Megawati cheers Timor Lorosae's independenceThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Bracing strong opposition from hardliners at home, President
Megawati Soekarnoputri made a brief visit to Timor Lorosae on
Sunday to attend the country's declaration of independence. More ...
Malaysians detained in Pontianak PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Pontianak Police are detaining a
Malaysian citizen on drug charges, and three others for
immigration offenses. More ...
Drivers raise fare before official increaseAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Many bus drivers increased their fares on Saturday although
the bus companies have yet to make a formal announcement on the
new fares, following the city administration's decision on them. More ...
Megawati inaugurates new projects in KupangYemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Kupang President Megawati Soekarnoputri symbolically inaugurated on
Sunday a number of development projects worth more than Rp 704
billion in East Nusa Tenggara province. More ...
Rare turtles die in Maumere farmYacob Herin, The Jakarta Post, Maumere Almost a hundred rare sea turtles have died in a breeding farm in
Magapanda village, about 35 kilometers from the East Nusa
Tenggara town of Maumere. More ...
Student movement in reviewAri A. Perdana, Centre for Strategic and International Studies,
Jakarta, Ari_Perdana@csis.or.id Calling for reform, follow us! Calling for succession, follow
us! No need to doubt, friends, just hold our hands. More ...
City Hall's will to expand green areas questionedBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Environmental experts have questioned the city administration's
commitment to expand the capital's green, open spaces, as ruled
in the city masterplan, when existing green spaces remain poorly
maintained. More ...
Indonesia, Malaysia to hold business forum in JuneThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Malaysian deputy prime minister Dato' Seri Abdullah bin Ahmad
Badawi and his Indonesian counterpart, Vice President Hamzah Haz,
will address business leaders at a two-day business gathering at
the Shangri-la Hotel here in ... More ...
Sorting household garbage expensiveDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration could save as much as Rp 140 billion
annually from the current budget allocation of Rp 200 billion for
garbage management, if families separate their household garbage
before it is collected. More ...
City could save Rp 140b if public sorts wasteDamar Harsanto
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta The city administration could save as much as Rp 140 billion
annually from the current budget allocation of Rp 200 billion for
garbage management, if families separate their household garbage
before it is ... More ...
More east-west links needed for Jakarta's commutersTantri Yuliandini and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post,
Jakarta Jakarta's population has expanded massively in the east and
the west, but the city's transportation system has been developed
according to the north and south grids, experts ... More ...
Chinese artist's work on display JAKARTA: Liu Guo, a 46-year-old noted Chinese painter, will
stage his first solo painting exhibition at Crowne Plaza hotel on
Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto, Central Jakarta, from May 20 to May 29. More ...
Indosat share sale to color tradingThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Last week's sale of an 8.1 percent stake in international
cellular operator PT Indosat will color trading in the currency
and stock markets throughout the week amid continued optimism
over the government's reform program. More ...
Photo A:to come lateRR
Photo B: Badminton
Reuters/ Bobby YipSIMPLY THE BEST, 5 TIMES: Indonesian badminton players Taufik
Hidayat (left), Sigit Budiarto (center) and Halim Haryanto
celebrate while hoisting the Thomas Cup trophy after winning the
dramatic tournament in Guangzhou, China. More ...
Afghans free to go home, others dream of AustraliaTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta While some Afghan migrants stranded here are lining up for
flights that will carry them home, others prefer to make a
complete break with the past. More ...
Lampung fishermen seek Rp 1b in redressOyos Saroso, The Jakarta Post, Bandarlampung Fishermen in Lampung have accused a sugar cane plantation company
of polluting waters off the province's Pelabuhan Panjang, killing
thousands of tons of fish. More ...
Mortar causes deadly explosion in Garut GARUT, West Java: A mortar shell of an F-90 Commando was found
to be the explosive material that caused an explosion at Simpang
village in Cikijing district of Garut regency on Friday, which
had claimed three lives. More ...
Roadblocks coming down in Ambon AMBON, Maluku: Security officers in the troubled Maluku capital
of Ambon began on Friday evening to remove roadblocks in the
Nania area of Teluk Baguala district. More ...
Police detain thug Basri Sangaji JAKARTA: The city police officially detained last Saturday a
thug, identified as Basri Sangaji, following a brawl in the
Kemang area, South Jakarta, between the suspect's gang and
another, led by notorious hoodlum Hercules.City police spokesman Sr. Comr. More ...
Self reflections on National Awakening DayMochtar Buchori, Legislator, Jakarta, mbuchori@indo.net.id May 20 is National Awakening Day for us Indonesians, and May 2
is our National Education Day. More ...
Papua tribes need Rp 47b JAYAPURA, Papua: The Papua Regional Office for Community
Development (BPMD) hopes to secure Rp 47 billion in funds from
the government to develop isolated tribes in 14 remote areas in
the province, an official said on Saturday. More ...
Ambon Muslims surrender weaponsOktianus Pinontoan, The Jakarta Post, Ambon A group of Muslims in the Maluku provincial capital of Ambon on
Sunday surrendered a large quantity of weapons and explosives to
the security authorities in what they called a gesture of
goodwill to end the prolonged ... More ...
Ambon Muslims surrender weapons Oktianus Pinontoan
The Jakarta Post
AmbonA group of Muslims in the Maluku provincial capital of Ambon on
Sunday surrendered a large quantity of weapons and explosives to
the security authorities in what they called a gesture of
goodwill to end the prolonged ... More ...
Reflections on national awakening dayMochtar Buchori
Legislator
Jakarta
mbuchori@indo.net.id May 20 is National Awakening Day for us Indonesians, and May 2
is our National Education Day. More ...
