The ambitious Rp 4.5 trillion (US$315.5 million) project is expected to finish by the end of October 2021. However, while construction rolls on at the site, legal matters relating to land clearance remain.

The 2019 report of the National Commission on Violence Against Woman (Komnas Perempuan) revealed 406,178 cases of violence against women were reported throughout the year, up from 348,466 cases in 2018.

The technical glitches that often occur during operations include engine breakdowns, brake failures and train door malfunctions, in which the doors suddenly open in transit. 

The North Jakarta Police chief has said that face masks that were previously confiscated by those who stockpiled them will be sold to the public at regular prices.

Residents living alongside the Ciliwung River canal in Kebon Manggis, Matraman, East Jakarta, have raised concerns over their safety after Jl. Kesatrian X, a street running in front of their houses and right beside the canal, collapsed on Tuesday.

The Jakarta city administration has temporarily suspended the issuance of permits for mass gatherings, including for film shooting purposes, as part of its COVID-19 containment efforts.

The Rp 960 billion losses might slash Jakarta's economic growth by 0.025 percent this year, said Bank Indonesia's Jakarta office head Hamid Ponco Wibowo.

According to the 2019 Book of Traffic Portraits in Indonesia, 73.49 percent of a total of 196,457 traffic accidents identified in 2018 involved motorbikes — a far greater ratio than accidents involving other types of vehicles.

“At the moment, there are 21 patients [being monitored] and 10 under close observation [surveillance], while we await [their] results from the Health Ministry’s Health Research and Development Agency,” RSUP Persahabatan director Rita Rogaya said on Wednesday during a press conference at the hospital, as quoted by antaranews.com.

The Jakarta State Administrative Court is restricting the Jakarta administration from calling for new tenders rather than resuming the ongoing process.

Just northeast of the quiet and upscale residential area of Menteng is the village of Cikini and its namesake main street, where Jakarta’s silent past and bustling present meet.

Panic buying has prompted a price surge for such items both online and offline in the last two days, with a box of face masks now selling for an average Rp 300,000 (US$ 21) – a whopping 1,500 percent increase from the original average of Rp 20,000 per box.

In a statement released on Monday, the school announced it would halt operations starting on Tuesday.

The idea of developing South Jakarta for halal tourism was first announced by former deputy governor Sandiaga Uno, who said the municipality was expected to be fully ready as a competitive halal tourist destination in Asia by 2020.

Plastic bags used to carry groceries at traditional markets are part of a larger waste problem in the capital. According to Pasar Jaya, its 153 traditional markets generated daily waste of up to 600 tons, 12 percent of which was plastic bags.

The suspected patient in Pamulang, South Tangerang has recent travel history to Malaysia.

Hand sanitizer and face masks are prioritized for sick and elder passengers.

They are concerned that the city will suffer losses due to fewer people coming to the race in June. 

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo suggested that the public stay alert but remain calm as the government had taken several measures to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and a large portion of patients had recovered in other countries such as China, Japan and Italy.

The two came to Des Indes Hotel’s Paloma Bistro on Feb. 15 at about 8 p.m. to join a routinely held "Latin Dance" event, attended by approximately 30 people that night.

The event was hosted by SWE as the main part of their engineering week program, which provides coding, robotics and science engineering classes. Prior to the event on Feb. 22, the group visited five schools in Jakarta to boost the students' interest in STEAM.

A woman tested positive for COVID-19 after spending an evening at Amigos Bar and Cantina on Feb. 14, where she interacted with a Japanese national who was later found to have the illness as well.

Booksellers in Kenari Market continue to struggle to sell their books amid Jakarta’s lack of interest in reading and the rise of e-books and online shops, almost a year after the Jakarta administration opened the affordable book market in Central Jakarta.

Jakarta is taking precautionary measures by reducing the number of mass gatherings after two residents of Depok, West Java, tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Jakartans descended on stores in a buying frenzy almost as soon as the President announced Indonesia's first two cases of COVID-19 infection.

A resident of South Tangerang, Banten, who allegedly kept radioactive substances in his house at the Batan Indah housing complex did so for economic gain, the National Police have said, and had been engaged in business involving radioactive substances.

"Up until now, we have observed 136 people. Meanwhile, 115 people have been declared healthy and the other 21 are still under observation," Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan told the press on Monday.

As of Monday, the administration was monitoring 21 people in both homes and hospitals, and supervising 39 people at hospitals for showing the symptoms and having traveled to countries with confirmed cases of COVID-19. Previously, it monitored 115 people but they were declared to be free from the disease on Monday.

The Jakarta administration, in partnership with state-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), is developing pick-up and drop-off spaces for app-based ojek (motorcycle taxis) at four railway stations in Central Jakarta as part of its efforts to ease traffic congestion.

The smart home concept has become a recent trend in Greater Jakarta as property developers are eager to lure customers amid a sluggish property market. Such a concept is deemed suitable for urban residents as they seek a more convenient and improved quality way of living amid the hustle and bustle of the capital.