungkung, it was very famous for its arts as they were very well maintained starting from the dances, paintings, woven fabric to religious case.

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Aerial View of Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

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SYDNEY - Australia pledged half a billion dollars to restore and protect the Great Barrier Reef Sunday in what it said would be a gamechanger for the embattled natural wonder, but conservationists were not convinced.

The World Heritage-listed site, which attracts millions of tourists, is reeling from significant bouts of coral bleaching due to warming sea temperatures linked to climate change.

It is also under threat from the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish, which has proliferated due to pollution and agricultural runoff.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said more than Aus$500 million ($400 million) would go towards improving water quality, tackling predators, and expanding restoration efforts. Turnbull said it was the “largest ever single investment -- to protect the reef, secure its viability and the 64,000 jobs that rely on the reef”.

“We want to ensure the reef’s future for the benefit of all Australians, particularly those whose livelihood depends on the reef,” he added.

The reef is a critical national asset, contributing Aus$6.4 billion a year to the Australian economy.

Canberra has previously committed more than Aus$2.0 billion to protect the site over

the next decade, but has been criticised for backing a huge coal project by Indian mining giant Adani nearby.

With its heavy use of coal-fired power and relatively small population, Australia is considered one of the world’s worst per-capita greenhouse gas polluters.

Canberra insists it is taking strong action to address the global threat of climate change, having set an ambitious target to reduce emissions by 26 to 28 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.

Turnbull said part of the money will be used to mitigate the impacts of climate change, but gave no details.

Conservationists said while the funding was “an important step”, the biggest threat to the reef was global warming and not enough was being done to combat it by embracing clean energy.

“Science is well aware of what’s killing the coral. It’s the excess heat from burning fossil fuels,” said Bill McKibben, founder of the global grassroots climate movement 350.org.

“To simultaneously promote the world’s biggest coal mine (Adani) while pretending to care about the world’s largest reef is an acrobatic feat only a cynical politician would attempt.” (afp)

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International

Top 5 things to see and do in The Bahamas

THE Islands Of The Bahamas with their famous pink sands and turquoise sea are home to 16 main islands and thousands of cays and islets which offer a wealth of diverse experiences. Here we pick out five of the best: 1.Bahamian People-to-People afternoon tea

In Nassau have afternoon tea at the historic and imposing Government House, the official residence of The Governor of The Bahamas.

On the last Friday of the month the Bahamian People-to-People programme offers complimentary

afternoon tea with a fashion show, live music and shuttle transfer to your hotel, providing luxury and colonial history for no charge.

2. Bahama Barrels: blend-yourown-wine experience

The luxurious 18th century Graycliff Hotel is a Nassau institution and has recently introduced a range of experiences including Bahama Barrels, where you learn to blend your own wine in the oldest Church in the Bahamas (across the road from the main hotel). Guided by Jason, a Californian winemaker, you learn all

about wine production, grapes and tasting. The experience concludes when you blend, name and bottle your very own bottle of wine to take home.

for surfing on the Atlantic side.

And if you fancy staying on the island, try glamping at The Other Side, a collection of luxury tents overlooking the ocean.

3. Island Hopping – Harbour Island or Eleuthera

4. Meet the Dolphins at Blue Lagoon

Take a day trip from Nassau to Harbour Island or Eleuthera with Bahamas Ferries and navigate between the islands. Harbour Island is famous for its miles of candy-floss pink sand and celebrity guests, whereas Eleuthera has sweet pineapple farms dotting the landscape and ideal conditions

Just three miles from Nassau, Blue Lagoon Island, also known as Salt Cay, has water sports including paddle boarding and water bikes, as well as dolphins and sea lions. Visitors can swim with the animals and spend the day relaxing on a tranquil beach. It’s a great family day out.

5. Try Conch Fritters

Conch (or conk as it is called here) is a pretty, pink, edible mollusc eaten throughout the region but a particular favourite in The Bahamas. Don’t leave without trying Conch Fritters: just one of a myriad ways of eating, these bite size fritters are the ideal appetiser at any time of the day and go especially well with a Bahama Mama cocktail or local beer like Kalik or Sands Radler which is a light fruity beer flavoured with grapefruit. Stop off at one of the many colourful conk stalls dotted throughout the islands. (net)

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Grabbing millennial voters

Different characteristics, unaffiliated with past political events DENPASAR - Candidate pairs of governor and deputy governor that will compete in the Bali regional election 2018 face a big challenge. They should be able to ingratiate newbie voters belonging to millennial generation. Unlike the newbie voters in the previous elections, this time their characteristics are quite different. In terms of numbers, they are fairly strategic and very significant.

