Flooding inundated 500 houses in Pulo Gebang, Periuk, Tangerang and misplaced 2,500 residents on Monday after torrential rains hit the area the day before.
Only a day after the robbery of the Total gas station on Jl. Raya Batu Ampar in Condet, East Jakarta, the Jakarta Police have arrested the two suspects robbers and recovered Rp 217 million (US$24,087) in cash.
The Jakarta administration has issued a new regulation on the minimum wages for people working in several lucrative business sectors, setting them between 5 and 30 percent higher than provincial-wide salaries.