Search Archive
Search Tips
You can use boolean operators in your search:
pugilist AND basketball- Both words must appearjakarta OR surabaya- Either word can appearjakarta NOT politics- Must have jakarta but not politics+jakarta -politics- Must have jakarta, must not have politics"exact phrase"- Search for exact phrasebasket*- Wildcard (matches basketball, basket, etc.)
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Religious leaders vow greater role in ending conflict
Religious leaders vow greater role in ending conflictJupriadi, The Jakarta Post, Makassar, South Sulawesi Leaders of various religions agreed on Thursday to play more active roles in guiding their followers to prevent the possibility of further sectarian conflicts in the country.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Man held for cannibalism
Man held for cannibalismAgus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Purbalingga, Central Java The people of the Central Java regency of Purbalingga were horrified by the arrest of a local 31-year-old man who confessed to stealing a human corpse and eating it in order to obtain supernatural powers.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
;AFP;KOD;
;AFP;KOD; ANPAu..r.. Aglance-Malaysia-vice Malaysia to clamp down on foreign prostitutes JP/11/ASEAN KL clamps down on foreign prostitutes MALAYSIA: Nearly 13,000 tourists and foreign students were arrested in Malaysia over the past three years for involvement in immoral activities, especially...
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Exporters must change strategy in trade with Canada
Exporters must change strategy in trade with CanadaSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian companies exporting goods to Canada could boost their earnings if they shipped the goods directly instead of going through the U.S.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Blind people protest eviction
Blind people protest eviction JAKARTA: Sixty visually impaired people living in a home in the Cawang area, East Jakarta, went to City Council on Thursday to protest the administration's plan to move them to another shelter in the Cengkareng area of West Jakarta.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
More foreign males told to register in United States
More foreign males told to register in United StatesCurt Anderson, Associated Press, Washington Thousands more males age 16 and older from Indonesia, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and Bangladesh will be required to register with U.S. immigration authorities in the latest expansion of a post- Sept.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Telkom reacts `childishly' to govt delay
Telkom reacts `childishly' to govt delayA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President of state-owned telecommunications giant PT Telkom Kristiono said the delay of phone charge increases would limit the company's ability in developing fixed lines and providing telephone services to more people...
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
;REUTERS;KOD;
;REUTERS;KOD; ANPAu..r.. ATW -Japan-NKorea-husband Ex-US soldier wants abductee wife back in N. Korea JP/12/ATW Ex-U.S. soldier wants wife back JAPAN: An ex-U.S. soldier living in North Korea has asked his Japanese wife -- one of five people abducted by North Korean agents but now back in their...
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Ginting works to win public support
Ginting works to win public supportMoch. N.Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Funding sources may not seem too sensitive a topic, but when a non-governmental organization (NGO) is directly questioned about the source of their funds, it can be hard for them to answer, and at times even upsetting.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Govt attempt to appease fails to stem angry protests
Govt attempt to appease fails to stem angry protestsKurniawan Hari and Zakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Thousands of people throughout the country took to the streets seeking the cancellation of utility price hikes on Thursday despite a decision by the government to delay the increase in...
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
* Headlines: Illegal logging costs $609 million 2
* Headlines: Illegal logging costs $609 million 2 * National:Suspects Ali, Mubarok transferred to Bali4 * Archipelago: Kalimantan rejects Madurese migrants 5 * Opinion:Time to get realistic about forest crisis7 * City:Council criticizes proposed budget8 * Sports: Clijsters, Hewitt ruthless at...
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
TV Today: Friday, January 17, 2003
TV Today: Friday, January 17, 2003 .TB.30" .90"TVRI .tb .30" .90" 5:00 a.m.Teletilawah 6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:30 Obladi-Oblada 8:00 DRTV8:30 Environment9:00 Budi Pekerti9:30 Hidup Halal10:30 Entertainment11:00 News: Berita Dearah11:30 Music: Konteswara12:00 p.m.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
;JP;dan;
;JP;dan; ANPAf..r.. Rupiah-conversion-ratesRupiah Rates Jan. 16 JP/13/ConverRupiah Rates Jan. 16 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp Australian dollar 1 5,494.80 4,903.81 5,227.21 5,171.17Brunei dollar 1 5,406.15 4,826.03 5,142.89 5,089.15Canadian dollar 1 6,100.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Council criticizes proposed budget
Council criticizes proposed budgetNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The City Council urged the Jakarta administration on Thursday to be more efficient and prudent in drafting the 2003 City Budget as there was a lot of overlapping and unnecessary items included in the draft budget.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Govt yet to name 11,801 islets
Govt yet to name 11,801 islets JAKARTA: The government needs to name some 11,801 small islands across the country to maintain Indonesia's control over its territory and to avoid any further border disputes with neighboring countries, a discussion concluded on Thursday.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Mobile phone companies expect robust sales this year
Mobile phone companies expect robust sales this yearArya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Cellular-phone makers are optimistic sales will continue to increase this year on the back of strong market potential.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Rising utility prices: Something we have to give
Rising utility prices: Something we have to giveJati Hidayat, Business Analyst, Jakarta Economics is the study of how to manage unlimited wants with limited means. Nobody can have everything, and all of us must make choices -- remember that when we scream foul at rising utility prices or the...
