Jakarta Post articles from March 2010, page 19

Jakarta Post archives from March 2010

No revision to environment law: Ministry.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 5 The Environment Ministry has insisted that it would not delay the implementation of the 2009 Environment Law as it did not believe it would hamper the mining of the country's rich...

Foreign health services maybe beneficial.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 5 Indonesia cannot afford to remain isolated in terms of healthcare as the country is struggling to provide health services to its 230 million population, an expert said. Indonesian...

Jibriel denies involvement in terrorism.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 5 Terror suspect Muhammad Jibriel Abdul Rahman denied involvement Tuesday over the July 17 bombings of JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels, dismissing the prosecutors' indictment as...

Editorial: The Misbakhun Story
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 6 "The investigation into the case (Bank Century bailout scandal) has uncovered many violations. Ignoring the key issue will be useless. This case is like an elephant in a room, that no...

Corruption and diplomacy.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 6 In the last few weeks, the Foreign Ministry has been under the public spotlight in relation to corruption cases allegedly involving a number of senior diplomats. Corruption that...

Indonesian democracy and political normativity.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 7 In the midst of the public outcry resulting from the Bank Century scandal, one hears endless strains of political analysts commenting, whether on television or in print journalism, on...

Indonesia and the West.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 7 Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will engage with two of his administration's closest allies in March. In mid-March he will make a long delayed visit to the country's...

Issues: 'The land of disrespectful smokers'.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 8 Is it true Indonesians are courteous and respect etiquette when in public? A friend of mine shared her story of riding in a public minivan to her office one morning. As usual, the...

Letters:Cyber friends.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 8 I suppose to some I would be considered out of the loop or out of touch, or whatever it is when you haven't a clue about cyberspace. I read a letter the other day where a Facebook...

Letters: Rp.500 million marriage deposit.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 8 Do we have illiterate women sitting in our government? The ladies sitting in our government should fight against this absurd marriage bill where foreign men are obliged to pay a Rp 500...

Letters: Parking fees.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 8 I am writing with regards to two articles that appeared in The Jakarta Post about the parking fees at malls and parking lots. According to both articles, the first hour of parking is...

Letters: Traffic in Puncak.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 8 On Feb. 26, I went to Puncak (West Java) for the weekend. At the end of the toll road close to Gunung Geulis I came to a stop and did not move for three hours and 40 minutes. I was...

Text Your Say: Blaming Boediono and Sri Mulyani.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 8 Your comments on the statements made by representatives of most political parties in the Bank Century inquiry team who criticized Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri...

Facebook and Twitter.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 8 Dear readers, from now on you may also post your comments on a Text Your Say topic and on any current issues through Twitter: tjpforum and Facebook: tjpforum. Editor Copyright 2010...

Former bank employees demand severance pay.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 9 Dozens of former employees of the liquidated Bank Dagang Bali (BDB) held a demonstration at the Denpasar District Court on Tuesday. They held the protest to support the bank's...

Sanglah Hospital suffers from overload.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 9 DENPASAR: Sanglah General Hospital is facing room shortages to accommodate patients with dengue fever. Dr. Kuning Atmadjaya, head of the hospital's emergency unit, said dozens of...

Bali electricity supply back to normal.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 9 DENPASAR: The state-owned electricity company PT PLN confirmed Tuesday there would not be any further blackouts in Bali following the technical disturbance occurring at Gilimanuk...

Students' reading interest in Bali increases.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 9 DENPASAR: The number of university students visiting a provincial library has doubled from 2,000 persons per month to 4,000 persons per month," a librarian said. Head of Bali Archive...

Chinese must discard past perceptions: Chairman.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 9 Those of Chinese descent in Indonesia must no longer consider themselves to be Chinese as they have long been residing and making a living in the country, a community's commercial...

Education office to cut school fund.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 9 DENPASAR: Bali education office has only allocated Rp 40 billion to support school operations, but the schools' financial demands already exceeds Rp 168 billion for the 2010/2011...

N. Sumatra overwhelmed by Chinese imports.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 9 MEDAN, North Sumatra: The North Sumatra Central Statistics Agency (BPS) on Tuesday announced China was the biggest importer to North Sumatra after the United States. Based on BPS...