“Indeed, we do not have a definite number. In my estimation, it may be 25 to 30 percent, maybe even in the election of next 5 or 10 years, this generation will turn dominant,” said Chairman of the Bali Electoral Commission (KPU), I Dewa Kade Wiarsa Raka Sandi, when confirmed in Denpasar, recently.

Recapitulation of Permanent Voter List in Bali regional election 2018 set by KPU Bali some time ago amounted to 2,982,201 voters. In terms of percentage, it is around 25 to 30 percent and the number of millennial generation voter reaches in the range of 745,550 and 894,660 voters. Since the newbie voters are quite a lot, Raka Sandi admitted to have conducted dissemination on the election very intensively to them. It also includes the provision of voter education.

“So, in addition to inviting newbie voters who manifested in the form of our activities here by inviting the senate and student executive board, the Electoral Commission is also often invited to several campuses,” he said.

According to Raka Sandi, young generations that have the right to vote tend to get information through information technology, especially social media. This drives the electoral commission to give full attention. In the level of district/ municipality, the electoral commission ranks directly come to schools and villages to conduct dissemination in the form of art performance by involving local artists. This effort also encourages the process of recording the e-identity card which is still ongoing until now.

“In addition to the dissemination by the electoral commission, the candidate pairs are also obliged to reveal their mission and vision in the running campaign to younger generations who have the right to vote. This is very important and significant due to its large number. In my estimation, they have no historical ties with the past,” he explained.

In other words, continued Raka Sandi, the current newbie voters are not traditional voters affiliated with past political events. These sentiments then became very decisive as to where their voices would be directed.

They are like floating masses, as a term in the New Order era, which is contested by each candidate’s sympathy. Therefore, the newbie voters of millennial generation need to get the right information and not fake news or incorrect news, so they have the responsibility and can exercise their right to vote properly.

Similarly, they have different characteristics from the newbie voters in the previous era.

“I think different, so let’s just say our generation in the 1970s-1980s, there was no information technology as in the current one, so communication was still done face-to-face or verbal. If using the media, they mostly watched in the cinema, using drive-in cinema. But today, the social media are so sophisticated so young generation can easily access any information either positive information about the candidates, about their programs and negative information. Therefore, this surely needs to be balanced by conveying information proportionally,” he explained.

Raka Sandi had confidence that the vision and mission of the candidates delivered intelligently can be captured properly by newbie voters, and it will make them motivated to exercise their suffrage. Moreover, the millennial generation assessed there is a hope for better improvement and benefit them. (kmb32)

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Body scrub and soap made from VCO

TABANAN has many villages with the potential in coconut plantations. Currently, to advance the village’s economy, people are encouraged to make VCO products, and the product becomes the flagship of villageowned enterprise (BUMDes). Different things are done by Nadi Sari women farmer group (KWT) of Kulkul Batu hamlet of Dalang, East Selemadeg. They process coconut into VCO, soap, lotion and body scrub based on VCO. The maker of this VCO body scrub and soap is a member of KWT Nadi Sari, Mariatun. According to her, at first she began to pursue the making of soap and body scrub not deliberately. “We got training from Udayana University. After that, the students donated a soap-making and scrub-making device to us. Armed with the device, we try to make it,” said Mariatun.

With the help of other KWT members, Mariatun tried to make soap and body scrubs based on the VCO. “I do the making of body scrub, soap and lotion alone.

The VCO material is purchased from the members for IDR 80,000 per liter,” she said.

In the beginning, Mariatun marketed its products by offering to schools and hamlet activities. She admitted it is quite difficult because most women at villages do not do body care too frequently. Nevertheless, with tenacious marketing effort, some consumers try to purchase her product again and then promote it to other consumers. The price offered is not too expensive.

According to Mariatun, some consumers that have already tried the VCO beauty products admitted that their skin is cleaner and smoother.

