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Tue, 18 Jan 2005
Adjie and Reza officially divorced
Adjie and Reza officially divorced JAKARTA: Actress Reza Artamevia and House of Representatives member Adjie Massaid officially divorced on Monday after the South Jakarta Islamic Court accepted the divorce petition filed by the former.
Tue, 18 Jan 2005
30 ex-councillors quizzed over graft
30 ex-councillors quizzed over graft JAMBI: The Jambi Prosecutor's Office is gathering evidence in a Rp 3.6 billion corruption case in Tebo regency allegedly involving 30 former Tebo council members.Nudi D.
Tue, 18 Jan 2005
BMG warns of bad weather
BMG warns of bad weather JAKARTA: The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) warned on Monday of possible storms in the next two or three days in parts of Indonesia.BMG spokesman Ahmad Zakir said heavy winds were expected in the Sunda Straits, Java Sea, the northern part of the Thousand Islands,...
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
U.S., RI eye improvement of military ties
U.S., RI eye improvement of military tiesTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The governments of Indonesia and the United States see the possibility of improved military ties following the significant role of U.S. troops in tsunami relief operations in Aceh.This view was expressed by visiting U.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Odds of a disaster, predict when tsunami will come next
Odds of a disaster, predict when tsunami will come nextJohn Gribbin, Guardian News Service, London The fact that such a disaster happened last month in no way alters the odds of a similar event occurring next month, or even tomorrow.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Infrastructure action plan
Infrastructure action plan The government has made the right decision in going ahead with the Infrastructure Summit, which starts today, despite some strong suggestions that it be postponed because of the situation in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatra.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Companies continue to pour aid into Aceh, N. Sumatra
Companies continue to pour aid into Aceh, N. SumatraThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Three weeks have passed since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated two-thirds of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and part of North Sumatra. The death toll has risen to more than 110,000 since the Dec.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
1. Cabinet (40) - 60 pts 2 cols 4line (4x10)
1. Cabinet (40) - 60 pts 2 cols 4line (4x10) SBY orders review of relief agency 2. Tetanus (40) - 36 pts 3cols 2lines (2x20) Tetanus begins to take toll on tsunami survivors3. Infras (30) - 28 pts 1 col 4lines (4x10) Summit kicks off, offers $22b projects 4.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Power, transportation are most important
Power, transportation are most important Sumitomo Corporation Chairman Kenji Miyahara, who is also vice chairman of the powerful Nippon Keidanren (Japanese Economic Federation) talked to The Jakarta Post's Kornelius Purba on Sunday about Japanese investors' views and expectations about Indonesian...
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Teaching children diversity
Teaching children diversityAhmad Bukhori, Boston, Massachusetts To reduce prejudiced behavior in society, children must be taught to embrace multiculturalism. Studies in multicultural development claim that bias is learned in childhood.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Navy hunts down RP fishing boat
Navy hunts down RP fishing boat MANADO: A fishing vessel from the Philippines is sought by the Indonesian Navy for escaping seizure in Bitung, North Sulawesi.Bitung Naval base commander Lt. Col. I Dewa Putu GS said on Friday the fishing boat was intercepted initially by the KRI Nuku patrol boat on...
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Jakarta offers seaport, sewage projects at summit
Jakarta offers seaport, sewage projects at summitDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Jakarta administration will propose several vital projects during the Infrastructure Summit 2005 here on Jan. 17 and Jan. 18.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Jones, Dupri postpone benefit single in wake of tsunami disaster
Jones, Dupri postpone benefit single in wake of tsunami disaster Eliott C. McLaughlin Associated Press/AtlantaMusic producers Quincy Jones and Jermaine Dupri say the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia has prompted them to postpone recording We Are the Future, an update of the 1985 benefit song We...
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Malaysia and migrant workers
Malaysia and migrant workersSin Chew Daily/Asia News Network, Selangor, Malaysia Malaysians generally have a mixed feeling for illegal migrant workers from Indonesia. We love them because they have helped relieve the pressure of many a vital industry.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Alertness to foreign aid
Alertness to foreign aidFrom Media IndonesiaWith the entry of foreign military forces to provide aid, it is appropriate for the government and the Indonesian Military (TNI) to remain alert to the possibility of the foreign side or the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) benefiting from the...
