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Wilde’s struggle has echoes in some countries today, says ”Happy Prince” director Everett

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BERLIN - British actor Rupert Everett said his Berlinale entry about the exile of Irish playwright Oscar Wilde in the 1890s was an expression of homosexuals’ tragedy which is still present in some parts of the world today. “The Happy Prince”, written and directed by Everett, is a biography of Wilde’s exile in Paris after he was convicted of gross indecency in 1895 for having sex with a man during a Victorian clampdown on homosexuality. Everett, who also plays the leading role, said Wilde’s story illustrates the struggle of people turned into outcasts for their sexuality that was still happening in some countries such as Russia, Uganda and India. “The slow motion assassination of Oscar Wilde from the moment he went to prison to the moment he died is a story that possibly goes on in some parts of the world, still,” Everett told Reuters TV. In the “Happy Prince”, Wilde - the most popular playwright in London in his time remembers his old life, plays, fame and family, before being imprisoned for two years of labour. Once released, humiliated and sick, the film tracks Wilde’s move to Paris, from where he never returned to Britain. Prison and exile could not stop Wilde’s free

spirit. He resumes his destructive affair with the flamboyant young Lord Douglas, who eventually abandons him. Only a few devoted friends stay with Wilde when his sickness prevents him from producing any more work. He dies penniless, away from his children, but not alone. Homosexual acts were not decriminalised in England until 1967. In 2017, thousands of gay and bisexual men who were convicted of crimes under former sexual offence laws, including Wilde, were pardoned. “It’s a typical example of English grandeur that it is using the wrong word because ‘pardoned’ is not what’s necessary, ‘apology’ is really necessary,” Everett said. However, Everett believed his film showed how far some countries have come in accepting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in such a short time. “It’s a story that could give us a certain elation that we made such a journey from 100 years until now, where we have such freedoms,” he added. (rtr)

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Director,actor and screenwriter Rupert Everett and actress Emily Watson pose during a photocall to promote the movie The Happy Prince at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 17, 2018.

Film at Berlin festival shows 2011 massacre on Norwegian island

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Director and executive producer Erik Poppe and cast members pose during a photocall to promote the movie Utoya 22.juli (U - Jully 22) at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 19, 2018.

BERLIN - Director Erik Poppe says his latest film is part of the healing process in the aftermath of one of Norway’s most horrifying events - the massacre of 69 people, many of them teenagers, at a youth camp on the island of Utoya. Poppe’s “U-July 22”, premiering at the Berlin film festival, is a retelling of the shootings by a far-right gunman on July 22, 2011. Filmed on another island close to Utoya in one take, it follows “Kaja” - a fictional teenager as she runs for her life through woods, along beaches and in the sea. The audience sees her desperately searching for her younger sister, comforting a dying teenager and singing to herself as she cowers in fear against a cliff. Shots ring out, but the gunman is only fleetingly visible, from

a distance. Poppe said some had criticised his movie as coming too soon, but young survivors of the attack had told him he should not wait. “I would say that if it doesn’t hurt to watch this movie then it’s too late, so I would say for sure it’s hard but it’s also a part of the healing process,” Poppe said at a news conference. “We decided to make fiction for ethical reasons so the parents, sisters and brothers don’t need to see and think: Is that my sister or my brother? Is that my daughter?” he said, adding that psychologists had been on location to help actors and residents of the island where it was filmed. “Looking around Europe today, realising neo-fascism is growing day by day, we need to remember what

took place out on that island, what right-wing extremism can look like.” Survivor Ingrid Marie Vaag Endrerud said at the news conference the film’s story was one many Norwegians found impossible to tell. “When I try to explain what I experienced, I am only able to tell it from a distance and that’s where film and the art of film can tell a story another way that writing or speaking cannot,” she said. “This is hate in its purest form and as society we have to stand against it.” Andrea Berntzen, 19, who plays Kaja, remembers being scared at the news of the massacre when she was 12. When she heard about the making of the film she initially felt it was too soon, but later changed her mind. (rtr)

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Demonstrators lay on the ground at a rally for gun control outside of the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. February 19, 2018 in this still image from video.

U.S. students plan protests, Washington march, to demand gun control after mass shooting

PARKLAND - Stunned by the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history, students mobilized across the country on Sunday to organize rallies and a national walkout in support of stronger gun laws, challenging politicians they say have failed to protect them. Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a former student is accused of murdering 17 people on Wednesday using an assault-style rifle, joined others on social media to plan the events, including a Washington march. “I felt like it was our time to take a stand,” said Lane Murdock, 15, of Connecticut. “We’re the ones in these schools, we’re the ones who are having shooters come into our classrooms and our spaces.” Murdock, who lives 20 miles (32 km) from Sandy Hook Elementary School where 20 children and six adults were shot to death five years ago, drew more than 50,000 signatures on an online petition on Sunday calling on students to walk out of their high schools on April 20. Instead of going to classes, she urged her fellow students to stage protests on the 19th anniversary of an earlier mass shooting at Colum-

bine High School in Colorado. Students from the Florida high school are planning a “March for Our Lives” in Washington on March 24 to call attention to school safety and ask lawmakers to enact gun control. They also plan to rally for gun control, mental health issues and school safety on Wednesday in Tallahassee, the state capital. The students were expected to meet with a lawmaker who is seeking to ban the sale of assault-style weapons like the AR-15 allegedly used in the school shooting. The demands for change by many still too young to vote has inflamed the country’s long-simmering debate between advocates for gun control and gun ownership. Students from the Florida school have lashed out at political leaders, including Republican President Donald Trump, for inaction on the issue. Many criticized Trump

for insensitivity after he said in a weekend Twitter post that the FBI may have been too distracted with a Russia probe to follow leads that could have prevented the massacre. “You can’t blame the bureaucracy for this when it’s you, Mr. President, who’s overall responsible,” David Hogg, an 18-year-old Douglas senior, said in a phone interview. ’LISTENING SESSION’ The White House said Trump planned to host “a listening session” with high school students and teachers on Wednesday, but did not specify which students or school would be involved. Democratic leaders vowed to redouble efforts to fight the nation’s powerful gun lobby to reduce violence from firearms. “We’re the adults. We’re the leaders in this country who are supposed to keep our children safe - and again and again, our country has let

them down,” Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez said on Twitter. The suspect in the Parkland shooting, Nikolas Cruz, 19, faces multiple murder charges in the deaths of 14 students and three staff members, and the wounding of more than a dozen others in a rampage that eclipsed Columbine as the country’s worst mass shooting at a high school. Cruz was reported to have been investigated by police and state officials as far back as 2016 after slashing his arm in a social media video, and saying he wanted to buy a gun. Authorities determined, however, he was receiving sufficient support, newspapers said on Saturday. In addition, the Federal Bureau of Investigation admitted on Friday that it failed to investigate a warning that Cruz possessed a gun and the desire to kill. A couple who opened their home to Cruz after his mother’s recent death saw no signs he was planning a rampage, according to the Sun Sentinel in south Florida.

Kimberly and James Snead told the newspaper they knew Cruz had guns, and that they made him lock them in a safe. They thought they had the only key, they said. Cruz faces charges that could bring the death penalty. Prosecutors have not yet said if they will seek capital punishment. Four people still hospitalized with wounds from the shooting were in fair condition on Sunday, a spokeswoman for the Broward Health system said. School officials in Broward County said on Sunday they were aiming to have staff return to the high school campus by the end of the week. They did not say when classes would resume. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Leko dance of Sibang Gede certified as of cultural heritage

Entrepreneur will flourish in supportive business climate

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DENPASAR - The business climate of Indonesia, especially in Bali, is currently very supportive of entrepreneurship. Unlike the previous leadership that only encouraged people to work for others, the current government is very supportive of entrepreneurs.

Chairman of TDA Bali Community, Hendra W Saputro, said that only 2 percent of Indonesians are recorded as being entrepreneurs. The percentage of entrepreneurs is higher in places like Malaysia ,Singapore and America. During a press conference for the Entrepreneurial Party Bali 2018, it was stated that: “our education system has no content about becoming an entrepreneur, we are trained to be workers”. Under the leadership of President Jokowi however, efforts are being made to encourage entrepreneurship by providing incentives. For instance, the Ministry of Research and Technology and Higher Education has a business incubator program for universities / colleges, the Ministry of Cooperatives has a people’s business credit (KUR) program, et cetera. Statesowned enterprises (SOEs) are also keen to encourage entrepreneurship. The PLN has a creative house and Telkom has opened blanja.com as digital market place.

“This is meant to stimulate entrepreneurship to grow even bigger”, he said. Currently, infrastructures has been set up and both government policies and the private sector are supporting entrepreneurship. Many universities are also providing a some education in entrepreneurship. The government is also issuing grants and easing access to credit for people wanting to start businesses. “Hopefully conditions can improve both from the government’s side and on the side of the public”, he said. The TDA has also created a syllabus for entrepreneurial skills. education in entrepreneurship. The entrepreneurial climate is slowly improving, as seen by Bali’s TDA which has a 25-30 percent self -employed rate. “This could be seen as a positive indicator of an increase in entrepreneurs in Bali”, they said. However, 2017 did see a slowdown in business with 40 percent of TDA Bali’s businesses experiencing sluggishness. Given that 60 percent of Bali’s economy relies on tourism, the eruption of Mount Agung hampered the growth of small businesses. The TDa is holding the entrepreneurial party to help businesses recover, part of this event will include displaying products made by Mount Agung evacuees. (kmb42)

Turtle egg hatchery in Legian eagerly anticipated MANGUPURA - Turtles having been hatching their eggs on Kuta and Legian Beaches for a very long time. Soon Legian Beach will however have its very own turtle hatchery which many local residents are excited about. According to Chief of Beach Management of Legian Customary Village (PPDAL), Wayan Suarta, Legian Bach has long been a natural turtle hatching area but that the rescued eggs here have been brought to the hatchery in Kuta. Soon these eggs can be protected on Legian Beach in the new hatchery which can also

serve to attract tourists. “We will coordinate with the WWF and other third parties who will help support the turtle releases”, he added. Headman of Legian, Made Madiya Suryanatha, confirmed that the idea of creating a hatchery came from the fact that currently many turtles naturally lay their eggs on Legian Beach. People often encounter the eggs, especially near Padma Beach. “The customary village came up with the idea of creating our own hatchery”, he said, adding that it can also serve as a tourist attraction and show that Legian cares about the environment. (kmb23)

BALI has become known worldwide for its arts, particularly its traditional dances. Balinese traditional dances are divided into three categories; wali (sacred dance), bebali (semi-sacred dance) and balih-balihan (entertainment dance) that support the needs of customs and religion. On December 5, 2015, the UNESCO named nine Balienese dances from all three types as intangible cultural heritage of Indonesia. The sacred dance consist of the Rejang, Sanghyang Dedari and Baris Upacara; the semi-sacred dances Gambuh, Wayang Wong and Sidakarya Mask; and the entertainment dances Legong Keraton, Joged Bumbung and Barong Ket Kuntisraya. The Joged Bumbung dance was developed out of the ancient Joged in terms of both gamelan accompaniment and repertoire. Other dances that fall into the category of entertainment dances are the Leko, Joged Pingitan, Joged Gudegan and Gandrung. The Leko dance accompanied by bamboo rindik instruments is very rare and only certain regions of Bali like Sibang Gede (Badung), Tunjuk and Baturiti (Tabanan) and Pendem (Jembrana) each with their own particular style. still practice this dance, with their own particular styles. The Leko dance from Sibang Gede is characterized by its legong style, both in terms of the gamelan accompaniment and treasures of dance movements. The Leko of Sibang Gede has four distinct parts before the main dancer (Pangibing) appears. They are: the condong, kupu-kupu tarum, goak manjus and onte each with distinct dance movements. “The condong is performed by a single dancer with abstract movements and legong style. The kupu-kupu tarum tells the story of a pair of butterflies sucking nectar from flowers. The goak manjus depicts a pair of crows bathing and the onte tells of a young couple making love, wearing hats. After the show, the audience is invited to dance ibing-ibingan with one of the dancers. This dance has existed since the 1930s and became very popular in the 1950’2 around North Badung“, explained Leko dance instructor A.A. Ayu Kusuma Arini, on Monday (Feb. 19). This retired dancer and lecturer at the ISI Denpasar said that the Leko dance has seen its ups and downs as it was not very well known outside of Badung. However dedicated residents of Parekan Hamlet, Sibang Gede faithfully preserved this rare dance as a unique heritage that entertains the public. Harini further explained that since 1985 has been revived with new musical interpretations and dance movements as few people dance this dance. In December 1999 the Leko of Sibang Gede was revived again by the Cempaka Sari Leko troupe with a new rindik gamelan instrument donated by the government of Badung. They performed for the Listibya Bali, presenting their distinct dances accompanied by gamelan music played by young musicians.. On that occasion, the troupe received the Pramana Patram Budaya, a certificate of stage-worthiness because the dance and accompaniment are still preserved. “The experience in stage performance, other than for entertainment at Sibang Gede, some important events followed by Leko during our coaching in 1993 include the village competition representing Badung district, Legong Festival held by the Walter Spies Foundation in 1995, several performances at the Bali Arts Festival starting in 1994 and entertaining foreign tourists”, said Kusuma Arini. Besides, under the guidance of Kusuma Arini, in the third week of December 2017, Leko of Sibang Gede received a certificate from the Minister of Education and Culture specifying that the Leko cultural work of the Province of Bali Province is an official Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia. “This classical dance with its own uniqueness should get continuous support from relevant institutions as the pride of Badung district,” she concluded. (win)

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U.N. chief urges global rules for cyber warfare

LISBON - U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Monday for global rules to minimize the impact of electronic warfare on civilians as massive cyber attacks look likely to become the first salvoes in future wars.

Computer hackers, many of them believed to be state-sponsored groups, last year disrupted multinational firms, ports and public services on an unprecedented scale around the world, raising awareness of the issue. Last week, U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians and three Russian companies on charges of conducting a criminal and espionage conspiracy using social media to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election. “Episodes of cyber warfare between states already exist. What is worse is that there is no regulatory scheme for that type of warfare, it is not clear how the Geneva Convention or international humanitarian law applies to it,” Guterres said in a speech to his alma mater, the University of Lisbon. “I am absolutely convinced that, differently from the great battles of the past, which opened with a

A Finnish tourist dies as rolled up by waves

barrage of artillery or aerial bombardment, the next war will begin with a massive cyber attack to destroy military capacity... and paralyse basic infrastructure such as the electric networks.” He offered the United Nations as a platform where various players from scientists to governments could meet and work out such rules “to guarantee a more humane character” of any conflict involving information technology and, more broadly, to keep the internet as “an instrument in the service of good”. Addressing professors and engineers after receiving the university’s honorary degree, Guterres urged them to contribute to the process, which had to run much faster than before. Traditional ways of working out such rules could take decades - too slow for the rapidly changing technology scene. A group of NATO allies said last year they were drawing up cyber warfare principles to guide their militaries on what justifies deploying cyber attack weapons more broadly, aiming for agreement by early 2019. Some NATO allies believe shutting down an enemy power plant through a cyber attack could be more effective than air strikes. (rtr)

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Computer hackers, many of them believed to be state-sponsored groups, last year disrupted multinational firms, ports and public services on an unprecedented scale around the world, raising awareness of the issue.

MANGUPURA — A Finnish citizen, Pitkan Ville Juhani, 36, was rolled up by waves when swimming on Berawa Beach, North Kuta, on Sunday (Feb. 18). The rescue efforts have been done by residents and tourists but the victim breathed his last. Badung Police officers said the incident on Berawa Beach precisely occurred in front of the Hotel LV-8 at 17:15. Based on testimonies of witnesses, around 17:00 local time, the victim staying at Nyoman Guest House on Jalan Pantai Berawa Gang Batun Kepuh, North Kuta, was swimming to the sea precisely in front of Hotel LV-8. At that time, the victim was swept away by sea currents and rolled up by big waves causing him to sink. Seeing the incident, a number residents and foreign tourists tried the help the victim by using surf

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boards. “The victim was successfully evacuated from the middle of the sea in unconscious state. When evacuated, the victim’s position looked up,” said the officer. Afterward, the victim’s body was raised to the surf board and taken to the beach. When arriving on the beach, some foreign tourists were trying to provide artificial breathing assistance. A few minutes later, a medical officer from Canggu Medical arrived at the scene. After the examination, the victim was declared to have died. The victim’s body was then taken to Sanglah Hospital. “Well, such incident is true to happen. Our members are still examining the witnesses,” said Chief of North Kuta Police Criminal Investigation Unit, I Putu Ika Prabawa, when asked for his confirmation related to the incident. (kmb27)

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The German military has no intention of acquiring autonomous weapons.

