Terror threats not shared with police: OfficersThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The National Police disclosed on Monday that foreign missions
have not shared information concerning possible terrorist threats
against foreign interests here in retaliation for the United
States-led attack on Iraq. More ...
Papua refuses to revoke logging licensesRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Papua province has refused to revoke the logging licenses it
granted to dozens of private firms last year, despite protests
from the central government, which has claimed the move is
illegal and could aggravate ... More ...
Hutchison still committed to RI despite criticismRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Hong Kong-based seaport operator Hutchison Port Holdings Group
said it was still committed to developing the seaport in Tanjung
Priok in North Jakarta owned by its subsidiary PT Jakarta
International ... More ...
Navy to build new base in Papua SORONG, West Papua: The Indonesian Navy plans to build a new base
in the regency of Fakfak mainly, to cope with illegal fishing, a
senior Navy officer said on Monday.Sorong naval base chief Maj. Kris Sri Hod said the new base
would be built on a 1. More ...
ASEAN economies could be affected by a protracted warS. Pushpanathan, Assistant Director for External Relations,
ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta The US showdown in Iraq has began with more than 1,000 cruise
missiles pounding Iraq and over 4000 air sorties by US led
coalition forces to decapitate ... More ...
'Black economy' threatens Aceh peaceWiryono Sastrohandoyo, Ahmad Humam Hamid and Brian Millen,
Jakarta The military conflict is essentially but one part of the
problem in Aceh. More ...
RI may have less than five presidential candidates in 2004Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives is debating whether to pass a draft
government legislation which stipulates that political parties
can only field a presidential candidate if it wins 20 percent of
the ... More ...
A realistic choice for South KoreaThe Korea Herald, Asia News Network, Seoul Not only Iraq but the entire world was shocked. Nobody had
doubted the precipitous imbalance of firepower of the adversaries
in this war of disputed moral justification. More ...
Edhi wins final game to become Japfa championMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A convincing win in the final round has earned Grand Master (GM)
Edhi Handoko the top place in the men's master competition at the
nine-round Japfa Chess Festival, which ended here on Monday. More ...
US$22m to evacuate migrant workers JAKARTA: Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Jusuf
Kalla said on Monday that the government had allocated Rp 200
billion (US$22 million) for the repatriation of Indonesian
workers in Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. More ...
Water investors threaten to quit agreementBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The two private European tap water companies in Jakarta have
threatened to pull out of their agreement with the City
Administration and the city water company of Pam Jaya if their
price increase proposal is ... More ...
Forum established to help RI's WTO teamThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A group of government officials, experts, businessmen and non-
governmental organization (NGO) activists have set up a forum to
study issues to be discussed at the upcoming World Trade
Organization (WTO) talks. More ...
Where to go in Bandung for Tuesday, March 25, 2003Exhibitions* Painting, Khas Jelekong, at Galeri Taman Budaya, Jl. Bukit Dago
Selatan No. 53 A, Bandung, (Tel. 022 - 2504912), March 29 to
April 30, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. More ...
Jihad unnecessary in Iraq war : RI leadersFabiola Desy Unidjaja and Sri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post,
Jakarta/Yogyakarta The government and religious leaders said on Monday jihad in Iraq
could be performed in many ways other than sending volunteers to
fight against the United States and its allies. More ...
Six officials posted overseas JAKARTA: The government has named six officials as immigration
attaches in six countries, spokesman of the directorate general
for immigration, Ade Endang Dahlan, said here on Monday. More ...
City considers utilizing helicopters to fight fireTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration is considering the use of helicopters
to put out fires in high-rise buildings and dense settlements,
which are most susceptible to fire and cannot be easily reached
by fire ... More ...
Arahmaiani promotes peace through artTarko Sudiarno, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta The ongoing war between Iraq and the Allied Forces must be
creating a great amount of tension for people all over the world. More ...
Siemens workers ask for their jobs backM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Triandi assumed that he had already been working for PT.
Siemens Indonesia for seven years when he received the
heartbreaking news in 2001 -- he had lost his job. More ...
Resorting to violenceIgnas Kleden, Sociologist, The Center for East Indonesian
Affairs (CEIA), Jakarta It is generally believed that one of the main reasons why
democracy is desirable is to prevent the use of physical
violence, both in the state-society relationship as well as in
social, ... More ...
Vote-buying charges delay swearing in of new regent for BanyumasAgus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Purwokerto, Central Java The Banyumas legislative council has delayed the swearing in of
Setiono as winner of the recent regent election after allegations
that he and his running mate Durori were ... More ...
City to pay Dekel stipends in April JAKARTA: The city administration announced on Monday that it
would disburse funds to all subdistrict councils (Dekel) to cover
their members' stipends in April. More ...
KPKPN challenges anticorruption law JAKARTA: Striving to maintain its existence, the Public
Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) is seeking a judicial
review with the Supreme Court against Law No. 30, 2002 on the
establishment of an anticorruption commission to replace the
KPKPN. More ...
Elections may fall behind scheduleArya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A General Elections Commission (KPU) member warned on Monday that
cutting budget allocations for the information system and ballot
printing would disrupt preparations for the 2004 elections. More ...
Macro stability alone cannot save RI: Morgan StanleyDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Singapore The economy will fare much better if the government applies
new development strategies that focus not only on sustaining the
country's macroeconomic stability, said U.S. More ...
IFC provides $15m in investment for BuanaThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private arm
of the World Bank, has approved US$15 million worth of investment
in PT Bank Buana to help it strengthen its lending activities to
small and medium-sized enterprises. More ...
Mega seeks input on foreign envoys JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri has sent two letters
to the House of Representatives (DPR) asking legislators to
advise her on the appointment of foreign ambassadors for their
missions in Jakarta. More ...
