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Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Mobile location trackers boost safety, security
Mobile location trackers boost safety, security Mobile location trackers find wealth of applications in safety, security Marshall Towe Contributor JakartaThe situation could have been a tragedy. On Feb. 27, 2003, police officer Mike Privitt's pickup spun off an icy road in Tarrant County, Texas.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
A sincere stimulus package
A sincere stimulus package How interesting it was to turn our attention to the government's response to the Marriott Hotel bombing tragedy.A day after the incident, the government promised to launch a number of stimulus packages to cushion the economy against the impact of the latest terrorist bomb...
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Govt insists on maintaining high forex level
Govt insists on maintaining high forex levelThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Minister of Finance, Boediono, said on Friday that the government would stick with its original plan to repay the International Monetary Fund loan in seven years, turning down a suggestion from the House of Representatives,...
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
GAM beyond point of no return
GAM beyond point of no return From Koran Tempo Acehnese refugees have returned to their homes after a month or two, but now their sufferings because of the raging war have multiplied. Back home, they have found that most of their belongings and livestock have been plundered by the Free Aceh...
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
City to pay Rp 1 billion to Marriott bomb victims
City to pay Rp 1 billion to Marriott bomb victimsBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso said on Thursday that the city administration has allocated about Rp 1 billion (US$116,279) to cover the medical expenses of victims of the JW Marriott Hotel bomb blast in South Jakarta...
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Irregularities found in seven provinces
Irregularities found in seven provinces BANDUNG: The General Inspectorate of the Ministry of Home Affairs has said it had found at lest 674 cases of irregularities in the use of state funds in seven provinces.The largest number were found in West Sumatra with 131 cases.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Lawyers clarify
Lawyers clarify For and on behalf of our client, William Nessen, with regard to your news article of Aug. 4, page two, under the title Nessen sentenced, but finally freed, column two, paragraph three, which reads: "Nessen accused the Indonesian Military (TNI) of confiscating the equipment.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Megawati calls for ASEAN security community
Megawati calls for ASEAN security communityFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In her first public address after Tuesday's bombing in Jakarta, President Megawati Soekarnoputri warned of the immense threat of surging terrorism and called on countries in the region to establish a...
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Grant Candi helps the needy
Grant Candi helps the needy SEMARANG: The Semarang Grand Candi Hotel on Jl. Sisingamaraja launched a program titled the Grand Candi Care this month in a bid to provide donations for social institutions.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Malaysian cop jailed for raping detainees
Malaysian cop jailed for raping detaineesAgence France-Presse, Kuala Lumpur A Malaysian cop has been sentenced to 15 years in jail and ordered to be given 17 whippings for raping a Filipino and an Indonesian woman in a police lock-up, reports said on Friday.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Desire expressed to rebuild Ambon
Desire expressed to rebuild Ambon AMBON, Maluku: Foreign ambassadors and representatives from international agencies and non-governmental organizations have expressed their commitment to attend a workshop on the reconstruction of strife-torn Ambon, Ambon Mayor Jopie Papilaya said on Friday.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Evidence seems to indicate Manimaren's suicide
Evidence seems to indicate Manimaren's suicideThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police are still investigating the death of high-profile businessman Marimutu Manimaren, who apparently jumped from the 56-floor of the Aston Hotel on Jl. Garnisun Setiabudi in South Jakarta early Tuesday morning.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
'TNI, Police should not be involved in forestry'
'TNI, Police should not be involved in forestry'Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri should ban the Indonesian Military and National Police from the forestry industry to halt illegal logging in Indonesia's fast disappearing rainforests, the Indonesian...
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Australia divided over death penalty for Amrozi
Australia divided over death penalty for AmroziBelinda Goldsmith, Reuters, Canberra Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Friday stood by his decision to back the execution of Bali bomber Amrozi despite his country's long-held opposition to capital punishment.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Islam does not condone violence
Islam does not condone violence One of Jakarta's newspapers on Aug. 7, 2003, asked its readers on its front page, "To whom are the bombs intended for?"Aug. 5, the most brutal bombing yet in Jakarta rocked the JW Marriott Hotel and the adjacent Plaza Mutiara building.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
'Poor intelligence work due to lack of coordination'
'Poor intelligence work due to lack of coordination'Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The State Intelligence Body (BIN) has asked for more power in the war on terror, but an analyst on Friday suggested that coordination among the country's intelligence institutions was a better...
