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Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Fishermen sitting it out as price of fuel jacks up costs
Fishermen sitting it out as price of fuel jacks up costsFadli, The Jakarta Post/Batam A lot of folks' favorite fish, such as the selar and tongkol, are getting harder to find in Batam as hundreds of fishing boats that usually bring them in have curbed operations over the last couple of weeks due to...
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
JP/ /
JP/ /Indonesia's 1965 'Holocaust' RememberedAboeprijadi Santoso AmsterdamConventional wisdom about what happened in Indonesia during the second half of the 1960s generally held leading Army officers, in collaboration with some youth organizations, responsible for Indonesia's greatest human disaster...
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Revisiting contextual teaching, learning methods
Revisiting contextual teaching, learning methodsTotok Amin Soefijanto, Jakarta Many concepts in education come and go in this land. While a few of them are worth our time, effort, and thoughts, the majority of these so called "breakthroughs" are just enterprizes of trial and error.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
1. Disco ---- 1x40
1. Disco ---- 1x40 'Restrictions on religious freedom still rampant in RI' 2. Security -- 1x44 U.S. attorney general to discuss terrorism in Asia 3. Apec ------ 2x18 Bomb threat delays flight ahead of APEC meeting 4. Drugs ----- 2x21 Gen. Sutanto leads raid on massive ecstasy plant
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
BRR on right track, but needs to work harder: Kuntoro
BRR on right track, but needs to work harder: KuntoroAdnkronos International, Rome The head of the seven-month-old Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR), Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, has robustly defended its achievements so far in rebuilding the province, which was devastated...
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Quiet courier helps open Azahari discovery
Quiet courier helps open Azahari discoveryWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post/Malang The 88-square-meter house has a cramped look about it as though it is wedged between its neighboring homes.Located 100 meters from Jl.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Working minors: Unwitting heroes of the nation face life of servitude
Working minors: Unwitting heroes of the nation face life of servitudeID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post/Surabaya A swarm of flies settled on a heap of rotting corn abruptly rose as Siti Maesaroh (not her real name), 17, walked passed the pile of garbage on Wednesday.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
1. Aboe--
1. Aboe--1 x 38 Indonesia's 1965 Holocaust remembered 2. Bando--1 x 48 Parliamentary oversight and the war on terror 3.2 x 21 Shinzo Abe groomed as successor for Koizumi
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Interagency cooperation needed in countering terrorism
Interagency cooperation needed in countering terrorismBantarto Bandoro Jakarta We can make assessments anytime we want. We can also make probability judgments and build scenarios of what might happen in the future.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Indian Embassy responds
Indian Embassy responds I would like to draw your attention to an article entitled India, Pakistan fail the quake test, little relief, much politics written by Praful Bidwai, which appeared in your Oct. 27 edition of The Jakarta Post.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
'Keep unskilled workers out by developing regions'
'Keep unskilled workers out by developing regions' The Jakarta administration is planning to launch raids against unskilled migrants hoping to find jobs in the capital. The policy has provoked criticism from experts who argue that it violates people's right of free movement.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Civil servants face demotion
Civil servants face demotion JAKARTA: The Jakarta Audit Agency revealed on Friday that many civil servants would be demoted, while some others face a possible freeze in the periodical salary increase for failing to appear on the first working day on Wednesday after the Idul Fitri holiday.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Mandala safety
Mandala safety I have been a frequent flyer since the 1970s and probably have clocked over 3,000 flights. On Nov. 3 I took Mandala's flight RI 394 from Tarakan to Jakarta, and have never before seen the seats on an aircraft so close together; it was impossible for me to sit down.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Police to hand over Azahari's body after autopsy
Police to hand over Azahari's body after autopsyEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Police say they will allow the relatives of Azahari bin Husin to claim his body and send it back to Malaysia, but only after they have completed a full autopsy on it.National Police spokesman Brig. Gen.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Rupiah Rates Nov.11
Rupiah Rates Nov.11 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 7,668.23 6,932.99 7,338.65 7,262.43 Brunei dollar 1 6,155.20 5,564.04 5,890.65 5,828.44 Canadian dollar 1 8,802.76 7,957.31 8,424.42 8,335.43 Swiss franc 1 7,969.25 7,207.00 7,626.73 7,549.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Return of the Military?
