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Patrol boat heads to Malacca Strait

Patrol boat heads to Malacca StraitTOKYO: Japan sent an armed patrol vessel to the Malacca Strait on Monday as Tokyo steps up its cooperation in the fight against rampant piracy in the region.The 5,200-ton Yashima with a surveillance helicopter on board left Yokohama port southwest of Tokyo for...

New suspect named in Tentena blasts

New suspect named in Tentena blastsRuslan Sangadji and Tony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, Poso/JakartaThe police have named another suspect in connection with the deadly bombings in the Christian town of Tentena, Central Sulawesi, as an intelligence analysis has revealed that the perpetrators are...

Peruri chiefs no-show on summons

Peruri chiefs no-show on summonsAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe president director and two directors of state banknote printing company Peruri, suspects in a Rp 2.3 billion (US$242 million) graft case, failed to show up at city police headquarters on Monday for questioning.

KPK to summon minister this week

KPK to summon minister this weekThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has requested the President's permission to question Minister of Justice and Human Rights Hamid Awaluddin in relation to alleged corruption in the General Elections Commission (KPU).

Now in high demand, vocational schools suffer funding constraints

Now in high demand, vocational schools suffer funding constraintsVocational schools, high in demand but suffering funding constraintsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta At a time when skilled workers are most needed, vocational schools, aiming to supply the professional market, find themselves favored by...

Eradicate pornography

Eradicate pornographyFrom Media IndonesiaThe sexual harassment by seven Jakarta high school girls against their younger peers and cellular phone flicks that depict bare-breasted school girls masturbating should arouse our deep concern.Many other such cases have certainly escaped the media's eye.

RI farm sector needs Rp 77.7t in new investment

RI farm sector needs Rp 77.7t in new investmentZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe country's agricultural sector needs fresh investment of up to Rp 77.7 trillion (US$8.11 billion) in the next five years for the sector to grow by just 3.58 percent -- up from this year's estimated 2.

*Chief of Denpasar court receives suspicious letter Page 2

*Chief of Denpasar court receives suspicious letter Page 2 *Scientists worried by another possible huge quake in Sumatra Page 4 *Why is Helsinki talk essential for Aceh and Indonesia? Page 6 *Precocious Nadal unlikely to be a one-Slam wonder Page 10 *PLN wants to raise power rates 12 percent Page...

Offering hope, freedom for RI wildlife

Offering hope, freedom for RI wildlifeMaria Lisa K., Contributor, JakartaLike all macaques that end up in Jakarta, this particular one had been taken as a baby from his mother in the jungles of Lampung, Sumatra, only to live out a solitary life neglected and finally abandoned by the owners in South...

TV Program: Wednesday, June 8, 2005

TV Program: Wednesday, June 8, 2005TVRI .TB.30" .90" 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:00 Cartoon: Tabaluga8:30 Music: Asik-asik10:00 Talk Show: Showbiz11:30 Cultural Program: Rona Daerah12:00 p.m.

JP/13/G33

JP/13/G33G-33 ministers to meet in Jakarta this weekendZakki P. Hakim The Jakarta Post/JakartaMinisters from the "Group of 33" developing countries will meet here over the weekend to reaffirm their commitment to fight for special and differential treatment for staple farm products at the World...

Prayer in two languages

Prayer in two languages The recent arrest of a cleric in Malang who lead prayers in both Arabic and Indonesian shows that there is no tolerance of difference religious opinions in this country.Why should a man be charged with a criminal offense for merely praying unconventionally? By doing this,...

Fighting for fair threatment

Fighting for fair threatmentID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, SurabayaLoud cheering and expressions of gratitude to God were heard in the state administrative courtroom last Wednesday, the moment presiding judge Ibrahim accepted the suit filed by Wuri Handayani.

City lifestyle triggers teenage suicide

City lifestyle triggers teenage suicideAbdul Khalik The Jakarta Post/JakartaWith the glamor of life in the metropolis a constant attraction for the young and a source of frustration for those who cannot afford to enjoy it, the family of 17-year-old Yuni Anggraeni never expected that she would go...

Poll body chairman evades questioning

Poll body chairman evades questioning JAKARTA: The Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) chairman Muhammad Taufik failed to show up for questioning at the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office on Monday.

More monkey business

More monkey businessProAnimalia has implemented several successful programs, one of which was started in July 2004 in Kalimantan to save wild macaques that were being beaten to death or drowned in the river by locals who saw them as pests for raiding their crops.

