A ruling from the Minister of Trade limiting the sales of beer at convenience stores and warungs was set to take effect on April 15, 2015.  As reported by Beritadewata.com, minimarkets across Bali claimed they no longer have beer to sell and were not receiving new supplies from beer distributors. A few shops admitted to have old stocks of beer that they would sell until finished and then not restock. Read more from balidiscovery.com here …. 

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s upcoming Bali eatery, Jamie’s Italian Kuta Beach has appointed its first General Manager. The international brand of casual Italian restaurants chose to go local, employing Balinese hospitality veteran Made Sukadana for this important role. Read more from The Beat Mag here … 

Some 39 suspects from China and Taiwan had been arrested from a luxurious villa in Indonesia’s resort island Bali on April 4, 2015, for allegedly involving in cyber crimes, an Indonesian police office said. “We are going to hand them over to the People’s Republic of China’s police today, as soon as we finish all administrative procedures,” Chief of the Bali Provincial Police Inspector General Ronny Sompie stated Monday. Read more from The Bali Times here … 

Bali Travel News presented Tri Hita Karana awards to elements of the community in Bali judged to conduct their business and organizational activities in a way that reflects the Balinese cultural manifesto of Tri Hita Karana that demands balance be unfailingly maintained between Man and Man, Man and Nature, and Man and God. Read more from blidiscovery.com here … 

The Attorney General’s Office implied on Thursday that the execution of 11 death-row convicts would likely be conducted after the Commemoration of Asia-Africa Congress in Bandung scheduled for the end of this month. Read more from The Jakarta Post here …