30,000 Timorese refugees vow to continue fightingYemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Atambua, West Timor As East Timorese proclaimed their hard-fought independence at
midnight on May 19 and changed the name of their country to Timor
Lorosae, some 30,000 refugees originally hailing from the ... More ...
Sex toys, pornography top list of seized itemsRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Sex toys and pornography dominated the list of goods
confiscated by the directorate of customs and excise in the first
quarter of the year. More ...
Advantage of power liberalization questionedMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Debates on the electricity bill, which aims to lift the monopoly
of the state electricity company PT PLN in the country's power
sector, could heat up considerably, as many legislators now have
begun to ... More ...
Minister to launch ILO report JAKARTA: Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa
Wea was scheduled to launch the ILO global report on child labor
at the Mandarin Hotel here on Monday. More ...
Save secondary forests tooCesar Sabogal, CIFOR scientist, Bogor, West Java "Save our forests" has been a familiar catchphrase in the
media for the past 20 years. More ...
Semen Padang, PSM register opening winsKasparman, The Jakarta Post, Padang Semen Padang and PSM Makassar chalked up wins in their opening
matches of the top-eight round of the Indonesian soccer league in
Padang, West Sumatra, on Sunday. More ...
Probosutedjo's case set for court JAKARTA: The alleged Rp 38 billion (around US$3.8 million)
fraud case involving businessman Probosutedjo, half brother of
former president Soeharto, is close to prosecution, Attorney
General's Office spokesman Barman Zahir said. More ...
NEW DELHI: India's largest private company Reliance Industries
Saturday bagged a 26-percent stake in the country's state-owned
bluechip firm Indian Petrochemical Corp. (IPCL), officials said. More ...
'Historic car' enters Yogyakarta museumTarko Sudiarno, Yogyakarta, The Jakarta Post The provincial government of Yogyakarta has decided to put one of
its cars in a museum as a historical item. More ...
JSX to become profit-oriented bourseThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The capital market authorities are setting up a foundation to
gradually turn the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) into a credible
bourse in Asia under a restructuring plan which will not only
change fundamentally the way the stock market ... More ...
Divide between nationalism and Islam must be avoided: SyafiiKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The controversy over the establishment of an Islamic caucus
continued with Muslim figures warning that it would not
necessarily contradict nationalist mass organizations and
parties. More ...
JAKARTA: Indonesia's central bank said on Saturday its
international reserves fell to US$28.14 billion as of the second
week of May from $28.58 billion the previous week. International reserves are calculated using gross foreign
exchange reserves and only include liquid assets. More ...
'Drug abuse needs serious attention' Drug use and addiction is an increasing problem in Jakarta. And
while the impact of drugs on society is extremely serious,
efforts to fight the distribution, sale and use of narcotics in
the capital have never seemed to match this seriousness. More ...
National Awakening Day National Awakening Day, May 20, is commemorated every year to
pay homage to those Indonesians who rose as the untied nation
of Indonesia, which was still under Dutch colonial domination in
the 1920s. More ...
Indonesian or English best for Timor LorosaeChristina Schott, Contributor, Jakarta The new Timorese Lorosae government, formerly known as East
Timor, has chosen Portuguese and Tetun as the official national
languages. English and Indonesian shall only be used as "working
languages" in the future. More ...
Gusmao, a symbol of peaceAnnastashya Emmanuelle, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Freedom is apparently not the end of the struggle for a man
like Xanana Gusmao, who has battled to remain free from thoughts
of vengeance since his release from an Indonesian prison."I realize that we lost everything... More ...
M2400, another ultra-sleek notebook on the marketZatni Arbi, Columnist, Jakarta, zatni@cbn.net.id First, here's a little tip about the importance of power
supply for our desktop computers. My PC is a Pentium III machine
that I assembled myself. More ...
Get CD-quality sound with your own TVL. Gatot S., Contributor, Jakarta At present, Indonesian television viewers have one state-owned
station and 10 private stations to choose from, following the
launch of several private TV stations early last year. More ...
Taman Mini invites new provinces to establish their own pavilionsBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The management of Taman Mini Indonesia Indah has invited newly
established provinces to set up pavilions in the park so that all
the country's provinces are represented there. More ...
Government sells 8.1 percent of Indosat stake for Rp 1 trillionDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has sold some 83.5 million of its shares in
state telecommunications firm PT Indosat, or 8. More ...
Indonesia stuns Malaysia to retain Thomas CupNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Guangzhou, China Indonesia's men's shuttlers achieved their dream of being the
first team ever to win the men's team Thomas Cup five times in a
row after beating archrival Malaysia 3-2 in a tight match at ... More ...
New book says Sukarno behind Sept. 30 movementHarry Bhaskara, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, hbkc@centrin.net.id A lot has been said openly about the 1965 "Sept. More ...
Ambon Muslims surrender weaponsAgence France Presse, Ambon Muslims in the riot-hit Maluku on Sunday surrendered hundreds of
weapons and explosives to the security authorities. More ...
Int'l court for Trisakti case possible but not soonTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Human rights activists have set an early deadline for the
government to open an ad hoc court to try military and police
officers for alleged gross human rights violations in May 1998. More ...
Catholic adherents establish solidarity forumTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Catholic society declared on Saturday the
establishment of the Democratic Solidarity of Indonesian
Catholics, a social organization which will serve as an
alternative medium to channel ... More ...
Wake up and smell the rot The National Awakening Day, commemorated today, comes at a
time when Indonesia is at a crucial juncture which could
determine our existence as a nation. More ...
World Cup to boost TV sales by 20-30 percentAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The World Cup soccer tournament, coupled with the strengthening
of the rupiah against the U.S. More ...
Eastern canal project to start soon JAKARTA: The construction project for the East Flood Canal,
delayed for 30 years, will commence in Marunda and Rorotan
subdistricts, Cilincing, North Jakarta. More ...
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