Dutch Government Officially Apologized For Rawagede Massacre
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Dec 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Dutch government officially apologized to the families of victims killed in 1947 massacre by the Dutch army in Java. Dutch ambassador to Indonesia, Tjeerd de Zwan on Friday (09/12/2011) issued a formal apology in the village Rawagede, where the Dutch troops had captured and killed around 430 men in 1947 during a bitter struggle for the independence of Indonesia.
Dutch soldiers, who fought to maintain Indonesia as...
Hepatitis A Virus Attacks High School Students in Depok
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Dec 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Hepatitis A virus is again flexing its muscle and attacking school in Depok, West Java. This time the virus managed to infect 10 students from Depok High School No 4. Two of the students are declared positive to have been infected by the Hepatitis A virus while the rest are being diagnosed for having the same symptoms.
The infection was discovered when one of the student in 12 grades IPA complain of not feeling well,...
Jakarta Embraces Itself For Big Floods January 2012
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Nov 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Jakarta is predicted to have a major flood in January 2012. Although this flood will be nowhere near as big and subside faster than Bangkok flood, it will still create a disturbance in the big city already have its own traffic problems and bad drainage system.
Jakarta has experience major flooding in average once in every 5 years. The last two big floods were in 2002 and 2007. The Municipal needs to prepare an emergency...
Abu Omar Terrorist Network Nabbed
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Nov 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Within these two days the Special Detachment 88 Antiterrorism from the Indonesian Police nabbed six suspected terrorist belonging to Abu Omar network. One of them is alleged to have hide guns on the forest area around Indonesian University campus in Depok, West Java.
The Indonesian Police spokesperson Kombes Boy Rafli Amar explained that the anti-terror special force arrested four people that are already on the wanted...
PLN To Purchase CBM From Sanga-Sanga Working Area
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Nov 09, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Indonesian Government in accordance with Presidential Instruction No 14/2011 on the Acceleration of the Implementation of National Development Priorities 2011 has instructed PLN to purchase electricity from Coal Bed Methane (CBM) through a program called “CBM for Electricity Utilization 2011 program”.
The first CBM gas purchased will be gas produced from Sanga Sanga contract area which is operated by Vico.
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Close To 1000 orangutans are killed between 2008 and 2009 in Kalimantan
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Nov 02, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Potret Orangutan Kalimantan which is a joint study between The Nature Conservancy and Indonesian Primate Researcher Association (Perhappi) in conjunction with 18 local NGO, recorded from April 2008 to September 2009 there was between 750 to 1,800 orangutans killed for various purposes in Kalimantan alone.
The number was obtained through fact findings and interview with local communities primarily in villages or area known...
Abu Tholut Charged With Conspiring to Conduct Terrorism Act
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Sep 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Public Prosecutor is charging Abu Tholut aka Mustofa 12 years jail time for his role in militia formation and training in Aceh and Poso. The prosecutor believes that he is in violation of Article 15 Point 9, Law No 15 Year 2003 regarding Terrorism Prevention.
Bambang Suharyadi acting as the prosecutor read the charges at the West Jakarta criminal court on Thursday (15/09/2011). The trial presided by Judge Musa Arif.
Abu...
US Ban On Indonesian Clove Cigarettes Is Discriminatory
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Sep 06, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said that she had received the decision from the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding the prohibition of production and sale of kretek cigarettes in the United States. WTO has agreed that the ban was discriminatory.
Kretek are Indonesian cigarettes made with a blend of tobacco, cloves and other flavors. The industry directly employs over 180,000 people in Indonesia...
Indonesian Government Stop Accepting New Employee
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Jul 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Indonesian Government has put a halt on accepting new civil servants starting this year for selective institutions.
Secretary of State for Civil Servants Empowerment and Bureaucracy Reforms Kinanto said, the policy is needed to help the swelling state budget. However, he said, this policy does not apply to the ministry / institutions that are already having staffs that currently being paid to study with the agreement...
IPW Survey – 89 Percent Of Goods And Services Providers Bribe Their Way In
Posted by Jakarta Updates on Jul 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Indonesia Procurement Watch (IPW), an NGO that observe procurement for public services and goods has released the latest survey results regarding bribery in the procurement of goods and or services for the government. Of the five cities surveyed in 2010, as many as 89 percent of goods and or services providers or commonly referred to as Government Partners confessed to have bribed their way in order to get projects.
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