Absent officials to be docked TANGERANG: The Tangerang municipal administration announced on
Saturday that it would cut three percent from the salaries of all
employees who failed to show up for work on Monday after the long
Idul Fitri holidays. More ...
Java-Bali bridge plan opposed DENPASAR, Bali: Local leaders in Bali expressed their
opposition to the planned construction of a bridge connecting
the province with Java, saying that the connection would have
adverse consequences for the island. More ...
Kalla raps schools for poor education MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Vice President Jusuf Kalla has
blamed laxness in the marking system for the ever declining
quality of the country's education. More ...
Kopassus blamed for Papua murdersNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, JayapuraLocal nongovernmental organizations, churches and student
organizations urged the National Commission on Human Rights
(Komnas HAM) to set up a fact-finding team to investigate the
recent series of shootings in the ... More ...
Munir investigation stalls in NetherlandsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe National Police's commitment to thoroughly investigating the
suspicious death of rights campaigner Munir is likely to soon be
put to the test, with the police team now in the Netherlands
apparently at a loss to know where to ... More ...
Analysts expect downward correction in Jakarta marketRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After hitting record highs on five consecutive trading days,
the Jakarta stock exchange is likely to head downward this week
after the week-long Idul Fitri holiday, as share prices in the
market are ... More ...
Time to clear the drains; it's going to rainDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWidyawati, a housewife from Cipinang, East Jakarta, was one of
the many Jakartans who felt a sense of relief when she heard the
downpour on her roof on Sunday. More ...
Traveler mistaken for top terrorist BAKAUHENI, Lampung: A man on a pilgrimage to pay homage at the
graves of Muslim leaders was wrongly arrested by the Lampung
police over the weekend as he closely resembled the country's
most wanted terror suspect, Noordin M. Top. More ...
City offers carrot to SMP 56 students, protest continuesBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaStudents remaining at the disputed SMP 56 junior high school in
South Jakarta could re-register at other city-run schools for
free as they could no longer return to their old classrooms on
Monday, ... More ...
P910i has some 'must-have' featuresZatni Arbi, Contributor, JakartaLike shopping for a luxury sedan, choosing a cell phone that will
meet your requirements can be difficult. More ...
Batavia Air plane skids on runway JAKARTA: A Batavia Air plane traveling from Jambi to Jakarta
skidded on the southern runway of the Soekarno-Hatta
International Airport on Saturday at about 12 noon.No casualties nor fatalities were reported during the
incident. More ...
Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, November 22, 2004Exhibitions* Fine Arts Agoes Jolly Sendiri, Galeri Cipta II, Taman Ismail
Marzuki Jl. Cikini Raya 73, Central Jakarta, Nov. 24 to Dec. 4. More ...
Migrants ignore amnesty offerFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe majority of illegal Indonesian migrants working in Malaysia
have chosen to ignore the amnesty offer from Kuala Lumpur. More ...
Truck collision kills 1 in Tuban TUBAN, East Java: At least one died and several others
seriously injured in a road collision in Bulu village, Turban, on
Saturday.The collision happened early on Saturday when a Suzuki minivan
collided head-on with a truck traveling at high speed from
Lamongan. More ...
Build your own home wireless networkIf you have a broadband Internet connection at home, and you have
other family members who want to access the Internet as well, you
should seriously consider building your own wireless LAN. More ...
Bojong treatment plant trial called off, againThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Jakarta and Bogor administrations were forced to call off a
planned trial of the Bojong waste treatment plant on Monday in
the face of fierce protests by residents on Saturday. More ...
RI committed to free trade under WTO: MinisterEndy M. Bayuni, The Jakarta Post, SantiagoIndonesia remains committed to the goals of free trade but it
will also exercise its right to protect its industries and
workers as far as allowed under the World Trade Organization
(WTO), chief economics ... More ...
City returning to chaotic selfAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaHeavier traffic and more crowded shopping malls this weekend
indicate Jakarta was returning to its normal hectic pace after a
quiet peaceful capital during the Idul Fitri holiday. More ...
'There's still a chance to resolve Aceh peacefully'Aceh police chief Insp. Gen. Bahrumsyah Kasman has
been appointed head of the Aceh Civil Emergency replacing
Governor Abdullah Puteh, who has to answer a summons by the
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over corruption charges. More ...
Munir's wife, rights activists defy threatsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe wife and colleagues of human rights activist Munir who died
of arsenic poisoning aboard a plane flight in September vowed on
Sunday not to be silenced by intimidation and to continue voicing
their demands for justice. More ...
