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  1. Davita

    Senator John McCain dead.

    Sad to report that Senator John McCain has just died...RIP John.....You were an American hero. Senator John McCain was the Senator for our region when I lived in Scottsdale, AZ. We're Canadian but dearly wanted to get a green card and stay in Scottsdale instead of snow-birding to and fro...
  2. Davita

    Opening Ceremony 2018 Asian Games

    The opening ceremony has just concluded and IMO it was breathtaking. All Indonesians should be very proud of the government, organizers and volunteers who made this into such a great show. I take back my critique of Indonesian management...to choreograph such an event takes great managerial...
  3. Davita

    Independence Day

    Happy Independence Day to all our Indonesian members. A day to enjoy and be proud of your nation and its unity. Independence for a nation is a great honor as it offers freedoms, rights and aspirations colonized people do not have. Please use those rights freely but responsibly. Many countries...
  4. Davita

    R.I. to apply tariffs of 7.5%

    News from Sri Mulyani's office is she will apply 7.5% tariff on 500 imported goods including those bought over the internet. However, she doesn't say what are those 500 items. If anyone finds a list of the imported items please post here for members to see what will cost 7.5% more than...
  5. Davita

    Chinese Rabies Vaccine.

    The Chinese vaccine scandal may only be a domestic issue but as the company involved produced most Rabies Vaccine I'm concerned that some may be stockpiled in Rabies prone areas of RI like Bali. I've no way of knowing if this is fact but I'd caution anyone getting a Rabies vaccine to determine...
  6. Davita

    Executions

    Gratilla touched on an interesting subject on another thread....about executions. There seems to me two aspects to this... 1. Do executions actually achieve any objective and what would those objectives be. 2. What form of execution is the most humane. I'll leave # 1 on its own as I'm against...
  7. Davita

    Stimulate the Forum

    Am I wrong or is this forum becoming boring? It used to be full of interesting world and local dynamics that everyone could have a say about but lately seems to become a bulletin board.......https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum I try to keep up with news, etc.... and present what may be...
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    Does Bali have dragon komodos?

    My friend has a very nice house in Canggu in Bali. It is availed from a main street but does back, as many other properties do, to extensive paddy. This morning they found this creature in their swimming pool enjoying a swim. My friends had professionals capture it and release into the wild so...
  9. Davita

    Malaysia's corruption woes.

    The revelations coming from Malaysia and ex PM Najib makes all graft cases in Indonesia seem boring. The raid on the ex PM's house has revealed 72 of his wife's handbags had over US$28M in 26 different currencies. They also include so much jewelry and expensive watches etc. that it will take a...
  10. Davita

    Royal Wedding

    I'm surprised no-one has yet made comment so may I start..... The British are great in pomp and ceremony...and the Monarchy is central to this. IMO, this wedding has been instrumental to maintain the Monarchy as still relevant and modernised to the public perception of how it should be...but not...
  11. Davita

    Indonesia may extend passports to ten years validity

    Good news for Indonesians and for mixed-citizen expat spouses and children.... http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/05/08/directorate-extend-passport-validity-address-backlog.html
  12. Davita

    Volcano erupts in Hawaii.

    Breaking news: The volcano in Hawaii has erupted in a big way. I believe it's on the big island so I don't know if that's where Puspa has property and friends but hope everything is OK.
  13. Davita

    Indonesia offers to Host Trump-Kim meeting

    It is laudable for Indonesia to involve itself in world-affairs but I wonder who actually foots the bill for security and other apparatus to be hosts to such an event. Also, given that an Indonesian lady is charged with the poisoning of Kim's step-brother at KL's airport, I would be concerned...
  14. Davita

    Historic Korean meeting

    A historic meeting today between the leaders of North and South Korea have come to an agreement to declare an end to all animosity towards each other and to the war between the two. This is all very sudden and I'm sure Trump will hail it as a personal triumph but some studies below may...
  15. Davita

    Probowo for President

    It's official that Prabowo has accepted to run against Joko Widodo for the position of President in 2019 on behalf of the Gerindra Party. It would appear he will need some other parties to be in a coalition as the Gerindra Party wouldn't have sufficient votes alone, to nominate him, according to...
  16. Davita

    Indonesia and Russia

    Indonesia seems to be cuddling up to Russia diplomatically to the exclusion of USA. I'm not sure if this is because of Trump's America first policy or that Indonesia has always had a friendly relationship with Russia since RI's Independence...
  17. Davita

    Renting out villas when out of Indonesia

    I couldn't find an appropriate thread so created a new one. My wife just showed me info from facebook (I'm not a facebooker) about some lady who casually rents her villa in Canggu, Bali ....when she goes back to her home country. She seemed unaware that this needs permits etc and now Immigration...
  18. Davita

    The ongoing Trump saga

    Just after the indictment of 13 Russians and 3 Russian Companies comes this news today..... "A former top campaign aide to President Trump is expected to plead guilty to fraud charges and testify against Paul Manafort, the ex-campaign chairman, according to a report. Rick Gates will take a...
  19. Davita

    Chinese New Year

    The start of the Chinese Lunar New Year is today so to all who celebrate.....'Keong hee fat cheoy" . hehehe I'm not sure if that's really Chinese but it's what we used to say in Hong Kong and the answer sounded similar and included "Lai see Dolla!" Which meant 'where's my red packet with cash'...
  20. Davita

    Good news for Indonesia

    Its nice to hear of good news and achievements in Indonesia...mainly because they are so few and far between. Sri Mulyani was RI's Finance Minister during the Bank Century fiasco and many blamed her although I don't think she was charged with anything...she went on to be CEO of the World Bank...

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