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Camera's in TransJakarta busway stations

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:16:00 +0100

JAKARTA - Some of the bus stops of the TransJakarta busway, that's in Jakarta indeed, have CCTV available. Normally this kind of technique is broken beyond repair soon after it has been installed, but this case is a positive exception. The camera's in 13 of the bus stops along corridor one and six are up and running. You can even view their images on the internet. ...

Sexy and Indonesian #13: Six times a model from the Parahyangan

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:09:00 +0100

LIPPO CIKARANG - Just a young lady from the Parahyangan, the area around the city of Bandung in West Java province in Indonesia. The pictures were made in that same area. During a trip through the region, you can enjoy the beauty of nature. The pictures below are just a starter. ...

Coffee, tea or a 30-day visa?

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:17:00 +0100

DENPASAR - After several false starts, Garuda Indonesia has formally introduced visa on board immigration processing on their flights from Japan, effective February 1, 2010. According to Beritabali.com, South Korean and Australia are being eyed as candidates for the new visa service. ...

Bank managers arrested over credit card scam

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:31:00 +0100

BANDUNG - Bali Post says that the national police have arrested a manager from Bank Danamon suspected to have played a role in the theft of customers' money via the ATM system. Police say the manager was apprehended in Bandung on Friday, February 5, 2010. The arrest follows an earlier arrest, also in Bandung, of a manager working for Bank Central Asia (BCA). ...

List of ATM machines used in scam

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100

DENPASAR - Kompas.com quotes the national police spokesman, Inspector General Edward Aritonang, asking all banking customers in Indonesia to exercise caution when performing transactions at ATM machine. Bank customers are advised to be suspicious of anyone observing their transaction from close range. ...

Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2010

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:33:00 +0100

JAKARTA - For five years, Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival (2005 - 2009) was held at Jakarta Convention Center (JCC). It was a deeply memorable period for us, and the visitors of Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival. We surely still remember that it was in JCC that we first witnessed a festival which would later establish itself as one of the best and largest in the world, a festival that is the pride of Indonesians. ...

Parking fees to be checked after complaints

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:19:00 +0100

JAKARTA - The provincial government of Jakarta has announced to get into action against parking companies that apply fees that are higher than the maximum fees allowed in the province. Fauzi Bowo, governor of the capital city, has said that raising fees for parking is not allowed and can only be done by governor's decree. ...

This was in the picture! #17

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:50:00 +0100

LIPPO CIKARANG - The beach of Kuta on Lombok. This beach in the southern part of the island - just like in Bali - is one of the most well-known beaches of the island. It is a nice white sand beach, but the sand is larger in size than that of the southern beaches in Bali. A project to develop this region into another tourist destination failed to materialize, which leaves this area only with a Holiday Inn hotel and houses of local residents. It is a completely different world than the Kuta some 150 kilometers away. ...

Minister: 'No power plant any time soon'

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:14:00 +0100

JAKARTA - Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Darwin Zahedy Saleh said the government had yet to consider developing nuclear energy for electricity generation. "We will exploit other available energy sources first," Darwin told reporters Friday. ...

A new fence for the presidential palace

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:34:00 +0100

JAKARTA - A plan worth some 14 billion Rupiah, just over a million euro, to build a new fence around the presidential palace in Jakarta is purely aimed at the safety of the president. Secretary of state Sudi Silalhi has told after media reported about the high costs of the new fence earlier this week. ...

Waterbirds in mangrove forests under threat

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:40:00 +0100

JAKARTA - The number of species and the populations of waterbirds in Muara Angke natural conservation area, North Jakarta, have decreased because of water pollution and human encroachment into the area, an environmental organization says. ...

What's in the picture? #17

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:12:00 +0100

LIPPO CIKARANG - What is in the picture below? It's just a cut-out of a larger picture that will be published on indahnesia.com tomorrow, but we give you some head start to guess what the picture might be. The exact name would be perfect, but a description of what you are seeing and where the location might is okay too. We will provide more details tomorrow when this picture is published in the picture gallery 'Seeing is believing'. ...

Overpass near Dewa Ruci Monument on Bali?

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:23:00 +0100

DENPASAR - The national news service Antara reports that governor I Made Mangku Pastika views the building of suspended overpass roads around the Dewa Ruci Monument (Simpang Siur) as the "way out" of Bali's current traffic congestion dilemma. ...

Hundreds of shops on Ambon beach demolished

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:51:00 +0100

AMBON - Hundreds of small shops that have been built on Mardika beach in the city of Ambon, have been demolished early this morning when members of the civil police arrived at the scene. Around four in the morning, a fairly large amount of Satpol PP arrived and directly started to demolish the stops, that were built everywhere without permit in recent years. ...

Erosion hits beaches in Nusa Dua as well

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:11:00 +0100

DENPASAR - Concerned about ongoing beach erosion, the General Manager of the Melia Bali, Jim Boyles, met with the Bupati of the Badung Regency, AA Gde Agung, last month, to urgently consult on the growing erosion problems threatening Nusa Dua. ...