The occupancy of home stay in the Ubud area has entered 50 percent.

German military has no plans to acquire robot weapons - general

MUNICH - The German military has no intention of acquiring autonomous weapons, decried as “killer robots” by critics, the head of Germany’s fledgling cyber command said on Thursday. Lieutenant General Ludwig Leinhos, who heads the new Cyber and Information Space Command set up in April 2017, made the comment during a discussion about artificial intelligence on the sidelines of the annual Munich Security Conference. “We have a very clear position. We have no intention of procuring ... autonomous systems,” Leinhos said. He said the German military needed to prepare to defend against such weapons if they were used by other countries, but had no plans to obtain such weapons itself. Leinhos said a broader political and legal discussion was needed on the issue, which has been in the spotlight amid rapid gains in technology that could enable more autonomous use of drones and other weapons. Mary Wareham, who coordinates the Campaign to Stop Killer

Robots, told the panel 22 countries had already agreed to support a ban on autonomous weapons, and her group was trying to raise more awareness about the issue. She said it was important to ensure continued “human control” of weapons systems, and agreements were urgently needed given how quickly technology was evolving. “This is a game-changing technology. This is something we can do something about,” Wareham said. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a former Danish prime minister and former secretary general of NATO, told the panel he strongly believed in preventing the production and use of such weapons, which he expects to create more instability. “The use of AI and robots in warfare will drastically speed up combat,” Rasmussen said. “Soon, you may see swarms of robots attacking a country ... .The robots can be easily deployed, they don’t get tired, they don’t get bored.” He said NATO needed to revamp its slow decision-making process to respond to the new, much fastermoving challenges. (rtr)

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After alert status of Mount Agung lowered

Homestay occupancy in Ubud attains 50 percent

GIANYAR — After the alert status of Mount Agung in Karangasem was reduced from warning to watch, tourist visits to Bali continues to increase. Moreover, the occupancy of home stay in the Ubud area has entered 50 percent. This condition is predicted to increase before the implementation of cremation at Ubud Palace scheduled to be held in early March.

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The rescue efforts have been done by residents and tourists but the victim breathed his last.

Chairman of the Ubud Homestay Association (UHSA), I.B. Wiryawan, said on Sunday (Feb. 18) that when the natural disaster of Mount Agung took place, tourist visit had indeed dropped sharply. Moreover, the homestay occupancy had touched 20 percent. “The most severe happened when the airport was closed,” he said. A few months after the incident, tourist arrivals to Bali, particularly to Ubud, continues to improve.

This condition can also be observed from the density of traffic and tourists passing in the tourism village. “Currently, the occupancy has touched the range of 45-50 percent,” he said. The man familiarly addressed as Gus De Wiryawan estimated that after the decline of the alert status of Mount Agung, it took two to three months for recovery, but he hoped to be faster. “If it can be faster, certainly it would be better. The activities in Ubud can run normally again and it is also important for the workforce,” he added. He added that around the tourist kampong of Ubud there are approximately 340 homestays with a total of around 2,000 rooms. Well, now some rooms in every homestay in Ubud have been occupied. This condition is also expected to increase before the implementation of cremation in Ubud Palace which has often become a magnet to attract tourists. “So far, it indeed does not have an impact, but we are still waiting for another week to see the response,” he said. (kmb35)

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Beware of ten-year cycle in banking sector

Billionaire jeweller denies involvement in huge Indian bank fraud-lawyer

DENPASAR — The 10-year cycle overwhelming the banking sector of Indonesia since 1998 and repeating again in 2008 is likely to affect banking sector in Bali. When referring to the ten-year cycle, it should happen again in 2018 and a kind of banking crisis will possibly happen.

Causa Iman Karana

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An economic analyst, Nyoman Sender, said the crisis in the banking sector in particular started to be seen from the sluggish growth of banking industry as marked by a worsening NPL and slowing down credit growth, although fund collection remains quite positive. The property sector having not fully recovered will be aggravated by the eruption of Mount Agung. Meanwhile, the tourism sector directly affected will influence the banking sector in Bali. “Probably, it is not as bad as the crisis of previous years. However, if the bank management is less careful, let alone be less competent and have no integrity, I am worried the 10-year cycle will

affect the banking sector in Bali,” he said on Sunday (Feb. 18). Chief of Bali Representative Office of Bank Indonesia, Causa Iman Karana, explained that there is indeed a business cycle. However, the time cannot be specified. The business cycle is the rise and fall of economic growth occurred over time. This cycle is a useful tool for analyzing the economy and helps make better financial decisions. Each business cycle has four phases, namely expansion, peak, contraction and trough. These phases do not occur periodically. However, the phases have a recognizable indicator. Instead he saw if this year it leads to an expansionary phase. (kmb42)

Japanese taken to Tabanan Social Services as often runs amok

TABANAN — Rana Furusawa, a Japanese citizen who has become an Indonesian citizen, was secured by Kerambitan Police and then submitted to Tabanan Social Services on Monday (Feb. 19). It happens because this 51-year-old woman frequently runs amok in the area of her boarding house at Griya Loka, Kutuh Kelod, Samsam, Kerambitan subdistrict. As the information compiled, Rana Furusawa has lived alone for almost two years after divorcing from her husband from Jembrana. Due to depression, she often hits to break the glass of car belonging to residents in the housing complex. Being worried about the safety of local residents, finally the woman was taken to the social services for further handling. When met at the office of the Tabanan Social Services, Rana Furusawa looked thin and less well groomed. It was unclear what she said. Occasionally she laughed to herself and when attempted to communicate, she often did not make sense even though she could speak Bahasa Indonesia. Head of the Tabanan Social Services, I Nyoman Gede Gunawan, said the Japanese woman having long lived in Indonesia was taken by two police officers from Kerambitan Police, around 09:00 because she was caught running amok around her boarding house at Samsam village. “In accordance with field information, she also suffers from mental disorders but it is not known for sure about the background. When talking to her, her speech does not make sense,” said Gunawan.

From the examination of the identity document she brings, the woman has the address at the Seminyak Asri Housing No. 45, Jalan Kunti, Seminyak village, Kuta subdistrict. “When speaking to her, she can understand a little Indonesian but the key point is unclear so it’s difficult to be understood,” he said. After making coordination with the provincial social services, it was advised to bring the concerned woman to Japanese consular office. “Actually we want to bring her but it is not yet acceptable. We will find the solution first together with the Provincial Social Services. Then, we leave her first at the House of Social Protection,” said Gunawan. Meanwhile, Chief of Kerambitan Police, I Wayan Suana, explained that Rana Furusawa was reported to subdistrict police on Saturday (Feb. 17) by residents because she is considered troubling. Then, he brought Rana Furusawa to Kerambitan Police. However, when asked, her response was unclear and difficult to understand. However, when asking for something like food, for example, she will write it. “Her speech is usually difficult to understand,” he said. According to information from a number of residents, Rana Furusawa has lived alone in her boarding house at Giri Loka for two years. Moreover, she is difficult to recognize her family clearly. “According to people, she (Rana) is in depression. Sometimes, she laughs at herself and talks to herself but her speech is not clear,” said Suana. Considering the address on her identity card shows she is a resident of Seminyak, Badung, finally after

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U.S. and South Korea marines eat local fruits and vegetables during a jungle survival exercise as part of the “Cobra Gold 2018” (CG18) joint military exercise, at a military base in Chonburi province, Thailand, February 19, 2018.

S.Korea to announce joint military drill plan with U.S. before April

SEOUL - South Korea and the United States will announce plans before April for a postponed joint military drill, South Korea’s defence minister said on Tuesday. Seoul and Washington had agreed to postpone the regular joint military exercise until after the Winter Olympics and Paralympics being hosted in South Korea, which end on March 18.

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Rana Furusawa, a Japanese citizen who has become an Indonesian citizen, was secured by Kerambitan Police and then submitted to Tabanan Social Services. coordination, Kerambitan Police suggest to bring her to Tabanan Social Services. Hopefully, the Tabanan Social Services can bring her to the Bali Social Services so that she can be forwarded to Badung Social Services. At the same time, there was a displaced woman taken to the Social Services on Monday (Feb. 19) around 10:30. Her name is Hatija, 66, from Madura, brought by online taxi to Tabanan Police and forwarded to Social Services. Based on the reference from the Tabanan Police to the Tabanan

Social Services, Hatija came to the Integrated Police Service Center (SPKT) of Tabanan Police. She claimed to have been deceived by her neighbor named Irma from Fagudu village, Sanana subdistrict, Sula Islands, North Maluku. Hatija was promised to get a job in Bali. Moreover, she was asked for money amounting to IDR 2,500,000 for the cost of accommodation or purchase airline tickets and online taxi service by Irma. Besides, Irma promised to pick her up by an online taxi and will be escorted to her workplace. However, when arriving in Bali

on Thursday (Feb. 15), her promise did not come true where Hatija was not directly taken to her workplace so the online taxi took her to Tabanan Police. Realizing to have been cheated and has no money, she also asked for help an online taxi driver named Aprianto so she can return to her hometown. Then, she was escorted to Tabanan Police. Currently, Hatija has been taken to the House of Social Protection at Tuakilang hamlet, Denbantas village, Tabanan. “We are still discussing first about the problem of Hatija,” said Gunawan. (kmb28)

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After the decision to delay the joint exercise, North Korea agreed to hold the first official talks with South Korea in more than two years and send athletes to the Winter Games, easing a standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes. Asked when the two countries will hold the postponed drill, Song Youngmoo told parliament he and his U.S. counterpart, Jim Mattis, would make an announcement between March 18 and the start of April. “The exercise was postponed according to the spirit of the Olympics,” Song said. “We have agreed to uphold the basis until after the Paralympics... and not to confirm nor deny anything regarding what we would do after that until we announce it”. Song added inter-Korean talks had not come about as a direct result of the postponed drill. Pyongyang has warned it would not sit idle if the United States and South Korea push ahead with the postponed military exercises. North Korea denounces the drills as preparations to invade it, and it has at times conducted missile tests or taken other aggressive action in

response. The South Korean and U.S. militaries usually hold military exercises called Key Resolve and Foal Eagle in March and April, which can involve as many as 17,000 U.S. troops and more than 300,000 South Koreans. South Korea’s Unification Minister Cho Myong-gyon said talks to stage the postponed military drill were moving forward. “I’m aware negotiations are moving towards a direction where the drills will be held,” Cho said in a separate parliamentary session on Tuesday, without elaborating. A restart of the joint drill is an “act of ruthlessly trampling even a small sprout of peace that has been now seen on the Korean peninsula”, the North’s official KCNA news agency said in a commentary on Monday. “It is a provocative act of chilling the active efforts of the DPRK and enthusiasm of the international community to defuse tension and create a peaceful environment”. North Korea’s official name is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Tensions on the Korean peninsula

have eased since last year resulting in inter-Korean talks and the North sending a high-level delegation led by Kim Yo Jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, and athletes to the Winter Olympics. South Korea has also floated the idea of co-hosting the 2021 Asian Winter Games with North Korea, and a North Korean official said on Tuesday this may be possible, reported the South’s Yonhap news agency. North Korea may make the North’s Masikryong ski resort available for the Games, said Chang Ung, the North’s representative on the International Olympic Committee. The host city for the 2021 event has not yet been decided. Speaking to a Yonhap reporter at an airport in Beijing, the Chinese capital, Chang said it would be easier for the two sides to co-host the 2021 Asian Winter Games because there is less competition to host them, compared to the Olympics. As to how that could come about, Chang declined to say, according to Yonhap. He was on his way back to North Korea after observing the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. (rtr)

NEW DELHI - Indian billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, one of the prime accused in the country’s largest ever bank fraud, denies allegations levelled against him by Punjab National Bank (PNB), his lawyer said on Tuesday. “There is nothing, there is nothing in it,” Vijay Aggarwal, a lawyer representing Modi, told Reuters, referring to the police complaint filed by PNB that alleges that companies linked to Modi and one of his relatives received credit worth nearly $1.8 billion between 2011 and 2017 using false guarantees supplied by two bank officials. Aggarwal, speaking by telephone, declined to comment on where Modi was. Indian officials are on the lookout for Modi and his family, who police say left India in January prior to the case being filed. “Everything is documented,” Aggarwal said of Modi’s dealings with PNB, adding that the state-owned bank had regularly levied fees on its dealings with the jeweller’s firms. Asked about his legal strategy, Aggarwal said: “Until there is no chargesheet, there is no strategy. When there is a chargesheet, there will be a strategy.” According to a police complaint by PNB, the two officials at a Mumbai branch of the bank steered fraudulent loans to companies linked to Modi and entities tied to jewellery retailer Gitanjali Gems, which is led by Modi’s uncle, Mehul Choksi. “They are covering themselves up,” Aggarwal said of the complaint. “They want to avoid liability ... that is why they are cooking up this story.” Choksi, who has also left the country, has not commented. Gitanjali, in a stock exchange filing, has denied Choksi’s involvement in the alleged fraud. Five bank officials, including the two at the Mumbai branch, have been arrested. The fraud case has stunned financial markets and it sent PNB shares tumbling for a fifth straight trading day on Tuesday. Shares in PNB, which has shed nearly a third of its market value since disclosing the fraud, were down 3.5 percent in early trading after rating agency Fitch placed the bank on negative watch. Later, Moody’s also placed the bank’s ratings under review for a downgrade. Separately, in a letter to PNB officials, Modi stated that his companies owe the bank under 50 billion rupees ($775.25 million), much lower than the amount alleged by the bank. He also said PNB has jeopardized its chances of recovering the sums owed by going public with its allegations. (rtr)

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Terteran and Gebug Ende

MADRID - Widely credited with steering Spain through its worst recession in decades, its outgoing Economy Minister Luis de Guindos will hope to bring pragmatism and tenacity to the European Central Bank when he takes over as vice president in June. Some EU lawmakers opposed his appointment, ratified on Monday by euro zone finance ministers, fearing the nomination of a politician could affect the bank’s independence. without ever having run for political office on a PP ticket. Addressing the European Parliament last week, de Guindos said that having been part of government or maintaining a certain political affiliation “does not imply any impairment of the defence of the independence of the monetary authorities.” CRISIS MANAGEMENT A photo taken of de Guindos in 2012 with the hands of the then Eurogroup president, Jean-Claude Juncker, jokingly around his neck at a ministerial meeting shows the stress Spain was under at the height of the euro zone crisis, when it was seen as the next likely candidate for a sovereign bailout. De Guindos oversaw the resignation of compatriot Rodrigo Rato, then chairman of deeply-indebted lender Bankia and a former International Monetary Fund managing director. Since then Bankia, at the centre of the 41.3 billion euro banking bailout that Spain took in 2012, has recovered and is gradually trying to reduce its public ownership. With de Guindos at the economy ministry helm, European authorities orchestrated a rescue of Spain’s

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Spain’s outgoing Economy Minister Luis de Guindos greets European Central Bank (ECB) Vice President Vitor Constancio during an European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, February 20, 2018. then sixth-biggest lender, Banco Popular, in early June 2017. That was the first time a euro zone bank was wound down since the ECB became the single supervisor for the bloc’s top 120 banks in November 2014. At a time when the ECB is working on new measures targeting soured loans on bank balance sheets, de Guindos can also be credited

with helping Spain’s financial sector reduce its non-performing loan rate to less than 8 percent. In addition to his professional credential, de Guindos’ ECB candidacy might also have been aided by the fact that Spain, the euro zone’s fourth-largest economy, has had no representative on the bank’s executive board since Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo’s term

ended in 2012. Father of two and a grandfather, de Guindos holds deep religious convictions. He is also a voracious reader, regularly plays tennis and is a staunch supporter of Atletico Madrid - the capital’s perennial ‘underdog’ team which ended more than a decade without major silverware by winning the Europa League title in 2010. (rtr)

IMF says it stopped Kenya’s access to $1.5 bln standby credit NAIROBI - The International Monetary Fund stopped Kenya’s access to a $1.5 billion standby credit facility last June after failing to agree with the government on a reduction of the fiscal deficit, the fund said on Tuesday. The twoyear precautionary facility, set to expire next month, was put in place for Kenya in case of unforeseen external shocks that could put pressure on the balance of payments. The East African economy has not yet tapped the facility, which was preceded by a smaller standby oneyear credit line in 2015.

