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Jakarta links with satellite cities as flooding continues

Continuous heavy rainfall during what the weather agency described as an anomalous dry season on Monday evening triggered flooding in many parts of Jakarta and its surrounding areas.

1 day ago
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ASEAN Park plan faces pushback over Barito Market relocation

The Jakarta administration’s plan to relocate South Jakarta’s Barito Market to make way for the proposed ASEAN Park has sparked strong opposition from a number of traders, who fear the move will cost them their livelihoods. ...

2 days ago
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Boar escape sparks scrutiny of crowded South Jakarta animal shelter

A privately-managed animal shelter in Pejaten, South Jakarta, is facing mounting pressure following the escape of a rescued wild boar from its facility last month, prompting nearby residents to call for its immediate closure. ...

4 days ago

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Jakarta air pollution causes 5.5 million illnesses yearly: Anies

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said that air pollution is a significant health issue in the capital, causing more than 5 million illnesses a year.

4 years ago
City

Anies wants online early warning system for floods

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has called on the city’s Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) to warn the public about the potential of a flood at least one day before the flood occurs.

4 years ago
City

Public questions transparency in Jakarta’s tap water service takeover

More than a year after Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan promised to take over the management of the capital's tap water supply from private operators, residents and civil society groups are demanding transparency in the handover process.

4 years ago
City

Nearly 900 Bekasi factory workers have tested positive for COVID-19

The Bekasi COVID-19 task force has reported that 869 factory workers have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the outbreak.

4 years ago
City

30 hotels in Jakarta ready to quarantine asymptomatic COVID-19 cases: PHRI

The government will rent the entire 30 buildings as self-isolation centers so that there will not be regular guests checking-in at the hotels, PHRI Jakarta chapter chairman Krisnadi said.

4 years ago
City

Prison escapee dug tunnel for six months using stolen tools, police say

Cai Changpan, a 53-year-old drug convict on death row who recently escaped from the Tangerang penitentiary in Banten, West Java, dug the tunnel that he used to escape the facility over the course of six months using stolen construction tools, the Jakarta Police said on Tuesday

4 years ago
City

Rumble over Jakarta 'sound effect' of TNT explosions during ceremony: Air Force

Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base base spokesperson Maj. Rizwar confirmed that TNT had indeed exploded twice on the site at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday evening and at 5 a.m. on Monday morning.

4 years ago
City

Floods hit Jakarta after heavy rainfall in capital, upstream areas

The Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) reported that 49 neighborhood units were still inundated by floodwaters as of Tuesday morning.

4 years ago
City

Gravediggers under strain as COVID-19 burials surge in Jakarta

Jakarta has been the epicentre of the outbreak in Indonesia, where authorities have struggled for months to contain the virus. The country has reported nearly 245,000 cases, including 9,553 deaths, the highest levels in southeast Asia.

4 years ago
City

Mysterious rumble over Jakarta probably just thunder: BMKG

Some social media users claimed that the sound – described as resembling distant thunder – was significant enough to have rattled objects in their homes.

4 years ago
City

More than 30 companies in Jakarta temporarily closed after return of PSBB

The Jakarta administration has temporarily shuttered 37 companies based in the city since full large-scale restrictions (PSBB) were reimposed in the capital earlier this week due to mounting COVID-19 cases.

4 years ago
City

Kelapa Gading district head latest Jakarta official to die of COVID-19

According to RSPI president director Mohammad Syahril, Hermawan was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday.

4 years ago
City

Chinese death row inmate reportedly digs tunnel, escapes from Tangerang prison

A Chinese national on death row who was detained at the Tangerang penitentiary in Banten has reportedly escaped from the facility through a self-dug tunnel.

4 years ago
City

Police find 5 dead bodies in fishing vessel freezer

The police noted a mismatch between the number of crew members present and the number listed in the ship’s manifest.

4 years ago
City

Jakarta’s COVID-19 hospitals seek safeguards for employees

The rising number of coronavirus cases in Jakarta has forced the capital’s administration to add 13 city-owned hospitals to the roster of COVID-19 referral hospitals that specifically treat patients with the disease. But as the hospitals prepare for their transformation, many challenges remain.

4 years ago
City

Health Ministry largest virus hotbed in Jakarta

The Health Ministry has been called to review health protocol implementation at its own office.

4 years ago
City

Anies criticized for paying respects to Saefullah at City Hall

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is in hot water for holding a final tribute to Jakarta secretary Saefullah, who died after contracting COVID-19, by bringing his body in a hearse to City Hall before the burial on Wednesday.

4 years ago
City

Health Ministry COVID-19 cluster largest in Jakarta

The city administration reported that the cluster consisted of 139 confirmed cases.

4 years ago
City

Jakarta confirms 11 staffers at City Hall’s Block G positive for COVID-19

The Jakarta administration has confirmed that 11 City Hall employees have tested positive for COVID-19. All of them were stationed at City Hall’s Block G building, which is temporarily closed.

4 years ago
City

Body of man found mutilated in South Jakarta apartment

The mutilated body of a 32-year-old male was found at Kalibata City Apartment in South Jakarta on Wednesday night. Parts of the body had been wrapped in a plastic bag and then put in a suitcase.

4 years ago
City

Jakarta closes Block G building at City Hall after employee tests positive for COVID-19

A workplace must shut down for at least three days if an employee tests positive for COVID-19. 

4 years ago
City

Jakarta secretary Saefullah latest high-ranking official to die of COVID-19

Indonesia has lost yet another senior government official to COVID-19 following the passing of the Jakarta administration's secretary Saefullah, who has spent the last 36 years of his life working for the capital.

4 years ago
City

Businesses in Depok suffering under curfews, mayor mulls tweaking policy

The Indonesia Department Store Association (APBI) has reported that roughly 40 percent of total merchants in the city have been forced to stop their operations because of the curfews.

4 years ago
City

Bekasi only has nine ICU beds left amid increasing COVID-19 cases: Association

As of Wednesday, Bekasi has 118 active cases, with 1,149 recoveries and 71 deaths.

4 years ago
City

BREAKING: Jakarta secretary Saefullah dies, previously tested positive for COVID-19

The provincial administration announced on Saturday that the 56-year-old official tested positive for COVID-19.

4 years ago
City

Jakarta urges businesses to cooperate during PSBB amid limited supervision

With the help of the Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP), teams from the city administration are monitoring 79,849 small to large companies that employ up to 2.1 million people.

4 years ago
City

Mosque council calls for halt to mass, Friday prayers during PSBB in Jakarta

The Indonesian Mosque Council (DMI) has called on mosques across Jakarta to temporarily halt mass prayers as the capital is reimposing a partial lockdown, also known as large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), in the next two weeks.

4 years ago
City

Police to press criminal charges against cyclists who entered Bogor toll road

The National Police are set to press criminal charges against a group of cyclists who rode down the Jagorawi toll road in Bogor regency, West Java on Sunday.

4 years ago
City

Jakarta temporarily closes eight workplaces on first day of PSBB

The Jakarta administration forced eight companies to close temporarily during inspections on Monday to curb the transmission of COVID-19.

4 years ago
City

Mother allegedly tortures daughter to death, father helps bury body

The police have arrested a couple in Cijaku district, Lebak, Banten for their alleged roles in the death of their 8-year-old daughter.

4 years ago
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