Startled horse kills young boy BOGOR: Nine-year-old Helmi Mulyawan died on Saturday morning
after he being kicked by a horse during a horse show in South
Bogor district.Witnesses said that the horse kicked Helmi on the chest. More ...
'Acehnese want peaceful dialog, not war'Blontank Poer, The Jakarta Post, Nusakambangan, Central JavaIt rained at dawn on Idul Fitri and 188 inmates at the Permisan
penitentiary on Nusakambangan island were forced to crowd into
the mosque to perform their Ied prayers. More ...
Ladia Galaska project The Ladia Galaska road project in the Gunung Leusser ecosystem
in Aceh is proving to be even more of a disaster than predicted.
According to the observations of the Indonesian Environmental
Forum (Walhi) Aceh a large flood occurred on Sept. More ...
Four drug dealers arrested in BanyumasThe police arrested four drug dealers who were caught making a
transaction in a public place in Purwokerto, Central Java, on
Saturday.One of the men suffered gunshot injuries to his leg after
resisting police arrest.Adj. Comr. More ...
Siti dedicates herself to HIV patientsNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, JayapuraA patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
lay helplessly in a hospital room in Jayapura, Papua, screaming
in pain every night. More ...
Waiting for economic action It is now already a month after the inauguration of President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's United Indonesia Cabinet and the
market is still waiting for what has long been promoted as
Susilo's first 100-day action plan to fully restore investor
confidence. More ...
Malaysians of Nagari origin There is a big group of Malaysians in Indonesia whose
ancestors came from Nagari and I am one of them.We hear from our elders and in my case from my late
grandmother stories about places such as Payo Kumbuh and Padang
Panjang in West Sumatra. More ...
President Susilo proving a stickler for punctualityFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaPunctuality is one thing that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
has enforced during his first month in office, unlike his
predecessors. More ...
Parents express mixed emotions over unofficial adoptionsSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, JakartaEverybody who sees her says that Nadja (not her real name) is a
beautiful baby girl, but what makes the five-month-old baby
really intriguing is that she was born with a high price tag and
sold 10 ... More ...
Part 1 of 2: U.S. and Indonesia must work to build tiesAmbassador Marie T. Huhtala, Washington DC Indonesia has experienced a dizzying series of changes since
the fall of President Soeharto in 1998, representing rather
amazing progress in the country's democratization. More ...
Top officer backs decentralization JAKARTA: Governor of the Police Staff College (PTIK) Insp.
Gen. Farouk Muhammad suggested on Saturday that the National
Police implement full decentralization instead of the current
centralistic system. More ...
ASEAN Summit: Continuing the dynamismOng Keng Yong, Jakarta The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will end
the year 2004 on a high note. More ...
History doesn't justify Israel or PalestineJonathan Power, London To be blunt, there is no Israel and no Palestine. At least not
in a continuous historical sense, as there is a France or an
Egypt, a China or a Thailand. Without the British there would be
neither a modern Israel nor Palestine. More ...
SBY promises to review law on citizenshipPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono changed his tune about a plea
from an Indonesian woman married to a Chilean man when his
foreign minister told him the government received many similar
complaints from mixed couples having difficulty living in
Indonesia ... More ...
Police seize weapons in raidsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Central Sulawesi Police seized more than 500 weapons
including homemade firearms in two days of raids over the weekend
following a bombing in the restive regency of Poso on Nov. 13
that killed six people.Provincial police chief Brig. Gen. More ...
EU needs rebalance of power to be fully democratic bodyMichel Rocard, Project Syndicate Europe's integration project is historically unprecedented. More ...
'I'll need time to get used to working again'Goodbye holidays, hello work. An estimated 2.8 million Jakartans
have returned to the city after about 10 days of extended Idul
Fitri leave and now have to get back to the routine again. More ...
RI, Japanese kids to display paintings JAKARTA: The Japan Foundation will stage an exhibition to
showcase over 200 paintings by Indonesian and Japanese children
at its offices in the Summitmas I Building on Jl. Sudirman in
South Jakarta.The exhibition, which will run from Nov. 24 to Dec. More ...
Govt told to create action plan to boost ICT sector growthUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government needs to formulate a definitive action plan for
the country's information and communications technology (ICT)
sector in order to speed up its growth and utilization, industry
players ... More ...
Government can do more to boost microcredit, says expertIn the fight against poverty, microcredits to empower micro-
enterprises play a very important role. More ...
Find Article by Date