“The programme has not been discontinued but access was lost in mid-June because a review had not been completed,” Jan Mikkelsen, IMF representative in Kenya, told Reuters. “There was no agreement on the fiscal adjustment at the time and then I do believe the lengthy election period (later in the year) made it difficult to have a review and complete that in the period that followed.” The government did not respond to requests by Reuters for comment. It has published a plan to lower the deficit to 7 percent of

GDP at the end of this fiscal year in June, from 8.9 percent in 2016/17, and to less than 5 percent in three years’ time. Mikkelsen said a team from the fund’s Washington headquarters was in the country for talks on a Kenyan request for a new standby credit facility. He did not comment on the government’s fiscal deficit reduction plan. “We have just started discussions,” he said. “I’m hopeful we will get an agreement.” The fund wanted to see “substantial fiscal consolidation” to

lower the deficit and put the country’s debt onto a “sustainable path”. Kenya’s total debt has risen to about 50 percent of GDP, from 42 percent in 2013, as it borrowed locally and abroad to build infrastructure like a new railway line from Nairobi to the port of Mombasa. At the time it secured the precautionary facility from the IMF, officials at the fund said it was a triumph of Kenya’s stable economic fundamentals, because that type of facility is usually reserved for more developed emerging economies. But investor worries have grown

due to the gaping fiscal deficit and sluggish private sector credit growth, after the government capped lending rates at 14 percent in 2016. “The interest rate controls should either be eliminated or significantly modified to allow banks to price risks properly and thereby promote an increase in credit to the private sector,” Mikkelsen said. He said a reduction of the fiscal deficit and the elimination of the cap on commercial lending rates were key to a new agreement between the fund and Kenya. (rtr)

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Two of Karangasem’s distinctive cultural traditions; Terteran and Gebug Ende (fire dance and rain dance) will soon be named as official cultural heritages. After the administrative requirements were met, the Ministry of Education and Culture assured that they qualified as cultural heritages. The next step in the process is to have a team from the central government verify these cultural heritage traditions.

More banker than politician? De Guindos faces ECB litmus test But de Guindos’ track record in government and the financial sector suggest he has some justification in dismissing such concerns. He showed calm under political fire by pushing through tight budgets and unpopular labour reforms during the economic downturn that shook Spain following the global financial crisis. That experience helped foster a close relationship with former German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble. Like Schaeuble’s compatriots on the ECB’s governing council, de Guindos is seen likely to favour an early normalisation of ECB policy, as the debate among ratesetters shifts towards when and how fast it should unwind its ultraloose monetary stance. Though lacking a background in central banking, the 58-year-old can point to wide experience in the finance industry, as head of financial services in PricewaterhouseCoopers in Madrid and of Nomura Securities and Lehman Brothers in the Iberian peninsula before that. De Guindos has been Spain’s economy minister since the conservative People’s Party (PP), headed by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, won the 2011 election - doing so

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Division Head of Arts for the Karangasem Culture and Tourism Agency Ni Made Suradnyani explained that a proposal to have these distinctive Karangasem traditions recognised as national cultural heritages was submited to the central government in January 2016 and that the tradions from Seraya Village and Jasri Village, were finally accepted. The verification process will take place next June. Other than Terteran of Jasri village and Gebug Ende of Seraya village, said Suradnyani, the Bali Culture Office also recommended the Usaba Aci Sumbu of Timbrah village that involves thousands of roasted suckling pigs being presented as holy offerings. However, the recommendation failed to qualify at the national level because the administrative requirements were not complete. The Karangasem Culture an Tourism Agence will be improving the shortcomings

of the application through the Bali Cultural Preservation Agency. This unique culture of Timbrah customary village will be proposed again to the central government through the recommendation of the Bali government along with the Geret Pandan tradition of Tenganan Pegeringsingan and Usaba Dangsil of Bungaya village. The latter two traditions are still being studied and documented in preparation for the proposal. Determination of the cultural property of Karangasem is necessary to avoid any claims to them that may be commited by other regions or countries.. Lately, cultural claim cases used to support tourism promotion of particular regions or countries are increasingly common. In addition, such recognistion is also importtant in order to ensure cultural preservation, so that hese traditions do not disspaear over the next ten years. (kmb)

Janger Menyali, Awakening Art Nostalgia of Dutch Occupation Period

Apart from office buildings another heritage left from the Dutch colonial period is the art of Janger that was a popular form of entertainment in Buleleng during the occupation. The Janger from Menyali village, Sawan that emerged during the colonial period has been reconstructed by the Janger Saraswati Art Troupe and was recently performed in the former Buleleng Harbour. The District of Buleleng will be presenting the Janger Menyali during the 39th Bali Arts Festival (BAF) in June at the Denpasar Art Center, evoking the heyday of this art form. The Janger Menyali performance in Buleleng Harbour was especially interesting because it was performed by elderly dancers who had not performed the Janger since the 1960’s and 70’s. The dancers looking dapper in their attire of red berets, badges, shirts, socks and shoes, This costume, he said is different than the one usually worn by more contemporary Janger dances. Headman of Menyali, Made Jaya Harta, explained that male Janger dancers used to be known as jipak. Jipak Janger dancers from his village indeed used to be wear costumes inspired by the Dutch Army that was docked at Buleleng

Customs (former Buleleng Harbor—Ed). Over time, the style and costume of Janger Menyali changed under the influenced of other arts including “Janger Kreasi”. “The songs and dance movements are similar but the costumes for “Janger Kresi” are quite different. Janger Menyali is rarely ever performed anymore and was on the verge of disappearing all together before this reconstruction was put together. There was one staging of this dance not too long ago in Lombok”, said Headman Harta. READ Aci Tabuh Rah Pengangon, A Unique Tradition to Invoke Fertility at Kapal Village The reconstruction of Janger Menyali started in Febuary 2017. It was considered to be important to revive this dance as it is believed to be a sacred dance (sanghyang dance). Harta and others are therefor committed to preserving the Janger Menyali dance. “We have to preserve this ancestral heritage from the Dutch era. We started to reconstruct this dance by teaming up with the old dancers and then got some younger dancers involved. The result is a dance that can make Buleleng proud” explained Harta. (mud)

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Kremlin says charges over U.S. election tampering prove nothing MOSCOW - The Kremlin said on Monday that U.S. charges against 13 Russians and several Russian companies accused of meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign contained zero proof of Russian state involvement. The comments were the Kremlin’s first reaction to charges drawn up by the office of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller which centred on a Russian businessman nicknamed ‘Putin’s cook’ by the Russian media who U.S. officials say has extensive ties to the country’s military and political establishment. The full indictment, released on Friday, said that a Russian propaganda arm funded by the businessman, Evgeny Prigozhin, oversaw a criminal and espionage conspiracy to tamper in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign to support Donald Trump and disparage Hillary Clinton. The charges are awkward for the Kremlin which is keen to try to build a relationship with Trump in the hope that could eventually lead to U.S. sanctions

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imposed over its role in Ukraine being lifted. The election-meddling allegations have soured U.S.-Russia ties further however, triggering new sanctions as well as pressure for more restrictions. Friday’s indictment and news that Mueller’s investigation is not yet finished mean the issue is likely to dog the troubled relationship for a long time. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that the U.S. indictment centred purely on individuals and presented no tangible proof that the Kremlin itself or Russian government agencies were involved. “They (the Americans) are talking about Russian citizens, but we have heard in announcements from Washington accusations about the involvement of the Russian state, the Kremlin and the Russian government,” Peskov told reporters on a conference call. “There are no indications that the Russian state could have been involved in this and nor can there be any. Russia did not meddle, does not have the habit of meddling in the internal affairs of other countries, and is not doing so now.” (rtr)

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Evgeny Prigozhin (L) assists Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a dinner with foreign scholars and journalists at the restaurant Cheval Blanc on the premises of an equestrian complex outside Moscow November 11, 2011. Picture taken November 11.

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A number of pro-EU supporters protest outside the building where Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson delivers a speech on Brexit at the Policy Exchange in central London, Britain February 14, 2018.

New British party inspired by Macron seeks to overturn Brexit

LONDON - A new British party inspired by French President Emmanuel Macron’s movement launched a campaign on Monday to thwart Brexit by convincing lawmakers to block any EU withdrawal deal Prime Minister Theresa May can strike. With just over 13 months left until Britain is due to leave the EU, opponents of Brexit are exploring ways to stop what they call Britain’s biggest mistake since World War Two. The Renew party, founded last year after Macron’s En Marche! movement propelled him to power, said it would target pro-Brexit lawmakers in constituencies with high levels of support for EU membership. “We intend to be tough on Brexit and tough on the causes of Brexit,” said James Torrance, the party’s head of strategy. “We’ll pressure MPs to consider the national interest and put Remain back on the table in a vote on the final EU deal.” The party, founded by an accountant, a former journalist and a consultant, plans to contest seats in May local elections and all 650 parliamentary seats if there is a national election. In the United Kingdom’s 2016 referendum, 51.9 percent, or 17.4 million people, voted to leave the EU while 48.1 percent, or 16.1 million, voted to stay. Blocking any withdrawal deal that May brings back from Brussels in October would probably sink her minority government and prompt a national election that could throw Britain’s exit into doubt. GOVERNMENT SPLIT

May’s government and party is divided over Brexit. She cam-

paigned for a “remain” vote in 2016, but now insists Britain will leave at 2300 GMT on March 29, 2019. She says there will be no rerun of the referendum. An ICM survey published last month showed 47 percent of voters favour having a final say on Brexit once the terms of the departure are known, while 34 percent oppose a rerun of the referendum. But the survey showed just a twopercentage-point lead for remaining in the EU once the “don’t knows” are excluded. EU leaders, if they voted unanimously, could allow Brexit to be delayed if there was political turmoil in Britain on the eve of Brexit. That would still probably leave investors uncertain about the nature of the future trading relationship. Among those who have called for Brexit to be halted are former Prime Minister Tony Blair, Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein and George Soros, who made a fortune by betting against the British pound in 1992. “We have had informal discussions with En Marche,” said Torrance, a former accountant who helped found Renew. “They are providing advice to us about how they got going in France. So we can understand that in more detail and apply some of the lessons from that.” Renew has so far received about 100,000 pounds ($140,000) in donations, including 30,000 from a lawyer and 20,000 from a restaurant owner, according to a senior party official. Supporters of Brexit say attempts to stop Brexit run against the democratic will of the people and could thrust Britain into a constitutional crisis. (rtr)

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Indonesia raises aviation warnings after Sumatra volcano emits ash cloud

JAKARTA - Indonesia on Monday raised flight warnings around the Mount Sinabung volcano on Sumatra island to their highest level after it sent a towering plume of ash more than 7 kilometres (4.4 miles) into the air, its biggest eruption this year.

Areas around the crater of the volcano, located about 1,900 km (1,181 miles) northwest of the capital, Jakarta, have been off-limits for several years because of frequent volcanic activity. The Bureau of Meteorology’s Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VACC), in Australia’s northern city of Darwin, issued maps on Monday showing an ash cloud heading in three directions from Sinabung, to the north, northwest and south-southeast. Indonesia also upgraded its Volcano Observatory Notice for Aviation (VONA) to red, its highest warning, and said the ash-cloud top had reached 23,872 feet (7,276 metres), according to a ground observer. Sinabung is about 75 km (47 miles) southwest of Kualanamu International Airport in Medan.

Nur Isnin Istianto, head of the regional airport authority, said Kutacane airport in Aceh province had been closed, but the wind direction allowed the airport of Kualanamu, Meulaboh and Silangit to remain open. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for Indonesia’s Disaster Agency, said the eruption began on Monday morning, accompanied by multiple earthquakes and showering surrounding villages with small rocks. “In five districts it became dark with a visibility of about

5 metres,” he said in a statement. No casualties were reported. The agency urged the public to stay out of a 7-km (4-mile) exclusion zone around the crater, and watch for further warnings, which could cover floods. The 2,460-metre (8,071-ft) tall volcano is among Indonesia’s most active. When Sinabung erupted in 2014, more than a dozen people were killed and thousands were evacuated. Prior to recent times, its last known eruption was four centuries ago. (rtr)

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Students clean their school yard from ash after Mount Sinabung volcano erupted on Monday at Payung village in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia February 20, 2018.

Widodo orders tight supervision of infrastructure projects

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo ordered the Indonesian Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) on Tuesday to evaluate and tightly supervise all infrastructure projects, following the collapse of the formwork of a pole on a Jakarta`s toll road construction site. “This morning, I have ordered the Public Works and Public Housing Minister (Basuki Hadimuljono) to tighten his ministry`s supervision of the infrastructure construction projects,” Widodo said here, following the accident that injured seven workers. The ministry has temporarily suspended all elevated toll road projects under construction, following the collapse of the formwork of a pole on the Bekasi-Cawang-Kampung Melayu (Becakayu) toll road in East Jakarta early on Tuesday. The contractors and those in charge of the projects have

been requested to resubmit their methods of works and supervision procedures amid the fact that there have been 14 toll road project-related accidents over these past six months. “The supervision must be tightened, because we do not just have one but many elevated infrastructure projects, such as flyover, light rapid transport, toll road, and elevated toll road projects. Therefore, we need tight supervision,” Widodo stated. The tightened supervision, he noted, would enable those involved in the construction works to avoid technical and human errors. “It is impossible if this detailed construction projects are just supervised modestly,” he remarked. Widodo also emphasized the importance of a detailed management control to supervise the construction works. “This is the Public Works and Public Housing Ministry`s

decision, because we have many construction projects. Some will be finished in 2020 and 2023, and others will be carried out to meet the needs of this year`s Asian Games,” he revealed. Apart from the timeline of the projects` completion, the detailed management control was indispensable, he explained, adding that the errors found in certain construction-related accidents would be evaluated by the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing. Prior to this accident, there was an accident on the double track project of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train around Matraman area of Jatinegara, East Jakarta. Last week, a box girder of the light rail construction project in Utan Kayu area, East Jakarta, also collapsed. (rtr)

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MANGUPURA - Kancing Gumi Temple is located in the traditional village of Batulantang Sulangai, Petang, Badung regency. Until now still difficult to trace when true Pura Kancing Bumi was established. However, based on research conducted Balai ArcheMANGUPURA - Pelaga Vilologi and Asylum Hislage, Denpasar staircase steps and strategic torical andabout Archaelogical Heritage location, 63 km from I Gusti Bali-NTB-NTT-Timtim (1991) Ngurah Rai International Airport. concluded, phallus in the Pelaga located in thelocated northernmost temple areaRegency is a menhir. Menhir of Badung offering an interesting agro tourism because ecological value is very high. Visitor can enjoy a wide variety of fruits and vegetables; the surrounding panoramic is really stunning. As this Pelaga Village area is staircase and comprises of lost of hills, therefore it is often used for hill climbing or hiking activities with the starting line can be started from Penataran Puncak Mangu Temple, passing through several small temples, dried fields, forests and finally finishes at Bratan Lake, Bedugul. Overall, this village is charming for tracking. There are at last two interesting venue which cannot be missed

is a Megalithic form of prehistory times that generally serve as a place of worship. Functionally, for Batu Lantang Traditional Village, Pura Kancing Bumi is also a place to ask for salvation for the sick. Similarly, pets or crops fields by wheninwe areand in fields Plaga.attacked The first, pests. if there isisa located prolonged BagusAlso, Agrotourism on dry to this temple is the lothe season, slopes of Mount Catur (Balical people beg foritrain. Conversely nese people call Puncak Mangu) also begs to reject the rain not far from Bedugul. Thiswhen venuea big ceremony is being held. is located at the line of Bedugul Kintamani. We may enjoy a good variety of plant, such as flower, fruit, big trees. The second, Nung Nung Waterfall. This waterfall is approximately 70 meters high with the flow and water flow is high enough and surrounded by lush green trees make the surrounding atmosphere becomes and fresh. A sudden cow is often organized by the local community. And even, a very interesting attraction to watch that the local community also often organizes is a bullock contest. The natural beauty of this village has been known since the previous century to release the tired or weariness and to have a

The Structure of Pura Kancing Bumi is very simple. The temple area is not more than four acre with limited of wall of penyengker. Pelinggih or main sacred building in the form of phallus limb in the form of nine. Yet even though it is simple, this place is believed that form the many menhirs recreation altogether with the famscattered Bali, this is where all the ily. This isinproven with the building menhirs “locked” it beof a restare house by theBali eastuntil indiea’s comes stable, not wobbled forever, as government in this location. if itAt were rock starthe thatexistence that locked thisamoment, of the (net)has been renovated by thisearth. rest house the government of Badung Regency. Pelaga village also becomes an alternative way from Denpasar to Batur by passing through the tourism object of Sangeh. A beautiful rice field, and a harmonious rural road. Pelaga rs also very interesting for an activity of hiking a hill with the starting line at the temple of Penataran Puncak Mangu passing through several small temples, nee fields, farms, forests, and finishing at Beratan Lake, Bedugul. Penataran Puncak Mangu Temple is indeed very interesting because it offers a very beautiful and natural panorama of hill and cluster of nee fields. (rtr)

