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these cases which is not very surprising given the fact that the first sample was taken 4 months ago and that contact tracing in Indonesia is limited to a small number of close contacts and is different from how this is performed in other countries..

the patient has been infected with the South African virus variant. According to the head of the Bali Health Agency, I Ketut Suarjaya, all samples from confirmed positive COVID-19 cases this month will be subject to genome sequencing. 4 month after the discovery of the new variant 97 really , 14 May - 21 May 2021 All family members reportedlyNo.this makes sense.

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Bali Officials Still Targeting July For Tourism Reopening It seems that the discovery of the two new SARS-CoV-2 virus variants in Bali are nor deterring Bali’s officials from their target to reopen the island for foreign tourists in July. Bali’s Deputy Governor, Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati better known as Cok Ace has stated the “ According to Cok Ace the Balinese government is holding on to its reopening plans after a meeting with the Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin.

It’s worth mentioning at this point that there is absolutely no official confirmation for any reopening plans from the Indonesian central government in Jakarta and that the Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, has also not confirmed anything but has stated that “It might be possible if the COVID-19 situation on the island is under control,” which is a pretty flexible statement.

After countries like India and

Singapore, which were initially targeted to participate in the “Travel Corridor”, are now facing new virus outbreaks the official focus has, again, moved to China, Cok Ace concluded. We’ll see how that goes in a few weeks.

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Cryptic Crosswords Across 1 He's out of work but has expectations (5) 4 Gets over life's burdens (7) 8 Powerful vessel returns in the narrow channel (3) 9 Such a person may not use his tongue when speaking (9) 10 Runner allowed to take part in a different heat (7) 11 Two provide support (5) 13 Many a scoundrel shows the way the wind blows (6) 15 Awards for zero marks? (6) 18 From which convicts once had their pick (5) 19 Render an account (7) 21 Set free and handed over (9) 23 Letter used in teaching Greek (3) 24 Decreed changes be withdrawn (7) 25 It's bound to be a bit of a shock (5) Down 1 She helped in a novel way to get him a title (7) 2 Repairing a quilt? (9) 3 Weapon for killing wild bears (5) 4 He can either phone or come round in person (6) 5 Large volume of transport? (7) 6 It's very classy to have little money (3) 7 Loves to find way to finish a puzzle (5) Solution for this crosswords on page 9 12 A snowdrop (9) 14 Still not showing emotion (7) 16 Berber woman who keeps the law (7) 17 A woman riding the second half first (6) 18 The sequence of command (5) 20 Travels with Rex on a fatal date (5) 22 Sounds like a shortage of resin (3) Solution on page 22

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They Are On their Way Now Russian “Mask Prank” Influencer And Canadian “Non Yoga Teacher” Deported The Russian social media influencer, Se Leia AKA Lisha who gained a lot of official attention after a video showing her walking around in a local supermarket in Bali with a face mask which was only painted on her face, has been deported on Wednesday last week which puts an end to a week long controversy which dominated the press in Bali for quite some time. The case even draw the attention of Bali’s Governor, I Wayan Koster, who stated that the island’s officials will not tolerate this kind of behavior any more on a recent press conference.

Immigration authorities have deemed Lisha guilty of violating a gubernatorial regulation mandating mask use in public.

As Indonesia’s immigration laws subject foreign nationals to comply with local regulations, such violations mean they can be deported from the country. Lisha’s companion, a Taiwanese YouTuber who filmed and published the video and was wearing a real face mask during the stunt was allowed to stay and no further charges are pressed against him.

country this week was a 38-year-old Canadian citizen, identified as CKM, who advertised a “Tantric Full Body Orgasm” on social media which officials the public announcements after deemed as highly “disrespectful” the cancellation the Indonesian to local culture and customs. immigration insisted on a deportation since he has no Regardless of the fact that the valid work permit and is, on top event has been officially of that not a “certified” Yoga canceled a while ago after the teacher. owner of the place initially rented for the event canceled CKM and Lisha have been the agreement, that CKM stated officially placed on the that the event didn’t involve any Indonesian immigration Blacklist sexual activities and was just a and are not allowed to enter The second foreigner who has breathing technique lesson and Indonesia again for the next been deported back to his home that he simply “forget” to delete year or so.

An Easy Catch ATM Operator Arrested For Embezzling Over 500 Million Rupiah Rupiah ($US36,000) over the course of six months between July and December last year.

An ATM operator, tasked with refilling ATM at the Ngurah Rai Airport domestic terminal has bee arrested for embezzling more than 500,000 million

have lost a substantial amount of cash and that they suspect one of their employees to be involved in the case.

The man, reportedly originating from Central Java, came into police focus after the company owning and operating the ATM filed a police report claiming to

The head of Denpasar Police Department, Kombes Pol Jansen Avitus Panjaitan, confirmed the arrest adding that the man has admitted his crime.

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According to Panjaitan the man used various methods to trigger system errors at the ATM to have an excuse to do some “maintenance” at the machine.

He is now facing a lengthy jail sentence for theft an embezzlement Panjaitan concluded.

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An Australian and an Englishman bump into each other in the supermarket. Sorry mate, says the Englishman, I am a bit nervous, I lost my wife, can't find her anywhere.

The Australian replies; gee, I can't find mine either, how about we go and look for them together? Sure, says the Englishman, what does you wife look like? Eh well, she's blonde, long hair, tall slim body, well tanned, large breasts and she's wearing a tight fitting low cut black dress. What does your wife look like? Forget about my wife, says the Englishman, let's go and look for yours!

