A 13-year-old teenager was found dead after a 4-meter-long python wrapped around his body on the bank of the Sector XII Kencana Loka River in Serpong district, South Tangerang on Monday.

Almost 15,000 workers have been laid off because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Tangerang, Banten, Tangerang Regent Ahmed Zaki Iskandar has stated.

A lawsuit directed at seven state officials initially received a positive response from the Jakarta administration. However, no agreement has been reached even after five mediation meetings inside the courtroom and two outside the courtroom.

"We expect the explosion was caused by a firecracker, because it was not big and there was no significant effect or casualties. It only caused flat tires because the blast occurred near a parked car." 

Anticipating a surge in passengers on Monday, KCI operated 10 additional trips for trains from Tangerang, Banten, bringing the total to 98 trips per day from Tangerang Station to Duri Station and vice versa.

The police have named a former Starbucks Indonesia employee a suspect in an alleged sexual harassment case after he posted on social media a video showing himself and another employee looking at a female customer’s cleavage through a CCTV camera.

Local fishermen and activists in the capital city Jakarta have expressed concerns over the Jakarta Bay's ecological future following the administration’s decision to proceed with the reclamation project to expand the city’s popular tourist spot Ancol in North Jakarta.

As punishment, the discotheque patrons will have to serve community service, as stipulated in Jakarta Gubernatorial Regulation No. 53/2020 on PSBB violations.

The North Jakarta Police have arrested two former Starbucks Indonesia employees for alleged sexual harassment after they were caught peering at a female customer’s cleavage through a CCTV camera.

Public transportation will remain safe from COVID-19 if health protocols are consistently implemented, an official has said.

It is estimated that the selection process in each administrative area costs about Rp 1 billion (US$70,622).

The country's international hub airport has seen increased passenger traffic since the gradual easing of restrictions in early June, hovering at 10 percent of pre-pandemic figures.

A student from the National University (UNAS) in South Jakarta has been reported to the police after protesting against the university’s fee discount policy earlier this month.

Persistent customers asking for plastic bags, the absence of management support and the high price of reusable bags are making it difficult for vendors to adhere to the new ban on plastic bags.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has announced that the capital is extending its transitional COVID-19 mobility restrictions by 14 days and tightening supervision of traditional markets and train services.

Apart from affordable data packages, Telkomsel also provides a special internet quota for virtual learning using the cloud-based video communication platform CloudX Telkomsel. 

Jakarta will begin a new chapter in reducing plastic waste on Wednesday, when a gubernatorial regulation banning single-use plastic bags in traditional markets, modern supermarkets and minimarkets across Jakarta takes effect.

City-owned market operator Pasar Jaya is getting ready to enforce a ban on single-use plastic bags at all Jakarta markets, reminding its tenants and shoppers to use eco-friendly alternatives.

The Jakarta Police have arrested 11 foreign nationals for allegedly attacking five Jakarta Police officers during a raid at an apartment building in Cengkareng, West Jakarta, on the weekend.

Police investigators say a syndicate selling drugs online was controlled by a prisoner from a penitentiary in Bali.

She pointed out that both Rhoma and the event’s organizer had violated Gubernatorial Regulation No. 35/2020 on the PSBB policy.

Pedestrians are now allowed to exercise at 32 alternative locations in the Sudirman-Thamrin area on Sunday Car Free Day, as the event has been halted on main thoroughfares for the time being, Jakarta Transportation Agency head Syafrin Liputo stated recently.

Jakarta, the first epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic in Indonesia, has reportedly brought the outbreak “under control”, officials have said, in a statement that has raised eyebrows as new cases still appear in the city.

The large turnout of crowds at the Car Free Day (CFD) "revival" on June 21 has prompted the Jakarta administration to again suspend the weekly event, which was originally suspended on March 15.

The Central Jakarta District Court has issued on Tuesday an interlocutory decision that it has jurisdiction to preside over the air pollution lawsuit filed by citizens against the government.

The sentence was lighter than the four months’ imprisonment and Rp 2 million fine demanded by prosecutors.

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Jakarta administration in its appeal of a lower court’s decision to uphold developer PT Taman Harapan Indah's permit to reclaim and build on man-made Islet H in Jakarta bay.

The respite of bluer skies and slightly fresher air that Jakartans enjoyed during the city’s large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) has given way to smog as activities resume in the capital.

An 11-year-old elementary schoolboy was playing with his friends by the Ciliwung River in North Jakarta at around 9 p.m. last Tuesday when he suddenly felt a hot object hit his back.

The Jakarta administration has kept its unqualified opinion (WTP) from the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) for the third year in a row. Governor Anies Baswedan said it was one of the best presents that the city could have received for its anniversary.