IFC provides $24m loan to Astra

IFC provides $24m loan to Astra JAKARTA: International Finance Corporation, the private-sector investment arm of the World Bank Group, signed an agreement on Monday to provide a US$24-million loan to PT Astra Otoparts to fund product and operational development.

1. Pilkada (45) - 48 pts 3 cols 3lines (3x18)

1. Pilkada (45) - 48 pts 3 cols 3lines (3x18) Local loyalties raise concerns ahead of Sulawesi elections 2. Kadin (45) - 36 pts 4 cols 2lines (2x28) Kadin seeks stronger partnership with local administrations 3.

Scholarships for school students

Scholarships for school students JAKARTA: In a bid to ease the burden of students entering vocational schools, the Ministry of National Education plans to disburse scholarships to 180,000 students entering school this year."The scholarships, covering monthly tuition fees of around Rp 30,000 (US$3.

Schools to replace wood furniture

Schools to replace wood furnitureDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaOn the heels of the observance of World Environment Day on Sunday, Governor Sutiyoso is recruiting city schools to the campaign to save forests by reducing the demand for wooden furniture.

Shares end up led by gains in Semen Gresik, Mandiri

Shares end up led by gains in Semen Gresik, MandiriDow Jones, Jakarta Indonesian shares ended higher on Monday led by gains in cement maker Semen Gresik, which is expected to build a new plant as part of a sales drive, and a rebound in Bank Mandiri, dealers said.

Aceh rebels warn TNI may wreck peace deal

Aceh rebels warn TNI may wreck peace dealTony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Free Aceh Movement (GAM) warned the peace deal it was negotiating with the government could be undermined by the Indonesian Military (TNI), which the separatist group said had an interest in ensuring the armed...

Permata's rating raised by Moody's

Permata's rating raised by Moody'sJAKARTA: PT Bank Permata, Indonesia's seventh- largest lender, had its bank financial strength rating raised by one level by Moody's Investors Service, which cited the reputation of the bank's shareholders.

Susilo wants public to shame dirty cities

Susilo wants public to shame dirty citiesRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Cipanas, West JavaPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged the public on Monday to become involved in the campaign to make their cities or towns clean by mocking governors, mayors and regents who fail to provide a decent...

Commerce sets out strategy to become regional bank

Commerce sets out strategy to become regional bankEileen NG, Associated Press, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia's second-largest banking group on Monday announced a major restructuring to consolidate its assets - including an Indonesian bank and a stockbroking firm in Singapore - as part of an ambitious plan...

1. GAM ------ 2x18

1. GAM ------ 2x18 Aceh rebels warn TNI may wreck peace deal 2. Kalpataru - 2x16 Susilo wants public to shame dirty cities 3. Munir ----- 2x18 Team fails to question Hendro over Munir case 4. Suicide --- 2x26 Experts blame urban problems for rising teen suicide rate

Regulations expected to curb discs piracy

Regulations expected to curb discs piracyThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government expects the recent enactment of a set of regulations on optical discs will enable it to significantly curb rampant piracy, which one estimate says accounts for about 90 percent of optical discs produced in the country.

Overseas trips and homework

Overseas trips and homework Several legislators have been questioning the results of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's 12-day overseas trip that took him and the First Family to the United States, Vietnam and Japan until Friday.

Experts cold-shoulder Adipura award winners

Experts cold-shoulder Adipura award winnersDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaCentral Jakarta and South Jakarta may have impressed the judges of the Adipura awards, being honored on Monday in the category of cleanest metropolis, but environmentalists were decidedly unimpressed.

Thousands protest poll violations

Thousands protest poll violationsSAMARINDA: Thousands of people demonstrated on Monday in front of the office of the Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, to protest violations of election rules in last week's polls.

Govt attempts to nurture stagnant high-tech industry

Govt attempts to nurture stagnant high-tech industryRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIndonesia is striving to become a supplier of telecommunication equipment and infrastructure within five years, with a blueprint currently being drafted that contains the necessary policies for developing...

Earthquake altered Nias' position

Earthquake altered Nias' position The massive quake that hit Nias island on March 28 has altered its position.Based on a LIPI study, the island shifted 12 meters westwards, away from Sumatra, a few seconds after the quake.

Stop human exports

Stop human exportsFrom Koran TempoThe news carried by Koran Tempo labeling Indonesia as the world's largest human exporter is interesting and surprising -- especially the quantity of this human traffic -- from 75,000 to 1 million citizens sent overseas a year, including women and children as the...

