Police seize firecrackers CIREBON, West Java: Cirebon Police seized hundreds of
thousands of firecrackers bound for the Central Java market and
arrested one man for further investigation.Adj. Sr. Comr. More ...
Students threaten to expel Japanese from MakasarThe Jakarta Post, Makassar Hundreds of students from the Indonesian Muslim University
(UMI) in Makassar sent an ultimatum on Thursday for the Japanese
government to withdraw its support for the U.S. More ...
JP/24/W03Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Traditional cosmetics maker Martha Tilaar Group plans to open
three spas in Brunei, Singapore, and the Middle East as part of
its expansion program, founder and company president Martha
Tilaar said. More ...
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Farmers stage anti-sweeping rallyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Amid growing anti-American sentiment in some parts of the
country, some 400 farmers from Bali's Pacung Baturiti village
staged a rally in front of the provincial legislative council
building on Thursday to protest any action against ... More ...
'Final Fantasy' not just a computer-generated feastJoko E.H. Anwar, Contributor, Jakarta Many will be curious to see Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
for its unique technicality. More ...
'Hansip' called in to protect the capitalThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Jakarta administration will deploy some 2,500 civilian
defense (Hansip) officers in anticipation of possible riots in
connection with a planned mass prayer in the National Monument
(Monas) Park, Central Jakarta, on Friday. More ...
FPI deny link with bin LadenAbu Hanifah and Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Two Muslim groups have denied reports that they
have connections with Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect in the
terrorist attacks on the U.S., saying that the allegations were
fabricated by U.S. More ...
Government inconsistent in dealing with Aceh issue: GAMIbnu Mat Noor, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh The Free Aceh Movement (GAM) is accusing the Indonesian
government of being inconsistent in dealing with the Aceh
conflict. More ...
Tangerang administration ignores traffic chaos: LocalsMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang A passenger in a public minivan looks frustrated as her 10-
month-old baby cries despite the various attempts to calm the
child. Three other female passengers try to soothe the baby, but
to no avail. More ...
Chandra Asri haunts Indonesia-Japan tiesKornelius Purba, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Tokyo One of the main messages that was conveyed to President
Megawati Soekarnoputri during her recent visit to Japan was the
looming threat of bankruptcy over its giant trading house
Marubeni Corp. More ...
Lee takes bids for courtside date NEW YORK: Spike Lee is auctioning off a courtside seat next to
him at the New York Knicks' Oct. 30 opener at Madison Square
Garden, where Michael Jordan will return to basketball as a
member of the Washington Wizards after three years of retirement. More ...
Police ordered to realse suspect TANGERANG: The Tangerang District Court ordered the Tiga
Raksa Police on Wednesday to release a suspect who was arrested
without a warrant.Judge Suhartoyo said the police could not make any arrests
without a warrant as stipulated in Article 21 of the Criminal
Code. More ...
Plan to revive faction at MPR hamperedKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Negotiations to reinstate the Regional Representatives Faction
(FUD) at the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) have made
little progress mainly due to the fact that only 73 out of the
130 regional representatives ... More ...
Acehnese students rally for education BANDA ACEH: More than a hundred students staged a
demonstration in the city on Thursday, calling on the government
to save the education program that has been disrupted by the
prolonged conflict in the province over the last ten months. More ...
Kepulauan Seribu gets deputy regent JAKARTA: Governor Sutiyoso called upon the newly installed top
officials at Kepulauan Seribu (Thousand Islands) on Thursday to
get along with the islanders, who are mostly poor. More ...
The quiet president Although we usually appreciate the maxim that silence is
golden, alas, that time-honored rule does not apply to President
Megawati Soekarnoputri these days. More ...
Gelbard bids farewell to President JAKARTA: Outgoing United States Ambassador to Indonesia Robert
S. Gelbard paid a visit to President Megawati Soekarnoputri on
Thursday to bid farewell as he will end his tenure in the country
next week. More ...
BI sees interest rates still high on inflation pressureBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Bank Indonesia (BI) stressed that inflationary pressure would
remain a concern for the central bank due to a weaker than
expected rupiah, dashing hopes for a cut in interest rates. More ...
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Judge's bribery trial to continue JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta District Court decided on
Wednesday to continue the trial of a Jakarta high court judge
accused of bribery. More ...