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PYEONGCHANG - Austrian Ramona Siebenhofer set the pace in the final training run for the women’s downhill on Tuesday and Lindsey Vonn’s bid to reclaim the Olympic gold remained on course as she registered a top-five time for the third day in a row. Siebenhofer clocked one minute 40.67 seconds to top the timesheets with Swiss Michelle Gisin, whose now retired sister Dominique shared the 2014 downhill gold with Tina Maze, and Italian Nadia Fanchini 0.2 and 0.21 seconds further back. American Vonn went out first, as she did when finishing sixth in the super-G last week, and raced down the Jeongseon slope in an impressive 1:40.96. The 33-year-old, who won gold in Vancouver eight years ago but was unable to defend her title in Sochi because of injury, would have been disqualified in a race for missing one gate but was generally happy with her preparations. “Everything feels pretty good, I definitely was trying a few things with line,” she told reporters. “The reason I missed that gate was that I didn’t slip the line right, number one hasn’t been a good number for me. But I am not worried about it all. “I think I will choose, I need to look at the video but some of the lines I took today were a little bit faster. But I am happy, solid training.” Downhill World Cup leader Sofia Goggia appears to be the main threat to Vonn’s hopes and the Italian was not too far off the pace in 1:41.28, the 11th fastest time. David Clerihew/Red Bull Content Pool Goggia in said she thought Vonn remained the racethe favourite. After months of waiting, the brand new Aston Martin-Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB14 has been launched special edition livery. Discover car as the “It’s not about putting that on her, it’s just she has so much experiF1 season edges closer. ence,” she said. “Sheviewer has 81toWorld Cup victories, she shipped has 131 to podiums etcetera, differentiate time and Spain for the LONDON - Red Bull became the first of Formula One’s top ited mileage and on special tyres. the casual medals both at world championships and Olympics. 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The four times world champi- for new title sponsor Aston Martin teams have had to introduce the “It serves a purpose -- but you IBP/net the past. whoRenault won silver the super-G, not to have race in ons, third overall last year after prominent. prominent ‘halo’ head protection The Anna team, Veith, who use en- in wouldn’t do itdecided if you didn’t to,the Christian Coleman and returned home on Tuesday, Austrian teamhave official winning three of the 20 races, are Australian Daniel Ricciardo, device, that rises from a central ginesdownhill re-branded Tag Heuer, said and thisan year we didn’t to. said. Tina Weirather, bronze,“It’s opted not to take hoping to be back in the champi- who partners Dutch 20-year-old pillar and circles the driver’s head the stability of the ruleswho aftertook a big preferable toadvantage finish the of carthe final training run on Tuesday but will start third in Wednesday’s race. onship mix for the first time since Max Verstappen in one of the to shield from aerial impacts and change for 2017 allowed them to early and deal with any snags now, fifth skierwhen to take theispiste Mercedes began to dominate in sport’s most exciting driver pair- flying wheels. get the Goggia new carwill out be in the good time thetocar on a while track aVonn shortgot herthan wishleaving to go out inthe thefactory, top 10 and will start 2014. ings, was giving the car its track The aerodynamic ‘shark fins’, rather it behind as late the as Italian drive but from rather than seventh ahead of compatriot Breezy Johnson andofSochi medalImages of the RB14 car were debut at Silverstone circuit. rear wing ‘monkey seats’ and ‘T- possible. using up one our bronze eight ultralistbeen Laranot Gut. revealed online, with a temporary Teams are each allowed two bars’ have been removed. “It’s uncommon to have precious test days doing the same at “I like knowing what get and how(rtr) they are blue and black livery and branding such ‘filming days’ a year, with lim“Some years it’s difficult for the car finished, fired up for thetimes first my thecompetitors Circuit de Catalunya.” skiing,” Vonn said before the draw. Mikaela Shiffrin, who decided to pull out of the downhill on Monday, took advantage of the final training run to prepare for the combined, which has been brought forward to Thursday because of forecast high winds. (rtr) GANGNEUNG - Inside the mementos of each Games. “I just got caught up in the some of the ice hockey. there’s actually a pin quest game, Pyeongchang venues the world’s Every Olympics attracts en- Olympic fever back in ‘84 in Los “Going back to ‘84, there were you can collect Olympic pins. It’s finest winter sports athletes battle thusiasts like Bob Kalmuk from Angeles, it just got me hooked,” a so many big, beautiful pins. Some kind of like Olympic pins and (TV it out for medals, but outside the California who travel to watch the shivering Kalmuk said outside the are harder to get so you trade two game show) ‘Jeopardy’ at the same NEW MEXICO 60 metres record Coleman can for one on something.” atmosphere is friendlier -asNewly athletescrowned sports, meet people world and trade the holder OlympicChristian skating centre in frigid time.” and gather tradethe theindoor pins which are created by Olympic conditions whereholder he has Maurice laid out Though items like Olympic The 24-year-old Nagasu won runcollectors even faster in toboth race and the outdoor 100 metres, former Olympic pins that are made as teams, sponsors and broadcasters. some of his collection of thousands torches and medals can fetch huge bronze in the team figure skating Greene believes. of pins. sums at sports memorabilia auc- and while the pins she trades may The 2000 Olympic champion uters in a telephone interview. 60 runner of all-time with tions, the value of Olympic pins is be less valuable, she is no less en“Imetres plan my vacations around made the prediction after world “I was very impressed how he going his 6.40 seconds to the games.runner-up finish mostly sentimental. thusiastic about them, even if she 100 metres silver medallist Cole- picked it up after the start,” said at“IAlbuquerque. like the summer games better Helpful local volunteers are of- is not sure what she is going to do man ran the 60 in a sizzling Greene, who set world records in because “Heit’s really pushed me,” Cole- ten rewarded for their efforts with a with them. warmer,” adds the vet6.34 seconds at the U.S. indoor both the 60 and 100 metres during eran manoftold reporters.Games. “Ronnie damn pin which is then worn on the lan17 Olympic “Maybe I’ll display them,” she Kalmuk hasworld brought display yard holding their accreditation. said as she traded two U.S. Olymchampionships in high altitude his career. near ran the record. filled with duplicates of pins Many athletes, like American pic pins for a Harry Potter badge Albuquerque, New Mexico on “He didn’t get that good of a books “Now we have another big is willingcoming to tradeup forinnew in figure skater Mirai Nagasu, are with another collector. Sunday. start, but he really accelerated and hemoment twoand weeks some cases more desirable ones to also keen to take home as many as “I like to keep them on my The time sliced 0.05 seconds went for it.” (in Birmingham). I think it will and the race.” first question they can. lanyard -- I mean, this credential off Greene’s 20-year-old world Coleman, Greene and four- his becollection another special everyone or not “It’s a long-time tradition, and becomes something special, that’s record and came a month after time Olympic sprint medallist Ato he asks Boldon, nowisawhether television anahave any pins Coleman had run 6.37 in a South Boldon all indicated there could they lyst, would not to betrade. surprised at we’re also given pins to trade and something cool to have. “I like record pins from na- it gives us an opportunity to meet “It’s a cool tradition that only the Carolina meeting that was not be another fast time coming at the another if alldifferent goes well. Olympic I pin collectors and to trade with Olympics has, I think every country ratified because of the absence of March 1-4 world indoor champi- tional “(He) can gocommittees, faster at worlds the that ones was froma Thailand, electronic starting blocks. onships in Birmingham, England, really because poor start other athletes as well,” Nagasu told participates and you get to collect really well-made,” said Reuters as she inspected the pins of pins from different countries, and “He might be able to knock off with U.S. team mate Ronnie they by were his standards,” the former Gaillard IMAGES OF THE DAY Kalmuk, who opening it’s a chance to meet with other a couple (of hundredths), maybe REUTERS/Eric Baker there toTPX push Coleman. Trinidad andattended Tobagothe star said on Kalmuk and the other traders. REUTERS/Mike Segar Gold on the the podium. “In the village this Olympics, people.” (rtr)reacts. (run) medalist 6.32, 31,”Martin GreeneFourcade told Re- of France Baker became third fastest ceremony Twitter. and (rtr)is planning to watch Lindsey Vonn of the U.S.

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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Sp rt Ten-man Man City sunk by third-tier Wigan in Cup shock

Manchester City were sensationally knocked out of the FA Cup on Monday by third-tier Wigan Athletic who beat the 10-man Premier League leaders 1-0 in a stunning fifth round upset with a late goal by their talisman Will Grigg. On a magical night in the world’s oldest cup competition, Grigg secured one of the biggest shocks by slotting the ball home from the edge of the box in the 79th minute after a misjudgement by City substitute Kyle Walker.

minute for a sliding challenge on Max Power. The defeat was City’s third of the season, and ended their hopes of an unprecedented quadruple of trophies this campaign. Manager Pep Guardiola said his expensivelyassembled side had done everything they could but paid the price for one mistake. “That kind of game is like a final and always the teams can punish you,” he told the BBC. “OK. So accept the defeat. Congratulations to Wigan,” added the Spaniard, whose side enjoyed 82 percent of possession in the second half.

Chants of ‘Will Grigg’s on Fire’ echoed around the DW Stadium. The visitors had played the entire second half with 10 men after midfielder Fabian Delph was sent off in the 45th

STIRRING MEMORIES

Wigan will host another Premier League team Southampton in next month’s quarter-finals having now beaten three

top-flight sides in their fairytale Cup run. “It feels great, doesn’t it,” said their manager Paul Cook. “It’s such a severe test, they’re such a strong side... tonight we had to ride our luck at times. “But that’s what makes the FA Cup so special.” On a night of stirring memories for the home fans, whose unfancied side beat City in the 2013 FA Cup final and also in the quarter-finals a year later, there was always electricity and the hint of a shock in the air. That only increased when referee Anthony Taylor, a yellow card already in his hand, reached for the red. Delph looked stunned, his angry team mates swarming around the official, while Guardiola seethed on the touchline. The Spaniard, already frustrated by his side’s failure to break through the hosts’ sturdy defence, had to be kept apart from Cook as they headed down the tunnel at the break. There were also some ugly scenes after the final whistle, with missiles thrown and fans hurling advertising boards onto the pitch. Media reports said City’s Argentine striker Sergio Aguero was also goaded by a Wigan fan and had to be escorted to safety. “There’s no problems,” said Wigan’s Cook of his half-time exchange with Guardiola. “He’s an outstanding manager. We hope he goes on and wins Champions Leagues and Premier Leagues because they deserve that.” GUARDIOLA REACTS

Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine

Manchester City fans throw advertising boarding as they clash with police officers after the match

Guardiola reacted to the setback of going down to 10 men by bringing on versatile right back Kyle Walker for winger Leroy Sane at the start of the second half. He then introduced midfielder Kevin De Bruyne in place of David Silva in the 65th, with the Belgian immediately piling the pressure on Wigan’s defence. But still City, 16 points clear at the top of the Premier League, heading for the last eight of the Champions League and looking forward to Sunday’s League Cup final against Arsenal, failed to find a way through. Walker then let the ball run past him without realising Grigg was lurking to seize the chance to finish with a flourish. “I’m scoring every week now so it’s nice and easy,” joked the Northern Ireland international, now the competition’s top scorer with seven goals. “The FA Cup has been brilliant to me.” (rtr)

Tottenham can fulfil Champions League dream, says Moura

Tottenham Hotspur have the right mix to win their first ever Champions League title this campaign, the Premier League club’s winger Lucas Moura has said. The north London outfit are unbeaten in Europe this season, finishing top of their group, and earned a hard-fought 2-2 draw with Italian champions Juventus in the first leg of their last-16 tie in Turin last week. Brazilian midfielder Moura, who joined Spurs from Paris St Germain last month, urged his team mates to maintain their momentum.

“I am 25 years old but I think I gained a lot of experience with PSG and I think I can help Tottenham. I think we have a lot of quality and a great structure...,” Moura told British media. “The Champions League is the most difficult cup but I think we have the capacity to win it if we always think in positives and always work hard. “We did a big game against Juventus away. It was a good result in Italy and I am sure we can do a good game with our fans and continue. It’s always important to

win. Every player wants to win trophies... and I think we can dream with the Champions League.” Tottenham are competing in the Champions League for the first time since the 2010-11 campaign, when they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by 12-time winners Real Madrid. Manager Mauricio Pochettino’s side play Crystal Palace and Huddersfield Town in the league and host an FA Cup replay against Rochdale before the return leg of their Champions League tie against Juventus on March 7. (rtr)

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Tottenham’s Lucas Moura celebrates scoring their first goal

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Barcelona wanted to avoid Chelsea, says coach Valverde

LONDON - Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde has said he wanted to avoid meeting Chelsea in the

first knockout stage of this season’s Champions League and wished the London side had won their group.

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez during training

“The Premier League teams are having a great Champions League and we can’t forget we are playing

Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs

Man United believe they can lift Champions League, says Young Winning the Champions League this season is not beyond Manchester United but the Premier League club must take it one game at a time, wing-back Ashley Young has said. United have progressed to the Champions League knockout stages for the first time since the 2013-14 campaign but Manchester City, Spain’s Barcelona and Real Madrid along with Paris St Germain are considered favourites for the title. United, who won the Europa League last season, make a trip to Sevilla in the first leg of their last16 tie on Wednesday and England international Young believes they can prove their doubters wrong. “Of course (we can win the Champions League),” Young told the British media. “You don’t enter

a competition not to win it. That’s what we will be looking to do and take each game as it comes. “The next one is against Sevilla. That’s a tough away game like Huddersfield, like Newcastle away. That’s what the stadium is like. We just have to concentrate on ourselves.” After a shock league defeat to Newcastle United this month, Jose Mourinho’s side received a confidence boost with a 2-0 win over Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup on Saturday. Striker Romelu Lukaku scored both goals for United with Juan Mata and Alexis Sanchez bagging an assist each. “When you have a striker scoring goals, it’s always important. His (Lukaku) hold-up play, his all-round game was fantastic at

Huddersfield, and he’s done that all throughout the season,” Young said. “He’s getting goals. When you’ve got someone who can hold up the ball like he can and get in the box it’s fantastic. “And you can see the combinations between them. Alexis comes inside and Rom’s seen him and picked him up as well and they’re picking each other out and they have worked well together so far.” United, who are second in the league, host fourth-placed Chelsea in a crunch fixture on Sunday but Young said United’s focus was on their trip to Spain. “We can’t look too far ahead. Obviously we know we have got Chelsea coming up. Sevilla is the next game and that’s where our thoughts are,” Young said. (rtr)

against the current English league champions,” Valverde told a news conference. “English teams this year are in incredible form, much better than in previous years. Chelsea might be the same. “We know that, because the English have such a strong league, they’ll all be up there competing.” There are five English sides in the last 16 with Manchester City and Liverpool having taken big leads in their away legs while Tottenham Hotspur earned a 2-2 draw at Juventus. “We wish Chelsea had finished first in their group so we didn’t have to play them,” added Valverde on the eve of Tuesday’s mouthwatering first leg clash at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea came second in Group C behind Roma on the headto-head rule, while Barca finished ahead of Juventus in Group D. Valverde has also taken his side seven points clear in La Liga and into the Spanish Cup final, while they are also among the favourites to win Europe’s elite club competition. “The Champions League has a special aura and that means every-

one is looking forward to playing in games like this one which will be a tough tie against a difficult opponent,” he said as he anticipated locking horns with Chelsea’s Antonio Conte. “He is one of the best coaches in the world with an extraordinary CV, not just with Chelsea but also with Juventus and the Italian national side,” added Valverde. “His teams are always hard working and they knew what they have to do. For me it’s a great challenge to come up against one of his sides,” added the Barca coach. Like his opposite number, Valverde has been carefully studying Chelsea’s tactical system and hopes to outwit Conte. “Chelsea have a unique style of football and know their own game. The English style of football is very unique, very physical, but they play good football as well. “They have a defined way of playing and we have to take that into account,” he said. “The mechanisms are different, the same way they will have to take into account our way of playing.” (rtr)

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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Sp rt Ten-man Man City sunk by third-tier Wigan in Cup shock

Manchester City were sensationally knocked out of the FA Cup on Monday by third-tier Wigan Athletic who beat the 10-man Premier League leaders 1-0 in a stunning fifth round upset with a late goal by their talisman Will Grigg. On a magical night in the world’s oldest cup competition, Grigg secured one of the biggest shocks by slotting the ball home from the edge of the box in the 79th minute after a misjudgement by City substitute Kyle Walker.

minute for a sliding challenge on Max Power. The defeat was City’s third of the season, and ended their hopes of an unprecedented quadruple of trophies this campaign. Manager Pep Guardiola said his expensivelyassembled side had done everything they could but paid the price for one mistake. “That kind of game is like a final and always the teams can punish you,” he told the BBC. “OK. So accept the defeat. Congratulations to Wigan,” added the Spaniard, whose side enjoyed 82 percent of possession in the second half.

