Jazz musician Barry Likumahuwa celebrates Christmas with dangdut music. 

The Home Ministry has questioned three programs proposed in the draft 2020 budget proposed by the Jakarta administration. 

On New Year’s eve, the city administration will hold its annual mass wedding for hundreds of couples.

As the long-awaited regulation has not yet been issued, independent efforts by residents, organizations and business entities to reduce plastic use have started to gain traction. Some stores have begun to charge for plastic bags or simply not provide the bags at all to force customers to bring their own shopping bags.

A team for the governor has presented its recommendations for developing coastal areas in North Jakarta.

To get their children off to a good start, some parents go the extra mile by taking a diploma course on early childhood education, because they believe most of life's values are most effectively taught at home rather than in school.

The odd-even policy was previously expanded to 25 arterial roads in Jakarta on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Jakarta Aman is a joint initiative between PT Jakarta Lebih Aman and the Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency to provide better protection to all citizens, not just women. Users can report emergencies including crimes, violence, natural disasters, fires, accidents and medical situations that occur in Jakarta.

Gubernatorial decree No. 133/2019 is a revision of a 2018 decree.

The main road leading to popular tourist destination Puncak in Bogor, West Java, will be closed for 12 hours from Dec. 31 until Jan. 1, 2020 in anticipation of New Year’s Eve celebrations.

The 22.3-hectare Kemayoran Urban Forest in Central Jakarta opened on Saturday, but a bridge spanning a man-made lake in the park collapsed the next day.

The Serpong commuter line station in South Tangerang, Banten, is running as usual after heavy rains and strong winds damaged parts of the station on Monday afternoon.

City-owned public transportation operator LRT Jakarta has revealed its business development strategies to earn extra revenue from nonticket sales next year, choosing not to rely solely on ticket sales and subsidies.

Following a fire that destroyed about half of the collection of the Maritime Museum in North Jakarta in January, the number of visitors declined over the year. Fortunately, the city administration has planned to revive its collection in 2020.

The car went through the railway crossing even though the gate was closed.

The piles of garbage also accumulated from trash brought by the current from neighboring areas.

The Jakarta administration has finally handed over a crematory to the capital's Hindu community to help them perform traditional rituals for the dead at a more affordable cost.

The Central Jakarta District Court held a hearing over a historic civil lawsuit on air pollution, filed by civilians grouped under the Jakarta Advocacy Movement Team to fight for better air quality in the capital.

For the last 20 years, the church’s congregation has had to attend Mass at a chapel inside a shop house.

This year, Depok recorded 3,732 hectares of designated green space, or 18.63 percent of the city’s total 20,029 ha of land. The area has decreased significantly from the 10,106 hectares recorded in 2005 due to the city’s rapid development.

Luthfi, whose photo clutching an Indonesian flag to his face has become an emblem of September’s student protests, was among the 1,489 people arrested during the demonstrations and among the 380 of whom being prosecuted.

At the “Mall for Public Services” in Kuningan, South Jakarta, customers can access 296 different services from the Jakarta Administration and 60 services from central government ministries and agencies.  The DPMPTSP issues more than 500 types of permits for individuals and businesses. 

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicted there would be a higher intensity of rainfall for the upcoming weeks as the peak of the rainy season will be in February.

The Jakarta administration has begun a Christmas in Jakarta program this year. It has invited choirs to perform at 11 locations along Jl. Sudirman and Jl. MH Thamrin from Dec. 18 to 20. 

Jakarta's commuter rail service is the latest to join the environmental transition that is spreading in the country's public transportation sector.

The ubiquitous sidewalk stalls have been affected by rapid technological advancement.

A family of seven is seeking higher compensation from a company responsible for a construction project that has blocked access to the family’s house.  

There have been protests against the DWP since 2017, coincidentally the year Anies Baswedan was elected Jakarta governor, with some Islamist groups visiting the venue at the JIEXPO Kemayoran in Central Jakarta to protest.

With more options available, more people in Greater Jakarta use public transportation for their daily commutes.

Prosecutors at a district court in Bogor, West Java, have demanded eight months of imprisonment for a mentally ill woman charged with blasphemy for entering a mosque wearing her shoes and carrying her dog.