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Jakarta Index down 2.1% on heavy selling
Jakarta Index down 2.1% on heavy sellingDow Jones, Jakarta Indonesian shares closed lower Thursday, with investors selling more shares in telecommunication blue chips after the government canceled a hike in telephone tariffs following nationwide protests against the move, dealers said.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Group vs national interests
Group vs national interests I have lived in Indonesia for 15 years in total, that is for most of my adult life plus one year while at high school here. I speak fluent Indonesian and have an Indonesian partner but I am now very sorry to have to say that I used to love Indonesia.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Kalimantan rejects Madurese migrants
Kalimantan rejects Madurese migrantsYuliansyah, The Jakarta Post, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan Traumatized by past ethnic killings, indigenous Dayak residents in Kalimantan provinces have rejected the resettlement of Madurese people in Kalimantan under the government's transmigration program this...
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
RI plans to evacuate 30,000 from Gulf
RI plans to evacuate 30,000 from GulfFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government is preparing to evacuate about 30,000 Indonesians from Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries ahead of a possible U.S.-led strike against Baghdad.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Symptoms vs cause?
Symptoms vs cause? The kind of reactions to the small but growing calls for President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President Hamzah Haz to step down in the wake of the increases in utility prices, is a classic example of people mistaking the symptoms for the cause of the disease.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Cafe ransacked by gang of eight
Cafe ransacked by gang of eight BOGOR: Eight people, including a man in military uniform, ran amok at a cafe in the district of Kemang in Bogor early Thursday morning, damaging the establishment and injuring the cafe owner and his father, as well as two employees.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
JP/5/Across
JP/5/Across3 officials grilled over bribery KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: A team consisting of eight prosecutors quizzed on Thursday three provincial councillors over charges of receiving bribes in the election of the Southeast Sulawesi governor and his deputy.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Police detain dozens over PDI-P attack
Police detain dozens over PDI-P attackLa Remmy, The Jakarta Post, Palu, Central Sulawesi Police here said on Thursday they had arrested at least 30 people suspected of involvement in an attack on the headquarters of President Megawati Soekarnoputri's party in Palu, Central Sulawesi.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Minister warns of plot against government
Minister warns of plot against governmentTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono warned on Thursday of a move by certain groups to create martyrs among anti-price hike protesters, a turn of events that would then be...
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Justice for
Justice for ordinary people From Kompas The increase in fuel prices, and electricity and telephone charges have no direct impact on the poor people, who have no motorized vehicles. However, the impact of the price increases -- soaring prices of daily necessities, will hit them hard.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Time to get realistic about Indonesia's forest crises
Time to get realistic about Indonesia's forest crisesLonggena Ginting Executive Director The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) Jakarta Indonesia's forests are in dire straits. This fact is not debatable anymore, and is in such a state that there is no longer any news value in the tragic...
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, January 17, 2003
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, January 17, 2003 Exhibitions*Holey Things - Beads by Dharma Mulia Galleries, Lobby Bimasena Club, Dharmawangsa, Jl. Dharmawangsa Raya No. 39 Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta (Tel. 021-7258668) Jan 18 until Feb. 2, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Soeharto blamed for Priok atrocity
Soeharto blamed for Priok atrocity JAKARTA: The National Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) demanded on Thursday the Attorney General's Office charge former president Soeharto and his generals suspects with crimes against humanity committed in Tanjung Priok, North...
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Residents lose class action filed against Sutiyoso
Residents lose class action filed against SutiyosoTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Residents of Kelapa Gading district, North Jakarta, lost on Thursday their class-action suit against Governor Sutiyoso at the Jakarta State Administrative Court.
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Bill could legalize privatization of water
Bill could legalize privatization of waterBambang Nurbianto and Adianto P. Simamora The Jakarta Post Jakarta Despite some criticism due to nationalistic and perhaps environmental concerns, the privatization of water resources in the country could soon receive strong legal backing as the House of...
Fri, 17 Jan 2003
Govt given one week to reassess fuel, power hikes
Govt given one week to reassess fuel, power hikesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A day after an agreement to delay the telephone charge increase, the House of Representatives gave one week to the government to reassess the hikes in fuel and power prices.
Thu, 16 Jan 2003
Rocks bury mine site, claiming four lives
Rocks bury mine site, claiming four livesYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung, West Java Four miners were killed and three others injured after a dynamite blast was believed to have triggered a massive landslide near the West Java Capital of Bandung on Wednesday morning, witnesses and police...