Chants of ‘Will Grigg’s on Fire’ echoed around the DW Stadium. The visitors had played the entire second half with 10 men after midfielder Fabian Delph was sent off in the 45th

STIRRING MEMORIES

Wigan will host another Premier League team Southampton in next month’s quarter-finals having now beaten three

top-flight sides in their fairytale Cup run. “It feels great, doesn’t it,” said their manager Paul Cook. “It’s such a severe test, they’re such a strong side... tonight we had to ride our luck at times. “But that’s what makes the FA Cup so special.” On a night of stirring memories for the home fans, whose unfancied side beat City in the 2013 FA Cup final and also in the quarter-finals a year later, there was always electricity and the hint of a shock in the air. That only increased when referee Anthony Taylor, a yellow card already in his hand, reached for the red. Delph looked stunned, his angry team mates swarming around the official, while Guardiola seethed on the touchline. The Spaniard, already frustrated by his side’s failure to break through the hosts’ sturdy defence, had to be kept apart from Cook as they headed down the tunnel at the break. There were also some ugly scenes after the final whistle, with missiles thrown and fans hurling advertising boards onto the pitch. Media reports said City’s Argentine striker Sergio Aguero was also goaded by a Wigan fan and had to be escorted to safety. “There’s no problems,” said Wigan’s Cook of his half-time exchange with Guardiola. “He’s an outstanding manager. We hope he goes on and wins Champions Leagues and Premier Leagues because they deserve that.” GUARDIOLA REACTS

Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine

Manchester City fans throw advertising boarding as they clash with police officers after the match

Guardiola reacted to the setback of going down to 10 men by bringing on versatile right back Kyle Walker for winger Leroy Sane at the start of the second half. He then introduced midfielder Kevin De Bruyne in place of David Silva in the 65th, with the Belgian immediately piling the pressure on Wigan’s defence. But still City, 16 points clear at the top of the Premier League, heading for the last eight of the Champions League and looking forward to Sunday’s League Cup final against Arsenal, failed to find a way through. Walker then let the ball run past him without realising Grigg was lurking to seize the chance to finish with a flourish. “I’m scoring every week now so it’s nice and easy,” joked the Northern Ireland international, now the competition’s top scorer with seven goals. “The FA Cup has been brilliant to me.” (rtr)

Tottenham can fulfil Champions League dream, says Moura

Tottenham Hotspur have the right mix to win their first ever Champions League title this campaign, the Premier League club’s winger Lucas Moura has said. The north London outfit are unbeaten in Europe this season, finishing top of their group, and earned a hard-fought 2-2 draw with Italian champions Juventus in the first leg of their last-16 tie in Turin last week. Brazilian midfielder Moura, who joined Spurs from Paris St Germain last month, urged his team mates to maintain their momentum.

“I am 25 years old but I think I gained a lot of experience with PSG and I think I can help Tottenham. I think we have a lot of quality and a great structure...,” Moura told British media. “The Champions League is the most difficult cup but I think we have the capacity to win it if we always think in positives and always work hard. “We did a big game against Juventus away. It was a good result in Italy and I am sure we can do a good game with our fans and continue. It’s always important to

win. Every player wants to win trophies... and I think we can dream with the Champions League.” Tottenham are competing in the Champions League for the first time since the 2010-11 campaign, when they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by 12-time winners Real Madrid. Manager Mauricio Pochettino’s side play Crystal Palace and Huddersfield Town in the league and host an FA Cup replay against Rochdale before the return leg of their Champions League tie against Juventus on March 7. (rtr)

Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine

Tottenham’s Lucas Moura celebrates scoring their first goal

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Barcelona wanted to avoid Chelsea, says coach Valverde

LONDON - Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde has said he wanted to avoid meeting Chelsea in the

first knockout stage of this season’s Champions League and wished the London side had won their group.

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez during training

“The Premier League teams are having a great Champions League and we can’t forget we are playing

Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs

Man United believe they can lift Champions League, says Young Winning the Champions League this season is not beyond Manchester United but the Premier League club must take it one game at a time, wing-back Ashley Young has said. United have progressed to the Champions League knockout stages for the first time since the 2013-14 campaign but Manchester City, Spain’s Barcelona and Real Madrid along with Paris St Germain are considered favourites for the title. United, who won the Europa League last season, make a trip to Sevilla in the first leg of their last16 tie on Wednesday and England international Young believes they can prove their doubters wrong. “Of course (we can win the Champions League),” Young told the British media. “You don’t enter

a competition not to win it. That’s what we will be looking to do and take each game as it comes. “The next one is against Sevilla. That’s a tough away game like Huddersfield, like Newcastle away. That’s what the stadium is like. We just have to concentrate on ourselves.” After a shock league defeat to Newcastle United this month, Jose Mourinho’s side received a confidence boost with a 2-0 win over Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup on Saturday. Striker Romelu Lukaku scored both goals for United with Juan Mata and Alexis Sanchez bagging an assist each. “When you have a striker scoring goals, it’s always important. His (Lukaku) hold-up play, his all-round game was fantastic at

Huddersfield, and he’s done that all throughout the season,” Young said. “He’s getting goals. When you’ve got someone who can hold up the ball like he can and get in the box it’s fantastic. “And you can see the combinations between them. Alexis comes inside and Rom’s seen him and picked him up as well and they’re picking each other out and they have worked well together so far.” United, who are second in the league, host fourth-placed Chelsea in a crunch fixture on Sunday but Young said United’s focus was on their trip to Spain. “We can’t look too far ahead. Obviously we know we have got Chelsea coming up. Sevilla is the next game and that’s where our thoughts are,” Young said. (rtr)

against the current English league champions,” Valverde told a news conference. “English teams this year are in incredible form, much better than in previous years. Chelsea might be the same. “We know that, because the English have such a strong league, they’ll all be up there competing.” There are five English sides in the last 16 with Manchester City and Liverpool having taken big leads in their away legs while Tottenham Hotspur earned a 2-2 draw at Juventus. “We wish Chelsea had finished first in their group so we didn’t have to play them,” added Valverde on the eve of Tuesday’s mouthwatering first leg clash at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea came second in Group C behind Roma on the headto-head rule, while Barca finished ahead of Juventus in Group D. Valverde has also taken his side seven points clear in La Liga and into the Spanish Cup final, while they are also among the favourites to win Europe’s elite club competition. “The Champions League has a special aura and that means every-

one is looking forward to playing in games like this one which will be a tough tie against a difficult opponent,” he said as he anticipated locking horns with Chelsea’s Antonio Conte. “He is one of the best coaches in the world with an extraordinary CV, not just with Chelsea but also with Juventus and the Italian national side,” added Valverde. “His teams are always hard working and they knew what they have to do. For me it’s a great challenge to come up against one of his sides,” added the Barca coach. Like his opposite number, Valverde has been carefully studying Chelsea’s tactical system and hopes to outwit Conte. “Chelsea have a unique style of football and know their own game. The English style of football is very unique, very physical, but they play good football as well. “They have a defined way of playing and we have to take that into account,” he said. “The mechanisms are different, the same way they will have to take into account our way of playing.” (rtr)

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MANGUPURA - Kancing Gumi Temple is located in the traditional village of Batulantang Sulangai, Petang, Badung regency. Until now still difficult to trace when true Pura Kancing Bumi was established. However, based on research conducted Balai ArcheMANGUPURA - Pelaga Vilologi and Asylum Hislage, Denpasar staircase steps and strategic torical andabout Archaelogical Heritage location, 63 km from I Gusti Bali-NTB-NTT-Timtim (1991) Ngurah Rai International Airport. concluded, phallus in the Pelaga located in thelocated northernmost temple areaRegency is a menhir. Menhir of Badung offering an interesting agro tourism because ecological value is very high. Visitor can enjoy a wide variety of fruits and vegetables; the surrounding panoramic is really stunning. As this Pelaga Village area is staircase and comprises of lost of hills, therefore it is often used for hill climbing or hiking activities with the starting line can be started from Penataran Puncak Mangu Temple, passing through several small temples, dried fields, forests and finally finishes at Bratan Lake, Bedugul. Overall, this village is charming for tracking. There are at last two interesting venue which cannot be missed

is a Megalithic form of prehistory times that generally serve as a place of worship. Functionally, for Batu Lantang Traditional Village, Pura Kancing Bumi is also a place to ask for salvation for the sick. Similarly, pets or crops fields by wheninwe areand in fields Plaga.attacked The first, pests. if there isisa located prolonged BagusAlso, Agrotourism on dry to this temple is the lothe season, slopes of Mount Catur (Balical people beg foritrain. Conversely nese people call Puncak Mangu) also begs to reject the rain not far from Bedugul. Thiswhen venuea big ceremony is being held. is located at the line of Bedugul Kintamani. We may enjoy a good variety of plant, such as flower, fruit, big trees. The second, Nung Nung Waterfall. This waterfall is approximately 70 meters high with the flow and water flow is high enough and surrounded by lush green trees make the surrounding atmosphere becomes and fresh. A sudden cow is often organized by the local community. And even, a very interesting attraction to watch that the local community also often organizes is a bullock contest. The natural beauty of this village has been known since the previous century to release the tired or weariness and to have a

The Structure of Pura Kancing Bumi is very simple. The temple area is not more than four acre with limited of wall of penyengker. Pelinggih or main sacred building in the form of phallus limb in the form of nine. Yet even though it is simple, this place is believed that form the many menhirs recreation altogether with the famscattered Bali, this is where all the ily. This isinproven with the building menhirs “locked” it beof a restare house by theBali eastuntil indiea’s comes stable, not wobbled forever, as government in this location. if itAt were rock starthe thatexistence that locked thisamoment, of the (net)has been renovated by thisearth. rest house the government of Badung Regency. Pelaga village also becomes an alternative way from Denpasar to Batur by passing through the tourism object of Sangeh. A beautiful rice field, and a harmonious rural road. Pelaga rs also very interesting for an activity of hiking a hill with the starting line at the temple of Penataran Puncak Mangu passing through several small temples, nee fields, farms, forests, and finishing at Beratan Lake, Bedugul. Penataran Puncak Mangu Temple is indeed very interesting because it offers a very beautiful and natural panorama of hill and cluster of nee fields. (rtr)

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PYEONGCHANG - Austrian Ramona Siebenhofer set the pace in the final training run for the women’s downhill on Tuesday and Lindsey Vonn’s bid to reclaim the Olympic gold remained on course as she registered a top-five time for the third day in a row. Siebenhofer clocked one minute 40.67 seconds to top the timesheets with Swiss Michelle Gisin, whose now retired sister Dominique shared the 2014 downhill gold with Tina Maze, and Italian Nadia Fanchini 0.2 and 0.21 seconds further back. American Vonn went out first, as she did when finishing sixth in the super-G last week, and raced down the Jeongseon slope in an impressive 1:40.96. The 33-year-old, who won gold in Vancouver eight years ago but was unable to defend her title in Sochi because of injury, would have been disqualified in a race for missing one gate but was generally happy with her preparations. “Everything feels pretty good, I definitely was trying a few things with line,” she told reporters. “The reason I missed that gate was that I didn’t slip the line right, number one hasn’t been a good number for me. But I am not worried about it all. “I think I will choose, I need to look at the video but some of the lines I took today were a little bit faster. But I am happy, solid training.” Downhill World Cup leader Sofia Goggia appears to be the main threat to Vonn’s hopes and the Italian was not too far off the pace in 1:41.28, the 11th fastest time. David Clerihew/Red Bull Content Pool Goggia in said she thought Vonn remained the racethe favourite. After months of waiting, the brand new Aston Martin-Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB14 has been launched special edition livery. Discover car as the “It’s not about putting that on her, it’s just she has so much experiF1 season edges closer. ence,” she said. “Sheviewer has 81toWorld Cup victories, she shipped has 131 to podiums etcetera, differentiate time and Spain for the LONDON - Red Bull became the first of Formula One’s top ited mileage and on special tyres. the casual medals both at world championships and Olympics. It’s like she has Red Bull said the race-ready the new car from the old: that start of testing all on the same day,” three teams to lift the covers off their new-look car on Monday, already to made she knows to doRed it.”Bull, whose rivals Ferbe this, a problem this how added a week before pre-season testing starts in Spain, but kept some paint job would be unveiled at the isn’t going Only one ofRed the medallists from the other speed race, the super-G, Circuit de Catalunya next week. time around,” said Bull, who rari and champions Mercedes pressecrets under wraps. will compete on Wednesday with shock champion Ester Ledecka turnThe 2018 regulations mean all launched their car earlier than in ent their cars on Thursday. ing her attention to her snowboard events. The four times world champi- for new title sponsor Aston Martin teams have had to introduce the “It serves a purpose -- but you IBP/net the past. whoRenault won silver the super-G, not to have race in ons, third overall last year after prominent. prominent ‘halo’ head protection The Anna team, Veith, who use en- in wouldn’t do itdecided if you didn’t to,the Christian Coleman and returned home on Tuesday, Austrian teamhave official winning three of the 20 races, are Australian Daniel Ricciardo, device, that rises from a central ginesdownhill re-branded Tag Heuer, said and thisan year we didn’t to. said. Tina Weirather, bronze,“It’s opted not to take hoping to be back in the champi- who partners Dutch 20-year-old pillar and circles the driver’s head the stability of the ruleswho aftertook a big preferable toadvantage finish the of carthe final training run on Tuesday but will start third in Wednesday’s race. onship mix for the first time since Max Verstappen in one of the to shield from aerial impacts and change for 2017 allowed them to early and deal with any snags now, fifth skierwhen to take theispiste Mercedes began to dominate in sport’s most exciting driver pair- flying wheels. get the Goggia new carwill out be in the good time thetocar on a while track aVonn shortgot herthan wishleaving to go out inthe thefactory, top 10 and will start 2014. ings, was giving the car its track The aerodynamic ‘shark fins’, rather it behind as late the as Italian drive but from rather than seventh ahead of compatriot Breezy Johnson andofSochi medalImages of the RB14 car were debut at Silverstone circuit. rear wing ‘monkey seats’ and ‘T- possible. using up one our bronze eight ultralistbeen Laranot Gut. revealed online, with a temporary Teams are each allowed two bars’ have been removed. “It’s uncommon to have precious test days doing the same at “I like knowing what get and how(rtr) they are blue and black livery and branding such ‘filming days’ a year, with lim“Some years it’s difficult for the car finished, fired up for thetimes first my thecompetitors Circuit de Catalunya.” skiing,” Vonn said before the draw. Mikaela Shiffrin, who decided to pull out of the downhill on Monday, took advantage of the final training run to prepare for the combined, which has been brought forward to Thursday because of forecast high winds. (rtr) GANGNEUNG - Inside the mementos of each Games. “I just got caught up in the some of the ice hockey. there’s actually a pin quest game, Pyeongchang venues the world’s Every Olympics attracts en- Olympic fever back in ‘84 in Los “Going back to ‘84, there were you can collect Olympic pins. It’s finest winter sports athletes battle thusiasts like Bob Kalmuk from Angeles, it just got me hooked,” a so many big, beautiful pins. Some kind of like Olympic pins and (TV it out for medals, but outside the California who travel to watch the shivering Kalmuk said outside the are harder to get so you trade two game show) ‘Jeopardy’ at the same NEW MEXICO 60 metres record Coleman can for one on something.” atmosphere is friendlier -asNewly athletescrowned sports, meet people world and trade the holder OlympicChristian skating centre in frigid time.” and gather tradethe theindoor pins which are created by Olympic conditions whereholder he has Maurice laid out Though items like Olympic The 24-year-old Nagasu won runcollectors even faster in toboth race and the outdoor 100 metres, former Olympic pins that are made as teams, sponsors and broadcasters. some of his collection of thousands torches and medals can fetch huge bronze in the team figure skating Greene believes. of pins. sums at sports memorabilia auc- and while the pins she trades may The 2000 Olympic champion uters in a telephone interview. 60 runner of all-time with tions, the value of Olympic pins is be less valuable, she is no less en“Imetres plan my vacations around made the prediction after world “I was very impressed how he going his 6.40 seconds to the games.runner-up finish mostly sentimental. thusiastic about them, even if she 100 metres silver medallist Cole- picked it up after the start,” said at“IAlbuquerque. like the summer games better Helpful local volunteers are of- is not sure what she is going to do man ran the 60 in a sizzling Greene, who set world records in because “Heit’s really pushed me,” Cole- ten rewarded for their efforts with a with them. warmer,” adds the vet6.34 seconds at the U.S. indoor both the 60 and 100 metres during eran manoftold reporters.Games. “Ronnie damn pin which is then worn on the lan17 Olympic “Maybe I’ll display them,” she Kalmuk hasworld brought display yard holding their accreditation. said as she traded two U.S. Olymchampionships in high altitude his career. near ran the record. filled with duplicates of pins Many athletes, like American pic pins for a Harry Potter badge Albuquerque, New Mexico on “He didn’t get that good of a books “Now we have another big is willingcoming to tradeup forinnew in figure skater Mirai Nagasu, are with another collector. Sunday. start, but he really accelerated and hemoment twoand weeks some cases more desirable ones to also keen to take home as many as “I like to keep them on my The time sliced 0.05 seconds went for it.” (in Birmingham). I think it will and the race.” first question they can. lanyard -- I mean, this credential off Greene’s 20-year-old world Coleman, Greene and four- his becollection another special everyone or not “It’s a long-time tradition, and becomes something special, that’s record and came a month after time Olympic sprint medallist Ato he asks Boldon, nowisawhether television anahave any pins Coleman had run 6.37 in a South Boldon all indicated there could they lyst, would not to betrade. surprised at we’re also given pins to trade and something cool to have. “I like record pins from na- it gives us an opportunity to meet “It’s a cool tradition that only the Carolina meeting that was not be another fast time coming at the another if alldifferent goes well. Olympic I pin collectors and to trade with Olympics has, I think every country ratified because of the absence of March 1-4 world indoor champi- tional “(He) can gocommittees, faster at worlds the that ones was froma Thailand, electronic starting blocks. onships in Birmingham, England, really because poor start other athletes as well,” Nagasu told participates and you get to collect really well-made,” said Reuters as she inspected the pins of pins from different countries, and “He might be able to knock off with U.S. team mate Ronnie they by were his standards,” the former Gaillard IMAGES OF THE DAY Kalmuk, who opening it’s a chance to meet with other a couple (of hundredths), maybe REUTERS/Eric Baker there toTPX push Coleman. Trinidad andattended Tobagothe star said on Kalmuk and the other traders. REUTERS/Mike Segar Gold on the the podium. “In the village this Olympics, people.” (rtr)reacts. 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Kremlin says charges over U.S. election tampering prove nothing MOSCOW - The Kremlin said on Monday that U.S. charges against 13 Russians and several Russian companies accused of meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign contained zero proof of Russian state involvement. The comments were the Kremlin’s first reaction to charges drawn up by the office of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller which centred on a Russian businessman nicknamed ‘Putin’s cook’ by the Russian media who U.S. officials say has extensive ties to the country’s military and political establishment. The full indictment, released on Friday, said that a Russian propaganda arm funded by the businessman, Evgeny Prigozhin, oversaw a criminal and espionage conspiracy to tamper in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign to support Donald Trump and disparage Hillary Clinton. The charges are awkward for the Kremlin which is keen to try to build a relationship with Trump in the hope that could eventually lead to U.S. sanctions