The success of Mariatun in making beauty products from VCO then drew the interest of district government-owned enterprise or BUMDA Tabanan in this case the PDDS Dharma Santika. Currently, Mariatun with KTW Nadi Sari is trying to get certificate from National Agency for Food and Drug Control (BPOM) for the product so that later on it can be marketed through modern stores. “Now, it is being prepared and facilitated by BUMDA,” said Mariatun.

Since it passes through BUMDA, Mariatun said the product currently has a fixed market. She sells the product to BUMDA for IDR 10,000 each. Besides, the KWT Nadi Sari product in the form of VCO is sold in bulk to BUMDA for IDR 100,000 per liter. (kmb24)

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Nadi Sari women farmer group (KWT) of Kulkul Batu hamlet of Dalang, East Selemadeg process coconut into VCO, soap, lotion and body scrub based on VCO.

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Ir. I Nengah Manumuditha, M.M. applied for the senators.

23 prospective candidate of senators submit support terms

Fewer but more varied

DENPASAR - The submission stage of supporting documents for prospective candidate of senator or regional representative council (DPD) of the RI 2019 ended on Thursday (Apr. 26) at 24:00. Of the 27 prospective candidates coming to the Bali Electoral Commission (KPU) during the period of April 22 to 26, only 23 prospective candidates whose terms of support documents were accepted. Meanwhile, the four other prospective candidates are not processed because two files were cancelled and two others were returned.

“There is no more chance if the document is returned because it does not meet the minimum amount of support,” said Commissioner of Bali Electoral Commission, Ni Putu Ayu Winariati, when asked for her confirmation on Friday (Apr. 27).

Based on the data of KPU Bali, the names of prospective candidate whose files were returned are A.A. Kartika Putra and Ida Bagus K. Susena, while the two names that did not deliver the file are Komang Takuaki Banuartha and I Gede Merta. According to Wina, the number of prospective candidate this time is fewer when compared to that of in 2014. However, in terms of composition, it is said to be more varied.

“There are two incumbents, a governor,

former regent as well as director of PD Pasar.

There are also figures of mass organizations, traditional figures and headman. Besides, there are also political party figures and artists. So, in my opinion, the composition is complete,” he explained.

Wina added the next stage is administrative and factual verification. Previously, her side has determined the pattern of verification that will involve the ranks Electoral Commission in the districts / municipality. However, the verification process just began on Sunday (Apr. 29) because on Saturday (Apr. 28) the Bali Electoral Commission focused on open debate activities of the candidate pair of Bali governor and deputy governor 2018.

“For administrative verification, if the

1. A.A. Gde Agung – former regent of Badung (3,145 supports) 2. Gede Lanang Darma Wiweka – musician (3,310) 3. I Gusti Ngurah Harta – spiritual activist (4,055) 4. I Ketut Suwardiana – politician (2,938) 5. I Gde Putu Satwika Yadnya – Director of PD Pasar Buleleng (2,476) 6. Made Mangku Pastika – Governor of Bali (3,080) 7. Ngurah Sugiarta (2,173) 8. Bagus Made Wirajaya (3,091) 9. I Ketut Putra Ismaya Jaya – mass organization (3,784) 10. Dewa Made Suamba Negara (2,647) 11. I Gede Ngurah Ambara Putra (3,879) 12. Shri I Gusti Ngurah Arya Wedakarna MWS – incumbent senator (5,077) 13. Ni Made Suastini – artist (6,204) 14. I Nyoman Sukrayasa (2,846) 15. Dewa Ayu Putu Sri Wigunawati – party figure (2,019) 16. A.A. Ngurah Oka Ratmadi – incumbent senator (2,874) 17. I Nengah Wiratha (2,627) 18. Ida Bagus Ketut Purbanegara – headman of Buduk (2,462) 19. I Nengah Manumudita – Chairman of the Indonesia Fishermen Association (HNSI) Bali (3,296) 20. I Wayan Adnyana (2,212) 21. I Gusti Made Ngurah (2,076) 22. H. Bambang Santoso (2,726) 23. Ni Made Ayu Sriwathi (2,263)

number of support is less than 2,000, there is an opportunity for the prospective candidates to complete the shortcomings. At least, they add the support in accordance with the deficiencies, if possible more that it.

If the number remains inadequate in the re-verification, the prospective candidates will be disqualified,” she explained.