Councilors get physical during session.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 9 BANYUMAS: A Banyumas legislative council session recently ended up with two councilors trading punches. The session was underway to discuss a draft on the modern market when Yoga...

Protesters burn SBY picture and bring pig.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 9 MAKASSAR: Although the authority has banned the use of animals in demonstrations, students in Makassar brought a pig to their rally on Tuesday. The protesters rallied the pig from...

Officials staff test positive for drugs.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 9 PALEMBANG: Eight staff at the South Sumatra administration office were suspected of consuming drugs after a urine test on Monday. Amost 300 staff underwent the test. Four of them...

Javanese spa products prove globally attractive.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 9 Increasing demand for high-quality traditional spa products in the international market has led to a local home industry producing Javanese products going global this year." "We have...

Officials investigated over fake Papuan projects.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 9 The Papua Police are probing three fictitious billion-rupiah projects that implicate provincial and regency officials. The officials were allegedly involved in the road project in...

Poverty Watch: People too poor to afford cheap rice.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 9 Many deprived residents in Lampung cannot afford rice from the rice- for-the-poor package program distributed by the State Logistics Agency (Bulog), which is priced at Rp 2,000 (20 US...

Two die after drinking 'arak'.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 9 Two people died and at least nine others were hospitalized at Sanglah Hospital due to intoxication after consuming alcohol. The patients, residents of Dawan district in Klungkung...

Denpasar launches 24-hour community health center.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 9 The city health agency on Tuesday launched a 24-hour community health center (Puskesmas) in Pedungan subdistrict, South Denpasar, to provide better health services for residents. The...

70 million people have no access to sanitation.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 9 Around 70 million Indonesian people have no access to sanitation facilities, an official confirmed. Budi Yuwono Prawirosudiorjo, director general of Cipta Karya public works office...

Mitsubishi pledges $2.5b for LNG plant.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 13 Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation is ready to provide funds of up to US$2.5 billion for the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant which will be built near the...

RI builds warning system for food safety.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 13 The government is currently building an early warning system on food safety to ensure that all food products entering the country meet both national and international standards. ...

Acquistions, new products, to up revenue by 20 percent.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 13 Publicly listed PT United Tractors expects 20 percent revenue growth this year as the company plans to increase its coal production through new acquisitions and by launching new...

Ministry says ready to launch SPAN in 2012.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 14 The Finance Ministry expects the new State Treasury and Budgetary System, called SPAN, to be ready by 2012 to produce better, integrated financial management reports. The new system...

Govt to lower fiscal risk cushion in state budget.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 14 The Finance Ministry will cut the allocation to the fiscal risk cushion to Rp 3 trillion (US$324 million) in the revised 2010 state budget down from the original Rp 8.6 trillion,...

The power of forgiveness: A key to high performance leadership.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 16 Imagine what your life would be like if someone murdered one of your immediate family members. What if it was your son or daughter? Think about the anger and bitterness you would feel...

Strategic Leadership: Creating surrogates for emerging market leaders.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 16 Outstanding leaders act like world-class chess players. Before deciding on what to do next, they compute the possible immediate outcomes of their action and ponder over a series of...

Kendro Hendra, a man of endless creativity.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 16 Kendro Hendra is a man of boundless energy and creativity. The CEO of PT InTouch Innovate Indonesia, a member of Skybee, is introducing a mobile community network (mobinity.net), a...

Drug seized from Indian national at airport.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 17 Customs and excise officers have arrested an Indian for attempting to smuggle 2.5 kilograms of katemine worth Rp 2.5 billion (US$270,270) at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in...

City investigates school graft.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 17 The administration awaits results from a probe by its inspectorate on the misappropriation of School Operational Aid (BOS) and Education Operational Aid (BOP) in five junior high...

Police question witnesses on collapse.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 17 TANGERANG: The police have summoned the owner of Situ Gintung restaurant and the management of Makro grocery store following the collapse of three billboards that killed an elderly...

City sets Rp 770 million for SMS this year.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 17 JAKARTA: A number of city officials and residents will receive text messages from Governor Fauzi Bowo holding notifications with warnings, orders and greetings. City spokesman Cucu...

City anticipates national electronic procurement.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 17 JAKARTA: Governor Fauzi Bowo said the city was anticipating a possible shift in electronic procurement from a local to national system. "If the upcoming presidential decree dictates...

