Public health fears as pile of garbage still uncollectedRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The recent floods have left huge piles of garbage in many
locations untransported, threatening public health and blocking
the flow of water in rivers and floodgates across the city. More ...
In over our heads: Floods in IndonesiaChristine Foster, Denpasar, Bali In Jakarta, several questions loom large on the horizon as
countless people attempt to rebuild their lives after losing
everything to enormous floods. More ...
Lucia Hartini releases images of the subconsciousCarla Bianpoen, Contributor, Jakarta At the opening of her third solo exhibition at Bentara Budaya
Jakarta on Jan. 31, Lucia Hartini looked another person. More ...
Unshackling imports from corrupt customsVincent Lingga, Senior Editor, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnopurti is under pressure to take
bold measures to bring back a system of pre-shipment inspection
of imports, first introduced by the Soeharto regime in the mid-
1980s, to ... More ...
More on Kabelvision The letter sent by Mr. Guy M. Robinson on Feb. 2, 2002
regarding Kabelvision was far too kind.Once again I congratulate Kabelvision for disappointing their
paying customers with a misleading run of adverts on the live
broadcast of the Super Bowl. More ...
Public buses resume services, delays remainThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Public transportation was returning to normal on Monday, but
drivers complained about a scarcity of fuel and a decrease in
their earnings as traffic jams continued to affect some roads due
to floodwater remaining at several ... More ...
Debate on new bond bill kicks offThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government and the House of Representatives started
discussions on Monday on the new draft law on bonds that is
intended to provide a strong legal basis for the government to
issue new bonds to help out the country's banking sector. More ...
'Debt extension not for bad debtors'Berni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government said it would exclude uncooperative debtors
from a plan to offer debtors a longer debt payment period, in a
further sign that it is bowing to pressure from the public
calling the plan unfair. More ...
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta Santi, not her real name, never imagined the difficulties she
would encounter after she filed for divorce to end her 10-year
marriage. More ...
Amnesty officials expelled from PapuaR.K. Nugroho and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post,
Jayapura/Jakarta The government has expelled two members of human rights
organization Amnesty International from Irian Jaya for illegally
investigating the mysterious death of Papuan separatist ... More ...
Yemen releases 21 Indonesian studentsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Yemen government has released 21 Indonesian students but will
deport 23 others in an unprecedented row over terrorism which is
feared will disrupt diplomatic ties between the two countries. More ...
Jakarta in need of long-term waste solutionAlex Wilson, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Last week's signing of an agreement between the Jakarta city
administration and the Bekasi mayoralty means the city's rubbish
disposal headaches are temporarily under control. More ...
Investment in science pays off Ask a scientist and he or she will quickly tell you that it is
impossible to cost knowledge. It is precious and priceless. More ...
Disasters continue to claim lives in other provincesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Weather-related disasters that have continued to plague dozens
of provinces across the country claimed at least three more lives
in South Sulawesi and Bali and displaced thousands of others in
Banten and East Java. More ...
Indonesian workers jailed for 30 months in KLAgencies, Jakarta A Malaysian court sentenced on Monday four Indonesian migrant
workers to 30 months each for their involvement in a violent
protest over drug testing in the Nilai industrial estate in
Negeri Sembilan state on Jan. 17. More ...
PSM beats PSIS 2-1 in Ligina MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: PSM Makassar extended its winning
streak to three in the Indonesian soccer league (Ligina) after it
beat PSIS Semarang 2-1 at the Mattoangin Stadium here on Sunday. More ...
Forex reserves down JAKARTA: Bank Indonesia said on Monday that foreign exchange
reserves dropped by US$3.3 million in the fourth week of January
to $27.77 billion from a week earlier. More ...
Ten people killed in strife-torn AcehIbnu Mat Noor, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh Despite two days of dialog between the Indonesian government
and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Geneva on Saturday and
Sunday, violence continued unabated in the war-torn province,
claiming at least 10 lives, ... More ...
Police to abide by summons on rights abuseTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Unlike the resistant Indonesian Military (TNI), police displayed
some gesture of compliance with the law on Monday when one of
four officers scheduled to attend a human rights hearing actually
showed up. More ...
Overseas firms eye HI renovation JAKARTA: A number of international investors had expressed
their readiness to become strategic partners in the renovation of
the country's first star-rated hotel, the Hotel Indonesia, an
official said on Monday. More ...
Govt adopts secrecy in prosecutor selectionTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite the public demands for a transparent screening process to
pick prosecutors for the ad hoc human rights trials, the Attorney
General's Office has opted to keep the names of the appointees
secret ... More ...
City struggles to return to normalThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Life in the capital began to return to normal on Monday as
floods in various parts of the city continued to recede despite
the heavy rain that fell in the morning. More ...
GAM agrees to discuss autonomy, says ministerFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian government has claimed that the Free Aceh Movement
(GAM) has agreed to discuss the special autonomy law for the
province, implemented by the government since January 2002, as
the basis for ... More ...
Premier invests Rp 120b to develop luxury homesViva Goldner, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta French property developer Premier will invest Rp 120 billion
(about US$12 million) in a luxury housing project at Bumi Serpong
Damai, signaling confidence in Jakarta's high-end property
market. More ...
