An unprecedented crowd of hopeful jobseekers have flocked to Jakarta City Hall in the past few weeks to apply for jobs as sanitation workers, highlighting mounting concerns over unemployment and rising layoffs in the capital.
19 hours agoAt least 10 people have been named suspects in a violent clash that broke out on Jl. Kemang Raya on April 30 that caused traffic congestion in the area. ...
1 day agoA record-breaking surge in gold prices has sparked a citywide rush, with Jakartans flocking to shopping centers to buy the precious metal as a safe haven during a time of global economic uncertainty. ...
2 days agoJakarta-owned bus operator Transjakarta resumed 24-hour bus services on Monday, ending a curtailed timetable that had prevailed under pandemic restrictions.
2 years agoThe City Council has submitted to the Home Ministry its three top picks for replacing outgoing governor Anies Baswedan, starting a process in which it actually has a say following an ombudsman investigation into public disgruntlement with earlier regional appointments this year.
2 years agoThe Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has issued thunderstorm warnings for this week, following days of torrential downpours that have flooded a number of neighborhoods in Greater Jakarta.
2 years agoThe newly revamped Kota Tua area in West Jakarta offers a glimpse at the future, with pedestrian-friendly infrastructure offering a lull in the fast-paced, noisy and traffic-filled city.
2 years agoTridi Oasis Group, which employs 120 people, has recycled more than 250 million bottles since it was founded six years ago.
2 years agoAnies Baswedan is hoping to leave a legacy of inclusivity in the development of Jakarta as he looks back on his five years of governing in the nation’s capital.
2 years agoThat's the hope of Jakarta's light rapid transit operator, which has turned a train and station into the set of a bloody zombie apocalypse -- with real passengers invited to the show.
2 years agoJakarta's annual Flona Festival has been revived after the COVID-19 pandemic stopped crowd-pulling events in their tracks. However, with mobility curbs lifted, the festival looks to benefit from the houseplant boom.
2 years agoBilled the first export case of a Chinese bullet train system, the project to connect the Indonesian capital and the West Java provincial capital of Bandung was about 80 percent completed in late August and commercial operations are expected to start in June next year.
2 years agoJakarta has seen an almost tenfold rise in the number of gender-based violence cases over the past five years, Jakarta Health Agency head Widyastuti said on the margins of the U20 Mayor's Summit.
2 years agoJakarta Police have arrested several officers from Penjaringan precinct in North Jakarta for abuse of authority. The police, however, did not explain the suspected violations.
2 years agoThe students were waiting at the bus stop after class when the truck veered toward them and crashed into two motorcycles and toppled a concrete communications tower, traffic policeman Latif Usman said.
2 years agoBekasi Police say at least 10 people were killed and 20 others injured, the majority schoolchildren, when a flatbed truck plowed through a bus stop outside an elementary school on Wednesday morning.
2 years agoJakartans — especially those living in areas unreached by the city’s pipe network — are still struggling to access clean potable water as scientists predict that climate change will disrupt water balance and a harsher El Niño can potentially spell problems for the city’s water resources.
2 years agoThe National Police have named former internal affairs chief Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo’s wife Putri Candrawathi as a suspect in the premeditated murder of her own aide-de-camp, Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat.
2 years agoEnvironmentalists have cast doubt over the recent statement from Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria that relocating the capital city to East Kalimantan will help prevent Jakarta from sinking.
2 years agoA new integrated fare scheme for Transjakarta buses and the MRT and LRT trains has brought some improvements to the capital’s public transportation system but remains plagued by issues, users have said.
2 years agoThe Jakarta Governor has expanded the categories exempted from land and building tax to apply to assets worth less than Rp 2 billion (US$134,979) in taxable value.
2 years agoThe National Police have finally announced that their former internal affairs chief, Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo, allegedly masterminded the murder of his aide de camp, Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat, but questions remain over his reported motive.
2 years agoIn a twist that was both shocking and yet hardly surprising, the National Police on Tuesday announced they had charged former internal affairs chief Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo with the murder of his own aide de camp, Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat, ending weeks of wild speculation surrounding a case that has gripped the nation.
2 years agoThe National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) has charged a low-ranking police officer with premeditated murder in the mysterious death of Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat at the home of then-internal affairs chief Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo last month.
2 years agoThe investigation into the mysterious death of Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat has taken a new course with the National Police now focusing on the alleged cover-up carried out by dozens of officers initially assigned to resolve the high-profile murder case.
2 years agoThe police have vowed to fully investigate a controversial fatal shooting that left Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat dead, with the possibility of arresting more suspects after charging a fellow officer in relation to the incident.
2 years agoInsp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo, the suspended internal affairs chief, has been summoned for questioning as a witness in the alleged fatal shootout between two subordinates at his official residence last month.
2 years agoAfter weeks of claiming that "Bharada E" had acted in self-defense in the alleged fatal shootout that led to the death of Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat, the National Police have announced that Richard Eliezer has been named as a suspect in the case.
2 years agoHealth experts are calling on the government to tighten public restrictions in Greater Jakarta amid growing complacency as COVID-19 numbers continue to rise.
2 years agoThe Jakarta Police have advised the city administration to alter office working hours to tackle the capital’s severe traffic congestion during peak commuting hours.
2 years agoThe results of the second autopsy of Brig. Nopryansyah Yosua Hutabarat, who was reportedly killed in a shootout at the Jakarta residence of a high-ranking police official, will only be available in the next four to eight weeks, according to a team responsible for the process.
2 years agoThe National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has revealed that CCTV cameras had captured the events leading up to the fatal shooting of police officer Nopryansyah Yosua Hutabarat – also known as Brig. J – at the residence of the police’s internal affairs chief, Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo, in Jakarta on July 8.
2 years agoThe Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) is calling on Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to appeal a State Administrative Court ruling annulling the city administration’s decision to increase the minimum wage by 5.1 percent.
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