Jakarta-owned tap water company PAM Jaya is working to expand the city's tap water coverage from 65 percent to 100 percent and help Indonesia's capital to become water self-sufficient by 2030.

Amid an increasing number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the capital, a doctors association is calling on Jakartans to stay at home during the Christmas and New Year holidays to prevent a further spike in cases.

Jakarta's commuters were over the moon when the capital's first subway opened in March 2019. A year later, they hardly enjoyed the transport system as the pandemic forced people to stay home.

The Jakarta Police have launched Operation Lilin Jaya aimed at maintaining public order and cracking down on any health protocol violations during the year-end holiday period.

The Jakarta administration has extended the transitional period of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for another two weeks until Jan. 3 as it hopes to prevent a spike in COVID-19 cases during the year-end holidays.

Jakarta Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Yusri Yunus said they received a report regarding a group of people offering fake rapid test results on Saturday night.

The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) – a global NGO that promotes sustainable transportation and urban development – recorded a tenfold increase in the number of cyclists along Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta from one morning last year to one morning this year.

Hundreds of protestors from the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and a group calling themselves the National Anti-Communist Alliance (Anak) staged a protest on Friday in Central Jakarta demanding a transparent investigation into the death of six FPI members and the release of the FPI leader Rizieq Shihab.

Ojek drivers expected to become pioneers in the fight against COVID-19 in their communities.

"Jakarta has seen a surge in confirmed COVID-19 cases, especially in family clusters following long holidays in October and November. We need to take extra measures [...] as we would face the real holiday season at the end of this year," Anies said in a statement on Thursday.

The new policy will be effective starting on Friday and end on Jan. 8, 2021.

The cleric arrived at the Jakarta Police headquarters on Saturday morning accompanied by several FPI members, including secretary-general Munarman and the group’s attorney, Azis Yanuar.

Fadil stressed the importance of avoiding crowds to prevent contracting the disease as any crowd-gathering events during the pandemic can cost lives and material losses.

The Jakarta administration challenged the ruling and filed a case review on Oct. 15.

The Jakarta Police have named Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab and five other people suspects for holding crowd-pulling events in his house and at the group’s headquarters in Petamburan, Central Jakarta, in breach of COVID-19 health protocol last month.

The donation started in June in a close partnership with the Jakarta administration.

The Jakarta administration has extended the transitional period of the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for another two weeks starting Monday until Dec. 21, as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the capital city.

Jakarta’s water privatization should remain unlawful despite a case review ruling approved by the Supreme Court in 2018 that canceled the previous citizen lawsuit against the Jakarta Administration and private water operators amid sluggish progress by the administration in its remunicipalization plan, experts have said.

The Jakarta Police have shot dead six people thought to be supporters of Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab in response to a purported attack on police officers at the Jagorawi toll road in the early hours of Monday.

Depok's current leadership have split up to take on one another as candidates in next week's mayoral election.

The study, which was conducted within the first five months of the pandemic, also revealed that the area also has the highest mortality rate for children under 5 years old.

In some cases, authorities don't have the required competencies to be able to guide people with disabilities in accessing public amenities.

The North Jakarta administration is set to provide rapid tests for people in flood shelters, should floods hit the area in the near future.

“Without proper record-keeping, how can we ever determine whether the social aid meets the needs of the recipients?” one researcher asked.

At least 10 people have died as result of a traffic collision that occurred early Monday morning on kilometer 78 of the Cikopo-Palimanan (Cipali) toll road between Jakarta and Cirebon, West Java, authorities have said.

The governor tested positive for the virus days after his deputy, Ahmad Riza Patria, was found to have the illness.

The city submitted a proposal to reroute the line to Velodrome-Halim in September. The proposed route appears to have stops in Klender, Pondok Bambu and Halim, all in East Jakarta.

The Jakarta Health Agency has determined through contact tracing that the deputy governor "likely" picked up the virus from a staff member, although he is known to have attended one of the controversial events that marked Rizieq Shihab's return to the country.

The Jakarta administration announced on Sunday that it would extend the transitional period of the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for another two weeks until Dec. 6 amid a recent surge of new COVID-19 cases and following a number mass gatherings that led to accusations of widespread violations of health protocols.

A seemingly casual photo of Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan reading a book on Sunday morning has become an unlikely subject of political debate among social media users, with some saying that the book he is reading reflects his views on the current presidential administration.