Jakarta Post articles from August 2008

Jakarta Post archives from August 2008

Enter Ramadan, with a prayer from Gabriel.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 1 It's the time of year when long emails and text messages are making their rounds ahead of the holy fasting month: "Please forgive me for any possible misconduct or inappropriate...

Young innovators shine through technology.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 1 For Maria Eleanora, 14, motorcycles and cellular phones are the most popular technologies of today as both have an increasing number of users -- thanks to maddening traffic congestion...

First Lady opens exhibition for 100 years of RI women.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 2 Commemorating Indonesia's 100th anniversary of National Awakening, State Minister for Women's Empowerment Meutia Hatta Swasono opened an exhibition to reflect on the role of women in...

Expat detained for platform accident.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 2 INDONESIA: West Jakarta Police have detained the director of PT Rhon Products International Indonesia (RPII) as a suspect in a case where a falling platform killed five workers at the...

Siti Aniroh wants cancer survivors to be brave and smart.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 4 A lawyer asked his client: "Now that you have been acquitted, will you tell me truthfully? Did you steal the car?" "After hearing your amazing argument in court this morning, I'm...

Yuniko Deviana enjoys her life fighting cancer.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 4 Can people with cancer enjoy life? Ask Yuniko Deviana and she will surely tell you they can. Yuniko, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, now feels healthy and happy. In...

Lame, Set and Match.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 5 Lovers of life's ludic side and of the ennobling spirit of gladiatorial jousting that takes place in the sporting arena haven't had much to smile about in Indonesia of late. The...

Chef Haroon cooks homey Pakistani food for Jakartans.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 5 Pakistani food has been available in Jakarta for a while. Just check out several restaurants in the Jalan Radio Dalam or Fatmawati areas. During the day these restaurants are rug...

Foreign chefs drop by Jakarta for Ramadan eats.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 5 During the holy month of Ramadan, there are plenty of places in the city to begin and break the fast. In fact, several hotels are flying in chefs from around the world to celebrate...

(Un)healthy life of a culinary reporter.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 5 It's tough being a culinary reporter. Some say it's similar to a war -- one as bad as the Iraq war -- because one has to struggle between digesting the food and finding the right...

Dining confusion: To treat or to split?
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 6 My friends sometimes call me Cina Padang for being half Chinese and half West Sumatran. Inheriting two different cultures, both known for their sharp business sense and calculating...

Young designers choose modern, simpler batik.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 6 Batik's rising popularity as witnessed in the past few years is unlikely to see a downward trend with batik producers and fashion designers continuing to create innovative designs....

Old faces return to fashion for a cause.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 6 It felt as if time had turned back to the '60s last Thursday night at Sahid Hotel, where senior models Rima Melati, Enny Soekamto and Sherly Parengkuan walked the stage in the elegant...

Bali Fashion Week looks to brighter future.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 7 Models sporting branded casual jeans and tank-tops strutted down the bar table-come-catwalk at the final event for Bali Fashion Week 2008 at the Hard Rock Hotel's Center Stage in...

Death Cab For Cutie to keep on changing.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 8 If the person you loved the most changed into an individual that was a complete 180 to what they were when you first fell in love with them however many years ago, would you still...

Everybody loves Irene launches a new one.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 8 Hey people! Hope y'all had a good extended Independence Day weekend. Welcome back to Underground Hum, where every day is Independent's Day! (A pun that I simply couldn't resist,...

Rock fans clamoring at her feet: Tashea.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 8 When Tashea Nicole Delaney first picked up a guitar she played "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple. At the age of 11, Tashea played the bass guitar, following her dad's cover...

Breast cancer survivors write inspiring books.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 9 Nobody Happy With Cancer, Be Brave and Smart Siti Aniroh, PT Awan Tisani, 2008 I Have Cancer It Doesn't Have Me Inspirasi yang membangkitkan Daya Hidup R. Yuniko Deviana, Penerbit...

See-Through Wife.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 9 Anto had started to see straight through Atik about fifteen months after he married her. Before that, she was clearly visible, solid and tangible, and was quite a sight to behold....

'Nyadran': Observing Ramadan, Merapi people's way.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 10 For communities living in hamlets on the slope of Mount Merapi in Central Java the advent of the holy month of Ramadan means congregating around graveyards, performing the nyadran...

'Nyadran', a tradition of self-cleansing for the Holy Month.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 10 It is fasting time again. One to two weeks prior to the arrival of this Islamic holy month, we can easily find in the rural areas of Java a sadranan rite, which is locally known as...

