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Image: Sand dredging being questioned. Credit: www.vanoord.com People living on the south Bali coast are beginning to wonder what’s going on with the sand dredging boats off-shore working day and [...]

Image: This map shows the earthquakes from August 5 to August 19. Credit: BMKG Four earthquakes above magnitude 5 RS rocked Lombok island and surrounding areas on Sunday night (08/19/2018), in a [...]

Here’s a story for daydreamers on a wet, kind of miserable Hari Merdeka afternoon in Bali. According to Airbnb, the facilities and the price are at the forefront for most travelers when choosing [...]

Image: Golose donates to Lombok. Credit: bali.polri.go.id Bali Polda is doing what they can to help Lombok earthquake victims.  Seven trucks of donations were officially sent by the Head of Bali [...]

Image: Indonesian passport. Credit: Stock ST The story of a Nigerian man, Charles George Albert or Komang Eli Agus Hermanto, coming unstuck with immigration was already a long time in the making, [...]

Image: Donations arriving in North Lombok. Credit: Earthquake Relief Updates Bounty Cruise and Patagonia Express will deliver donations from tourism businessmen, organizations, State Owned [...]

Image: Beware pickpockets. Credit: Indianexpress.com Kuta police continue pursuing thieves who target foreigners around the Ground Zero site on Jalan Legian, Kuta. Two more snatchers, Hamson, 32, [...]

Image:  Justice. Credit: ST Three Turkish men, Tayfun Koc, 36, Dogan Kimis, 43, and Mehmet Ali Mentes, 29, were sentenced to two years in jail for skimming an ATM machine. The trial began when [...]

English tourist Suzy Brown has done an excellent job compiling a comprehensive list of ways for you to donate to or help the Lombok Earthquake relief charities. Suzy told ST, “I got the [...]

Image: Bamboo domes built in North Lombok. Credit: T. Chee. We spoke with Trev Chee from the Mentigi Relief Effort [MRF] earlier today about what the next move is going to be in North Lombok and [...]