Dead Plankton Closed Kuta Beach
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Mar 03, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Kuta Beach which is one the most visited and famous destination in Bali, Indonesia has now been closed for tourists. For the past two days the usually clean beach is now has brownish color and covered with dead plankton and other small sea organism.
This massive death of planktons and other small sea organism is thought because the sea near the beach is contaminated with waste and pollution pushed by the west monsoon...
Inmates Escapes Prison To See His Wife Having A Baby Is Busted
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Mar 03, 2011 | Leave a Comment
An inmate for drugs related case busted out of Police custody through the Police toilet was arrested at his house in Depok West Java. The suspect did not resist the arrest and taken back to Greater Jakarta Police precinct.
To the Police the inmate name Dadang admitted that he escaped because he wants to attend to his wife having their baby and have been planning the break out for a while.
Dadang managed to convince the...
180,000 Hectares Of Forest Gone In 8 Years
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Mar 02, 2011 | 1 Comment
As much as 180,000 hectares of orangutan habitat in Sumatera around the Bukit Tigapuluh National Conservation Park in Jambi is now gone. In fact the illegal logging continues that it is now threatened the park itself.
Frankfurt Zoological Society program director Peter Pratje which handles the Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo Abelli) reintroduction in Jambi says that the last eight years has seen some massive forest destructions.
Orangutan...
Drugs Addicts Should Be Rehabilitated Not Jailed
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Mar 02, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The family member and the defense team of Yoyok “Padi”, the Indonesian drummer who was arrested by the Police for possessing 0.5 gram methamphetamine and drugs paraphernalia last week, has requested that the artist is admitted to rehabilitation instead of jail time as normally faced by drugs offenders in Indonesia.
“The Police must investigate this incident in detail in order to know the depth of the artist involvement....
Police Form Anti Anarchy Detachment To Curb Recent Anarchists
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Mar 01, 2011 | Leave a Comment
As an answer to the religious based incident that happened recently, the Indonesian Police will form a special force called Anti Anarchy Detachment. This special force will have the authority to shoot anarchist on site and will be trained with skills in mob and rioters handling.
“The authorization is not to kill but to immobilize the perpetrator” says the Indonesian Police public relation head, Comr Boy Rafli Amar...
Google deletes 150000 Gmail Email Accounts Data By Mistake
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Feb 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment
About 150,000 Gmail users gets the shock of their lives when they try to login to their Gmail account. Once they logs in they found that all their accounts information were gone including every email, application, contact and calendar information.
Google confirmed today that around 150,000 users were thought to have been affected. Google technicians spent several frantic hours trying to restore the service which is used...
Palm Oil Company Orangutan Relocation
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Feb 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Orangutan relocation process currently undertaken by a Palm Oil Company PT Nabatindo Karya Utama is seriously threatening the existence of the already scarce mammal. The relocation process resulted from reports that many Orangutans had crosses over to the palm oil company plantation area in search of food.
It was previously reported that as many as 20 adults Orangutans were seen at the company plantations area. “Food...
Bank Mandiri Credit Cards Reached 2 Millions
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Feb 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Bank Mandiri so far has issued a total of two million credit cards and recorded a growth of 24 percent during the 2010 year.
The Mandiri credit card outstanding loan posted a growth of 21.3 percent during 2010 the market as a whole experienced negative growth of -5.3 percent. In addition to business growth which is above the market average, the bank still managed to maintain credit quality with 2.67 percent of their Non...
Media Fight Back On Stop Advertising Threat From The Government
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Feb 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Indonesian Cabinet Secretary, Dipo Alam is now in hot water for alienating the media. The President right hand man is reportedly made a remark about media he deemed uncooperative with the Government, i.e. criticize the Government a lot.
In contrast with the old regime where a media can be shutdown and the editor puts in jail, Dipo Alam instead says that the Government will not advertise in media that criticize it...
Four Journalists Detained For Blackmailing Businessman
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Feb 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Four journalists, three with the West Sumatera local media and one with Indonesian national media have been detained by the Police for allegedly blackmailing a businessman in Dharmasraya, West Sumatra.
West Sumatra Police spokesperson Adjunct Commissioner Agus B Kawedar confirmed that three journalists were detained on Friday (25/02/2011,) following the detention of another journalist last week. “There were four suspect...
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