Tangerang to build shelter for homeless.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 17 TANGERANG: In an attempt to cope with rising social problems, the Tangerang municipal administration planned to build a rehabilitation center for street beggars and homeless people in...

Fishing in troubled waters.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 17 Jakarta Bay is still kind to traditional fishermen like Agus who use lines with baited hooks to catch fish, despite the widespread use of nets and traps. The 47-year-old says he can...

Companies urged to install water treatment facilities.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 17 East Jakarta Mayor Murdhani says he expects more companies to install their own water treatment facilities, given the city's limited supply of clean water. "This is a problem that...

FIFA, AFC to be invited to congress.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 20 JAKARTA: The steering committee for the upcoming national soccer congress in Malang, East Java, plans to invite the representatives of world's soccer authority bodies, FIFA and AFC, to...

RI team confident to add winning record over Malaysia.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 20 Despite a rather minimal preparation, the Indonesian Davis Cup team is loaded with confidence in the lead up to their first round matches against Malaysia in the Asia/Oceania Group II...

Health Sense: There is hope for chronic back pain.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 21 Back pain is all too common. In fact, one out of four people complain of back pain at least once in their life. Due to the various functions our back has, the effects of back pain can...

Yoga sequences.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 21 In the last issue of this column two weeks ago, I talked about back pain and how yoga can help. Here I demonstrated a yoga sequence to help strengthen your lower back - the most...

Aromatherapy for relaxation and body care.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 22 Feeling over-worked and over-stressed with little time left to take care of your body? Nowadays you can relax with aromatherapy without having to spend hours in a salon. Viko...

Maia to go into politics?
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 28 JAKARTA: Singer and producer Maia Estianty is reportedly entering politics, judging by a picture of a campaigning banner that has recently surfaced on the internet, featuring her and...

Djohan Hanafiah: Palembang historian and cultural connoisseur.
March 3, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 -- PAGE 28 While Betawi people and Jakarta can turn to famous historian Ridwan Saidi for some solid background on the big durian, Palembang boasts Djohan Hanafiah as its authority on the city's...

Options Whittled Down, Dems Compromise
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 1 The parliamentary inquiry team into the Bank Century bailout looks likely to present a unanimous recommendation at a plenary meeting on Tuesday. In the House of Representatives'...

SBY Claims Responsibility for Bailout
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 1 For the first time since the Bank Century case came to light, the President said Monday the government's move to save the bank was the "correct" decision and that he was "responsible" for...

Text your say: US-RI military cooperation.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 1 The United States plans to fully resume its military and counterterrorism cooperation with Indonesia. What do you think? Send your thoughts by email to readersforum@thejakartapost.com or...

Standing Order May Help Boediono Avoid Impeachment
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 2 The People's Consultative Assembly passed Monday the revision of its standing order, which stipulates a drawn out process to replace the President or the Vice President should they be...

Obama, SBY to discuss climate center in Indonesia.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 2 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his United States counterpart President Barack Obama are slated to talk on climate change issues, and aiming to set up the first regional climate...

Storm goes wild across Jakarta.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 2 A heavy thunderstorm coupled with strong winds wreaked damage at several public facilities in the capital and its outskirts Monday afternoon. At City Hall, rain and wind felled a...

Recovery team ends search with 11 people still missing.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 2 After a seven-day hunt for victims of a landslide at a tea plantation in Bandung regency, the rescue team called off its search Monday, despite 11 people still missing and feared dead. ...

Monthly exports plunge in January.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 3 Indonesia's exports in January slowed 13 percent from December, despite booking a year-on-year increase of 59 percent due to a low base in January last year, the Central Statistics Agency...

Presidential staffer reports PKS lawmaker to police.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 4 Political activist-turned presidential staffer Andi Arief reported Muhammad Misbakhun, a lawmaker from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), and business partner, Franky Ongkowardojo, to...

Rp 9.29 billion returned, but probe goes on in airfare case.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 4 The Foreign Ministry has recovered Rp 9.29 billion (US$1 million) or nearly half of the total state funds embezzled during 2008-2009 by officials in a graft case involving the marking up...

Question looms over judges' impartiality.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 4 With the marathon hearings of a judicial review request of the blasphemy law still going on, activists have questioned whether the Constitutional Court's nine judges can shed their...

