Govt evises construction budget JAKARTA: The city administration revised on Monday a previous
statement on the expenditures for renovating and building school
classrooms, saying that it was not Rp 412 million for each room
as stated before, but Rp 202 million. More ...
How the Iraq war would affect IndonesiaSayidiman Suryohadiprojo, Former Governor,
National Resilience Institute, (Lemhanas), Jakarta War in Iraq seems to be inevitable now and it is only a matter of
days, or even hours, before the U.S. military machine starts to
roll. More ...
S. Sumatra receives 8.5M euros in aid PALEMBANG, South Sulawesi: The South Sumatra forestry office
received 8.5 million euros from the European Union to improve its
forest conservation efforts, in recognition of their successful
prevention of forest fires over the past five years. More ...
Government blames GAM for violence against JSCMuninggar Sri Saraswati and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post,
Jakarta The government has moved to consult the House of Representatives
(DPR) to decide on immediate action against the Free Aceh
Movement (GAM) separatist group, whom it said had ... More ...
Families agree to relocation MAGELANG, Central Java: Fifty-two families living in Kajoren
district in the Central Java town of Magelang, which is
susceptible to landslides, have agreed to abandon their homes and
be relocated to safer ground, an official said on Monday. More ...
War on thugs It has taken the March 8 mob attack on Tempo to bring us to
the realization that thuggery is one of the problems that has
beset the nation, and that it is continuously undermining our
march to democracy.Preman and premanisme (thugs and thuggery) are not exactly new
phenomena. More ...
Poor relocation plan drives vendors to miseryM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Unlike in the bustling street nearby, the business of Junedi, 40,
not his real name, is stagnant at Rawa Buaya market in
Cengkareng, West Jakarta, a new location provided by the city
administration for ... More ...
Commission files review of KPTPK JAKARTA: The Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN)
planned to submit a judicial review request to the Supreme Court
over law No. 30/2002 on Commission of Corruption Eradication
(KPTPK) later this month. More ...
Buying a house through the Internet The young couple was cruising slowly in the Raffles Hills
housing estate. This was an important trip -- for house-hunting
-- as they planned to get married in less than a year. More ...
Low and mid-priced houses sell like hot cakesAri Darmawan, Contributor, Jakarta After the onslaught of the economic crisis that hit the
country in 1997, starting in 2000 the property business
significantly picked up again. More ...
Minister denies WHO report on flu-like diseaseEvi Mariani and Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government announced on Monday that no Indonesians had been
infected so far by the worldwide outbreak of Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), but it was taking ... More ...
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Performances* Traditional Sundanese Play, Buah Mawa Cilaka, at Gedung
Kesenian Rumentang Siang, Jl. Baranang Siang 1, Kosambi, Bandung,
(Tel. 022-4233562), until March 19, 10 a.m., 2 p.m., & 4 p.m. More ...
Lucky fans off to meet Beckham JAKARTA: Chandra Kurniawan of Jakarta, Supanji Prayogo of
Salatiga, Central Java, Ilham Hidayat of East Kalimantan and
Denny Kurniawan of Bandung, will be meeting Manchester United
star David Beckham after their names were drawn in a contest open
to consumers of ... More ...
The ebb and flow of human rights enforcementAsvi Warman Adam, Historian, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI),
Jakarta The National Commission on Human Rights has become more active
of late in investigating past human rights violations. More ...
Minister backs community college BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan: The Ministry of Education fully
supports the establishment of a community college by the city
government of Balikpapan and several others in eastern
Kalimantan.National education minister A. More ...
Freedom of the press Endy M. Bayuni's compelling article on the March 8 mob attack
on the premises of the news magazine Tempo titled, An attack on
Tempo is an assault on our freedom, March 12, 2003) asserts: "We
must not let the mobs, and whoever are behind them, take away
that freedom from us. More ...
Police start hasty probe into `Tempo' attack amid pressureTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Bowing to public and political pressure, the police started on
Monday an investigation into the attack on the Tempo news weekly
by a group of people representing the interests of ... More ...
