President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, alongside other top-ranking government officials, has been found guilty of negligence for failing to tackle chronic air pollution in Jakarta, the Central Jakarta District Court ruled on Thursday.

Frustrated with repeated delays on the ruling in the Jakarta air pollution citizen lawsuit, a team of lawyers representing the plaintiffs has reported the judges to the Supreme Court supervisory body and the Judicial Commission over alleged ethics breach.

The latest ruling on Aug. 19 voids a previous Supreme Court decision that favored Governor Anies Baswedan's revocation of permits, due to contractual circumstances that the city administration had failed to account for.

The blaze at the Tangerang Penitentiary, just outside the capital Jakarta, broke out in the early hours when most inmates were asleep.

Now that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is intent on continuing his capital relocation project, questions have emerged as to whether the move would actually help Jakarta solve its complex problems.

The ministry has sent a labor inspection team from its occupational health and safety (OHS) division to investigate a recent explosion at the Margo City shopping center.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced on Monday that the government was easing COVID-19 curbs in Greater Jakarta, from level 4 -- the strictest in the four-tiered public activity restrictions (PPKM) -- to level 3, for the first time since the policy came into effect in July.

The blast triggered panic as workers and visitors assumed it had come from a bomb.

The residents of Kampung Akuarium are set to move into their new kampung susun (vertical village) homes starting next week, after the Jakarta governor inaugurated the new buildings on Tuesday.

Jakarta has carried out an exemplary COVID-19 vaccination acceleration since President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ordered the capital to inoculate 7.5 million out of 10.5 million residents before the end of this month in order to achieve “herd immunity”.

She is among many pets left behind when their owners tested positive for COVID-19 and were hospitalized or placed in isolation.

The policy is part of the Jakarta administration’s efforts to negotiate a fine balance between imposing strict mobility curbs and allowing crucial economic activities to continue in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dinar Candy was seen in footage widely shared on social media standing by the side of a Jakarta road holding a sign which said she was stressed by Indonesia's extension of movement restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Canisius College's alumni group has commenced the second phase of its free vaccination program, which started its first phase on July 5 and is due to end on Aug. 15 with an iam to fully vaccinate 70,000 recipients.

Tino, a 9-year old tiger, and Hari, a 12-year old, were tested for coronavirus after both showed flu-like symptoms, had trouble breathing and lost their appetite, the statement said.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is the latest person to come under the spotlight of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), following the arrest of city-owned developer PD Sarana Jaya president director Yoory Corneles Pinontoan for allegedly marking up the cost of purchasing a 4.2-hectare plot of land in East Jakarta’s Munjul, Pondok Rangon, in 2019.

Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria has urged residents of the city to do their part to curb coronavirus transmission by staying at home after the capital recorded more than 100,000 active cases on Wednesday.

A number of arterial roads in Jakarta saw heavy traffic and congestion on the first Monday of the government’s emergency public activity restrictions (PPKM Darurat), as checkpoints installed throughout the capital reduced mobility.

The volunteers ride motorbikes in front of the ambulances, the deafening noise of the sirens behind them, freeing up space and stopping other cars to make way for ambulances carrying the sick to medical facilities or corpses to graveyards.

Instead of the throwing big and lavish festivals from the pre-pandemic era, the Jakarta administration has opted to host several small events that focus mostly on improving the city's economy, as the capital suffers from a new wave of COVID-19 infections that is inundating its healthcare facilities.

National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo welcomed a suggestion from a lawmaker to remove permanent bike lanes from Jakarta streets — a plan immediately slammed by transportation experts.

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said Jakarta had a very high level of mobility and social interactions so the speed of vaccine rollout would "determine how fast COVID-19 will spread" in the city.​

The Jakarta administration appears to remain confident in its approach to handling COVID-19 even as it sees a frightening resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the past week, instead blaming the general population for being lax with health protocols.

The citizen lawsuit is the first of its kind aiming to hold authorities accountable for air pollution in the country.

The Jakarta administration is speeding up its COVID-19 vaccination drive to make use of 400,000 AstraZeneca doses set to expire by the end of the month.

Jakarta is considering reimposing the odd-even license plate policy for private cars as traffic returns. But concerns have grown that the policy might force people to shift to public transportation, which could lead to passengers overcrowding the transit networks, increasing the risk of coronavirus transmission.

The administration has found itself juggling ways to appease motorists, sport cyclists and bicycle commuters as it seeks to make city streets safe and accessible for everyone.

Epidemiologist Dicky Budiman said the “geospatial” approach used by Jakarta to prioritize vaccine recipients had “no scientific basis”.

A lawyer of a rape suspect in Bekasi, West Java said the client intended to marry a 15-year-old girl he allegedly raped to "avoid sins due to adultery."

The Jakarta administration has kept most city parks closed since the beginning of the pandemic, leaving residents with few options to escape the tedium of housebound life under virus restrictions.