Jakarta flood victims now hit by disease, depressionThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta As floods have begun to recede in the last few days another
threat has emerged. Hundreds of thousands of evacuees throughout
the city are now suffering from various illnesses and emotional
distress. More ...
Semen Gresik reshuffle set for Feb. 26Berni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Publicly listed state cement company PT Semen Gresik is set to
hold an extraordinary shareholders meeting on Feb. 26, with the
main agenda to reshuffle its current boards of directors and
commissioners. More ...
Dogs snoop around the palaceThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta In an impromptu operation dogs were deployed around the
presidential palace grounds in Jakarta on Monday to search for
drugs among security guards. Fortunately nothing was found on the
soldiers. More ...
Lampung floods cause widspread problemsOyos Saroso HN and Bahrul Ilmi Yakub, The Jakarta Post,
Bandarlampung/Palembang Floods over the last week that have affected nearly the entire
province have brought not only material losses to local people
and the administration but also have disrupted ... More ...
Bali schools need renovation DENPASAR, Bali: A number of elementary school buildings built
in the 1970s in Bali are in need of renovation because of their
sheer age. More ...
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, February 5, 2002Performances * Drama Mesin Hamlet by the 3rd Nomaden Stage group, Gedung
Kesenian Rumentang Siang, Jl. Baranang Siang 1, Kosambi (Tel.
022 4233562), 8 p.m., Feb. 5 - 6. More ...
Singer husband on trial for abuse JAKARTA: The South Jakarta District Court tried on Monday the
husband of singer Nur Afni Octavia for allegedly abusing her last
year. More ...
It is a national disaster Never before in Jakarta's 475-year history has there been such
a devastating flood as this current one. The floodwater, some of
it from days of continuous, heavy downpours, and some from the
highlands around Bogor has caused unprecedented damage here. More ...
Military members arrested for stealing cows in KupangThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) said on Monday they arrested
at least seven armed military (TNI) personnel for stealing six
cows belonging to residents in Sulamu village, some 100
kilometers from the provincial ... More ...
Cyclone Chris to sweep Bali and Nusa Tenggara watersRita A. Widiadana, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar The arrival of tropical Cyclone Chris in the eastern Indian
Ocean to the south of Indonesia has caused thunderstorms and
heavy rain in Denpasar and other places in the southern part of
Bali. More ...
Nothing done to fight malariaAgus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Purwokerto A malaria outbreak that has killed more than 100 people in
Central Java in recent months has continued its deadly spread
through the Banyumas regency with local officials doing nothing
to stop it. More ...
Floods a 'national disaster' for businessThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Following the disruption of economic and commercial activities
in the capital and its surrounding areas over the past several
days following the floods, businessmen warned on Monday of
considerable losses arising from the disaster. More ...
Recent floods not national disaster: GovtThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has refused to characterize the recent
extensive floods that have paralyzed the capital and other cities
throughout the country as a national disaster despite mounting
pressure from the public and the fact that the ... More ...
Czech Republic offers Indonesia wide-range defense equipmentFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Czech Republic, aware of Indonesia's dire need of military
equipment, has offered a wide-range of defense products to
compensate for the equipment that is still under limited ... More ...
On the U.S. stance toward Yasser Arafat Reports from Washington that President George W. Bush
consulted with his foreign policy aides on ways to "punish"
Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat over a controversial arms
shipment are, to say the least, disturbing. More ...
Skepticism overshadows Akbar's questioningViva Goldner and Tertiani ZB Simandjuntak, The Jakarta Post,
Jakarta As House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Akbar Tandjung today
(Tuesday) is questioned by the Attorney General's Office (AGO)
over the highly-politicized State Logistics Agency ... More ...
Giant chopsticks to get award JAKARTA: A pair of giant chopsticks, created by the Sheraton
Media Hotel and Tower in Central Jakarta, will get an award from
the Semarang-based Museum of Indonesian Records (Muri).The eight-meter-long chopsticks will be displayed at the hotel
from Feb. 7 to Feb. More ...
A lawyer's lawyer Mr. Luhut Pangaribuan is too modest by taking the byline
"Lawyer" (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 2, 2002, Under rule by law
offenders are rewarded).As PC to the former president and current counsel to the
largest law firm on the planet, HHP-Baker & Mckenzie, Mr. More ...
Revision of autonomy law is meant to prevent federalismKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Minister of Home Affairs Hari Sabarno insisted on Monday that the
planned amendment of the two autonomy laws passed in 1999 were
aimed at avoiding the de facto establishment of a federal state
in ... More ...
Vegetable prices soar as supply disruptedMuninggar Sri Saraswati and Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post,
Jakarta The price of vegetables in markets has soared lately because
their supply has been disrupted due to the extensive floods that
hit the capital last week. More ...
RI cricketers aim for good showing in Perth tourneyNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Although Indonesia is not a traditional cricket-playing
country, local cricketers are hoping to finish second at the 2002
East Asia Cricket Eights Festival to be held from Feb. 25 to Mar. More ...
Poor service, again! As a loyal customer of Kabelvision, I paid my monthly fee,
which was recently increased by 22 percent, but this is no
guarantee of service.On Jan. 28, after heavy rains, Kabelvision broadcasts were out
of action in the Kebayoran Baru area continuously from 4 p.m. More ...
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