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Advice to all bodyguards
Advice to all bodyguards In connection with the recent murder of the president director of PT Asaba, Boedyharto Angsono, and his bodyguard, First Sgt. Edy Siyet, I would like to recount an experience I had in Brazil.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Cigarette giant forms rescue team
Cigarette giant forms rescue team JAKARTA: In order to provide support and assistance to victims of natural disasters, publicly listed PT Sampoerna, one of the country's largest cigarette producers, has formed a search and rescue team.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
RI secures three titles at Milo junior tournament
RI secures three titles at Milo junior tournamentMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta The host team was assured of three titles at the Milo Junior Indonesia Open badminton championships after the semifinal matches at the Among Rogo Sports Hall in Yogyakarta on Friday.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
A word of praise is due to the Jakarta Police team that ended
A word of praise is due to the Jakarta Police team that ended the drama of the abduction of Mohammad Hegel Mutthahari, 8, and arrested the abductors on Friday.It took the officers 10 days to find Hegel, but the boy was rescued, safe and sound, and the abductors, Doni and Nurul, were arrested while...
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
U.S. welcomes death sentence for Bali bomber Amrozi
U.S. welcomes death sentence for Bali bomber AmroziAgence France-Presse, Washington/Sydney, Australia The United States on Thursday welcomed the death sentence slapped on an Islamic militant known as the "laughing bomber" by an Indonesian court in the first conviction over last year's Bali...
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Sutiyoso opens Jakarta Flona
Sutiyoso opens Jakarta Flona JAKARTA: Governor Sutiyoso officially opened the 2003 Flona Week on Friday at around 3 p.m. at Lapangan Banteng, Central Jakarta.The annual event, bearing the theme "Green trees, birds fly free in my city," is being staged jointly with PT Odorma Tiara Handayani.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Top figures to testify in May riots inquiry
Top figures to testify in May riots inquiryKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Four national figures -- Abdurrahman Wahid, Nurcholish Madjid, Adnan Buyung Nasution, and Salim Said -- will testify before an inquiry of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) investigating the 1998...
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
'Excise target unlikely to be achieved'
'Excise target unlikely to be achieved'The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Customs and Excise Office will be unable to meet this year's excise revenue target as a result of declining cigarette sales caused by weakening demand, Director General of Customs and Excise Eddy Abdurrachman said on Friday.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Amrozi sane enough to perpetrate Bali bombings: Psychologists
Amrozi sane enough to perpetrate Bali bombings: PsychologistsM. Taufiqurrahman The Jakarta Post JakartaJubilation and the absence of remorse from one of the Bali bombings perpetrators -- Amrozi bin Nurhasyim -- after being handed down the death sentence, resulted from his blind religious fanaticism...
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Police to provide security at extremist event
Police to provide security at extremist eventSuherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Semarang Police here said they would provide security for the second congress of Abu Bakar Ba'asyir's extremist group in the Central Java city of Surakarta, but threatened to dissolve it if it is closed to the public.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Tourists cancel visit to Yogyakarta due to bombing
Tourists cancel visit to Yogyakarta due to bombingSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Some hotels in the historic city of Yogyakarta reported cancellations by tourists following Thursday's bomb blast at the JW Marriot Hotel in Jakarta, but some hotels played down the impact of the attack.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Slippers lead to kidnapped boy
Slippers lead to kidnapped boyMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang Sri Hartati, 36, rushed toward the Tangerang Police detective chief's office. She had to maneuver her way through the crowd of journalists who blocked the entrance.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
President Megawati says rebellions have subsided
President Megawati says rebellions have subsidedYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Sumedang, West Java President Megawati Soekarnoputri claimed on Friday that separatist movements, which have dogged the sovereignty of the nation since 1998, have subsided.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Universities face imminent closures
Universities face imminent closures SEMARANG: Private universities in the Central Java province have been warned of facing imminent closure due to lack of students.Widjatmoko, chairman of the Indonesian Private University Association (Aptisi), said there are only 35,000 to 40,000 new graduates from...
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Mega urges ASEAN to address poverty
Mega urges ASEAN to address povertyFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri called on Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) member countries to improve the welfare of people in the region.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Arroyo, Ramos make up over mutiny
Arroyo, Ramos make up over mutinyPHILIPPINES: President Gloria Arroyo and former Philippines president Fidel Ramos have moved swiftly to patch up a spat linked to a failed military rebellion, the incumbent's spokesman said on Friday.