Arifin shares dreams, nightmares in new displayMehru Jaffer, Contributor, Jakarta Now that Zaenal Arifin has woken up from his sleep, he is
ready to share with the world all his dreams, and nightmares as
well. More ...
KONI may call on Supriati for Asian GamesMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The National Sports Council (KONI) is considering the
selection of veteran athletes for the Pusan 2002 Asian Games,
hinting that it will ask middle and long-distance runner Supriati
to take to the track again. More ...
Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions* Sukarno's collections; paintings, batik, statues, Chinese
ceramics, kris, photos, Gedung Pola, Jl. Proklamasi 56, Central
Jakarta, until Oct. 15.
* Fine Arts in Berlin 1989-1999, National Museum, Jl. More ...
JP/7/PoloniaNo new airport for MedanApriadi Gunawan
The Jakarta Post
MedanAuthorities in Medan have canceled plans to relocate the Polonia
airport to Kuala Namu, some 30 kilometers south of the city due
to a land dispute between the Air Force and a legislator. More ...
Shangri-La refuses to bow to ex-workers' demands JAKARTA (JP): As a group of former Shangri-La workers
continued its demonstrations in front of the hotel demanding
their jobs back, the hotel management said on Thursday that re-
hiring was not a viable option. More ...
Gov't must continue uniting the people Facing an escalation of the current global crisis, the
Megawati-Hamzah Haz administration should intensify its
consultation with the people's representatives in the political
sector, religious leaders, business people and others from all
walks of life. More ...
Police to probe regent's fake diploma KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: The Southeast Sulawesi Provincial
Police will look into a local non-governmental organization's
(NGO) claim that Muna Regent Ridwan's high school diploma was not
genuine. More ...
City council question budget allocation for KorpriAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The City Council questioned on Thursday the allocation of Rp
1. More ...
Muniggar Sri Saraswati
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta Former chief of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) Beddu Amang
is facing a possible sentence of four years in jail for allegedly
causing some Rp 95.4 billion (US$9.54 million) in state losses in
a corrupt land swap deal. More ...
Jambi to close 200 sawmills JAMBI: The Jambi Provincial Police will launch an operation to
close about 200 sawmills which are operating illegally in the
province, a local police official said. More ...
President wants tougher penalty for drug dealersFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri has called for the imposition
of harsher punishment against drug dealers in a bid to help curb
the alarming increase in drug abuse in the country, an official
said on ... More ...
Refugees return to Buru Island AMBON, Maluku: About 50 refugees from Buru Island have gone
home following calm and peace returning to the island. More ...
Central Asian peace process crucialMartin Winter, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Brussels In the successful, if sometimes complex, international
coalition against terrorism, the European states are now defining
their future role. They have built its foundation on rock-hard
solidarity. More ...
TPJ to dredge Jatikramat River JAKARTA: PT Thames Pam Jaya (TPJ) will spend Rp 2 billion
(US$200,000) in dredging the Jatikramat River, Pondok Kelapa
area, East Jakarta, as part of its efforts to prevent the sludge
from its plants from flowing into adjacent residential areas. More ...
Batam workers demand 30% wage hike BATAM, Riau: Workers on industry bonded Batam island proposed
an increase of 30 percent to their minimum wage in the 2002
fiscal year. More ...
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Military takes Irian Jaya's largest rebel training campR.K. Kadir, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura Troops from the Indonesian military (TNI) on Wednesday seized
Irian Jaya's largest rebel training camp, in the village of
Meruai, Bonggo subdistrict, east of the provincial capital of
Jayapura. More ...
Shangri-La rejects hiring ex-workersThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta As a group of former Shangri-La workers continued its
demonstrations in front of the hotel demanding their jobs back,
the hotel management said on Thursday that re-hiring was not a
viable option. More ...
Symbol of past mess:
Chandra Asri debacleBy Kornelius Purba
Staff Writer
The Jakarta Post
TokyoOne of the main messages that was conveyed to President
Megawati Soekarnoputri during her recent visit to Japan was the
looming threat of bankruptcy over its giant trading house
Marubeni Corp. More ...