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
PDI-P names its truant legislators
PDI-P names its truant legislators JAKARTA: The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) faction have confirmed that only two of its faction members had often skipped meetings of the House of Representatives.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Tsunami's silver lining seen for war on malnutrition
Tsunami's silver lining seen for war on malnutritionSimon Gardner, Reuters, Colombo Asia's tsunami is likely to have worsened malnutrition around the Indian Ocean's rim, but a massive drive to feed hundreds of thousands of survivors may end up reducing it, the United Nations' food arm says.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Huge telecom project offered at Summit
Huge telecom project offered at SummitLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Lack of communication is often blamed as the culprit behind the dysfunction between partners -- spouses, coworkers or governments and their people.If lack of communication is bad, no communication is often worse.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Hospital workers get substandard pay
Hospital workers get substandard pay KEDIRI, East Java: Hundreds of contract workers at Gambiran General Hospital here are being paid below the 2005 minimum wage as set in an East Java gubernatorial decree.Gambiran hospital is the largest hospital in Kediri.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Adiguna's case
Adiguna's case While our brothers and sisters in Aceh were experiencing a great calamity, some of us were indulging in convivial merrymaking at luxury hotels on New Year's Eve. After all, it is one's own right to fulfill his/her need for entertainment in spite of our solidarity for the people of...
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Unlocking ASEAN's economic competitiveness
Unlocking ASEAN's economic competitivenessAlan Cassels, Jakarta With a population of about 500 million, a combined gross domestic product of US$737 billion, and a total trade of $720 billion, ASEAN today is very much an economic force in the global arena.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Bank Global repayments to start next month
Bank Global repayments to start next monthThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government will start repaying depositors of the recently closed Bank Global in the first week of February in accordance with its blanket guarantee program.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Donation confuses airport authority
Donation confuses airport authority KUTA, Bali: Foreign tourists to the resort island have enthusiastically donated their holiday money in boxes placed in the departure hall of Ngurah Rai International Airport.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Taps drying up because of lack of investment
Taps drying up because of lack of investmentZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Aside from traffic congestion, annual flooding and garbage disposal problems, poor tap water supply is another common complaint of Jakartans.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Prosecutor seeks long penalty for Adiguna Sutowo
Prosecutor seeks long penalty for Adiguna SutowoAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Prosecutors have promised to seek a long jail sentence for Adiguna Sutowo in the murder of Yohannes "Rudy" Berchmans Haerudy Natong at the Hilton Hotel's Fluid Club in the early hours of New Year's Day.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Alertness to foreign aid
Alertness to foreign aidFrom Media IndonesiaWith the entry of foreign military forces to provide aid, it is appropriate for the government and the Indonesian Military (TNI) to remain alert to the possibility of the foreign side or the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) benefiting from the...
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
85 students sent to Germany for internship
85 students sent to Germany for internship JAKARTA: The Tangerang-based Swiss German University sent on Saturday 85 students to Germany for six months' internship in companies with different core businesses to experience the production process of those companies.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Counterfeit case triggers demand to monitor RI spies
Counterfeit case triggers demand to monitor RI spiesEva C. Komandjaja The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The need for the government to set up a special body to control and monitor the performance of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) has become urgent, a police/intelligence ethics activist has said.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Ryan, Putty stopped in quarters in ABF tourney
Ryan, Putty stopped in quarters in ABF tourneyMoch. N. Kurniawan,. The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The quarterfinal round of the US$75,000 Asian Bowling Federation (ABF) Tournament of Champions on Saturday saw an anticlimactic performance by Indonesian Ryan Lalisang along with his countrywoman Putty...
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Clean up your area or face dismissal
Clean up your area or face dismissal JAKARTA: The heads of subdistricts and districts in North Jakarta municipality have been told to clean up their area or face administrative sanctions, including dismissal.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Traffic jams mean extra cost for businesses
Traffic jams mean extra cost for businessesRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A chief executive officer of a state cement firm in East Java once said that the most devastating factor that could affect the firm's production cost lay not in fuel spending nor workers' wages, but on congested...
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Adiguna's case
Adiguna's case While our brothers and sisters in Aceh were experiencing a great calamity, some of us were indulging in convivial merrymaking at luxury hotels on New Year's Eve. After all, it is one's own right to fulfill his/her need for entertainment in spite of our solidarity for the people of...