Banker to sue Kalla for defamation.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: Robert Tantular, the former part-owner of Bank Century, has threatened to sue former vice president Jusuf Kalla for defamation, alleging the latter had called him "a robber". ...

Soeharto a hero? Let the public judge: Tommy.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: Whether the late former president Soeharto deserves to be named a national hero should be left to the public to decide, says his youngest son, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra. ...

No more animals at demos, say police.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: Jakarta Police said Monday they would no longer tolerate people bringing animals to demonstrations and using them to "make a mockery of state officials". The police also ban...

RI, Australia in A$3m forest carbon partnership.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: Australian Climate Change and Water Minister Sen. Penny Wong and Indonesian Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan announced Monday the establishment of a joint Sumatra Forest Carbon...

Protesters bay for blood at Public Works Ministry.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: Hundreds of demonstrators rallied Monday outside the Public Works Ministry in South Jakarta to demand that corrupt officials be prosecuted for the loss of Rp 92 billion in state...

Indonesia may join Basic Group on climate talks.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 5 Indonesia plans to join growing powers Brazil, South Africa, India and China, known as the Basic Group, if it can help bridge the stalled talks on the long-awaited binding treaty on...

Diplomas for job applications? Try to use them as collateral.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 5 The National Education Ministry and the Cooperatives and Small- Medium Enterprises Ministry are using new ways to improve university students' entrepreneurial skills to curb the number of...

Farmers Seek to Stub out Govt Regulation
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 5 Thousands of tobacco farmers from Central Java flocked to the House of Representatives in Jakarta on Monday to rally against a government plan to issue a regulation on tobacco as an...

Improving the management of direct local elections.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 6 Local direct elections will be organized in 244 regions in 2010, but not for the first time. The first round of local direct elections began in 2005, a year after the 2004 general...

Editorial: The elusive ASEAN goal.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 6 The 10-member ASEAN grouping reiterated its commitment to set up a regional economic community modeled on the European Union in 2015 even though its economic ministers, who held their...

A glimpse into Indonesian sexuality.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 7 The pros and cons on "Council mulls ban on aerobic exercise" (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 17, 2010, Reader's Forum) in which aerobic moves were criticized for a tendency to inflame sexual...

Obama should help a people blighted by a US corporation.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 7 As the much-heralded visit of President Barack Obama draws near, it is worth remembering that, unlike any other US president, Obama enjoys a special affection among Indonesians. Most...

Issues: 'Feby Febiola disagrees with marriage bill'.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 8 "I disagree [with the bill]. It sounds like it is selling Indonesian women," Feby who married French Bruce Deltail, told detik.com Thursday. According to Feby, not all foreign men who...

Letters: On 'citizenship matters'.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 8 I refer to an article titled "citizenship matters," (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 22). I live in London and have dual British (UK) and Bangladeshi nationality. I am proud to have a Bangladeshi...

Letters: The real root causes of poverty.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 8 In response to your editorial of Feb. 27, poverty exists everywhere and its root causes are ingrained in our human psyche. The Indonesian style of poverty is endemic to all tropical-based...

Text your say: Blaming Boediono and Sri Mulyani.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 8 Your comments on the statements made by representatives of most political parties in the Bank Century inquiry team who criticized Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani...

SMS: Facebook and Twitter.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 8 Dear readers, from now on you may also post your comments on a Text Your Say topic and on any current issues through Twitter: tjpforum and Facebook: tjpforum. Editor Copyright 2010 The...

Legislature finds faults behind blackouts.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 9 MEDAN, North Sumatra: North Sumatra legislators have found evidence of irregularities in the province's recent power blackouts. The evidence is said, among others, to be the alleged...

NTT bans ships from sailing amid bad weather.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 9 KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The state-owned River and Lakes and Ferry Service Company (ASDP) in Kupang has temporarily suspended ferry services in the province following a warning from...

'Cap Go Meh' strengthens ties of friendship and brotherhood.
March 2, 2010... from THE JAKARTA POST -- TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 -- PAGE 9 For Andi Wirakusuma, 45, celebrating Cap Go Meh is a long-held family tradition. "That is why I also take my children to the event every year," said the father of three, who attended...