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imposed over its role in Ukraine being lifted. The election-meddling allegations have soured U.S.-Russia ties further however, triggering new sanctions as well as pressure for more restrictions. Friday’s indictment and news that Mueller’s investigation is not yet finished mean the issue is likely to dog the troubled relationship for a long time. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that the U.S. indictment centred purely on individuals and presented no tangible proof that the Kremlin itself or Russian government agencies were involved. “They (the Americans) are talking about Russian citizens, but we have heard in announcements from Washington accusations about the involvement of the Russian state, the Kremlin and the Russian government,” Peskov told reporters on a conference call. “There are no indications that the Russian state could have been involved in this and nor can there be any. Russia did not meddle, does not have the habit of meddling in the internal affairs of other countries, and is not doing so now.” (rtr)

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Evgeny Prigozhin (L) assists Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a dinner with foreign scholars and journalists at the restaurant Cheval Blanc on the premises of an equestrian complex outside Moscow November 11, 2011. Picture taken November 11.

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A number of pro-EU supporters protest outside the building where Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson delivers a speech on Brexit at the Policy Exchange in central London, Britain February 14, 2018.

New British party inspired by Macron seeks to overturn Brexit

LONDON - A new British party inspired by French President Emmanuel Macron’s movement launched a campaign on Monday to thwart Brexit by convincing lawmakers to block any EU withdrawal deal Prime Minister Theresa May can strike. With just over 13 months left until Britain is due to leave the EU, opponents of Brexit are exploring ways to stop what they call Britain’s biggest mistake since World War Two. The Renew party, founded last year after Macron’s En Marche! movement propelled him to power, said it would target pro-Brexit lawmakers in constituencies with high levels of support for EU membership. “We intend to be tough on Brexit and tough on the causes of Brexit,” said James Torrance, the party’s head of strategy. “We’ll pressure MPs to consider the national interest and put Remain back on the table in a vote on the final EU deal.” The party, founded by an accountant, a former journalist and a consultant, plans to contest seats in May local elections and all 650 parliamentary seats if there is a national election. In the United Kingdom’s 2016 referendum, 51.9 percent, or 17.4 million people, voted to leave the EU while 48.1 percent, or 16.1 million, voted to stay. Blocking any withdrawal deal that May brings back from Brussels in October would probably sink her minority government and prompt a national election that could throw Britain’s exit into doubt. GOVERNMENT SPLIT

May’s government and party is divided over Brexit. She cam-

paigned for a “remain” vote in 2016, but now insists Britain will leave at 2300 GMT on March 29, 2019. She says there will be no rerun of the referendum. An ICM survey published last month showed 47 percent of voters favour having a final say on Brexit once the terms of the departure are known, while 34 percent oppose a rerun of the referendum. But the survey showed just a twopercentage-point lead for remaining in the EU once the “don’t knows” are excluded. EU leaders, if they voted unanimously, could allow Brexit to be delayed if there was political turmoil in Britain on the eve of Brexit. That would still probably leave investors uncertain about the nature of the future trading relationship. Among those who have called for Brexit to be halted are former Prime Minister Tony Blair, Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein and George Soros, who made a fortune by betting against the British pound in 1992. “We have had informal discussions with En Marche,” said Torrance, a former accountant who helped found Renew. “They are providing advice to us about how they got going in France. So we can understand that in more detail and apply some of the lessons from that.” Renew has so far received about 100,000 pounds ($140,000) in donations, including 30,000 from a lawyer and 20,000 from a restaurant owner, according to a senior party official. Supporters of Brexit say attempts to stop Brexit run against the democratic will of the people and could thrust Britain into a constitutional crisis. (rtr)

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Indonesia raises aviation warnings after Sumatra volcano emits ash cloud

JAKARTA - Indonesia on Monday raised flight warnings around the Mount Sinabung volcano on Sumatra island to their highest level after it sent a towering plume of ash more than 7 kilometres (4.4 miles) into the air, its biggest eruption this year.

Areas around the crater of the volcano, located about 1,900 km (1,181 miles) northwest of the capital, Jakarta, have been off-limits for several years because of frequent volcanic activity. The Bureau of Meteorology’s Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VACC), in Australia’s northern city of Darwin, issued maps on Monday showing an ash cloud heading in three directions from Sinabung, to the north, northwest and south-southeast. Indonesia also upgraded its Volcano Observatory Notice for Aviation (VONA) to red, its highest warning, and said the ash-cloud top had reached 23,872 feet (7,276 metres), according to a ground observer. Sinabung is about 75 km (47 miles) southwest of Kualanamu International Airport in Medan.

Nur Isnin Istianto, head of the regional airport authority, said Kutacane airport in Aceh province had been closed, but the wind direction allowed the airport of Kualanamu, Meulaboh and Silangit to remain open. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for Indonesia’s Disaster Agency, said the eruption began on Monday morning, accompanied by multiple earthquakes and showering surrounding villages with small rocks. “In five districts it became dark with a visibility of about

5 metres,” he said in a statement. No casualties were reported. The agency urged the public to stay out of a 7-km (4-mile) exclusion zone around the crater, and watch for further warnings, which could cover floods. The 2,460-metre (8,071-ft) tall volcano is among Indonesia’s most active. When Sinabung erupted in 2014, more than a dozen people were killed and thousands were evacuated. Prior to recent times, its last known eruption was four centuries ago. (rtr)

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Students clean their school yard from ash after Mount Sinabung volcano erupted on Monday at Payung village in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia February 20, 2018.

Widodo orders tight supervision of infrastructure projects

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo ordered the Indonesian Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) on Tuesday to evaluate and tightly supervise all infrastructure projects, following the collapse of the formwork of a pole on a Jakarta`s toll road construction site. “This morning, I have ordered the Public Works and Public Housing Minister (Basuki Hadimuljono) to tighten his ministry`s supervision of the infrastructure construction projects,” Widodo said here, following the accident that injured seven workers. The ministry has temporarily suspended all elevated toll road projects under construction, following the collapse of the formwork of a pole on the Bekasi-Cawang-Kampung Melayu (Becakayu) toll road in East Jakarta early on Tuesday. The contractors and those in charge of the projects have

been requested to resubmit their methods of works and supervision procedures amid the fact that there have been 14 toll road project-related accidents over these past six months. “The supervision must be tightened, because we do not just have one but many elevated infrastructure projects, such as flyover, light rapid transport, toll road, and elevated toll road projects. Therefore, we need tight supervision,” Widodo stated. The tightened supervision, he noted, would enable those involved in the construction works to avoid technical and human errors. “It is impossible if this detailed construction projects are just supervised modestly,” he remarked. Widodo also emphasized the importance of a detailed management control to supervise the construction works. “This is the Public Works and Public Housing Ministry`s

decision, because we have many construction projects. Some will be finished in 2020 and 2023, and others will be carried out to meet the needs of this year`s Asian Games,” he revealed. Apart from the timeline of the projects` completion, the detailed management control was indispensable, he explained, adding that the errors found in certain construction-related accidents would be evaluated by the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing. Prior to this accident, there was an accident on the double track project of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train around Matraman area of Jatinegara, East Jakarta. Last week, a box girder of the light rail construction project in Utan Kayu area, East Jakarta, also collapsed. (rtr)

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MADRID - Widely credited with steering Spain through its worst recession in decades, its outgoing Economy Minister Luis de Guindos will hope to bring pragmatism and tenacity to the European Central Bank when he takes over as vice president in June. Some EU lawmakers opposed his appointment, ratified on Monday by euro zone finance ministers, fearing the nomination of a politician could affect the bank’s independence. without ever having run for political office on a PP ticket. Addressing the European Parliament last week, de Guindos said that having been part of government or maintaining a certain political affiliation “does not imply any impairment of the defence of the independence of the monetary authorities.” CRISIS MANAGEMENT A photo taken of de Guindos in 2012 with the hands of the then Eurogroup president, Jean-Claude Juncker, jokingly around his neck at a ministerial meeting shows the stress Spain was under at the height of the euro zone crisis, when it was seen as the next likely candidate for a sovereign bailout. De Guindos oversaw the resignation of compatriot Rodrigo Rato, then chairman of deeply-indebted lender Bankia and a former International Monetary Fund managing director. Since then Bankia, at the centre of the 41.3 billion euro banking bailout that Spain took in 2012, has recovered and is gradually trying to reduce its public ownership. With de Guindos at the economy ministry helm, European authorities orchestrated a rescue of Spain’s

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Spain’s outgoing Economy Minister Luis de Guindos greets European Central Bank (ECB) Vice President Vitor Constancio during an European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, February 20, 2018. then sixth-biggest lender, Banco Popular, in early June 2017. That was the first time a euro zone bank was wound down since the ECB became the single supervisor for the bloc’s top 120 banks in November 2014. At a time when the ECB is working on new measures targeting soured loans on bank balance sheets, de Guindos can also be credited

with helping Spain’s financial sector reduce its non-performing loan rate to less than 8 percent. In addition to his professional credential, de Guindos’ ECB candidacy might also have been aided by the fact that Spain, the euro zone’s fourth-largest economy, has had no representative on the bank’s executive board since Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo’s term

ended in 2012. Father of two and a grandfather, de Guindos holds deep religious convictions. He is also a voracious reader, regularly plays tennis and is a staunch supporter of Atletico Madrid - the capital’s perennial ‘underdog’ team which ended more than a decade without major silverware by winning the Europa League title in 2010. (rtr)

IMF says it stopped Kenya’s access to $1.5 bln standby credit NAIROBI - The International Monetary Fund stopped Kenya’s access to a $1.5 billion standby credit facility last June after failing to agree with the government on a reduction of the fiscal deficit, the fund said on Tuesday. The twoyear precautionary facility, set to expire next month, was put in place for Kenya in case of unforeseen external shocks that could put pressure on the balance of payments. The East African economy has not yet tapped the facility, which was preceded by a smaller standby oneyear credit line in 2015.

“The programme has not been discontinued but access was lost in mid-June because a review had not been completed,” Jan Mikkelsen, IMF representative in Kenya, told Reuters. “There was no agreement on the fiscal adjustment at the time and then I do believe the lengthy election period (later in the year) made it difficult to have a review and complete that in the period that followed.” The government did not respond to requests by Reuters for comment. It has published a plan to lower the deficit to 7 percent of

GDP at the end of this fiscal year in June, from 8.9 percent in 2016/17, and to less than 5 percent in three years’ time. Mikkelsen said a team from the fund’s Washington headquarters was in the country for talks on a Kenyan request for a new standby credit facility. He did not comment on the government’s fiscal deficit reduction plan. “We have just started discussions,” he said. “I’m hopeful we will get an agreement.” The fund wanted to see “substantial fiscal consolidation” to

lower the deficit and put the country’s debt onto a “sustainable path”. Kenya’s total debt has risen to about 50 percent of GDP, from 42 percent in 2013, as it borrowed locally and abroad to build infrastructure like a new railway line from Nairobi to the port of Mombasa. At the time it secured the precautionary facility from the IMF, officials at the fund said it was a triumph of Kenya’s stable economic fundamentals, because that type of facility is usually reserved for more developed emerging economies. But investor worries have grown

due to the gaping fiscal deficit and sluggish private sector credit growth, after the government capped lending rates at 14 percent in 2016. “The interest rate controls should either be eliminated or significantly modified to allow banks to price risks properly and thereby promote an increase in credit to the private sector,” Mikkelsen said. He said a reduction of the fiscal deficit and the elimination of the cap on commercial lending rates were key to a new agreement between the fund and Kenya. (rtr)

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Two of Karangasem’s distinctive cultural traditions; Terteran and Gebug Ende (fire dance and rain dance) will soon be named as official cultural heritages. After the administrative requirements were met, the Ministry of Education and Culture assured that they qualified as cultural heritages. The next step in the process is to have a team from the central government verify these cultural heritage traditions.