Students need proper moral values, not blind faith The House of Representatives is deliberating on the draft bill
for national education, which has many contentious points,
particularly those regarding religion that have created
controversy. More ...
C. Aceh roads opened amid 'jihad'Nani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh Despite allegations infamous pro-Jakarta militia Laskar Jihad are
waging a "holy war" against pro-independence forces in Central
Aceh, public transportation services resumed on Monday to ease
the regency's isolation. More ...
More on long march I would like to add to the article in the March 16 edition of
The Jakarta Post, titled Ailing 'Little Mao' seeks paternity
truth after 68 years. More ...
Antiwar protests take a turn for the worseDamar Harsanto and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post,
Jakarta Jakarta Police arrested 10 members of the Islamic Youth
Movement (GPI) for allegedly targeting foreigners after an
antiwar rally on Monday. More ...
6,100 poor students need aid BOGOR: More than 6,100 elementary school students from 30
subdistricts in Bogor regency need financial help because the
poor economic condition of their families. More ...
178 reporters sign up for Bali trial DENPASASR, Bali: So far 178 Indonesian and foreign journalists
have registered with the police to cover next month's trial of a
key suspect behind the Oct. 12 Bali bombing, police said on
Monday. More ...
Schools needs more than Rp 300 billion AMBON, Maluku: Maluku needs over Rp 300 billion (about US$33
million) to rebuild its devastated schools following three years
of sectarian clashes, a local official said on Monday. More ...
Taking a leaf from Betawi community's bookBambang Parlupi, Contributor, Jakarta While ecologists busily strive to conserve forests in many
parts of the world, the remaining forested areas in Jakarta are
dwindling or vanishing altogether. More ...
RI economic growth could be slower with long war: EconomistsA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta If the war in Iraq goes on for more than six months, the global
economy will be in tatters, and Indonesia's economic growth will
be much slower than expected, economists said on Monday. More ...
Court dismisses Ba'asyir's lawsuit JAKARTA: The South Jakarta District Court dismissed on Monday
a lawsuit filed by Abu Bakar Ba'asyir against the Jakarta
Prosecutor's Office for detaining him. More ...
AntaraSTOPPING TUBERCULOSIS: Minister of Health Achmad Sujudi (right),
along with Minister of Social Affairs Bachtiar Chamsyah (left)
and Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Jusuf Kalla
(second left), receive donations from the World Health
Organization (WHO) for people suffering from ... More ...
Conference to fight poverty YOGYAKARTA: Some 600 participants from various organizations that
deal with poverty confirmed they would attend a key conference
from March 25 until March 27 in Yogyakarta to agree on a common
strategy in their efforts to alleviate poverty, an official said. More ...
Independence in education Until the fall of the New Order regime and the birth of the
reform movement in 1999, Indonesia's 1945 Constitution -- so
called because it was decreed on Aug. More ...
Hamzah to visit Poso JAKARTA: Vice President Hamzah Haz is slated to visit the city
of Poso during his two-day visit to Central Sulawesi province.The Vice President is expected to arrive in Palu on Tuesday. More ...
Students go on hunger strike to demand pulp mill closureApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra Twenty-five students began a hunger strike on Monday during a
rally in the grounds of the North Sumatra provincial council to
demand the permanent closure of pulp and paper mill PT Toba ... More ...
Chinese electronics: Cheap is not enoughSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Many little known brands of electronics are on sale in Glodok, a
electronics haven in West Jakarta. More ...
Tuberculosis third deadliest disease in IndonesiaEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Mycobacterium tuberculosis was identified 121 years ago on March
24. More ...
Police arrest five robbers MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Police in Bone regency arrested five of
seven robbers who stole Rp 50 million (about US$5,600) from a
Bank Mandiri customer in Kendari Southeast Sulawesi, a police
officer said on Monday. More ...
It's my family they're bombingAida Kaisy, Advertising executive, Guardian News Service,
London It starts when I wake up. Until recently, I would get up and
get ready for work. More ...
6,100 poor students need aid BOGOR: More than 6,100 elementary school students from 30
subdistricts in Bogor regency need financial help because the
poor economic condition of their families. More ...
Mega seeks input on foreign envoys JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri has sent two letters
to the House of Representatives (DPR) asking legislators to
advise her on the appointment of foreign ambassadors for their
missions in Jakarta. More ...
Chinese paintings stun local art loversHuang Rongyuan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Something that is experimental is always interesting to see, be
it the so-called "decapitating tactics" currently being applied
by the U.S. More ...
Schools needs more than Rp 300 billion AMBON, Maluku: Maluku needs over Rp 300 billion (about US$33
million) to rebuild its devastated schools following three years
of sectarian clashes, a local official said on Monday. More ...
Bush and Iraq The Middle East issue is not merely a matter of humanity, but
rather concerns the continued existence of democracy and the
local, regional and international laws being threatened by Bush. More ...
House consults scholars over bill JAKARTA: All nine factions in the House of Representatives
(DPR) are scheduled on Wednesday to present their comments on the
presidential election bill drafted by the home ministry. More ...
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The U.S. and UK-led attack on Iraq has dealt a heavy blow to
the country's courier industry as the war has disrupted flights
and thus slowed down the delivery of goods out of the country. More ...
Experts warn of more violence ahead of and during electionsMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Experts have warned of more violence in the run-up and during the
2004 elections and have urged the National Police to go out of
their way to ensure that the whole process proceeds ... More ...
Mint employees demand pay rise JAKARTA: Some 100 employees of the state-owned mint, Perum
Peruri, staged a demonstration on Monday at its office on Jl.
Faletehan, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, demanding a salary hike
of 100 percent. More ...
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