Two drowned in river accident MEDAN, North Sumatra: Two people died after they were swept
away by a strong current in the Sembahe River in Medan.The accident occurred on Monday when Hariyadi, 20 and his
friend Bala Krisna, 22, were swimming in the middle of the river. More ...
Ambon talks end in disarayM. Azis Tunny, Ambon A meeting of Christian and Muslim leaders and National Police
chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar ended in disarray here on Monday, after
conflicting parties failed to reach an agreement to cease the
renewed clashes in Ambon, Maluku. More ...
Telkom books 7% rise in Q1 profitThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Telecommunications firm PT Telkom reported a 7 percent increase
in profit in the first quarter, capitalizing on an expanding
market for used cellular phone handsets that has attracted more
subscribers to its mobile-phone unit. More ...
Soeharto's health improving JAKARTA: Former president Soeharto's health condition is
getting better and no further blood transfusion is necessary,
doctors said. More ...
Maid reports relative of boss to police for shootingThe Jakarta Post, Bandung A 19-year-old domestic filed a complaint with the Bandung Police
on Monday against her boss, whom she accused of shooting her with
an air rifle. The police immediately detained the suspect. More ...
Toward a better social security systemAlex Arifianto, Jakarta The Indonesian government is currently undertaking a major
reform of the country's social security system to provide social
security coverage for all citizens, regardless of their income or
employment status. More ...
Branding politics -- another advertising phenomenonRodney Louis Vincent, Jakarta Having spent the last two years in Jakarta, this
is my first taste of Indonesian elections. More ...
Wiranto's candidacy likely to provoke serious reactionJusuf Wanandi, Jakarta U.S. Ambassador Boyce was very diplomatic when declaring that
he respected Indonesia's processes to elect a president and would
accept whatever the result was, so long as the process was fair. More ...
KPI seeks public input JAKARTA: The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) is
seeking input from the public ahead of talks with the government
on broadcasting regulations. More ...
Zakki Hakim
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta Will investment funds from rich European countries to
Indonesia decrease in the coming years as a consequence of the
European Union (EU) enlargement?According to EU data, the 15 old EU members, known as the
EU15, are the world's main source of foreign ... More ...
Part 1 of 2: Plan for oil contractors to offer 10 percent stake to regionsT.N. Machmud, Jakarta The Jakarta Post carried a news article under the same title
on April 5, 2004 reporting an interview with Iin Arifin Takyan,
Director General of Oil and Gas of the Ministry of Energy and
Mineral ... More ...
RI denied Olympic women's singles betEva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta Indonesia has been deprived of the chance of contending the
women's singles in the badminton competition at the next Olympic
Games in Athens, following the announcement of the rankings by
the International Badminton Federation on ... More ...
Children love to draw frogs BOGOR: At least 100 kindergarten and elementary school
students in Bogor eagerly participated in a frog-drawing
competition held on Monday.The winner for the coloring category for kindergarten students
was four-year-old Jeani Kosasih from Regina Pacis kindergarten. More ...
On Prudential AssuranceI refer to the editorial Our legal black hole in The Jakarta
Post's April 29 issue.When I was growing up in Britain, the Prudential Assurance Co,
affectionately known as "the Pru", was more of a public
institution than a commercial enterprise. More ...
Two alleged rebels killed JAKARTA: The Indonesian Military (TNI) claims to have killed
two more Free Aceh Movement (GAM) members and seized eight rifles
in an operation on Sunday, an officer said on Monday.Spokesman for the military operation in Aceh Lt. Col. More ...
HSBC opens credit card services in Yogyakarta The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC)
Indonesia has expanded its credit card business to Surakarta in
Central Java and Yogyakarta, expecting to net 100,000 customers
in the two cities within three to five years. More ...
Two people shot in Indramayu brawlThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Two gangs of youth became involved in a brawl late on Saturday in
Parean Girang subdistrict, Kandanghaur district, Indramayu
regency, leaving two people shot and dozens of houses in the area
damaged. More ...
Gudang Garam posts higher profitThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Net profit of the country's largest cigarette producer PT
Gudang Garam rose slightly by 8.4 percent in the first three
months of this year on stronger sales due to election spending
and flat excise rates. More ...
Indonesia and Russia agree to share classified informationFitri Wulandari, Jakarta The governments of Indonesia and Russia have signed a mutual
agreement on the exchange of classified information on various
issues, including terrorism and military equipment. More ...
