The Jakarta city administration is moving to deactivate 92,000 identity card numbers (NIK) of Jakartans who have passed away or relocated to make way for city projects as an effort to update the civil registry for more accurate social aid distribution.
6 hours agoMRT Jakarta is revisiting the rail extension plan to South Tangerang after the notion was put to the back burner because of funding issues, as the extension requires financial commitment from local administrations. ...
6 days agoThe NasDem Party is open to the possibility of supporting former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan for another run in the city after he lost the February presidential election. ...
6 days agoThe Jakarta administration is gearing up to host public New Year’s Eve celebrations, with the main event set to take place in Central Jakarta. But with an uptick in coronavirus cases, authorities are calling for vigilance.
3 months agoJakarta saw two of the most awaited and long-overdue railway projects taking off in 2023: the Greater Jakarta light rail transit (LRT) and the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail (HSR) service dubbed Whoosh.
3 months agoThe Jakarta administration has kicked off the construction of a wastewater pipeline network amid efforts to build a domestic wastewater management system (SPALD) that complies with environment quality standards and improves public access to proper sanitation.
4 months agoA member of the Indonesian Military (TNI) was arrested on Friday for allegedly assaulting Rizki Agus Saputra, an Indonesian Muslim Students Action Front (KAMMI) board member, in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta.
4 months agoStrutting on a makeshift catwalk as their neighbours watch in awe, the women show off colourful dresses made of plastic cutlery and bottles, and in keeping with the festive season, some of the clothes are made to look like Christmas trees.
4 months agoAuthorities reported on Sunday that there had been an average of 200 cases per day in the city last week while in South Tangerang, Banten, 135 cases were recorded on Saturday.
4 months agoPolice alleged on Tuesday that jealousy was the reason behind the murders of four children in Jagakarsa, South Jakarta, by their own father.
4 months agoSpeaking to reporters, Ganjar, the former governor of Central Java, said that the plan proposed by the House of Representatives (DPR) to allow the president to appoint Jakarta governor ran counter to the regional autonomy law.
4 months agoThe South Jakarta Police and residents discovered the deceased siblings in their home on Wednesday, with indications that they had been suffocated. The victims’ father, identified only as P, 41, who was also at the crime scene, has since been named a suspect.
4 months agoSpeaking to reporters on Monday, Jokowi said the best way to elect the Jakarta governor was through direct election.
4 months agoJakarta's health authorities have reported suspected cases of "mystery pneumonia" in the city but have not released any figures, citing ongoing laboratory tests for other concurrent infections.
4 months agoThe acting Jakarta governor warned that the city’s poorly performing civil servants would be transferred to the Nusantara in East Kalimantan.
4 months agoProsecutors have asked the Jakarta Military Court to hand down the death penalty to three soldiers accused of kidnapping, torturing and murdering a shopkeeper from Aceh.
4 months agoThe Jakarta provincial administration has allocated Rp 6.9 trillion (US$446.9 million) to control traffic congestion, with Rp 4.9 trillion set aside for public service obligation (PSO).
4 months agoCurrently, TransJakarta operates 74 electric buses, including the recently added 22 through a partnership with PT Bianglala Metropolitanto, which operate on two integration routes, Manggarai Station to the University of Indonesia (4B) and TU Gas to Bundaran Senayan (4C).
5 months agoThe National Museum will start its restoration process next month following a fire that engulfed six rooms of one of the main buildings of the country's largest museum on Sept. 17.
5 months agoPeople who purchased the fake tickets said Ghisca claimed to personally know the promoter and have access to tickets.
5 months agoAs Jakarta enters the rainy season this month, the city administration has started preparing for floods by dredging rivers, forming a team of first responders and urging Jakarta residents to clean up trash.
5 months agoThe Supreme Court ruled against another appeal by the government against the ruling in a civil lawsuit that found President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his administration guilty of negligence for failing to tackle choking air pollution over Jakarta.
5 months agoThe Central Jakarta Police are investigating hundreds of reports alleging ticket scams after many would-be concert goers failed to get into Coldplay’s first-ever concert in Jakarta.
5 months agoJakarta has provided various applications and services to ease its residents' lives, but critics say the digital transformation has yet to reach everyone.
5 months agoThe Transportation Ministry has plans to extend the Greater Jakarta Commuter Line to Karawang, West Java, four years after the plan first emerged in 2019.
5 months agoThe Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has stated that Jakarta’s ground surface subsided from 0.04 to 6.30 centimeters yearly from 2015 to 2022.
5 months agoThree key officials, Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi, acting governor of Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono, and Nagai Katsuro, deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of Japan, signed an agreement for the appraisal work on Monday.
5 months agoThe suspect was alleged to have resorted to the option after failing to pay her Rp 100 million (US$6,300) debt to an online lending scheme.
5 months agoThe Bike to Work (B2W) Indonesia community announced that Jakarta has failed to maintain its title as a “Bicycle Friendly City”.
5 months agoThe Jakarta Environment Agency processed 70 tonnes of waste after a series of heavy downpours in the Jabodetabek area in the first few days of this month.
5 months agoKCI is considering importing three trains due to rising passenger numbers, it expects them to be operational in 2024–2025.
5 months agoJakarta-Bandung high-speed railway operator PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC) has said a viral video of a leaking ceiling posted on social media on Sunday did not show Halim station but an area outside the south arrival lobby.
5 months agoKAI said the inundation was due to clogged pipes instead of damage to the newly built LRT station, which connects the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) building, the nearby TransJakarta (TJ) bus stop and another government-run office building across the highway.
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