Return of the Military? The establishment of the "anti-terror desk" by the Indonesian Military (TNI) on the basis of Law No. 34/2004 as a reaction to the slow response of the Indonesian police has marked the comeback of the TNI into Indonesian politics.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Wildlife groups urge unified force to save Borneo's orangutans
Wildlife groups urge unified force to save Borneo's orangutans Sebastien Blanc Agence France Presse/Pontianak Leading environmental and wildlife agencies called Friday for a united effort to protect the habitats of Borneo's orangutans whose survival is threatened by mass deforestation.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Susilo appoints 19 new ambassadors
Susilo appoints 19 new ambassadorsAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono installed 19 new Indonesian ambassadors to various countries on Friday, including the U.S., Britain and China.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Azahari, hard work and stupidity
Azahari, hard work and stupidity If there was ever an occasion when the words "terrorism" and "good news" can ever be used in the same sentence, then Wednesday's police raid that led to the death of bombmaker Dr. Azahari was certainly one of them.It had been a long time coming.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
City Councillors slam Sutiyoso's 2006 programs
City Councillors slam Sutiyoso's 2006 programsDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta City councillors said on Friday that many of Jakarta governor Sutiyoso's programs for next year failed to incorporate performance indicators and yardsticks to evaluate whether or not they were successful.Ben V.B.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Interagency cooperation needed in countering terrorism
Interagency cooperation needed in countering terrorismBantarto Bandoro Jakarta We can make assessments anytime we want. We can also make probability judgments and build scenarios of what might happen in the future.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Police step up manhunt for Noordin
Police step up manhunt for NoordinThe Jakarta Post, Malang/Semarang/Jakarta Thousands of security officers have been knocking on doors and combing railway and bus stations in the hunt for terrorist Noordin M. Top and his associates following the death of Azahari bin Husin.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Hotels, malls still on alert
Hotels, malls still on alertThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Security in Jakarta's hotels and shopping centers remains on full alert amid concerns of possible retaliatory attacks following the death of fugitive terrorist Azahari bin Husin in Batu, Malang, East Java, on Wednesday.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Rp 365b for NTT to curb malnutrition
Rp 365b for NTT to curb malnutrition KUPANG: The central government will disburse Rp 365 billion (about US$36 million) to the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) provincial administration to help resolve an acute food crisis and malnutrition problem in poverty-stricken areas of the country's southernmost...
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Govt may cut domestic fuel prices if ICP drops
Govt may cut domestic fuel prices if ICP dropsLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government will lower domestic retail fuel prices if the Indonesian Crude Price (ICP), which follows global oil prices, declines to below the assumed level used in the 2006 state budget, a minister has said.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Mass cull unfeasible: Minister
Mass cull unfeasible: MinisterRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The World Bank offer to finance a mass cull of poultry here in a bid to halt the bird flu outbreak and reduce the number of human infections, has yet to get a positive response from the government.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Anthropologists uncover jawbone of another ancient "Hobbit" on Indonesian island
Anthropologists uncover jawbone of another ancient "Hobbit" on Indonesian islandJoseph B. Verrengia, Associated Press/DenverScientists digging in a remote Indonesian cave have uncovered a jaw bone that they say adds more evidence that a tiny prehistoric Hobbit-like species once existed.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Kutai to build international airport
Kutai to build international airport MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: The government is planning to build an international airport in Kutai Kartanegara regency, East Kalimantan, a regent said on Friday. The airport construction will cost the state some Rp 1.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Pertamina may take Cepu imbroglio to President
Pertamina may take Cepu imbroglio to PresidentLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta It seems that it is time once again for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to step in to sort out the muddle between state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina and U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil over the Cepu block.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Mira shells out Rp 5b on new film
Mira shells out Rp 5b on new film JAKARTA: Film producer Mira Lesmana, through Miles Films, shelled out Rp 5 billion (US$500,000) for the production of her new film, Garasi (Garage), scheduled for release in January next year.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
GE wins award from U.S. body
GE wins award from U.S. body JAKARTA: The United States Chamber of Commerce Center for Corporate Citizenship (CCC) announced that General Electric (GE) has won the Corporate Citizenship Award in the category of Corporate Stewardship, Large Business.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Japan to send medical experts to RI
Japan to send medical experts to RI INDONESIA: Japan is sending six experts to support the Indonesian government's efforts to contain avian influenza, the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta said in a statement on Friday.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
On 'raunchy' advertisement