In this process, continued Wina, double support will also be identified through the Information Systems of Individual Election Contestant (SIPPP). If there is internal double support, for example, a name counted for ten times in the support of the senator’s prospective candidate, it will be counted only one. Besides, the prospective candidate will also receive sanctions in the form of a reduction in the number of support as much as 50 times 9.

“We leave to candidate which supports to be removed. If the candidate does not remove it, we will do the deletion with the SIPPP system at random. Then, if there are false data, the support will also be reduced,” he added.

Wina continued, if there is external double support such as a name giving the support to more than one prospective candidate, it will not be subject to sanctions. However, the support of particular prospective candidate can be removed according to the results of factual verification in the district / municipality. In this case, the identity card owner will be interrogated which prospective candidate it supports.

“If the supporters declare their support to prospective candidate A, the support to prospective candidate B or C will be dropped,” she explained. Wina added that prospective candidates who pass the administrative verification and factual verification can proceed to the next stage of registering as a candidate of the DPD RI 2019. (kmb23)

ICOPE encourages land intensification for sustainable palm oil development NUSA DUA - The International Conference on Oil Palm and the Environment (ICOPE) 2018 has encouraged land intensification for sustainable palm oil development, in order to meet world food demand. “We are committed to stop deforestation,” President Director of Sinar Mas Agribusiness and Food, Franky Oesman Widjaja, stated here on Wednesday.

His company has supported the government`s program through its participation in the mentoring of

plasma farmers and villagers in oil palm replanting. It has provided counseling for farmers, who manage their land independently, to get qualified seeds and fertilizers and to practice sustainable farming and has helped them to get funding resource.

Oil palm land intensification is expected to double farmers` land productivity to six million tons per hectare. “For one million farmers, the income would increase to US$4 billion per year. This is amazing,” he remarked, adding that the intensifica-

tion program would save more land.

Widjaja stated that palm oil would become a solution to meet world oil demand. With the world population set to reach some 10 billion by 2045-2050, it would need additional 30-40 hectares of land and 200 million tons of vegetable oil, which is more efficient, compared to other vegetable oils. Soybean, for instance, would need some 400 million hectares of land and rapeseed some 285 million hectares to produce the same

amount of vegetable oil.

According to Widjaja, palm oil sustainability could be reached through the balance in economic chance, protection of the environment, and people`s prosperity as the key components in palm oil sector. The biennial event was attended by 400 speakers from 30 countries and representatives of farmers, activists, plantation owners, and experts.

Chairman of ICOPE 2018, JP Caliman, remarked that since its first

meeting in 2007, the conference has addressed issues on the environment impact of palm oil production and served as an unbiased sourced for sustainable palm oil production.

“For 11 years, three partners shared the same values for sustainable palm oil industry,” he added.

The three partners are Sinar Mas Agribusiness and Food, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Indonesia, and Cirad, the French agricultural research and international cooperation organization. (WDY)

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Monday, April 30, 2018 A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace on April 28, 2018, shows Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (C) and his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R), embracing two children while standing behind the logo for “Qiddiya”, an “entertainment city” spanning 334-square kilometres.

Actress’ ‘sex-forrent’ claim sparks debate in Ghana

ACCRA - An actress who said women needed men to take care of them has sparked fierce debate in Ghana and widened the focus about sexual harassment in the country.

Moesha Boduong said the economy was so bad in Ghana that she was forced to have a relationship with a married man in order to pay her bills.

“You just need someone to take care of you. You can’t make enough money as a woman here,” Boduong told CNN in an interview aired recently in the United States.

Boduong has since been pilloried by high-profile Ghanaians for her comment and quickly apologised, saying her experience was “not a reflection of what happens in most homes”.

But the interview struck a nerve in the conservative West African nation, where sexual harassment is an issue but is rarely talked about.

“Sex-for-marks” scandals regularly make the news in Ghana and in nearby Nigeria.

Nigerians are currently following the case of a female student who recorded a conversation with a university lecturer, who demanded sex in exchange for good marks.

The student says he failed her because she refused.

“The angst that has greeted this scandal is not misplaced,” columnist Monday Philips Ekpe wrote in the ThisDay newspaper on Friday.

“Stories about lecturers who seek to satisfy their sexual passion not minding the mental and emotional trauma their victims suffer are common.

