Articles tagged ‘Jakarta Post’
Its ‘handbags’ as graft commission investigate Mahendra
By Nick | February 16th, 2007 |
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Former Minister of Justice, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, the same guy who introduced the VOA fee, reduced the Tourist Visa from 60 to 30 days and tried to abolish the Department of Tourism, is having it out with another member of the Indonesian government. Mahendra is being called as a witness to a graft case, by [...]
Adam Air flight recorder detected on ocean floor
By Nick | January 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The flight recorder from the downed Adam Air flight, has been detected on the ocean floor. A US Navy ship located a signal from the recorder, plus indications of debris on the ocean floor. So far no one has been able to retrieve the flight recorder due to the depth of the ocean (1,700m). Here’s [...]
No sign of missing Adam Air plane in Indonesia
By Nick | January 4th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Here in Indonesia, it feels like we have our very own ‘Bermuda Triangle‘, with no sign of the lost Adam Air flight, which left Surabaya on Sunday, heading for Manado.
Adam Air crash plane still missing
By Nick | January 2nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Adam Air’s crash, which was reported yesterday on the BBC website, has been changed to ‘missing’. Local villagers in Sulawesi reported wreckage and fiding bodies. However no evidence of the plane has been found.
Abu Bakar Ba’asyir cleared on bomb charges: Aussies angry
By Nick | December 22nd, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir has been cleared of involvement in the 2002 Bali bombings, by an Indonesian court. Despite his 3 years in jail, he is now officially innocent, a move which has angered Australians. Here’s more from the Jakarta Post.
Campur kids gets dual nationality in Indonesia
By Nick | November 22nd, 2006 | 10 Comments »
Children of mixed parentage have been given dual nationality in Jakarta today. Indonesia’s citizenship laws are based on jus sanguinus, the idea that blood is thicker than water, as opposed to jus soli (as is used in the US) where your place of birth is used to determine nationality. The fact that so many wealthy [...]
President Bush’s visit makes Indonesians think about US relationship
By Nick | November 13th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
US President Bush is to visit Indonesia within the next several days. He will arrive in Jakarta by plane, then take a helicopter to Bogor, in west Java. Some people in Indonesia are not happy that Bush is visiting, others are reassesing Indonesia’s relationship with the US.
Recycling in Bali
By Nick | November 9th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
This morning’s Jakarta Post had a feature article about recycling. I used to work at a recycling center in California, many years ago and often get frustrated with people chucking their waste out on the street here in Bali.
Garuda pilot not guilty of activist’s murder
By Nick | October 5th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
People will probably remember the case in 2004, of the Human Rights activist Munir, who was murdered on a Garuda Indonesia flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam. Police found out that a pilot, Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, a flight attendent, and a member of the security services put arsenic in his food. “Chicken with rice, or fish [...]
Ubud Readers & Writers Festival starts today
By Nick | September 28th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Bali is a literary destination! How about that! The Ubud Readers & Writers Festival starts today and is growing into an event that is showing up on more people’s radar scopes. Here’s more from the Jakarta Post.