Little Johnny returns from school and tells his father he got an "F" in Arithmetic today.

"Why?" asks his father. "The teacher asked, 'How much is 2 x 3?' I said "6". "But that's right," said his father. "Then she asked me 'How much is 3 x 2? "What's the f****ng difference?" asks his father. "That's what I said!"

A blonde woman decides that she is sick and tired of all the blonde jokes and how all blondes are perceived as stupid, so she decides to show her husband that blondes really are smart. While her husband is off at work, she decides that she is going to paint a couple of rooms in the house. The next day, right after her husband leaves for work, she gets down to the task at hand. Her husband arrives home at 5:30 and smells the distinctive smell of paint. He walks into the living room and finds his wife lying on the floor in a pool of sweat. He notices that she is wearing a ski jacket and a fur coat at the same time. He goes over and asks her if she is OK. She replies yes. He asks what she is doing. She replies that she wanted to prove to him that not all blonde women are dumb and she wanted to do it by painting the house. He then asks her why she has a ski jacket over her fur coat. She replies that she was reading the directions on the paint can and they said, "For best results, put on two coats."

An old man lived alone in Ireland. He wanted to dig his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison for bank robbery. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his predicament. Shortly, he received this reply: "For HEAVEN'S SAKE, Dad, don't dig up that garden. That's where I buried the money!" At 4 A.M. the next morning, a dozen policemen showed up and dug up the entire garden, without finding any money. Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what happened, and asking him what to do next. His son's reply was: "Now plant your potatoes, Dad. It's the best I could do from here."

A panda walks into a bar, sits down, and orders a sandwich. He eats, pulls out a gun, and shoots the waiter dead. As the panda stands up to go, the bartender shouts, "Hey! Where are you going? You just shot my waiter and you didn't pay for the food!" The panda yells back, "Hey man, I'm a panda. Look it up!" The bartender opens his dictionary to panda, "A tree climbing mammal of Asian origin, characterized by distinct black and white coloring. Eats, shoots, and leaves."

A guy owns a parrot that swears like a sailor. He can swear for five minutes straight without repeating himself. Trouble is, the guy who owns him is a quiet type, and this bird's foul mouth is driving him crazy. One day, it gets to be too much. The guy grabs the bird by the throat, shakes him hard and yells, "QUIT IT!" But this just makes the bird mad and he swears even more. Then the guy gets mad and says, "OK for you." He locks the bird in a kitchen cabinet. This really aggravates the bird and he claws and scratches, and when the guy finally lets him out, the bird cuts loose with a stream of vulgarities that would make a veteran sailor blush. At this point, the guy is so mad that he throws the bird into the freezer. For the first few seconds there is a terrible din. The bird kicks and claws and thrashes.

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A little boy wants a bike for Christmas really badly, but the kid is a real bad seed, and he knows it. He writes a letter to Jesus.

"Dear Jesus, if I get a bike for Christmas, I'll be good for a whole week." He thinks about it, crosses out what he wrote, and says, "I can't be good for a whole week, I'll be good for five days." He crosses that out and writes, "I'll be good for four days." Then he thinks again and says, "Can't do that." He gets down to one day and says, "I can't even be good for a day." Then in frustration, goes in his mother's room and get the statue of the Virgin Mary, wraps it up in a blanket, puts it in a paper bag, throws it in the closet and says, "Dear Jesus, if I don't get a bike for Christmas, you'll never see your mother again!"

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WWW.CANGGUWEEKLY.COM An Unhappy Governor Bali Governor Not Really Happy After Getting Scolded Over Problematic Tourists And Religious Ceremonies On separate occasions, Koster stated that ministers from Jakarta keep sending him photos and videos showing religious ceremonies taking place amid the pandemic attended by people not wearing masks and not following the social distancing rules as well as tourists violating local rules and regulations.

always get videos or photos sent to me from ministers in Jakarta,” Koster said at a press conference adding that the same applies for religious ceremonies when people post photos or videos showing COVID-19 rule violations at these events.

villages and communities have conducted ceremonies without following the protocols as if there was no pandemic. They just did it like the did it before COVID,” Koster acknowledged.

He also warned the community about the increased COVID-19 infection risk after the new virus Koster explained that he has variants have been found in Bali “asked” the community to and concluded by saying that implement strict health protocols the authorities have not yet at any religious ceremony as imposed more strict regulations these events are currently not but that these new measures prohibited or regulated at all. might be coming pretty soon.

“But it seems that a number of Let’s wait and see.

As reported by Coconuts Bali the island’s Governor, I Wayan Koster, is scratching his head over religious ceremonies and problematic tourists on the island, saying he’s being scolded by Indonesian ministers “Whenever something happens for failing to keep stuff in check in Bali involving foreign in recent weeks. nationals violating [the law], I

Restaurant Gone Restaurant At Ayodya Resort Nusa Dua Burned To The Ground A large restaurant located at the Ayodya Resort at the Tourism Development Complex (ITDC) in Nusa Dua burned down to the ground in the early hours of May 5. According to an article by DenPost the restaurant has been completely destroyed by the fire with the damage valued in the billions of Rupiah.

Fortunately the restaurant,

which is facing the popular Mengiat Beach, is physically separated from the main hotel complex which spared the rest of the resort from being engulfed in flames too. The rapid response of the fire department and the deployment of 7 fire trucks to the scene saw the blaze brought under control within 2 hours at 5:40 in the morning.

According to several press reports the resort is, despite the loss of its popular restaurant, operating normally.

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We couldn’t find any statement from the hotel management except the announcement that the beach bar still operating.

Well, that’s good news.

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