More banker than politician? De Guindos faces ECB litmus test But de Guindos’ track record in government and the financial sector suggest he has some justification in dismissing such concerns. He showed calm under political fire by pushing through tight budgets and unpopular labour reforms during the economic downturn that shook Spain following the global financial crisis. That experience helped foster a close relationship with former German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble. Like Schaeuble’s compatriots on the ECB’s governing council, de Guindos is seen likely to favour an early normalisation of ECB policy, as the debate among ratesetters shifts towards when and how fast it should unwind its ultraloose monetary stance. Though lacking a background in central banking, the 58-year-old can point to wide experience in the finance industry, as head of financial services in PricewaterhouseCoopers in Madrid and of Nomura Securities and Lehman Brothers in the Iberian peninsula before that. De Guindos has been Spain’s economy minister since the conservative People’s Party (PP), headed by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, won the 2011 election - doing so

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Division Head of Arts for the Karangasem Culture and Tourism Agency Ni Made Suradnyani explained that a proposal to have these distinctive Karangasem traditions recognised as national cultural heritages was submited to the central government in January 2016 and that the tradions from Seraya Village and Jasri Village, were finally accepted. The verification process will take place next June. Other than Terteran of Jasri village and Gebug Ende of Seraya village, said Suradnyani, the Bali Culture Office also recommended the Usaba Aci Sumbu of Timbrah village that involves thousands of roasted suckling pigs being presented as holy offerings. However, the recommendation failed to qualify at the national level because the administrative requirements were not complete. The Karangasem Culture an Tourism Agence will be improving the shortcomings

of the application through the Bali Cultural Preservation Agency. This unique culture of Timbrah customary village will be proposed again to the central government through the recommendation of the Bali government along with the Geret Pandan tradition of Tenganan Pegeringsingan and Usaba Dangsil of Bungaya village. The latter two traditions are still being studied and documented in preparation for the proposal. Determination of the cultural property of Karangasem is necessary to avoid any claims to them that may be commited by other regions or countries.. Lately, cultural claim cases used to support tourism promotion of particular regions or countries are increasingly common. In addition, such recognistion is also importtant in order to ensure cultural preservation, so that hese traditions do not disspaear over the next ten years. (kmb)

Janger Menyali, Awakening Art Nostalgia of Dutch Occupation Period

Apart from office buildings another heritage left from the Dutch colonial period is the art of Janger that was a popular form of entertainment in Buleleng during the occupation. The Janger from Menyali village, Sawan that emerged during the colonial period has been reconstructed by the Janger Saraswati Art Troupe and was recently performed in the former Buleleng Harbour. The District of Buleleng will be presenting the Janger Menyali during the 39th Bali Arts Festival (BAF) in June at the Denpasar Art Center, evoking the heyday of this art form. The Janger Menyali performance in Buleleng Harbour was especially interesting because it was performed by elderly dancers who had not performed the Janger since the 1960’s and 70’s. The dancers looking dapper in their attire of red berets, badges, shirts, socks and shoes, This costume, he said is different than the one usually worn by more contemporary Janger dances. Headman of Menyali, Made Jaya Harta, explained that male Janger dancers used to be known as jipak. Jipak Janger dancers from his village indeed used to be wear costumes inspired by the Dutch Army that was docked at Buleleng

Customs (former Buleleng Harbor—Ed). Over time, the style and costume of Janger Menyali changed under the influenced of other arts including “Janger Kreasi”. “The songs and dance movements are similar but the costumes for “Janger Kresi” are quite different. Janger Menyali is rarely ever performed anymore and was on the verge of disappearing all together before this reconstruction was put together. There was one staging of this dance not too long ago in Lombok”, said Headman Harta. READ Aci Tabuh Rah Pengangon, A Unique Tradition to Invoke Fertility at Kapal Village The reconstruction of Janger Menyali started in Febuary 2017. It was considered to be important to revive this dance as it is believed to be a sacred dance (sanghyang dance). Harta and others are therefor committed to preserving the Janger Menyali dance. “We have to preserve this ancestral heritage from the Dutch era. We started to reconstruct this dance by teaming up with the old dancers and then got some younger dancers involved. The result is a dance that can make Buleleng proud” explained Harta. (mud)

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Beware of ten-year cycle in banking sector

Billionaire jeweller denies involvement in huge Indian bank fraud-lawyer

DENPASAR — The 10-year cycle overwhelming the banking sector of Indonesia since 1998 and repeating again in 2008 is likely to affect banking sector in Bali. When referring to the ten-year cycle, it should happen again in 2018 and a kind of banking crisis will possibly happen.

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An economic analyst, Nyoman Sender, said the crisis in the banking sector in particular started to be seen from the sluggish growth of banking industry as marked by a worsening NPL and slowing down credit growth, although fund collection remains quite positive. The property sector having not fully recovered will be aggravated by the eruption of Mount Agung. Meanwhile, the tourism sector directly affected will influence the banking sector in Bali. “Probably, it is not as bad as the crisis of previous years. However, if the bank management is less careful, let alone be less competent and have no integrity, I am worried the 10-year cycle will

affect the banking sector in Bali,” he said on Sunday (Feb. 18). Chief of Bali Representative Office of Bank Indonesia, Causa Iman Karana, explained that there is indeed a business cycle. However, the time cannot be specified. The business cycle is the rise and fall of economic growth occurred over time. This cycle is a useful tool for analyzing the economy and helps make better financial decisions. Each business cycle has four phases, namely expansion, peak, contraction and trough. These phases do not occur periodically. However, the phases have a recognizable indicator. Instead he saw if this year it leads to an expansionary phase. (kmb42)

Japanese taken to Tabanan Social Services as often runs amok

TABANAN — Rana Furusawa, a Japanese citizen who has become an Indonesian citizen, was secured by Kerambitan Police and then submitted to Tabanan Social Services on Monday (Feb. 19). It happens because this 51-year-old woman frequently runs amok in the area of her boarding house at Griya Loka, Kutuh Kelod, Samsam, Kerambitan subdistrict. As the information compiled, Rana Furusawa has lived alone for almost two years after divorcing from her husband from Jembrana. Due to depression, she often hits to break the glass of car belonging to residents in the housing complex. Being worried about the safety of local residents, finally the woman was taken to the social services for further handling. When met at the office of the Tabanan Social Services, Rana Furusawa looked thin and less well groomed. It was unclear what she said. Occasionally she laughed to herself and when attempted to communicate, she often did not make sense even though she could speak Bahasa Indonesia. Head of the Tabanan Social Services, I Nyoman Gede Gunawan, said the Japanese woman having long lived in Indonesia was taken by two police officers from Kerambitan Police, around 09:00 because she was caught running amok around her boarding house at Samsam village. “In accordance with field information, she also suffers from mental disorders but it is not known for sure about the background. When talking to her, her speech does not make sense,” said Gunawan.

From the examination of the identity document she brings, the woman has the address at the Seminyak Asri Housing No. 45, Jalan Kunti, Seminyak village, Kuta subdistrict. “When speaking to her, she can understand a little Indonesian but the key point is unclear so it’s difficult to be understood,” he said. After making coordination with the provincial social services, it was advised to bring the concerned woman to Japanese consular office. “Actually we want to bring her but it is not yet acceptable. We will find the solution first together with the Provincial Social Services. Then, we leave her first at the House of Social Protection,” said Gunawan. Meanwhile, Chief of Kerambitan Police, I Wayan Suana, explained that Rana Furusawa was reported to subdistrict police on Saturday (Feb. 17) by residents because she is considered troubling. Then, he brought Rana Furusawa to Kerambitan Police. However, when asked, her response was unclear and difficult to understand. However, when asking for something like food, for example, she will write it. “Her speech is usually difficult to understand,” he said. According to information from a number of residents, Rana Furusawa has lived alone in her boarding house at Giri Loka for two years. Moreover, she is difficult to recognize her family clearly. “According to people, she (Rana) is in depression. Sometimes, she laughs at herself and talks to herself but her speech is not clear,” said Suana. Considering the address on her identity card shows she is a resident of Seminyak, Badung, finally after

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U.S. and South Korea marines eat local fruits and vegetables during a jungle survival exercise as part of the “Cobra Gold 2018” (CG18) joint military exercise, at a military base in Chonburi province, Thailand, February 19, 2018.

S.Korea to announce joint military drill plan with U.S. before April

SEOUL - South Korea and the United States will announce plans before April for a postponed joint military drill, South Korea’s defence minister said on Tuesday. Seoul and Washington had agreed to postpone the regular joint military exercise until after the Winter Olympics and Paralympics being hosted in South Korea, which end on March 18.

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Rana Furusawa, a Japanese citizen who has become an Indonesian citizen, was secured by Kerambitan Police and then submitted to Tabanan Social Services. coordination, Kerambitan Police suggest to bring her to Tabanan Social Services. Hopefully, the Tabanan Social Services can bring her to the Bali Social Services so that she can be forwarded to Badung Social Services. At the same time, there was a displaced woman taken to the Social Services on Monday (Feb. 19) around 10:30. Her name is Hatija, 66, from Madura, brought by online taxi to Tabanan Police and forwarded to Social Services. Based on the reference from the Tabanan Police to the Tabanan

Social Services, Hatija came to the Integrated Police Service Center (SPKT) of Tabanan Police. She claimed to have been deceived by her neighbor named Irma from Fagudu village, Sanana subdistrict, Sula Islands, North Maluku. Hatija was promised to get a job in Bali. Moreover, she was asked for money amounting to IDR 2,500,000 for the cost of accommodation or purchase airline tickets and online taxi service by Irma. Besides, Irma promised to pick her up by an online taxi and will be escorted to her workplace. However, when arriving in Bali

on Thursday (Feb. 15), her promise did not come true where Hatija was not directly taken to her workplace so the online taxi took her to Tabanan Police. Realizing to have been cheated and has no money, she also asked for help an online taxi driver named Aprianto so she can return to her hometown. Then, she was escorted to Tabanan Police. Currently, Hatija has been taken to the House of Social Protection at Tuakilang hamlet, Denbantas village, Tabanan. “We are still discussing first about the problem of Hatija,” said Gunawan. (kmb28)

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After the decision to delay the joint exercise, North Korea agreed to hold the first official talks with South Korea in more than two years and send athletes to the Winter Games, easing a standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes. Asked when the two countries will hold the postponed drill, Song Youngmoo told parliament he and his U.S. counterpart, Jim Mattis, would make an announcement between March 18 and the start of April. “The exercise was postponed according to the spirit of the Olympics,” Song said. “We have agreed to uphold the basis until after the Paralympics... and not to confirm nor deny anything regarding what we would do after that until we announce it”. Song added inter-Korean talks had not come about as a direct result of the postponed drill. Pyongyang has warned it would not sit idle if the United States and South Korea push ahead with the postponed military exercises. North Korea denounces the drills as preparations to invade it, and it has at times conducted missile tests or taken other aggressive action in

response. The South Korean and U.S. militaries usually hold military exercises called Key Resolve and Foal Eagle in March and April, which can involve as many as 17,000 U.S. troops and more than 300,000 South Koreans. South Korea’s Unification Minister Cho Myong-gyon said talks to stage the postponed military drill were moving forward. “I’m aware negotiations are moving towards a direction where the drills will be held,” Cho said in a separate parliamentary session on Tuesday, without elaborating. A restart of the joint drill is an “act of ruthlessly trampling even a small sprout of peace that has been now seen on the Korean peninsula”, the North’s official KCNA news agency said in a commentary on Monday. “It is a provocative act of chilling the active efforts of the DPRK and enthusiasm of the international community to defuse tension and create a peaceful environment”. North Korea’s official name is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Tensions on the Korean peninsula

have eased since last year resulting in inter-Korean talks and the North sending a high-level delegation led by Kim Yo Jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, and athletes to the Winter Olympics. South Korea has also floated the idea of co-hosting the 2021 Asian Winter Games with North Korea, and a North Korean official said on Tuesday this may be possible, reported the South’s Yonhap news agency. North Korea may make the North’s Masikryong ski resort available for the Games, said Chang Ung, the North’s representative on the International Olympic Committee. The host city for the 2021 event has not yet been decided. Speaking to a Yonhap reporter at an airport in Beijing, the Chinese capital, Chang said it would be easier for the two sides to co-host the 2021 Asian Winter Games because there is less competition to host them, compared to the Olympics. As to how that could come about, Chang declined to say, according to Yonhap. He was on his way back to North Korea after observing the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. (rtr)

NEW DELHI - Indian billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, one of the prime accused in the country’s largest ever bank fraud, denies allegations levelled against him by Punjab National Bank (PNB), his lawyer said on Tuesday. “There is nothing, there is nothing in it,” Vijay Aggarwal, a lawyer representing Modi, told Reuters, referring to the police complaint filed by PNB that alleges that companies linked to Modi and one of his relatives received credit worth nearly $1.8 billion between 2011 and 2017 using false guarantees supplied by two bank officials. Aggarwal, speaking by telephone, declined to comment on where Modi was. Indian officials are on the lookout for Modi and his family, who police say left India in January prior to the case being filed. “Everything is documented,” Aggarwal said of Modi’s dealings with PNB, adding that the state-owned bank had regularly levied fees on its dealings with the jeweller’s firms. Asked about his legal strategy, Aggarwal said: “Until there is no chargesheet, there is no strategy. When there is a chargesheet, there will be a strategy.” According to a police complaint by PNB, the two officials at a Mumbai branch of the bank steered fraudulent loans to companies linked to Modi and entities tied to jewellery retailer Gitanjali Gems, which is led by Modi’s uncle, Mehul Choksi. “They are covering themselves up,” Aggarwal said of the complaint. “They want to avoid liability ... that is why they are cooking up this story.” Choksi, who has also left the country, has not commented. Gitanjali, in a stock exchange filing, has denied Choksi’s involvement in the alleged fraud. Five bank officials, including the two at the Mumbai branch, have been arrested. The fraud case has stunned financial markets and it sent PNB shares tumbling for a fifth straight trading day on Tuesday. Shares in PNB, which has shed nearly a third of its market value since disclosing the fraud, were down 3.5 percent in early trading after rating agency Fitch placed the bank on negative watch. Later, Moody’s also placed the bank’s ratings under review for a downgrade. Separately, in a letter to PNB officials, Modi stated that his companies owe the bank under 50 billion rupees ($775.25 million), much lower than the amount alleged by the bank. He also said PNB has jeopardized its chances of recovering the sums owed by going public with its allegations. (rtr)

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An activist of the youth wing of India’s main opposition Congress party holds a cut-out with an image of billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi during a protest in New Delhi, India February 16, 2018.

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U.N. chief urges global rules for cyber warfare

LISBON - U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Monday for global rules to minimize the impact of electronic warfare on civilians as massive cyber attacks look likely to become the first salvoes in future wars.

Computer hackers, many of them believed to be state-sponsored groups, last year disrupted multinational firms, ports and public services on an unprecedented scale around the world, raising awareness of the issue. Last week, U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians and three Russian companies on charges of conducting a criminal and espionage conspiracy using social media to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election. “Episodes of cyber warfare between states already exist. What is worse is that there is no regulatory scheme for that type of warfare, it is not clear how the Geneva Convention or international humanitarian law applies to it,” Guterres said in a speech to his alma mater, the University of Lisbon. “I am absolutely convinced that, differently from the great battles of the past, which opened with a

A Finnish tourist dies as rolled up by waves

barrage of artillery or aerial bombardment, the next war will begin with a massive cyber attack to destroy military capacity... and paralyse basic infrastructure such as the electric networks.” He offered the United Nations as a platform where various players from scientists to governments could meet and work out such rules “to guarantee a more humane character” of any conflict involving information technology and, more broadly, to keep the internet as “an instrument in the service of good”. Addressing professors and engineers after receiving the university’s honorary degree, Guterres urged them to contribute to the process, which had to run much faster than before. Traditional ways of working out such rules could take decades - too slow for the rapidly changing technology scene. A group of NATO allies said last year they were drawing up cyber warfare principles to guide their militaries on what justifies deploying cyber attack weapons more broadly, aiming for agreement by early 2019. Some NATO allies believe shutting down an enemy power plant through a cyber attack could be more effective than air strikes. (rtr)

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Computer hackers, many of them believed to be state-sponsored groups, last year disrupted multinational firms, ports and public services on an unprecedented scale around the world, raising awareness of the issue.

MANGUPURA — A Finnish citizen, Pitkan Ville Juhani, 36, was rolled up by waves when swimming on Berawa Beach, North Kuta, on Sunday (Feb. 18). The rescue efforts have been done by residents and tourists but the victim breathed his last. Badung Police officers said the incident on Berawa Beach precisely occurred in front of the Hotel LV-8 at 17:15. Based on testimonies of witnesses, around 17:00 local time, the victim staying at Nyoman Guest House on Jalan Pantai Berawa Gang Batun Kepuh, North Kuta, was swimming to the sea precisely in front of Hotel LV-8. At that time, the victim was swept away by sea currents and rolled up by big waves causing him to sink. Seeing the incident, a number residents and foreign tourists tried the help the victim by using surf

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boards. “The victim was successfully evacuated from the middle of the sea in unconscious state. When evacuated, the victim’s position looked up,” said the officer. Afterward, the victim’s body was raised to the surf board and taken to the beach. When arriving on the beach, some foreign tourists were trying to provide artificial breathing assistance. A few minutes later, a medical officer from Canggu Medical arrived at the scene. After the examination, the victim was declared to have died. The victim’s body was then taken to Sanglah Hospital. “Well, such incident is true to happen. Our members are still examining the witnesses,” said Chief of North Kuta Police Criminal Investigation Unit, I Putu Ika Prabawa, when asked for his confirmation related to the incident. (kmb27)

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The German military has no intention of acquiring autonomous weapons.

The occupancy of home stay in the Ubud area has entered 50 percent.