Sat, 09 Aug 2003
Death expected to become cheaper
Death expected to become cheaperBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Not only is the city administration making graveyards more environmentally friendly by doing way with upright headstones in some cemeteries, it also intends to make burial cheaper.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Acehnese want peace
Acehnese want peaceFrom Koran Tempo Indonesians must be grateful to God that the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) has now lost much of its strength. It is only a matter of time before the entire secessionist movement is completely crushed.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Inflation in year end expected to reach 5-6%: BI
Inflation in year end expected to reach 5-6%: BIThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The central bank forecasts that inflation will continue to ease in times to come on a stable rupiah, with a year-end figure estimated to hover at around 5 percent to 6 percent, governor Burhanuddin Abdullah said on Thursday.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Drug firms finger dodgy doctors
Drug firms finger dodgy doctorsSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Pharmaceutical firms have complained about the favors they are obliged to do for medical practitioners, saying that such activities have caused drug prices to soar.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Bali to host WBA convention
Bali to host WBA convention JAKARTA: A delegation from the World Boxing Association (WBA) conducted a three-day inspection of the Kartika Plaza Hotel, Bali, which will host the 82nd WBA convention, according to a release here on Thursday.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Let the law prevail
Let the law prevail The death sentence, that was pronounced by the court on Thursday in Denpasar for Amrozi bin Nurhasyim was an event of major significance for various indisputable reasons. Indeed, both the judgment and the circumstances that led to it can be regarded as setting a new milestone in...
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Kendari official jailed for graft
Kendari official jailed for graft KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: A local government official was sentenced on Thursday to one year in jail for graft, involving more than Rp 58 million, in connection with a development project.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, August 8, 2003
Where to go in Jakarta: Friday, August 8, 2003Exhibitions* Contemporary Art Childhood Objects, Cemara 6 Galeri (kafe), Jl. HOS. Cokroaminoto 9 - 11 Central Jakarta, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., until Aug. 18. * Photo The Transfixed Spectator, by Kassian Cephas, Erasmus Huis, Jl. H.R.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
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Fri, 08 Aug 2003
House, govt, Supreme Court in rush to select judges for new court
House, govt, Supreme Court in rush to select judges for new courtKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Following the approval of the constitutional court bill by the House of Representatives, the government, House of Representatives and the Supreme Court will now have to work hard to select...
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Some welcome Amrozi's death sentence, others afraid of reprisals
Some welcome Amrozi's death sentence, others afraid of reprisalsAgencies, Denpasar/Canberra/Sydney/Wellington Relatives and friends of those killed in last year's Bali bombings have expressed different views on the death sentence passed on Amrozi bin Nurhasyim for planning and executing the Bali...
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Futile to only cut off heads of jihadi hydro terror
Futile to only cut off heads of jihadi hydro terrorB. Raman, The Straits Times, Asia News Network, Singapore The bomb explosion in Jakarta on Tuesday is a reminder that terrorist motivation remains as strong as ever, despite determined action by governments of the region.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Indonesians overseas to vote only for DPR
Indonesians overseas to vote only for DPR JAKARTA: The General Elections Commission (KPU) says some two million Indonesians living overseas will lose their right to vote for legislators at the provincial and regental level next year due to technical reasons.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
36 'abang', 'none' meet Sutiyoso
36 'abang', 'none' meet Sutiyoso JAKARTA: Governor Sutiyoso invited the 36 finalists of the 2003 Abang and None pageant to the main auditorium of City Hall on Wednesday.The finalists of the pageant were the chosen candidates from similar pageants held in five municipalities and Kepulauan Seribu...
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Terrorist bomber's timeline of death
Terrorist bomber's timeline of deathOct. 12, 2002: At about 23:10 p.m. local time a powerful car bomb exploded in front of the popular night spot Sari Club in the tourist resort of Kuta.Oct. 13, 2002: National Police forensic experts found part of the car's chassis inside the bomb crater.Oct.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
'Jakarta Post' wins AJI Jakarta award
'Jakarta Post' wins AJI Jakarta award JAKARTA: The Jakarta Post journalist Bambang Nurbianto was given an award by the Jakarta chapter of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI Jakarta) for the city news category on Thursday night.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Controversial Manulife judges moved
Controversial Manulife judges moved JAKARTA: Three judges who made a controversial ruling last year declaring Canadian-based insurance company Manulife bankrupt will be transferred to serve in district courts outside Jakarta.
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
Jakarta rivers heavily polluted
Jakarta rivers heavily pollutedBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe city administration is doing almost nothing to prevent Jakarta's rivers from becoming industrial and household dump sites.City Environmental Management Agency (BPLHD) environment impact protection head Ridwan Panjaitan...