Councillor gets jail term for briberySri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta The district court here sentenced on Monday a councillor to two
years in prison for his key role in a Rp 150 million (US$16,850)
bribery case. More ...
West Kalimantan unable to halt illegal loggingBambang Bider, Pontianak, The Jakarta Post I was sitting at a food stall somewhere in Jagoi, Jagoi Babang
district, Bengkayang sub-district, West Kalimantan, some four
kilometers from the border between Indonesia and Malaysia. More ...
Reconciliation bill held up in state secretary: YusrilMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta An expected truth and reconciliation commission that would deal
with the country's past human rights abuses out of court will not
be established in the near future, an official has announced. More ...
Man plays doctor with kitchen knife MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Dozens of people in the provincial
city of Makassar have allegedly been healed by a self-proclaimed
doctor, who uses an ordinary kitchen knife to cut open his
patients and remove tumors, kidney stones, other organs and
foreign bodies. More ...
RI calls on U.S., allies, to change mind on IraqThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Amid rising tension in the Middle East, the Indonesian government
called on the United States and its allies to listen to the
global opposition to a war on Iraq as besides infringing Iraqi
sovereignty, an attack would bring ... More ...
PDI-P and PPP coalesce in C. Java gubernatorial raceSuherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Semarang Central Java councilors from the Indonesian Democratic Party
of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) and the United Development (PPP)
factions have nominated provincial council head and PDI
Perjuangan faction member ... More ...
KPU resists any interventionArya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The General Elections Commission (KPU) has resisted intervention
from the government and legislators who wanted to influence the
commission's election timetable. More ...
The folly of violence I am writing in reference to your headline Community leaders
unite to denounce thuggery (The Jakarta Post, March 15, 2003). More ...
Aceh protester dies on hunger strikeApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A 12-day-long protest by 600 Acehnese transmigrant refugees over
the slow disbursement of resettlement funds has claimed the life
of one, and hospitalized four others. More ...
New electric train breaks down JAKARTA: The new Madiun electric train running between Serpong,
Tangerang and the Dukuh Atas station in Central Jakarta was
stalled for an hour at Pondok Ranji station during its first
operation early on Monday. More ...
Trisakti read the riot act JAKARTA: Parties in disagreement over the leadership at Trisakti
University were warned on Monday to immediately resolve their
differences or risk the government taking over the management. More ...
Fishermen threaten to shut down power plantKasparman, The Jakarta Post, Padang, West Sumatra Some 1,400 fishermen on Monday threatened to cut off the water
supply to the Singkarak hydropower plant in West Sumatra, saying
its operations had depleted the Singkarak Lake's fish population. More ...
`Small budget does not justify TNI mercenary activities'Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Pressure has continued to rise on the Indonesian Military (TNI)
and National Police to stop allowing their personnel to receive
"honorariums" from sources other than the state, with observers
saying ... More ...
1. Worker (1x 30)
Labor export suspension extended
2. Aceh (3 x 14)
Govt blames GAM
for violence
against JSC
3. KPU (1 x 24)
KPU resists any intervention
4. Eros (2 x 18)
PDI-P destroyed our
facilities: PNBK
5. More ...
On tuberculosis Sari Setiogi makes the assertion in The Jakarta Post on March
13 that tuberculosis, or TB, is caused by a nocturnal lifestyle,
smoking and sleep deprivation. This belies the facts. More ...
Death penalty appeal voided SURABAYA, East Java: Prosecutors on Monday demanded a court in
the East Java capital of Surabaya to dismiss a second appeal by
two convicts who were sentenced to death for the murder of a
military officer. More ...
PDI-P destroys our facilities, PNBK saysWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali The National Freedom Bulls Party (PNBK) has accused supporters of
President Megawati Soekarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party of
Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) of attacking its office in Tabanan,
Bali, ... More ...
Chief justice invited to Japan JAKARTA: The Japanese government issued on Monday an
invitation to Supreme Court Chairman Bagir Manan to visit Japan
and discuss measures to improve legal cooperation between the two
countries. More ...