RI, Iran agree to up flights JAKARTA: Indonesia and Iran agreed on Saturday to boost
cooperation in civil aviation to facilitate and increase flights
linking the two countries. More ...
Political contract is needed It is interesting to note that Corruption Eradication
Commission (KPK) chief Taufiqurrachman Ruki said that
presidential and vice presidential candidates should sign a
political contract, which would state their readiness -- should
they be elected -- to punish ... More ...
Monas tower becomes tourist trapThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A newly installed elevator inside the National Monument (Monas)
broke down on Sunday, trapping dozens of visitors on the
observation deck of the 132 meter-high building. More ...
World Press Freedom Day: We who believe in freedom cannot restEndy M. Bayuni, Cambridge, Massachusetts The lyrics of a popular song during the civil rights movement
in the United States went something like this: We who believe in
freedom cannot rest until it comes. More ...
Three laborers die after crane collapsesEvi Mariani, Jakarta Three construction workers died instantly and three others were
injured after a crane, which they were working on, collapsed on
Monday at around 10:30 a.m. More ...
'Destroying perfectly good food is wasteful' To protect farmers and the sugar industry the government has
taken a firm stance on the disposal of smuggled sugar. The
government has declared that the sugar will be destroyed and not
auctioned off, in the hope that smugglers will learn their
lesson. More ...
UT's profit drops, sales up JAKARTA: Heavy equipment maker PT United Tractors said its
first-quarter profit dropped 25 percent to Rp 48.68 billion
(US$5.72 million) due to debt restructuring and weakening
currency rates early this year.However, its sales rose 15 percent to Rp 1. More ...
APRIL launches sustainability report In a bid to help ensure sustainable forest management, APRIL
has launched its first sustainability report as a proactive
approach to address environmental concerns raised about the
company's operation. More ...
New EU investment coming next year: ECZakki Hakim, Jakarta Will investment funds from rich European countries to
Indonesia decrease in the coming years as a consequence of the
European Union (EU) enlargement?According to EU data, the 15 old EU members, known as the
EU15, are the world's main ... More ...
PDS supporters violate maximum donation rule: KPUMoch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta The General Elections Commission has released a list of
individual donors to the political parties that contested the
legislative election, which shows that the Prosperous Peace Party
(PDS) exceeded the rule stating that ... More ...
Glodok traders to wait for 3-in-1 reviewUrip Hudiono, Jakarta Traders in the Glodok business district, West Jakarta, are
waiting until the Jakarta administration completes its evaluation
of the three-in-one policy in June before deciding on further
actions to demand an adjustment in its hours of ... More ...
Three laborers died of falling from tower craneEvi Mariani, Jakarta Three construction workers died instantly and three others were
injured after a tower crane, where they were working on,
collapsed on Monday at around 10:30 a.m. More ...
Fifty teachers killed in Aceh since 1999The Jakarta Post, Jakarta At least 50 teachers assigned to the province of Nanggroe Aceh
Darussalam (NAD) have been killed in the armed conflict there
between 1999 and 2003. More ...
50 teachers killed in Aceh in armed conflict since 1999 The Jakarta Post
JakartaAt least 50 teachers assigned to the province of Nanggroe Aceh
Darussalam (NAD) have been killed in the armed conflict there
between 1999 and 2003. More ...
Emirates vows to expand service to AsiaZakki Hakim, Dubai, UAE Emirate Airlines vows to expand its service in East and
Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, hoping to garner more
revenue from the fast-growing market. More ...
KPC unit to issue bonds JAKARTA: Cherosh Holding B.V., a Holland-based investment unit of
coal producer PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), plans to issue
guaranteed bonds to finance KPC working capital and debts. More ...
'RI press freedom under threat'Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta In marking World Press Freedom Day on Monday, a press
organization noted that the press here is still regarded as "the
enemy". More ...
'Gedung Imigrasi' renovation haltedBambang Nurbianto, Jakarta The Jakarta Culture and Museums Agency has temporarily halted its
renovation work at the old immigration office on Jl. More ...
Denmark, U.S. arrive for Thomas, Uber CupsEva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta Denmark and the United States were the first teams to arrive
here for the Thomas and Uber Cup badminton championships, which
begin at the Bung Karno Indoor Stadium on Friday. More ...
APRIL sees brigth future in RI pulp, paper industryDadan Wijaksana, Singapore Indonesia's pulp and paper industry still has plenty of room for
improvement if it wants to be internationally competitive,
according to a major player.The Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd. More ...