German military has no plans to acquire robot weapons - general

MUNICH - The German military has no intention of acquiring autonomous weapons, decried as “killer robots” by critics, the head of Germany’s fledgling cyber command said on Thursday. Lieutenant General Ludwig Leinhos, who heads the new Cyber and Information Space Command set up in April 2017, made the comment during a discussion about artificial intelligence on the sidelines of the annual Munich Security Conference. “We have a very clear position. We have no intention of procuring ... autonomous systems,” Leinhos said. He said the German military needed to prepare to defend against such weapons if they were used by other countries, but had no plans to obtain such weapons itself. Leinhos said a broader political and legal discussion was needed on the issue, which has been in the spotlight amid rapid gains in technology that could enable more autonomous use of drones and other weapons. Mary Wareham, who coordinates the Campaign to Stop Killer

Robots, told the panel 22 countries had already agreed to support a ban on autonomous weapons, and her group was trying to raise more awareness about the issue. She said it was important to ensure continued “human control” of weapons systems, and agreements were urgently needed given how quickly technology was evolving. “This is a game-changing technology. This is something we can do something about,” Wareham said. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a former Danish prime minister and former secretary general of NATO, told the panel he strongly believed in preventing the production and use of such weapons, which he expects to create more instability. “The use of AI and robots in warfare will drastically speed up combat,” Rasmussen said. “Soon, you may see swarms of robots attacking a country ... .The robots can be easily deployed, they don’t get tired, they don’t get bored.” He said NATO needed to revamp its slow decision-making process to respond to the new, much fastermoving challenges. (rtr)

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Homestay occupancy in Ubud attains 50 percent

GIANYAR — After the alert status of Mount Agung in Karangasem was reduced from warning to watch, tourist visits to Bali continues to increase. Moreover, the occupancy of home stay in the Ubud area has entered 50 percent. This condition is predicted to increase before the implementation of cremation at Ubud Palace scheduled to be held in early March.

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The rescue efforts have been done by residents and tourists but the victim breathed his last.

Chairman of the Ubud Homestay Association (UHSA), I.B. Wiryawan, said on Sunday (Feb. 18) that when the natural disaster of Mount Agung took place, tourist visit had indeed dropped sharply. Moreover, the homestay occupancy had touched 20 percent. “The most severe happened when the airport was closed,” he said. A few months after the incident, tourist arrivals to Bali, particularly to Ubud, continues to improve.

This condition can also be observed from the density of traffic and tourists passing in the tourism village. “Currently, the occupancy has touched the range of 45-50 percent,” he said. The man familiarly addressed as Gus De Wiryawan estimated that after the decline of the alert status of Mount Agung, it took two to three months for recovery, but he hoped to be faster. “If it can be faster, certainly it would be better. The activities in Ubud can run normally again and it is also important for the workforce,” he added. He added that around the tourist kampong of Ubud there are approximately 340 homestays with a total of around 2,000 rooms. Well, now some rooms in every homestay in Ubud have been occupied. This condition is also expected to increase before the implementation of cremation in Ubud Palace which has often become a magnet to attract tourists. “So far, it indeed does not have an impact, but we are still waiting for another week to see the response,” he said. (kmb35)

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Leko dance of Sibang Gede certified as of cultural heritage

Entrepreneur will flourish in supportive business climate

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DENPASAR - The business climate of Indonesia, especially in Bali, is currently very supportive of entrepreneurship. Unlike the previous leadership that only encouraged people to work for others, the current government is very supportive of entrepreneurs.

Chairman of TDA Bali Community, Hendra W Saputro, said that only 2 percent of Indonesians are recorded as being entrepreneurs. The percentage of entrepreneurs is higher in places like Malaysia ,Singapore and America. During a press conference for the Entrepreneurial Party Bali 2018, it was stated that: “our education system has no content about becoming an entrepreneur, we are trained to be workers”. Under the leadership of President Jokowi however, efforts are being made to encourage entrepreneurship by providing incentives. For instance, the Ministry of Research and Technology and Higher Education has a business incubator program for universities / colleges, the Ministry of Cooperatives has a people’s business credit (KUR) program, et cetera. Statesowned enterprises (SOEs) are also keen to encourage entrepreneurship. The PLN has a creative house and Telkom has opened blanja.com as digital market place.

“This is meant to stimulate entrepreneurship to grow even bigger”, he said. Currently, infrastructures has been set up and both government policies and the private sector are supporting entrepreneurship. Many universities are also providing a some education in entrepreneurship. The government is also issuing grants and easing access to credit for people wanting to start businesses. “Hopefully conditions can improve both from the government’s side and on the side of the public”, he said. The TDA has also created a syllabus for entrepreneurial skills. education in entrepreneurship. The entrepreneurial climate is slowly improving, as seen by Bali’s TDA which has a 25-30 percent self -employed rate. “This could be seen as a positive indicator of an increase in entrepreneurs in Bali”, they said. However, 2017 did see a slowdown in business with 40 percent of TDA Bali’s businesses experiencing sluggishness. Given that 60 percent of Bali’s economy relies on tourism, the eruption of Mount Agung hampered the growth of small businesses. The TDa is holding the entrepreneurial party to help businesses recover, part of this event will include displaying products made by Mount Agung evacuees. (kmb42)

Turtle egg hatchery in Legian eagerly anticipated MANGUPURA - Turtles having been hatching their eggs on Kuta and Legian Beaches for a very long time. Soon Legian Beach will however have its very own turtle hatchery which many local residents are excited about. According to Chief of Beach Management of Legian Customary Village (PPDAL), Wayan Suarta, Legian Bach has long been a natural turtle hatching area but that the rescued eggs here have been brought to the hatchery in Kuta. Soon these eggs can be protected on Legian Beach in the new hatchery which can also

serve to attract tourists. “We will coordinate with the WWF and other third parties who will help support the turtle releases”, he added. Headman of Legian, Made Madiya Suryanatha, confirmed that the idea of creating a hatchery came from the fact that currently many turtles naturally lay their eggs on Legian Beach. People often encounter the eggs, especially near Padma Beach. “The customary village came up with the idea of creating our own hatchery”, he said, adding that it can also serve as a tourist attraction and show that Legian cares about the environment. (kmb23)

BALI has become known worldwide for its arts, particularly its traditional dances. Balinese traditional dances are divided into three categories; wali (sacred dance), bebali (semi-sacred dance) and balih-balihan (entertainment dance) that support the needs of customs and religion. On December 5, 2015, the UNESCO named nine Balienese dances from all three types as intangible cultural heritage of Indonesia. The sacred dance consist of the Rejang, Sanghyang Dedari and Baris Upacara; the semi-sacred dances Gambuh, Wayang Wong and Sidakarya Mask; and the entertainment dances Legong Keraton, Joged Bumbung and Barong Ket Kuntisraya. The Joged Bumbung dance was developed out of the ancient Joged in terms of both gamelan accompaniment and repertoire. Other dances that fall into the category of entertainment dances are the Leko, Joged Pingitan, Joged Gudegan and Gandrung. The Leko dance accompanied by bamboo rindik instruments is very rare and only certain regions of Bali like Sibang Gede (Badung), Tunjuk and Baturiti (Tabanan) and Pendem (Jembrana) each with their own particular style. still practice this dance, with their own particular styles. The Leko dance from Sibang Gede is characterized by its legong style, both in terms of the gamelan accompaniment and treasures of dance movements. The Leko of Sibang Gede has four distinct parts before the main dancer (Pangibing) appears. They are: the condong, kupu-kupu tarum, goak manjus and onte each with distinct dance movements. “The condong is performed by a single dancer with abstract movements and legong style. The kupu-kupu tarum tells the story of a pair of butterflies sucking nectar from flowers. The goak manjus depicts a pair of crows bathing and the onte tells of a young couple making love, wearing hats. After the show, the audience is invited to dance ibing-ibingan with one of the dancers. This dance has existed since the 1930s and became very popular in the 1950’2 around North Badung“, explained Leko dance instructor A.A. Ayu Kusuma Arini, on Monday (Feb. 19). This retired dancer and lecturer at the ISI Denpasar said that the Leko dance has seen its ups and downs as it was not very well known outside of Badung. However dedicated residents of Parekan Hamlet, Sibang Gede faithfully preserved this rare dance as a unique heritage that entertains the public. Harini further explained that since 1985 has been revived with new musical interpretations and dance movements as few people dance this dance. In December 1999 the Leko of Sibang Gede was revived again by the Cempaka Sari Leko troupe with a new rindik gamelan instrument donated by the government of Badung. They performed for the Listibya Bali, presenting their distinct dances accompanied by gamelan music played by young musicians.. On that occasion, the troupe received the Pramana Patram Budaya, a certificate of stage-worthiness because the dance and accompaniment are still preserved. “The experience in stage performance, other than for entertainment at Sibang Gede, some important events followed by Leko during our coaching in 1993 include the village competition representing Badung district, Legong Festival held by the Walter Spies Foundation in 1995, several performances at the Bali Arts Festival starting in 1994 and entertaining foreign tourists”, said Kusuma Arini. Besides, under the guidance of Kusuma Arini, in the third week of December 2017, Leko of Sibang Gede received a certificate from the Minister of Education and Culture specifying that the Leko cultural work of the Province of Bali Province is an official Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia. “This classical dance with its own uniqueness should get continuous support from relevant institutions as the pride of Badung district,” she concluded. (win)

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Wilde’s struggle has echoes in some countries today, says ”Happy Prince” director Everett

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BERLIN - British actor Rupert Everett said his Berlinale entry about the exile of Irish playwright Oscar Wilde in the 1890s was an expression of homosexuals’ tragedy which is still present in some parts of the world today. “The Happy Prince”, written and directed by Everett, is a biography of Wilde’s exile in Paris after he was convicted of gross indecency in 1895 for having sex with a man during a Victorian clampdown on homosexuality. Everett, who also plays the leading role, said Wilde’s story illustrates the struggle of people turned into outcasts for their sexuality that was still happening in some countries such as Russia, Uganda and India. “The slow motion assassination of Oscar Wilde from the moment he went to prison to the moment he died is a story that possibly goes on in some parts of the world, still,” Everett told Reuters TV. In the “Happy Prince”, Wilde - the most popular playwright in London in his time remembers his old life, plays, fame and family, before being imprisoned for two years of labour. Once released, humiliated and sick, the film tracks Wilde’s move to Paris, from where he never returned to Britain. Prison and exile could not stop Wilde’s free

spirit. He resumes his destructive affair with the flamboyant young Lord Douglas, who eventually abandons him. Only a few devoted friends stay with Wilde when his sickness prevents him from producing any more work. He dies penniless, away from his children, but not alone. Homosexual acts were not decriminalised in England until 1967. In 2017, thousands of gay and bisexual men who were convicted of crimes under former sexual offence laws, including Wilde, were pardoned. “It’s a typical example of English grandeur that it is using the wrong word because ‘pardoned’ is not what’s necessary, ‘apology’ is really necessary,” Everett said. However, Everett believed his film showed how far some countries have come in accepting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in such a short time. “It’s a story that could give us a certain elation that we made such a journey from 100 years until now, where we have such freedoms,” he added. (rtr)

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Director,actor and screenwriter Rupert Everett and actress Emily Watson pose during a photocall to promote the movie The Happy Prince at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 17, 2018.

Film at Berlin festival shows 2011 massacre on Norwegian island

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Director and executive producer Erik Poppe and cast members pose during a photocall to promote the movie Utoya 22.juli (U - Jully 22) at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 19, 2018.

BERLIN - Director Erik Poppe says his latest film is part of the healing process in the aftermath of one of Norway’s most horrifying events - the massacre of 69 people, many of them teenagers, at a youth camp on the island of Utoya. Poppe’s “U-July 22”, premiering at the Berlin film festival, is a retelling of the shootings by a far-right gunman on July 22, 2011. Filmed on another island close to Utoya in one take, it follows “Kaja” - a fictional teenager as she runs for her life through woods, along beaches and in the sea. The audience sees her desperately searching for her younger sister, comforting a dying teenager and singing to herself as she cowers in fear against a cliff. Shots ring out, but the gunman is only fleetingly visible, from

a distance. Poppe said some had criticised his movie as coming too soon, but young survivors of the attack had told him he should not wait. “I would say that if it doesn’t hurt to watch this movie then it’s too late, so I would say for sure it’s hard but it’s also a part of the healing process,” Poppe said at a news conference. “We decided to make fiction for ethical reasons so the parents, sisters and brothers don’t need to see and think: Is that my sister or my brother? Is that my daughter?” he said, adding that psychologists had been on location to help actors and residents of the island where it was filmed. “Looking around Europe today, realising neo-fascism is growing day by day, we need to remember what

took place out on that island, what right-wing extremism can look like.” Survivor Ingrid Marie Vaag Endrerud said at the news conference the film’s story was one many Norwegians found impossible to tell. “When I try to explain what I experienced, I am only able to tell it from a distance and that’s where film and the art of film can tell a story another way that writing or speaking cannot,” she said. “This is hate in its purest form and as society we have to stand against it.” Andrea Berntzen, 19, who plays Kaja, remembers being scared at the news of the massacre when she was 12. When she heard about the making of the film she initially felt it was too soon, but later changed her mind. (rtr)

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Demonstrators lay on the ground at a rally for gun control outside of the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. February 19, 2018 in this still image from video.

U.S. students plan protests, Washington march, to demand gun control after mass shooting

PARKLAND - Stunned by the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history, students mobilized across the country on Sunday to organize rallies and a national walkout in support of stronger gun laws, challenging politicians they say have failed to protect them. Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a former student is accused of murdering 17 people on Wednesday using an assault-style rifle, joined others on social media to plan the events, including a Washington march. “I felt like it was our time to take a stand,” said Lane Murdock, 15, of Connecticut. “We’re the ones in these schools, we’re the ones who are having shooters come into our classrooms and our spaces.” Murdock, who lives 20 miles (32 km) from Sandy Hook Elementary School where 20 children and six adults were shot to death five years ago, drew more than 50,000 signatures on an online petition on Sunday calling on students to walk out of their high schools on April 20. Instead of going to classes, she urged her fellow students to stage protests on the 19th anniversary of an earlier mass shooting at Colum-

bine High School in Colorado. Students from the Florida high school are planning a “March for Our Lives” in Washington on March 24 to call attention to school safety and ask lawmakers to enact gun control. They also plan to rally for gun control, mental health issues and school safety on Wednesday in Tallahassee, the state capital. The students were expected to meet with a lawmaker who is seeking to ban the sale of assault-style weapons like the AR-15 allegedly used in the school shooting. The demands for change by many still too young to vote has inflamed the country’s long-simmering debate between advocates for gun control and gun ownership. Students from the Florida school have lashed out at political leaders, including Republican President Donald Trump, for inaction on the issue. Many criticized Trump

for insensitivity after he said in a weekend Twitter post that the FBI may have been too distracted with a Russia probe to follow leads that could have prevented the massacre. “You can’t blame the bureaucracy for this when it’s you, Mr. President, who’s overall responsible,” David Hogg, an 18-year-old Douglas senior, said in a phone interview. ’LISTENING SESSION’ The White House said Trump planned to host “a listening session” with high school students and teachers on Wednesday, but did not specify which students or school would be involved. Democratic leaders vowed to redouble efforts to fight the nation’s powerful gun lobby to reduce violence from firearms. “We’re the adults. We’re the leaders in this country who are supposed to keep our children safe - and again and again, our country has let

them down,” Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez said on Twitter. The suspect in the Parkland shooting, Nikolas Cruz, 19, faces multiple murder charges in the deaths of 14 students and three staff members, and the wounding of more than a dozen others in a rampage that eclipsed Columbine as the country’s worst mass shooting at a high school. Cruz was reported to have been investigated by police and state officials as far back as 2016 after slashing his arm in a social media video, and saying he wanted to buy a gun. Authorities determined, however, he was receiving sufficient support, newspapers said on Saturday. In addition, the Federal Bureau of Investigation admitted on Friday that it failed to investigate a warning that Cruz possessed a gun and the desire to kill. A couple who opened their home to Cruz after his mother’s recent death saw no signs he was planning a rampage, according to the Sun Sentinel in south Florida.

Kimberly and James Snead told the newspaper they knew Cruz had guns, and that they made him lock them in a safe. They thought they had the only key, they said. Cruz faces charges that could bring the death penalty. Prosecutors have not yet said if they will seek capital punishment. Four people still hospitalized with wounds from the shooting were in fair condition on Sunday, a spokeswoman for the Broward Health system said. School officials in Broward County said on Sunday they were aiming to have staff return to the high school campus by the end of the week. They did not say when classes would resume. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.