Jakarta needs more interactive museums
Source: The Jakarta Post
Kemang :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-18 20:41:03 -0700 | political-news
Ramadian, who visited the Old Town with his family, eventually decided to roam around Fatahilla Square during the time remaining. My son preferred enjoying the scenery and open space here rather than visiting the old, dark museum, he said during...
The week in review: The ‘Yes,' answer from Maharani
Source: The Jakarta Post
Palembang :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-18 22:02:48 -0700 | political-news
The 20-year-old woman initially tried to avoid the prosecutor's question as to why Ahmad Fathanah had given her the money when they met in a hotel in Jakarta in January. They were found together, both of them naked, by investigators...
More taxmen with fingers in the till
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-16 00:47:20 -0700 | political-news
On Wednesday, the KPK arrested the two and their alleged courier at Terminal III of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. The KPK also seized a car and S$300,000 (US$240,558) in cash. They later arrested EF, a staff member of PT The Master...
Int'l triathlon back in Bali
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-15 23:46:19 -0700 | political-news
The event, which is jointly held by telecommunication and multimedia company Biznet, Bali Discovery and the Bali Hotels Association (BHA), is expected to attract 1,200 participants from around the globe. Last year we were able to gather more than 900...
Gov election too close to call
Source: The Jakarta Post
Denpasar :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-15 20:53:23 -0700 | political-news
The camp of Anak Agung Ngurah Puspayoga and his running mate Dewa Nyoman Sukrawan, the ticket endorsed by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), announced that it had won the election by a narrow margin and a small party...
Pluit dam squatters are not all destitute: Jokowi
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-15 20:20:10 -0700 | political-news
We know that there are wealthy people who live in the area illegally. I already have the data, but I don't want to reveal it, Governor Joko Jokowi Widodo said in Jakarta on Wednesday. The city administration aimed to relocate...
Sutan wants Ethics Council disbanded
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-15 16:48:32 -0700 | political-news
Sutan also denied that he often allowed fellow Democratic Party lawmakers to sign the list of attendance on his behalf. The House ethics council released a partial list of House member attendance; Sutan was recorded as skipping 75 percent of...
Gerindra could topple Dems
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-15 16:48:31 -0700 | political-news
Gen. (ret) Prabowo Subianto, the chief patron of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party could attract more voters to the party. Analyst Boni Hargens said that in the 2014 legislative election Gerindra could be more popular than the ruling Democratic...
Barack Obama can survive the storm?
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Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-18 05:32:55 -0700 | political-news
Barack Obama can survive the storm? Washington: Barack Obama, should begin early in the second administration, with full reign shocks that drive stalled, such as failure to pass gun control laws and an ambitious economic agenda. The U.S. media is...
Jusuf Kalla celebrates 71st birthday
Source: The Jakarta Post
Bone :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-15 05:59:04 -0700 | political-news
Among the visitors were Public Housing Minister Djan Faridz, chairman of the NasDem Party Surya Paloh, Askes president director Fahmi Idris, and MPR Deputy Speaker Hajriyanto Tohari. The kids and I prepared meals for bapak 's best friends, said wife...
BNN destroys 35 hectares of marijuana fields in Aceh
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-15 02:33:25 -0700 | political-news
BNN spokesperson Yessi Weningati said that the crushing of cannabis farms in Aceh was led by BNN chief Comr.Gen...The crushing of 35 hectares of cannabis fields is the first of such kind carried out this year. They were located in...
Hidajat paints silent soliloquy on fading values
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-15 00:55:29 -0700 | political-news
The images are the stuff of his childhood in the mountains of West Java and his youth in Bandung and the streets of Jakarta. Hidajat Ldp, who was born 70 years ago on May 3, 1943, has been painting...
KPK questions Mandailing Natal regent in bribe case
Source: The Jakarta Post
Medan :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-15 00:55:24 -0700 | political-news
Intelligence assistant Jaja Subarja of the North Sumatra prosecutors' office confirmed the questioning, saying the investigation went on into the late hours' of Tuesday night. Yes, he is being questioned, a KPK member involved in the investigation said.
Fuel price hike hits more snags
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-14 22:39:28 -0700 | political-news
Observers said that the compensation program, modeled on a direct cash assistance (BLT) program in 2009, might be used as a political tool to woo voters ahead of the 2014 presidential and legislative elections. After accompanying Yudhoyono at a meeting...
Police break up alleged fake drivers' license syndicate
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-14 22:39:14 -0700 | political-news
The suspects were apprehended in Kampung Baru sub-district, Muara Tembesi district, Jambi. The counterfeiting was discovered after we found drivers' licenses that were different from those issued by the Batanghari Police, said Batanghari Police's head of crimes and detective unit, Adj.Comr.H.Soekamto,...
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