Category: Foreign Aid

• Capital Capers

  HECTOR’S DIARY His diet of worms and other non-religious experiences The Cage, Bali Apr. 22, 2017   IT’S a shame that Basuki Tjahaya Purnama (Ahok) lost Wednesday’s ballot for mayor of Jakarta. He has shown a commitment to civic service that’s rare anywhere, but rarer still in Indonesia, where winning office is so often a licence…

  8degreesoflatitude

  April 22, 2017

  America, Economic Development, Foreign Aid, General Interest, Indonesia, Indonesian Law

  Blasphemy, Camping trips, former mayors, mendicant ministers

• Seriously, Folks

  HECTOR’S DIARY in the Bali Advertiser Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 WE had an interesting chat the other day (no names, no pack-drill) about Bali’s new tourism demographics and their effect on the five-star-plus hotel sector. Basically, it’s not good news. The emphasis on the low-cost domestic and Chinese markets is bringing in lots more people…

  8degreesoflatitude

  February 1, 2017

  Animal Welfare, Bali, Charity, Economic Development, Foreign Aid, Rabies

  Be my babi, Fire Roosters, Happy Endings., Hotel room rates, Japanese Aid, MinYak, Rabies control, Rudi Suliawan, Sophie Digby

• Another Round

  HECTOR’S DIARY His diet of worms and other tasty morsels Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 THE Bali authorities have accepted a proposal from the Japanese city of Kumamoto to help with rabies eradication, a duty they’ve managed to evade for nine years now despite help from local animal welfare charities, foreign governments and the United Nations. Two…

  8degreesoflatitude

  January 21, 2017

  Animal Welfare, Australia, Bali, Foreign Aid, Indonesia, Rabies, USA

  Afferbeck Lauder, Bad Bouncers, Eat Live Travel, Illicit Sex, Inauguration Moments, Japanese Aid, La Favela, Nancy Sinatra, Seminal Songs, Traffic Plans

• HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Aug. 5, 2015

  His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Poison Chalice Three people died from methanol poisoning in Bali recently. They had all been drinking at a bar in Legian. The name of the establishment is fairly well known and cautions against going there have been privately issued by many people to their friends. Naming…

  8degreesoflatitude

  August 4, 2015

  Animal Welfare, Australia, Bali, Books, Death Penalty, Foreign Aid, Indonesia, Rabies

  Australia, Bali, Bar Luna, Biku, Captive Dolphins, Death Penalty, Foreign Aid, Indonesia, Methanol Deaths, Periplus, Tim Hannigan