“These unscrupulous men sometimes refer to the girls as ‘bush meat’.” (afp)

Saudi king launches building of entertainment mega-park

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RIYADH - Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has launched construction of an “entertainment city” near Riyadh, part of a series of multi-billion dollar projects aimed at helping the oil-dependent kingdom diversify its economy.

The project is part of a sweeping reform and investment programme dubbed “Vision 2030”, the brainchild of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who also attended the launch ceremony at the site on Saturday evening.

Authorities have touted the 334square kilometre (130 square mile) project in Qiddiya, southwest of the capital, as the kingdom’s answer to Disneyland.

Its first phase, which includes high-end theme parks, motor sport facilities and a safari area, is expected to be completed in 2022, officials

say. They hope the park will draw in foreign investment and attract 17 million visitors by 2030.

The kingdom this month hosted its first public film screening in over 35 years, having lifted a decadeslong ban on cinemas last year.

In February, Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority said it would stage more than 5,000 festivals and concerts in 2018, double last year’s figure, and pump $64 billion (53 billion euros) into the sector in the coming decade.

Saudis currently splurge billions of dollars annually to see films and

visit amusement parks in neighbouring tourist hubs like Dubai and Bahrain. The kingdom has also sought to court investors with three hi-tech “giga projects”, funded in part by its sovereign wealth fund.

Aside from Qiddiya, the kingdom has unveiled blueprints for NEOM -- billed as a regional Silicon Valley to be built from scratch -- and a reef-fringed resort destination on the Red Sea. Skeptics have questioned the viability of the projects, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, in an era of cheap oil. (afp)

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Demonstrators hold a banner reading in Basque “There is no one who judges our opinion” during a protest in Pamplona on April 28, 2018 after five men, accused of gang raping a woman at Pamplona’s bull-running festival, were sentenced to nine years in jail for “sexual abuse,” avoiding the more serious charge of rape. The men, aged 27 to 29 who called themselves “the pack”, had been accused of raping the woman, then aged 18, at the entrance to an apartment building in Pamplona on July 7, 2016, at the start of the week-long San Fermin festival, which draws tens of thousands of visitors.

Tens of thousands protest in Spain over gang rape acquittal

Tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets of Pamplona on Saturday to protest against the acquittal of five men accused of gang raping an 18-year-old woman at the city’s bull-running festival. Demonstrators have filled streets across the country since the court ruling on Thursday, leading Spain’s conservative government to say it will consider changing rape laws.

The men were acquitted of sexual assault, which includes rape, and sentenced to nine years for the lesser offence of sexual abuse.

In Pamplona itself, police said that “between 32,000 and 35,000 people” took part in a demonstration on Saturday, rallying under the slogan “it’s not sexual abuse, it’s rape”.

Thousands of women marched together with their hands raised at the protest, which police said passed off peacefully. Ana Botin, the influential head of Santander, one of Spain’s biggest banks, tweeted that the ruling was “a step

back for women’s security” while former judge Manuela Carmena, now Madrid mayor, said it “does not meet women’s demand for justice.”

The men, aged 27 to 29, had been accused of raping the woman at the entrance to an apartment building in Pamplona on July 7, 2016, at the start of the week-long San Fermin festival, which draws tens of thousands of visitors.

The five, all from the southern city of Seville, filmed the incident with their smartphones and then bragged about it on a WhatsApp messaging group where they re-

ferred to themselves as “La Manada”, or “The Pack” in English.

- Online petition An online petition calling for the disqualification of the judges who passed the sentence gathered more than 1.2 million signatures by Saturday. The issue also hogged the headlines of newspapers all around the country and an order of Carmelite nuns added their voices to the wave of condemnation of the court judgement.

Under Spain’s criminal code, evidence of violence or intimidation must exist for the offence of rape to

be proved. But that was a legal nuance that was “not always easy to establish,” top-selling daily El Pais wrote in an editorial. It “leads to the painful question of just how much a person needs to fight to avoid being raped without risking getting killed, and still get recognised as a victim of a serious attack against sexual freedom while ensuring that the perpetrators do not enjoy impunity,” the newspaper said.

In their ruling, the judges said that “it is indisputable that the plaintiff suddenly found herself in a narrow and hidden place, surrounded by five older, thick-bodied males who left her overwhelmed and unresponsive.

“The videos show the plaintiff surrounded and stuck against the wall by two of the accused... she has an absent grimace, and keeps her eyes closed,” they added.

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