Thu, 16 Jan 2003
House sales set to rise this year, say consultants
House sales set to rise this year, say consultantsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta House sales in 2003 will grow relatively strongly at around 29 percent despite the recent utility price hikes, according to a property consultancy firm.
Thu, 16 Jan 2003
(Caption for Spotlight column. Client: PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk)
(Caption for Spotlight column. Client: PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk)DENTAL CARE BY PEPSODENT FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS: Since 1995 Pepsodent has been providing advice on dental health to hundreds of thousands of elementary students in numerous cities in Indonesia to promote better dental care and reduce...
Thu, 16 Jan 2003
Price hikes will curtail economic growth: LIPI
Price hikes will curtail economic growth: LIPISari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The recent rises in utility prices will curtail economic growth by 0.17 percentage points, raise the inflation rate by 2.27 percentage points and reduce the growth of people's welfare by 0.
Thu, 16 Jan 2003
Asia agrees to work together to spread Internet use in region
Asia agrees to work together to spread Internet use in regionYuri Kageyama, Associate Press, Tokyo Representatives from Asian governments, businesses and grass- roots groups vowed to wipe out inequalities in Internet growth Wednesday, wrapping up a three-day meeting to hammer out a regional...
Thu, 16 Jan 2003
`TVRI' to air controversial play `Alia'
`TVRI' to air controversial play `Alia'Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned television station TVRI has reversed itself and will air the controversial play Alia, Luka Serambi Mekah (Alia, Wounds on the Veranda of Mecca) on Jan. 19.
Thu, 16 Jan 2003
Six dead in crash on toll road
Six dead in crash on toll road BOGOR: Six people died instantly and seven other were injured after a funeral car collided with three Kijang vans on Jagorawi toll road near Cibinong in West Java on Tuesday.All the bodies were taken to the Bogor PMI hospital.
Thu, 16 Jan 2003
Taman Puring reopens but faces uncertain future
Taman Puring reopens but faces uncertain futureNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Fans of secondhand items made their way back to Taman Puring flea market in South Jakarta on Wednesday, although the vendors and city administration are still unsure of its future.
Thu, 16 Jan 2003
CIFOR calls on govt to put off forest firm assets sales
CIFOR calls on govt to put off forest firm assets salesAgence France-Presse, Jakarta Foreign donors must ask the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) to delay the sale of forestry companies at cheap prices because it would only lead to further deforestation, an environmental group said...
Thu, 16 Jan 2003
BP gas contract must be reviewed, says minister
BP gas contract must be reviewed, says ministerThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Tuesday that the government planned to review gas supply contracts with BP Indonesia for the Pagerungan gas field in Madura Island, reported Antara.
Thu, 16 Jan 2003
Telkom has lots to answer for
Telkom has lots to answer forFrom RepublikaState-owned telephone company Telkom's subscribers have to pay extra charges for the services that should be free. In order to obtain detailed call records (intagjastel), for instance, one must pay an extra Rp 1,500 per sheet.
Thu, 16 Jan 2003
`Government lacks leadership to end religious conflicts'
`Government lacks leadership to end religious conflicts'Jupriadi, The Jakarta Post, Makassar, South Sulawesi Around 400 religious leaders began a two-day national meeting here on Wednesday with participants levying strong criticism against the government for its failure to bring a complete end to...
Thu, 16 Jan 2003
4 x 11
4 x 11 Rocks bury mine site, claiming four lives JP/5/sumut2 x 25 N. Sumatra's budget lacks transparency: Councillors JP/5/unhcr2 x 25 Resettlement project to commence in West Sumba JP/5/DIPHTHERIA2 x 19 Diphtheria outbreak kills nine children
Thu, 16 Jan 2003
2. Kiki2 -- Bali Blast: Another Investigator's Analysis
2. Kiki2 -- Bali Blast: Another Investigator's Analysis 1 X 35 Bali blast: Another investigator's analysis Part 2 of 2By Hermawan Sulistyo3. Dawn -- (No head) 1 X 30 Approach to India-Pakistan peace Naeem Sadiq Dawn Asia News Network Karachi
Thu, 16 Jan 2003
Bengkulu to host tourism meeting
Bengkulu to host tourism meetingBENGKULU, Bengkulu: Bengkulu hopes to boost tourism to the province ahead of acting as host of a tourism meeting of the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand economic growth triangle later this year.
Thu, 16 Jan 2003
Judges told to accept regional posts or quit
Judges told to accept regional posts or quitThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Judges who refuse assignments to remote or conflict-prone regions had better quit their jobs rather than deny the administration of justice at those locations, Chief Justice Bagir Manan said on Wednesday.
Thu, 16 Jan 2003
Lack of awareness, unity renders unions impotent
Lack of awareness, unity renders unions impotentHera Diani and Maria Endah Hulupi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The number reaches 140 and they boast some 11 million members, but labor unions here remain unsuccessful as a powerful political force or even in their ability to fight for the interests of...