Five win ticket to Sepang.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 11 BOGOR: Five out of 60 motosport enthusiasts won trips to Sepang, Malaysia, after coming out on top at the Sentul International Circuit on Saturday. The final phase of selection...

Mount Lawu, the mythical beginning of Java.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 13 Lawu, which straddles the southern border of East and Central Java, is the volcano for beginners. At 3,265 meters above sea level, temperatures at the summit can drop to...

Japanese kung fu film refreshes local cinema.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 14 For what it's worth, any non-studio driven Hollywood blockbuster film and non-local film that receives wide commercial release in our local cinemas should be at least checked out....

Sing, dance and party with ABBA MANIA.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 16 OK, enough of all that singing and dancing at work, clubs and karaoke rooms to that timeless Dancing Queen by ABBA. Now that the band is coming to Esplanade Singapore to throw their...

Growing Johor.
August 31, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 -- PAGE 20 As Malaysia's southern gate, staring out over the water at Singapore, Johor Bahru is the nearest Asian land from the Indonesian archipelago. Johor takes its name from the Arabic...

Bicyclists clean the air on the way to work.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 1 Ozy Sjarindra recalled the time he carried his folding bike into the lobby of an office building and was intercepted by a security guard. Ozy was told to take the building's cargo...

Balikpapan most expensive city in Indonesia: Survey.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 1 If you thought Jakarta was the most expensive city in Indonesia, think again. That distinction belongs to Balikpapan, the "oil city" of East Kalimantan. According to this...

Ramadan spirit.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 1 For Muslims, Ramadan is a month-long exercise in refraining from misconduct including corruption, adultery and other crimes. What can we expect to happen during the fasting month?...

Mulyani turns up the heat on Tommy.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 1 A bold move by the finance minister in seizing Rp 1.23 trillion (US$134 million) owned by a firm linked with Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra has dealt a major blow to the powerful...

Govt slammed for TNI security payments.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 2 A U.S. court's decision to proceed with a trial against oil giant ExxonMobil has exposed the Indonesian government's ignorance over the paid military protection of foreign interests...

BIN chief warns of radicalism at boarding schools.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 2 State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Syamsir Siregar warned on Friday that Islamic boarding schools were prone to extremist teachings that could lead students to acts of terrorism....

Syahrial-Helmi's Rp 1 billion campaign fund missing.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 4 South Sumatra gubernatorial candidate Syahrial Oesman and running mate Helmi Yahya, known as SOHE, reportedly have lost Rp 1 billion (US$108,695) of their campaign funds while...

Salaries of Banyumas teachers eight months late.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 4 The Banyumas administration is reportedly eight months behind on paying the salaries of some 1,500 of the regency's contract and assistant teachers. The regency's education...

ERP will have to wait: City.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 4 The Jakarta administration is likely to postpone the implementation of an electronic road pricing (ERP) system due to lack of supporting infrastructure, a city official has said....

Students campaign against corruption.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 4 YOGYAKARTA: Prior to the fasting month of Ramadan, hundreds of students of Gadjah Mada University held a campaign for an immorality and corruption-free Ramadan. The students,...

Villagers protest over recurring floods.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 4 TIMIKA, Papua: Angry over recurrent neighborhood floods caused by a damaged drainage system, residents of Jl. Sektoral in Mimika, Papua, barricaded the local public works office on...

No regent chosen in Bogor election.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 4 BOGOR: Despite receiving the highest number of votes in Bogor's regency election, Rachmat Yasin and Karyawan Fathurrachman fell short of the 30 percent needed to be installed into...

Most water pumps broken in W. Jakarta.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: More than two-thirds of the water pumps located across 23 flood- prone areas in West Jakarta do not function properly, increasing the risk of flooding in the coming wet...

Railway company adds trains, workers ahead of Ramadhan.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 4 The state-run railway company PT Kereta Api has planned to hire 600 workers and to add 55 trains to anticipate more passengers during the month of Ramadan and Idul Fitri holidays,...

Munarman faces up to 7 years.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 4 Islam Troop Command (KLI) leader Munarman was in the Central Jakarta district courthouse Friday -- not as the lawyer he once was, but as a defendant on trial for June's Monas Park...

Police destroy 13.8 tons of rare anteater meat in South Sumatra.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 4 Police in Palembang, South Sumatra, have destroyed 13.8 tons of seized anteater (Manis javanica) meat and scales in the presence of high- ranking National Police officers and...