Appeal justices sworn in JAKARTA: Supreme Court Chief Bagir Manan swore in on Monday
six appeal justices for the ad hoc human rights tribunal, to
handle cases of human rights defendants acquitted in the lower
courts. More ...
Police detain Manuputty JAKARTA: Police detained convicted leader of the Maluku
Sovereignty Front (FKM) Alexander Manuputty upon his arrival on
Monday from Ambon, his lawyer said. More ...
Labor export suspension extendedMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has extended the suspension of labor exports
indefinitely due to the mounting Iraq crisis despite strong
protests from migrant workers and labor export firms. More ...
Govt told to limit foreign NGOs JAKARTA: The government has been called upon to limit the
number of foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the
province of Nangroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD). More ...
'High-rise buildings not healthy' JAKARTA: Most high-rise buildings in the country have an
unhealthy working environment that could render psychological
distress or cause respiratory diseases among the people working
there, a government official says. More ...
Show of Asia-Pacific advertising wizardsYusuf Susilo Hartono, Contributor, Jakarta Before the radio and television era, hawkers selling traditional
herbal medicines (jamu) roamed traditional markets hawking their
wares and performing attractive feats to lure buyers. More ...
Govt blames GAM for violence against JSCMuninggar Sri Saraswati
and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja
The Jakarta Post
JakartaThe government has moved to consult the House of Representatives
(DPR) to decide on immediate action against the Free Aceh
Movement (GAM) separatist group, whom it said had sparked ... More ...
Most govt buildings are fire hazardsDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Most high-rise government buildings have no proper systems for
protecting their records and important documents from fire, with
most of them also being susceptible to fire mainly due to the
negligence of building ... More ...
Ecstasy king in death row opens business from jailMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang, Banten Capital punishment and the impenetrable walls of Tangerang
Penitentiary apparently has little effect on the entrepreneurial
spirit of Ang Kiem Soei, a Dutch citizen who was sentenced to
death by ... More ...
How the world will deal with Mideast and N. Korean crisesBantarto Bandoro, Editor, "The Indonesian Quarterly",
Centre For Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta,
bandoro@csis.or. More ...
House questions Tomy, press freedomKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Members of the House of Representatives (DPR) took advantage of a
hearing on the recent attack on Tempo news magazine to scrutinize
Tomy Winata's alleged illegal business ventures and his
connection to the Indonesian ... More ...
Pertamina to change status, sell profitable noncore assetsA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State oil and gas company Pertamina will soon have to divest
its ownership of a number of profitable noncore assets as
required by a new government regulation, a government official
said on Monday. More ...
RI athletics urged to focus on grassrootsMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Athletics Federation (PASI) should be more focused
on developing athletics at the grassroots level in a bid to
improve its overall performance, an expert said Monday. More ...
KONI wants archers to regain gloryThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Agum Gumelar, the chairman of the National Sports Council (KONI),
has called on the Indonesian Archery Association (Perpani) to
pull up its socks and produce the same world-class archers it had
at the end of the 1980s. More ...
U.S. experts to examine local seaports, airportsAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Two security experts from the United States have arrived in
Indonesia to assess the implementation of security measures at
the country's seaports and airports as part of an international
drive to ... More ...
RI withdraws embassy staff from IraqFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia has temporarily closed its embassy in Baghdad with the
evacuation of the last group of 30 Indonesians as a war on Iraq
will likely begin in a few days. More ...
RI calls on U.S., allies, to change mind on IraqThe Jakarta Post
JakartaAmid rising tension in the Middle East, the Indonesian government
called on the United States and its allies to listen to the
global opposition to a war on Iraq as besides infringing Iraqi
sovereignty, an attack would bring ... More ...
Japfa Chess Tournament attracts 400 participantsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Some 400 participants will feature at the Japfa Chess Tournament,
which is the first chess event to be participated in by various
levels of the community. More ...
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