Weak banking supervision The preliminary findings of the investigations into bad
banking practices which led into the closure of two small banks
-- the Denpasar-based PT Bank Dagang Bali (BDB) and Jakarta-based
Bank Asiatic -- by Bank Indonesia on April 8 raised great doubts
about the integrity ... More ...
Migrant workers send less money home SEMARANG: The amount of money sent home by Central Java
migrant workers last year increased to Rp 1.497 trillion (US$
187.1 billion), slightly higher than the year 2002, when they
sent home Rp 1.409 trillion. More ...
Nine police officers named suspects after UMI attackAndi Hajramurni, Makassar Police investigators named nine police personnel as suspects on
Monday, following a brutal police attack on Saturday at the
Indonesia Muslim University (UMI) that seriously injured 65
students. More ...
Pertamina aims to boost geothermal capacityFitri Wulandari, Jakarta State-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina plans to boost
the capacity of its geothermal fields within the next six years
as the commodity will become an important source of energy in the
future amid higher fuel prices and ... More ...
All-night shopping to end after promotion periodLeony Aurora, Tangerang If it was not 2 a.m., two girls in pajamas pushing trolleys in a
hypermarket would strike one as a strange sight indeed. More ...
Police to question ex-SMP 56 teachers JAKARTA: The Jakarta Police are scheduled to question four SMP
56 state junior high school teachers on Tuesday as witnesses
following a complaint filed by the city administration on "an
illegal academic activity" at the school on Jl. More ...
Lawyer arrested for fraud DENPASAR, Bali: A woman lawyer has allegedly defrauded Rp 4.3
billion (US$500,000) from mostly foreign clients who were
interested in investing in the resort island, a police official
says.The Bali Police's chief of detectives, Sr. Comr. More ...
13-year-old boy in bad shape after suicide attemptYuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung A 13-year-old boy, Agus Surayana, is reportedly in a bad
condition after attempting to kill himself at his grandmother's
house in Cisarua, Lembang, near the West Java capital of Bandung. More ...
Punishing the profiteers For every undocumented immigrant worker who arrives on our
shores, there is a chain of intermediaries from brokers and
agents to traffickers and smugglers who brought him over. And there is also, if the illegal immigrant is lucky, an
employer waiting. More ...
HSBC opens credit card services in Yogyakarta The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC)
Indonesia has expanded its credit card business to Surakarta in
Central Java and Yogyakarta, expecting to net 100,000 customers
in the two cities within three to five years. More ...
Your bank is now in your handBurhanuddin Abe, Contributor, Jakarta One afternoon a garment wholesaler at the Tanah Abang market,
Haji Hasan, received an order worth Rp 50 million (about
US$5,875) from a trader in Makassar, South Sulawesi. More ...
Boy drowning in Ancol swimming pool JAKARTA: A four-year-old boy, Reza Antaris, drowned in the
Riam Jeram swimming pool of Ancol Dreamland Park recreational
site, North Jakarta, on Sunday afternoon. More ...
M-banking to go beyond checking balanceRudijanto, Contributor, Jakarta Using a credit card when you are shopping is very common
today, but what if the transaction was conducted by merely
clicking some buttons on your cellular phone, showing the phone's
screen to the cashier who immediately ... More ...
Commission announces members in new DPDA. Junaidi, Jakarta The General Elections Commission's (KPU) announcement of the new
members of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) here on
Monday was marred by a walkout from Election Supervisory
Committee (Panwaslu) members in protest. More ...
Will mobile banking work for microfinance?Mohamad Nazirwan, Jakarta Mobile banking (M-Banking) is popular among bank customers as
it provides huge advantages, one of which is flexibility in
banking with no place and time constraints. More ...
Concerted efforts and mutual trust needed for East Asian cooperationWu Yixue, China Daily, Asia News Network/Beijing The East Asian Community (EAC) is an alluring prospect,
although its prototype and methods for realization are still
under discussion. More ...
Lawyers to sue police over Ba'asyir's abrupt arrestP.C. Naommy and Blontank Poer, Jakarta/Surakarta The team of lawyers for Abu Bakar Ba'asyir announced on Monday
they would file a pretrial motion against the National Police for
procedural violations in connection with their client's arrest
last ... More ...
Thieves break into PPP official's car JAKARTA: Auto thieves broke the left front window of a
Sangyong sedan belonging to United Development Party (PPP)
Jakarta branch leader Endin AJ Soefihara on Sunday. More ...
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