On 'raunchy' advertisement I missed the advertisement in The Jakarta Post, Nov. 10, that Ahmed Afzal protested in Your Letters on Nov. 11, with the argument that it was raunchy.Having now looked at the said advertisement, I totally agree with Ahmed's concern.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Wynne survives into last four at Jakarta Open
Wynne survives into last four at Jakarta OpenMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Local hopeful Wynne Prakusya rallied to oust top seeded Ryoko Fuda of Japan in the quarterfinals of the US$25,000 Jakarta ITF Women's Open here on Friday.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Govt threatens legal action against THC violators
Govt threatens legal action against THC violatorsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government will soon report at least six foreign shipping firms to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), for allegedly failing to comply with a new regulation to reduce terminal handling charges (THC) at ports.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Indonesia to sell Rupiah bonds to individual investors
Indonesia to sell Rupiah bonds to individual investorsAloysius Unditu, Bloomberg/Jakarta Indonesia plans to sell local currency bonds for the first time aimed at individual investors in the next two years, the director general of the Finance Ministry said.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Bomb threat delays flight ahead of APEC meeting
Bomb threat delays flight ahead of APEC meetingAgence France-Presse, Busan, South Korea A domestic flight bound for the South Korean city of Busan was delayed for two hours at Seoul's Incheon international airport on Friday following a bomb threat, witnesses said.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Singapore ship detained for illegal fuel sales
Singapore ship detained for illegal fuel salesAndi Hajramurni, The Jakarta Post/Makassar A Singapore-flagged vessel, the GN Gallant, was detained early on Friday morning off Selayar for allegedly transporting and selling diesel without official documents.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Charity gets overseas no-tax status
Charity gets overseas no-tax statusTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Contributions to local charitable organization The Sampoerna Foundation will now be tax deductible for United States and Canadian companies and nationals, the foundation's spokesman Hendri B. Satrio said on Friday.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Gen. Sutanto leads raid on massive ecstasy plant
Gen. Sutanto leads raid on massive ecstasy plant Police discovered what they believe to be the world's third largest ecstasy factory ever found on Friday in Kampung Tegal, Serang, Banten, in an operation directly led by National Police chief Gen. Sutanto, Antara reported.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Gun-totting civil servants caught
Gun-totting civil servants caughtM. Azis Tunny, The Jakarta Post/Ambon Two civil servants here were caught red-handed carrying an automatic rifle and several other weapons. The pair were stopped as they were riding on a motorcycle in Passo subdistrict, Ambon Baguala Bay district, Ambon, on...
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Indonesian arrested at Malaysian airport for having
Indonesian arrested at Malaysian airport for having ammunition in luggage[An Indonesian businessman was arrested at Malaysia's main airport after security officials found four bullets in his luggage, a news report said on Friday.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Restrictions on religious freedom still rampant in Indonesia
Restrictions on religious freedom still rampant in Indonesia Several churches in Jakarta and West Java were closed down by force recently, prompting practitioners to conduct their prayers outside their church.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
JP/13/Park
JP/13/Park Bantimurung: A cool respite from city life A nice-day trip for travelers and a great escape for Makassar City residents, Bantimurung National Recreational Park in South Sulawesi is a beautiful spot to enjoy nature and chill out.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
1. Observer -- 48 pts 3 cols 3lines (3x18)
1. Observer -- 48 pts 3 cols 3lines (3x18)Police challenged to work harder after Azahari's death2. Kevin -- 36 pts 3 cols 2line (2x21)Azahari's terror cell liked playing with tykes 3. Envoy -- 36 pts 4 cols 1lines (1x30) Susilo appoints 19 new ambassadors 4.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
RI pins hopes on APEC to create fair trade
RI pins hopes on APEC to create fair tradeRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government expects prominent world leaders to come up with a strong commitment to helping create a fair trading environment for developing countries at the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)...
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Militant detained in Singapore
Militant detained in Singapore SINGAPORE: An Islamic militant has been detained under Singapore's Internal Security Act (ISA), bringing the total now arrested indefinitely for alleged terrorist links to 36, the government said on Friday.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Police arrest STNK scalpers
Police arrest STNK scalpers JAKARTA: Jakarta Police arrested on Friday 43 scalpers, including one woman, who offered to secure police registration documents (STNKs) for vehicle owners at the Jakarta Police Headquarters.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
AGO set to execute convicts in 2000 Poso mass killings
AGO set to execute convicts in 2000 Poso mass killingsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Attorney General's Office (AGO) will not wait much longer to execute three men sentenced to death for sparking a major Muslim- Christian conflict in Poso, Central Sulawesi, in 2000.
Sat, 12 Nov 2005
Vehicle thefts up during Idul Fitri
Vehicle thefts up during Idul Fitri JAKARTA: Vehicle thefts around the Idul Fitri holiday recorded a slight increase compared to the same period last year, Jakarta Police said.Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr.