The nation's capital has, for the fifth time, extended its "transitional" COVID-19 restrictions toward reopening the economy, despite the governor's earlier threat on "tighter" restrictions as the city edges ever closer to the benchmark 10 percent positivity rate.

East Jakarta Police chief Comr. Arie Ardian said IP was already a drug convict serving his sentence in Bagansiapiapi prison in Rokan Hilir regency, Riau.

Jakarta recorded on Thursday an addition of 760 positive cases, bringing the total to 36,213 confirmed cases with more than 1,100 deaths and 28,000 recoveries.

The toll-road bike lane -- which would stretch from Kebon Nanas in East Jakarta to Tanjung Priok in North Jakarta -- would only be open on Sundays from 6 to 9 a.m.

The Jakarta administration and cinema owners are gearing up to reopen movie theaters soon after consulting with the COVID-19 task force, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said on Wednesday.

AGO spokesperson Hari Setiyono said that, while the AGO building had not been officially classified as a cultural heritage site, it was located in a designated cultural restoration area and was in the process of becoming an official heritage site.

The East Jakarta Police have arrested a Quran teacher in Jakarta who allegedly molested three children.

Depok has recorded a total of 1,945 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Monday with 65 fatalities. 

For the past two weeks, around 40 members of CARE have been working to investigate the deaths of stray cats, which often roam and inhabit the Rasuna area.

The Jakarta Police have found that a woman allegedly paid Rp 200 million (US$13,606) for the murder of Sugianto, the owner of private company PT DTJ.

The Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency dispatched 23 fire engines and 120 firefighters to extinguish the blaze.

The fine will be increased to Rp 500,000 or 120 minutes of community service for those who are caught violating the regulation a second time.

Flying a kite around an airport is considered dangerous because it can tangle up inside an airplane’s engine.

Toll road operator Jasa Marga reported 162,938 vehicles leaving Jakarta on the eve of Islamic New Year on Wednesday, while train operator PT KAI recorded 7,800 passengers.

Kampung Akuarium residents have decided to rebuild their settlement with a kampung susun (vertical village) concept.

Medical workers treating COVID-19 patients in Jakarta have yet to receive the financial incentives promised by the government since March, after the country recorded its first confirmed cases.

From being alone in an isolation ward to bidding farewell to her late father only through a photo, a Jakarta-based journalist shares her experience with COVID-19 after she and 20 members of her family tested positive for the disease.

The city recorded 565 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 31,162. It has now reclaimed the status as the country’s epicenter of virus transmission, passing East Java, which had recorded 28,551 cases as of Tuesday

The Jakarta administration has postponed a plan to put a face mask on the landmark statue of Gen. Sudirman on Jl. Jendral Sudirman in Central Jakarta.

A total of 867 trees growing along Jl. MH Thamrin, the National Monument (Monas) complex and Jl. Museum will be relocated or replaced, PT MRT Jakarta construction director Silvia Halim said recently.

Raden Saleh has earned a reputation as an area where illegal abortion services are available in Jakarta, where clinics can operate for years, with unclear permits and medical personnel without an obstetrics background.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan instructs his subordinates to prepare for a possible baby boom in the capital in the next few months as a result of the stay-at-home policy and social restrictions following the COVID-19 pandemic.

The incident caused no disturbances to the flow of traffic in Marunda.

“About the emergency brake and so forth, we will monitor [the situation] for a few days ahead,” Anies said on Monday as quoted by tempo.co.

To celebrate Independence Day, which is usually filled with physical games and direct interactions, Jakarta's residents, limited by the pandemic, turned to more subdued activities, or else celebrated online.

The Jakarta administration has announced a plan to start rebuilding Kampung Akuarium — an informal urban settlement in Penjaringan, North Jakarta — in September.

All Transjakarta staff members stationed at bus stops will be wearing the national flag bearer uniform.

The Jakarta Police have apprehended seven alleged provocateurs at a rally protesting the controversial omnibus bill on job creation in front of the House of Representatives complex in Central Jakarta on Friday.

Electric scooter rental service GrabWheels has made a comeback to the streets of Jakarta. For now, the scooters can be found in seven locations of the capital.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has announced that it will close its office in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, for a week after rapid test results indicated that dozens of its staff may have contracted COVID-19.