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
'I'm satisfied with busway services'
'I'm satisfied with busway services' The busway project stretching from Blok M in South Jakarta to Kota in West Jakarta celebrated its first anniversary on Jan. 15. The Jakarta Post talked to some residents whether they enjoy services provided by busway buses.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
No more suspicions
No more suspicionsFrom Koran TempoThe recent earthquake and tsunami that devastated Aceh and claimed hundreds of thousands of human lives have aroused great national concern and deep international sympathy, shown by many countries that have provided aid to relieve the victims' suffering.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
The military's failure to adequately deliver aid
The military's failure to adequately deliver aid Twice last week this country's contribution to international tsunami relief was affected by the Royal New Zealand Air Force's failure to maintain its aircraft in sound operational condition.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
JP/4/PERPU
JP/4/PERPUNew ruling seen as crucial to curb corruptionMuninggar Sri Saraswati The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe government's plan to lay down a comprehensive anticorruption ruling is vital given the poor performance of law enforcers in curbing widespread corruption in the country, according to a law...
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Australia, NZ observe moment of silence for tsunami victims
Australia, NZ observe moment of silence for tsunami victimsAgencies, Canberra/Wellington Australia and New Zealand fell silent on Sunday exactly three weeks after an Indian Ocean earthquake triggered a devastating tsunami that killed more than 157,000 people in southern Asia.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Protracted legal uncertainty awaits seaport investors
Protracted legal uncertainty awaits seaport investorsRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia has long dreamt of having its own seaports that are large enough to function as a hub port -- unlike the present situation in which most of the products shipped in or out of the nation have to...
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Govt postpones labor dispute law
Govt postpones labor dispute law JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a regulation in lieu of law, or Perpu, to delay the implementation of a law on labor disputes, as neither the government nor the Supreme Court were ready for its implementation.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Three suspected of abusing fund
Three suspected of abusing fund PADANG: The West Sumatra Prosecutor's Office has identified three suspects in a graft case involving Rp 10 billion (US$1.1 million) in loans that were to be distributed to farmers in Pesisir Selatan regency.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
NGOs up demand over RI spies monitoring
NGOs up demand over RI spies monitoringEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The need for the government to set up a special body to control and monitor the performance of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) has become urgent, a police/intelligence ethics activist has said.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Struggling for the basics in shelter
Struggling for the basics in shelterThe Jakarta Post, Lhok Nga, Aceh It's raining outside, and inside the tent, Ernida is frying tempeh and eggs for a very late lunch. On the other corner of the four-by-three meter tent, her husband Ridho is playing with their five-year-old daughter Khairani...
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Students hitting more than books
Students hitting more than books YOGYAKARTA: A recent survey by the Indonesian Planned Parenthood Association (PKBI) in Yogyakarta found that 9 percent of junior high school students in the city were sexually active.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Cutting-edge telecom help reconnect Asia's tsunami-displaced people
Cutting-edge telecom help reconnect Asia's tsunami-displaced peopleEdward Harris, Associated Press, Blang Bintang, Aceh Before the killer tsunami leveled his house and swept away his daughter, Umar Bin Adam had never used a computer.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
40 ex-councillors to be quizzed over graft case
40 ex-councillors to be quizzed over graft caseYemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara East Nusa Tenggara prosecutors will question 40 former Kupang council members over their alleged involvement in a Rp 1 billion (US$107,526) corruption case.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Mosques stand alone amid Indonesia tsunami destruction, devout
Mosques stand alone amid Indonesia tsunami destruction, devout see divine help[ Eds: RETRANSMITTING to ADD photo numbers[ AP Photos XEH106, PDJ107, BM109-110[ By EDWARD HARRIS= Associated Press Writer= BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - Devout see divine help as mosques remain standingEdward Harris...
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Acehnese students look ahead to uncertain future
Acehnese students look ahead to uncertain futureSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta "Ass wrwb Haikal ini ma2mak Bgmn sehat Klga kita Alhamdulillah sehat2 smua Minggu kmren di rmh kita kenduri anak yatim Bpk2 80 org Ekal kapan ujian Mak selalu berdoa mudah2an Haikal dpt IP bagus.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Change will do Indonesian badminton some good
Change will do Indonesian badminton some goodThe dominant force in women's badminton in the 1990s, Susy Susanti took all the major international singles titles. Unfortunately, it's been lean days for Indonesian women since her retirement in 1998.
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Donors pledge more aid for Aceh barracks
Donors pledge more aid for Aceh barracksRuslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh, Aceh Germany, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and World Vision have pledged funds to build barracks to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of people in Aceh displaced by the earthquake...
Mon, 17 Jan 2005
Reformists challenge Mega's leadership
Reformists challenge Mega's leadershipKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Several weeks before the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) convenes a national congress in March, disgruntled party members are beginning to flex their muscles to block the reelection of PDI-P leader...