Police refute allegations of wrongful arrests.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 4 The police decided Friday they would not drop a murder case which led recently to an allegation of wrongful arrest, saying they had convincing evidence the men arrested were not...

Cops torture suspects, study finds.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 4 The majority of suspects in Jakarta are subjected to brutality while in police custody, a recent study claims. According to a Jakarta Legal Institute (LBH) survey, 83.7 percent...

RI challenged by sustainable palm oil demands.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 5 Indonesia is facing challenges meeting growing demand in the international market for certified palm oil products, as none of the country's producers have obtained sustainable palm...

UNDP - Bappenas report shows regional development uneven.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 5 Wide social and economic disparities between regions across Indonesia remains a serious hindrance to development, a new report on regional development for the 2004-2007 period says....

Circumcision recommended to curb HIV.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 5 Circumcision has been recommended as one possible ways to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS infections, as revealed during the seventh International AIDS Conference in Mexico earlier...

House anniversary tainted by corruption.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 5 The House of Representatives celebrated its 63rd anniversary on Friday amid a growing public perception that corruption had taken root in the legislative body, which Speaker Agung...

Firm drums up new way to hitch smokers.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 5 JAKARTA: The annual drum (bedug) parade organized by tobacco company Sampoerna Hijau will start separately in Padang and Sumenep on Sept. 10, organizers say. The parade(s) will...

Ramadan sweeping.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 6 The government has often seemed powerless in its response to small but noisy (and often violent) groups who use religion as a reason or pretext to take justice into their own hands....

Those with disabilities should likewise create.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 6 At the closing session of a recent international conference on "Creative Communities and the Making of Place: Sharing Creative Experiences" at the Institute of Technology Bandung,...

Technology in our classrooms.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 6 Development pundits always suggest that to improve a country, you just need to work on two things: Infrastructure and education. The rest, like the economy and people's wellbeing...

Endorsing MUI smoking ban.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 7 Good to see someone at least thinking about taking the lead on this major social and health issue. But where is the government's leadership? Why isn't the health minister taking the...

On 'Indonesian Odyssey'.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 7 Thank you for the review of our latest title, Indonesian Odyssey, that was published in your newspaper on Sunday, Aug. 24. While overall it was a fair and balanced review, there are...

The Anwar saga: Fear-driven politics?
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 7 Even as Anwar Ibrahim ensures himself a seat in parliament Tuesday and comes closer to realizing his ambition to become prime minister, no one is sure whether he will be allowed to...

Sharia bylaws.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 7 Sharia bylaws which are implemented in some regions create a positive effect rather than a negative one and do not contradict Indonesian unity nor the Constitution. For...

Libyans celebrate their National Day in style in Jakarta.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 10 The Libyan community in Indonesia celebrated the 39th anniversary of The Great Al-Fateh (September 1969) Revolution, which transformed the United Kingdom of Libya into The Great...

Armored vehicles set to reinforce military.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 13 The country will produce armored personnel vehicles (APC) and will exhibit around 10 of the total 150 APCs planned on the anniversary of the Indonesian Military on Oct. 5. The...

Inflation should be in check ahead of Idul Fitri, say officials.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 13 While food prices may soar next month as the fasting month begins on Sept. 1, the government remains optimistic inflation would not exceed the level reached in the previous year....

Minister denies improper U.S. interference.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 13 Energy and Mineral Resource Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro has denied the allegation that the United States aid agency USAID helped put forward Western interests in the controversial...

Tangguh high-powered renegotiating team starts work in October.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 13 The government plans that a high-powered team to renegotiate the 2002 gas export deal from Tangguh field to China will start work in October to resolve the issue before the...

A journey into primordial music.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 21 Planet Earth is the origin of life. It is where life begins with all its splendor; the wide oceans, the flowing rivers, the high mountains and the deep forests. This is a...

Notes from the Beijing Art Biennale.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 21 "Colors and the Olympics" was the theme of the 3rd Beijing International Art Biennale (BIAB), which displayed artwork from over 700 international and Chinese participating artists....

SIGIarts opens to new artistic visions.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 21 Intense, poised and indomitable. Dressed in a black suit with high heeled shoes, the Indonesian-born German-based long duration performance artist, Melati Suryodarmo, held a 40 kg...

