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Deadly Bantar Gebang collapse exposes Jakarta’s decades-long waste mismanagement
At least five people died and four went missing when a massive landslide tore through Bantar Gebang, Indonesia’s largest landfill, following hours of heavy rain on Sunday, exposing the deadly consequences of Jakarta’s chronic waste mismanagement.
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Relentless rain floods Greater Jakarta, kills motorcyclist
Relentless rain and strong winds battered Greater Jakarta over the weekend, flooding dozens of neighborhoods, paralyzing roads, and killing a motorcyclist crushed by a fallen tree in South Jakarta. ...
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Landfill collapse at Bantargebang, Indonesia's biggest, kills four
The collapse took place at the Bantargebang landfill on Sunday, located in the outskirts of Jakarta, said Desiana Kartika Bahari, head of the local rescue agency. ...
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Not enough for Jakarta alone to reimpose COVID-19 restrictions: Epidemiologists
Dicky Budiman, an Indonesian epidemiologist at Australia’s Griffith University, said Anies’ decision was bold and based on data, and he called on other administrations across Java to all impose the PSBB in order to see effective results.
5 years ago
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Viral video captures brawl in North Jakarta waters
The video, posted on Sunday by Instagram account @jakut.info, showed dozens of young people having a confrontation in the waters while swimming, some of them carrying various kinds of sharp weapons.
5 years ago
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What you need to know about large-scale social restrictions in Jakarta
Jakarta is set to impose again large-scale social restrictions to further limit movement starting Monday, but what does this mean?
5 years ago
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COVID-19: With no intervention, Jakarta predicted to run out of hospital beds by December
Jakarta Health Agency data previously showed that daily isolation bed occupancy rates in the city's 67 referral hospital began to gradually increase to around 50 percent after July 20.
5 years ago
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Makeshift bike lanes on Jl. Sudirman to become permanent
"At the moment we are only using traffic cones [to mark the bike lanes], however we are setting up a plan to make those lanes along Jl. Sudirman to Bundaran HI permanent," Jakarta Transportation Agency head Syafrin Liputo said on Wednesday as reported by kompas.com.
5 years ago
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56 TNI personnel named suspects for alleged attack on Ciracas Police Station
Fifty-six personnel of the Indonesian Military (TNI) have been named suspects for alleged involvement in an attack on the Ciracas Police Station in East Jakarta on Aug. 29.
5 years ago
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Jakarta gears up for possible collapse of healthcare system
On Wednesday evening, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan decided to reinforce stricter restrictions that will take effect starting next week due to the surge in COVID-19 deaths and rising hospitalizations since mid-August.
5 years ago
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Jakarta reimposes PSBB, orders people to stay home
Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan announced on Wednesday that the administration was reimposing the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) policy amid a rising number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the capital.
5 years ago
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Jakarta to evaluate COVID-19 policy amid ‘alarming’ situation
In the past week, Anies said, Jakarta's positivity rate – the percentage of COVID-19 tests that return a positive result – had increased to 13.2 percent.
5 years ago
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Industrial COVID-19 clusters in Bekasi, Karawang reach 500 cases
Industrial COVID-19 clusters discovered in the Bekasi and Karawang regencies of West Java reached 500 cases on Tuesday, prompting demands for increased testing and tracing.
5 years ago
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Greater Jakarta LRT to open to public in July 2022
The Greater Jakarta LRT serving Jakarta, Bogor, Depok and Bekasi will open to the public in July 2022, property developer and state-owned construction firm PT Adhi Karya has confirmed.
5 years ago
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Jakarta to reevaluate odd-even policy after reports of COVID-19 clusters on public transportation
The Jakarta administration is set to reevaluate the odd-even license plate policy in the capital after recent reports of COVID-19 clusters emerging from public transportation.
5 years ago
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More than 5,000 bodies buried under COVID-19 protocols in Jakarta
Pondok Ranggon cemetery in East Jakarta is expected to run out of space for COVID-19 burials in October.
5 years ago
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Jakarta’s oldest high-rise building Sarinah to have new look next year
A renovation project that started in July will transform the historic Sarinah building in Central Jakarta.
5 years ago
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Over 50,000 people in Bogor affected by drought
As many as 54,194 people have been affected by a drought in Bogor, West Java, the Bogor Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD Bogor) has said.
5 years ago
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Former Transjakarta president director arrested after fleeing fraud conviction
A joint team of prosecutors arrested on Friday the former president director of city-owned transportation company PT Transjakarta, Donny Andy Sarmedi Saragih, who has been at large since 2019 after he was convicted of fraud.
5 years ago
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Police lambasted for targeting LGBT community in raid in Jakarta
Civil society groups argue that the police violated the suspects' right to a fair trial during the raid and the investigation.
5 years ago
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Jakarta cemetery space about to run out as COVID-19 burials increase
East Jakarta’s Pondok Ranggon cemetery expects to run out of space for COVID-19 graves in October because of the recent increase in the number of burials.
5 years ago
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Jakarta on ‘right track’ in COVID-19 handling, Anies says, despite rising numbers
Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has claimed that the administration in doing well in tackling COVID-19 in the capital city, despite a spike in new confirmed cases.
5 years ago
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More than 139,000 penalized for not wearing masks in Jakarta since June
Some 14,000 people have been fined.
5 years ago
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Satpol PP to stop controversial fake coffin punishment
The lie-in-a-fake-coffin punishment is not an official punishment for health protocol violators, East Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) head Budhy Novian says.
5 years ago
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West Jakarta firefighters save kitten stuck inside water jug
The kitten’s head was stuck in the neck of the vessel.
5 years ago
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Jakarta to add 11 COVID-19 reference hospitals following another case spike
Jakarta currently has 67 COVID-19 referral hospitals and 170 hospitals providing services for COVID-19 patients.
5 years ago
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Jakarta asked to evaluate odd-even plate policy as public transportation use surges
The city-owned bus rapid transit (BRT) service, Transjakarta, has also seen its passenger numbers jump by 6 to 12 percent since Jakarta reimposed the odd-even plate policy in early August.
5 years ago
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Jakarta to host 2021 National Press Day in February
Jakarta will host the annual National Press Day celebration on Feb. 9 next year, Governor Anies Baswedan announced on Wednesday.
5 years ago
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Jakarta collects Rp 4 billion in fines from COVID-19 protocol violators
The Jakarta administration has collected around Rp 4 billion (US$271,000) in fines from residents violating COVID-19 health protocols under Gubernatorial Regulation No. 51/2020, which entered into force on June 4.
5 years ago
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Curfews will do little to stop COVID-19 surge in Greater Jakarta, say experts
The Bogor and Depok administrations began imposing curfews last week, requiring places like supermarkets, restaurants and malls to close at 6 p.m. and prohibiting outdoor activities after 8 p.m.
5 years ago
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Jakarta to require all COVID-19 patients to be quarantined in hospitals
Under the new regulation, self-quarantine will no longer be an option for COVID-19 patients regardless of whether or not they exhibit coronavirus symptoms, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said.
5 years ago
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Jakarta wants 1,800 additional medical workers by next week
The city is expanding its COVID-19 referral hospitals.
5 years ago
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Jakarta’s ban on plastic bags still has holes
Two months into Jakarta’s plastic bag ban, the policy has yet to yield optimal results, environmentalists have said, urging the administration to step up monitoring of its implementation.
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