Aussie lawmakers to visit Aceh

Aussie lawmakers to visit AcehJAKARTA: A delegation of the Australian Parliament is scheduled to make a three-day visit to Indonesia from Monday to assess the use of Australian aid in tsunami-hit Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, among other things.

Part 2 of 2: The challenge of financing power projects

Part 2 of 2: The challenge of financing power projectsHardiv H Situmeang, Jakarta Though project finance is not cheap, it remains the most promising mechanism for financing new generating capacity in Indonesia. Most of the IPPs developed during the 1990s relied on project finance.

Failure of NPT nuclear review conference

Failure of NPT nuclear review conferenceJ. Soedjati Djiwandono, Jakarta The United Nations NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) Review Conference of 2005 was held on May 2-27. However, with Indonesia being so preoccupied with serious domestic problems the nation's media has barely covered this very...

Stop human exports

Stop human exportsFrom Koran TempoThe news carried by Koran Tempo labeling Indonesia as the world's largest human exporter is interesting and surprising -- especially the quantity of this human traffic -- from 75,000 to 1 million citizens sent overseas a year, including women and children as the...

Corby's sentence too severe

Corby's sentence too severe Surely, your chief editor (The Jakarta Post, May 30) is not suggesting that the lengthy prison sentence imposed on Schapelle Corby was determined, in part, by widespread Australian discontent about the fairness of her trial.

Ex-BIN chief snubs team investigating Munir case

Ex-BIN chief snubs team investigating Munir caseHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWith just two weeks left of its mandate, a government-sanctioned fact-finding team remains unable to speak with former National Intelligence Body (BIN) chief A.M.

Govt secures approval for key assistance funds

Govt secures approval for key assistance fundsUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaPrevious concerns of a delay in the disbursement of the much needed assistance funds for low-income families have proved unfounded now that the House budget commission has agreed to the government's proposed 2005...

Govt wants tougher requirements for new airlines

Govt wants tougher requirements for new airlinesRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAmid stiffer-than-ever competition among domestic airlines, the government may well increase the minimum requirements for new licenses.

Turning Jakarta into green city

Turning Jakarta into green cityDebbie A. Lubis, Contributor, Jakarta World Environment Day, marked each year on June 5, is one of the important events organized annually by the United Nations to promote worldwide awareness of the environment and increase political attention and action to cope with...

Real summer feel to Highland Gathering

Real summer feel to Highland GatheringEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, TangerangNever before has it rained during the local Highland Gathering in Lippo Karawaci, Tangerang.But this year was different and rain poured down for two hours, resembling summer in Scotland, where at the height of the season...

FEATURE-Malaysia's Muslim medicine man fights demons

FEATURE-Malaysia's Muslim medicine man fights demons By Jalil Hamid BANGI, Malaysia, May 25 (Reuters) - Malaysia's Muslim medicine man fights demonsJalil Hamid Reuters/Bangi, MalaysiaLike pilgrims drawn to a shrine, about 200 Malaysian Muslims, some in wheelchairs, queue from daybreak to consult a...

Eradicate pornography

Eradicate pornographyFrom Media IndonesiaThe sexual harassment by seven Jakarta high school girls against their younger peers and cellular phone flicks that depict bare-breasted school girls masturbating should arouse our deep concern.Many other such cases have certainly escaped the media's eye.

Boat fire kills eight

Boat fire kills eight KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Eight people were killed and three others were listed as missing after a boat caught fire in the waters off Pemana Island, near Flores, in East Nusa Tenggara on Saturday morning.

'If you do not have the equipment, you cannot compete'

'If you do not have the equipment, you cannot compete'Global producers of machine tools and metalworking machines wrapped up on Saturday their first international exhibition displaying state-of-the-art technology in Kemayoran, Jakarta. The Jakarta Post's Zakki P.

Two soldiers killed in Aceh

Two soldiers killed in Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Two soldiers and two civilians were killed in a clash with rebel separatists in Aceh just days after peace talks between the two camps ended.Troops were ambushed by guerrillas of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in East Aceh on Saturday, leaving two...

Japanese-Indonesians help poor kids stay in school

Japanese-Indonesians help poor kids stay in schoolThe Jakarta Post, JakartaFor Dewi Wedaningsih, a daughter of a retired Japanese soldier Kaneo Ueda, keeping her five children in school was a nearly impossible task.

Headings

Headingspage 221. DEPOK -- 1x42 Population of Depok has colorful past Bambang Nurbianto and Remmy Faizal The Jakarta Post/JakartaValentino Jonathans, an executive director of the Cornelis Chastelein Foundation in Depok, was furious recently when he was asked to explain about the origins of the...