Pisarenko: Maestro with magic fingers.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 21 He's handsome, interesting and young -- and has already achieved so much, including the first prize of the 8th International Franz Liszt Piano competition 2008. During Vitaly...

Steel steals show at Invitational.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 23 JAKARTA: Malaysia's Iain Steel fired a steady six-under-par 66 and grabbed the second round lead at the Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational on Friday. Steel, with two...

Green awareness begins at home: Tasya.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 24 JAKARTA: Child movie star and singer Tasya says she is trying her best to raise awareness about global warming, starting from in the home. "I'm really aware of global warming....

Al Jarreau: Growing more sensitive in music.
August 30, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008 -- PAGE 24 American singer and songwriter Al Jarreau knows that his music is no longer in the spotlight. "In this time of music history, we have a whole new kind of music called hip...

Ex-governor gets 4 years.
August 29, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 -- PAGE 1 The Corruption Court has sentenced Saleh Djasit to four years in prison after finding the former Riau governor guilty of embezzling Rp 4.7 billion (US$5.1 million) in the 2003...

Scant research leaves RI schools ranking low.
August 29, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 -- PAGE 1 Poor research funding and quality are the biggest constraints to turning the country's universities into world-class institutions, a discussion heard here Thursday. The National...

Ramadan spirit.
August 29, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 -- PAGE 1 For Muslims, Ramadan is a month-long exercise in refraining from misconduct including corruption, adultery and other crimes. What can we expect to happen during the fasting month?...

SBY assigns Mulyani to renegotiate Tangguh deal.
August 29, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 -- PAGE 1 Aiming to resolve the much-debated Tangguh gas deal with China, the government is setting up a team to be led by the Coordinating Minister for the Economy Sri Mulyani Indrawati to...

U.S. court finds TNI links to ExxonMobil.
August 29, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 -- PAGE 2 Legal experts and civil society groups welcomed a U.S. Federal court ruling Thursday to proceed with a trial against U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil, which stands accused of supporting...

Police detain 'blue energy' inventor over scandal.
August 29, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 -- PAGE 4 Yogyakarta Police detained Thursday suspect Djoko Suprapto, who had reportedly invented a controversial alternative form of energy called "Blue Energy", for deceiving the Yogyakarta...

Minister opens maritime conference.
August 29, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 -- PAGE 4 MANADO, N. Sulawesi: Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Freddy Numberi officially opened the sixth national conference on maritime affairs, Tuesday, in Manado, North Sulawesi...

Prosecutors nab ex-Merpati's officials.
August 29, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 -- PAGE 4 MATARAM, W. Nusa Tenggara: Former manager of the Mataram branch of state-run PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines Azwari Haka, 43, and former cashier Nuri Wayhuningsih, 40, have been...

Two arrested for crystal meth.
August 29, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: Police arrested two men Tuesday -- identified as AYN and DNL -- on Jl. Expo Arena in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, for possession of crystal methamphetamine, a police report...

Officers detained for selling land.
August 29, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: A district head and a South Jakarta municipality official were detained by the Attorney General for an alleged case of graft involving a plot of land in South Jakarta. ...

Jewelry seized at customs.
August 29, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 -- PAGE 4 TANGERANG: Customs and excise officers have seized thousands of pieces of jewelry, along with dozens of cellular phones, sent to Soekarno-Hatta airport from express mail services in...

AGO issues travel ban on gov, mayor.
August 29, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 -- PAGE 4 The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has issued a letter, asking the provincial prosecutors office to ban from traveling abroad the West Nusa Tenggara governor, Lalu Serinata, the Bima...

Children learn the value of water at festival.
August 29, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 -- PAGE 4 In an effort to teach children from an early age to cherish the environment, hundreds of elementary school pupils and community members from Yogyakarta and Central Java participated...

Evicted from park, now on the tracks.
August 29, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 -- PAGE 4 Dozens of illegal squatters continue to reside in the BMW Park in North Jakarta, setting up tents along railway tracks near the site. Nazar, 67, was busy erecting a makeshift hut...

Police admit to sloppy work in murder case.
August 29, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 -- PAGE 4 East Java Police Chief Insp. Gen. Herman S Sumawiredja admitted Thursday that the police were negligent in the handling of a 2007 murder case in Jombang that led to innocent people...

Five workers plunge to their deaths.
August 29, 2008... from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 -- PAGE 4 Five men working on network television RCTI's broadcast tower died Thursday after the crane they were operating plummeted 50 meters. West Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Iza Fadri...