Akbar Tandjung denies plundering Bulog moneyBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung denied
stealing any money from the Rp 40 billion in non-budgetary funds
of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) while he was state
secretary in 1999. More ...
Animal shelter affected by foreign departuresAnnastashya Emmanuelle, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Abandoned pets at the animal shelter are among those feeling
the repercussions of anti-American sentiment here as many of the
shelter's donors have left the country. More ...
Leaders told to meet, pacify demonstratorsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta As the domestic situation worsens over the Afghan crisis,
government officials, legislators and Muslim leaders need to sit
together and reach a consensus in order to save Indonesia from
entering another crisis. More ...
Koizumi's progress New leaders often bring in new policies and new styles, and
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is trying hard to do a
great deal of both. More ...
Business leader warns of damaging impact of anti-U.S. protestsVincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The unqualified success of President Megawati Soekarnoputri's
recent state visit to the United States and her powerful speech
to business leaders at a gala dinner in Washington could ... More ...
Council questions Rp 1.8 budget for Korpri
Ahmad Junaidi
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta The City Council questioned on Thursday the allocation of Rp
1. More ...
U.S. aid to Afghans: Desert oasis or mirage?George Monbiot, Guardian News Service, London Two weeks ago, Paul Wolfowitz, the United States under
secretary of defense, compared Afghanistan to a swamp, which must
be drained to catch the snakes that hide there. More ...
Council questions Rp 1.8 budget for Korpri
Ahmad Junaidi
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta The City Council questioned on Thursday the allocation of Rp
1. More ...
Garuda upbeat despite slumpsDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite worries that the global airlines industry will
continue to slump, the country's flagship carrier Garuda
Indonesia is still optimistic over its business outlook. More ...
WHO names tennis star Angie one of its Health ChampionsNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The World Health Organization (WHO) representative office in
Indonesia appointed Indonesia's tennis starlet Angelique Widjaja
on Thursday as its first Health Champion to promote a ... More ...
NGO rejects opening forests to miningMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A non-governmental environment group said on Thursday it would
reject any plans to allow mining operations in protected forests. More ...
Lawlessness thwarts civil societyAbu Hanifah, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Don't even think about having a strong civil society in
Indonesia as long as law enforcement remains slack and
lawlessness is the order of the day, a political observer says. More ...
Encouraging initiative Amid the waves of protests that have engulfed Jakarta and
other cities throughout this country in the wake of the combined
U.S. More ...
A nightmare scenario Reports that Mohammed Atta made inquiries about hiring a crop-
duster plane have fueled intense speculation about a terrorist
attack involving biological or chemical weapons. More ...
Improper treatment means TB will remain major killerFitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Tuberculosis (TB) will likely continue to linger as a major
health problem in Indonesia, as eliminating the disease is being
hindered by a lack of information and improper treatment,
according to two ... More ...
Medan postpones relocating airportApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan Authorities in Medan have canceled plans to relocate the Polonia
airport to Kuala Namu, some 30 kilometers south of the city due
to a land dispute between the Air Force and a legislator. More ...
Beddu faces years in jail for Bulog land scamMuniggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Former chief of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) Beddu Amang
is facing a possible sentence of four years in jail for allegedly
causing some Rp 95.4 billion (US$9. More ...
Gov't must continue uniting the people Facing an escalation of the current global crisis, the
Megawati-Hamzah Haz administration should intensify its
consultation with the people's representatives in the political
sector, religious leaders, business people and others from all
walks of life. More ...
The broader battle In his speech yesterday, Bush pointed out that "the only way
to pursue peace is to pursue those who threaten it." No one in
Israel could have put it better. More ...
Jambi to close 200 sawmills JAMBI: The Jambi Provincial Police will launch an operation to
close about 200 sawmills which are operating illegally in the
province, a local police official said. More ...
Govt warns errant employees JAKARTA: The government will no longer tolerate undisciplined
civil servants, and all inspector generals at ministries and
government institutions have been instructed to improve
supervision and close up any loopholes to stop irregularities, an
official said on ... More ...
Perbanas warns of rise in bank NPLsBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Bank non-performing loan (NPL) ratios are likely to rise
towards the end of this year, as the sharp downturn in the global
economy starts taking its toll on local industries, according to
a banking association. More ...
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