Indonesia's tourism - a National tragedy

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:30:00 +0100

DENPASAR - Anak Agung Gde Agung is one of Indonesia's most distinguished and well-informed senior statesmen. He is a graduate of Harvard and Leiden universities. He as attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in the United States and served as social services minister during the administration of President Abdurrahman Wahid. ...

In court because of a bee-sting

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:12:00 +0100

JAKARTA - A court in Indonesia has decided not to sentence a boy after he stung a class-mate with a bee. The now nine year old David Yusuf could be sentenced to three years in prison for severe abuse, but the judges decided to let him walk. The case dragged on for almost a year. ...

Still more problems with power on Bali

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:18:00 +0100

DENPASAR - Despite earlier assurances that repairs were completed on the Gilmanuk sub-station and that Bali's frequent blackouts were at an end, state-owned power company (PLN) Officials have once again had to make the embarrassing admission that power blackouts are back for at least the short term due to new mechanical problems. ...

150 ways to discriminate women in Indonesia

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:31:00 +0100

JAKARTA - The slow response from the government on a recommendation to revoke over 150 bylaws that are seen as discriminative against woman have made it possible that another 15 new bylaws that are also seen as such, may be enacted any time soon now. This worrisome news was released by the National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) earlier. ...

Blue taxi's on Bali to disappear?

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:22:00 +0100

DENPASAR - Bali's Transportation, Information and Communication Department is not prepared to make comment regarding widely publicized allegations in island's press that the well known Blue Bird taxi fleet is operating illegally under licenses owned by the now defunct PT Bali Praja Transport. ...

Three convicted to public caning escape in Aceh

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100

BANDA ACEH - Three men convicted of playing dominoes for money have escaped from jail moments before a public caning in devoutly Muslim Aceh province. Local Islamic police chief Muhammad Rusli said Saturday the men bolted during an unguarded bathroom visit minutes before the punishment for violating anti-gambling laws. ...

Indonesia media conspires against Yudhoyono

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:30:00 +0100

JAKARTA - Demonstrators that demand the resignation of president Yudhoyono and vice-president Boediono took to the streets yesterday as well. Demonstrations occurred in cities across Indonesia, but the biggest demonstration was held in Makassar, South Sulawesi. If the biggest demonstration was there and not in Jakarta, it is a sign that it wasn't all that important after all. ...

Eleven new hotels on indahnesia.com

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:02:00 +0100

LIPPO CIKARANG - We have added some new hotels again at indahnesia.com. At the moment you can book over 700 hotels in Indonesia directly from our website. We currently offer hotels in 49 different regions and cities across the Indonesian archipelago, with over 300 unique hotels on the resort island of Bali. For your comfort we have even listed Bali's famous tourist destinations. ...

Police hunt for Sumatra church attackers

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:55:00 +0100

MEDAN - Police are stepping up their hunt for suspects following attacks against two Protestant churches and a pastor�s home in North Sumatra three days ago. Hundreds of Christians have fled the area since the attacks. ...

25,000 Rupiah for one day of demonstrating

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:10:00 +0100

JAKARTA - For those unfamiliar with the way Indonesia's democracy actually works, demonstrators that get paid for just a days of demonstrating in the heart of the Indonesian capital, might sound strange. It is a fact that it happens, examples were to be found in the streets of Jakarta this afternoon as well. Today there were a number of demonstrations, at least one of them in support of president Yudhoyono. ...

20 suspects named in ATM scams

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:29:00 +0100

JAKARTA - The national police in Indonesia have named a number of 20 suspects in the scam with ATMs in Indonesia. These scams first took place in Jakarta and Bali, but soon spread abroad, suspecting a large international network now being active harvesting Indonesian Rupiah's in a fraudulent way. ...

Hundreds forced to dress according to sharia

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:38:00 +0100

BANDA ACEH - Hundreds of residents considered to be wearing unacceptable clothing according to sharia regulations, were temporarily detained during an operation at the busy Mesra Darussalam traffic crossing in Banda Aceh, Aceh Nanggroe Darussalam, on Tuesday afternoon. ...

Overcrowding fuels TB in prisons

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:42:00 +0100

JAKARTA - Serious overcrowding, a shortage of medical staff and a lack of funding are thwarting Indonesia's efforts to tackle tuberculosis (TB) in prisons, experts say. Indonesia's 422 prisons hold more than 140,000 inmates, even though they were designed for 80,000, according to the Justice Ministry. ...

Sexy and Indonesian #12: Nathaly Fox

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:16:00 +0100

LIPPO CIKARANG - This time a picture of the sexy Nathaly Fox. However her name doesn't sound that Indonesian indeed. Just assume that she is from Indonesia. She has been in a number of magazines in Indonesia as well, but those magazines are mostly on the top shelf, as if they they contain nudity or anything. ...

How to protect your ATM account?

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:07:00 +0100

LIPPO CIKARANG - In the wake of a massive abuse of ATM cards belonging to Indonesian bank accounts, banks have warned people to be careful with their bank card and details in the first place. The steps taken below should prevent most of the so-called skimming from occurring. ...