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Housing project launched for Senen shantytown dwellers

The government has begun building hundreds of houses in Central Jakarta for recently evicted residents of a shantytown in Senen, whose informal railside settlement was visited by President Prabowo Subianto late last month, when he pledged to provide them with decent housing.

3 days ago
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East Jakarta officials under fire for using AI image in addressing complaint

The governor has stressed transparency and honesty in all official matters, including responding to public complaints, and has called for an investigation into the incident by the Jakarta Inspectorate. ...

4 days ago
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Dozens of children hospitalized in East Jakarta after eating free school meals

At least 72 children from four different schools in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta have shown symptoms of food poisoning after consuming school lunches prepared under the government's free meals program last week, prompting the shutdown of the participating kitchen due to failure to meet food safety standards. ...

6 days ago

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West Jakarta firefighters save kitten stuck inside water jug

The kitten’s head was stuck in the neck of the vessel.

5 years ago
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Jakarta to add 11 COVID-19 reference hospitals following another case spike

Jakarta currently has 67 COVID-19 referral hospitals and 170 hospitals providing services for COVID-19 patients.

5 years ago
City

Jakarta asked to evaluate odd-even plate policy as public transportation use surges

The city-owned bus rapid transit (BRT) service, Transjakarta, has also seen its passenger numbers jump by 6 to 12 percent since Jakarta reimposed the odd-even plate policy in early August.

5 years ago
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Jakarta to host 2021 National Press Day in February

Jakarta will host the annual National Press Day celebration on Feb. 9 next year, Governor Anies Baswedan announced on Wednesday. 

5 years ago
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Jakarta collects Rp 4 billion in fines from COVID-19 protocol violators

The Jakarta administration has collected around Rp 4 billion (US$271,000) in fines from residents violating COVID-19 health protocols under Gubernatorial Regulation No. 51/2020, which entered into force on June 4.

5 years ago
City

Curfews will do little to stop COVID-19 surge in Greater Jakarta, say experts

The Bogor and Depok administrations began imposing curfews last week, requiring places like supermarkets, restaurants and malls to close at 6 p.m. and prohibiting outdoor activities after 8 p.m.

5 years ago
City

Jakarta to require all COVID-19 patients to be quarantined in hospitals

Under the new regulation, self-quarantine will no longer be an option for COVID-19 patients regardless of whether or not they exhibit coronavirus symptoms, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said.

5 years ago
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Jakarta wants 1,800 additional medical workers by next week

The city is expanding its COVID-19 referral hospitals.

5 years ago
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Jakarta’s ban on plastic bags still has holes

Two months into Jakarta’s plastic bag ban, the policy has yet to yield optimal results, environmentalists have said, urging the administration to step up monitoring of its implementation.

5 years ago
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Depok to impose curfew amid recent COVID-19 cases surge

Public places such as restaurants, supermarkets and mall can only operate until 6 p.m., while courier services are allowed to operate until 9 p.m. once Depok administration imposes the curfew policy.

5 years ago
City

South Tangerang sees new COVID-19 cluster at school

No students had contracted the disease since the facility had yet to be reopened for in-class instruction.

5 years ago
City

COVID-19 under control in Jakarta, Anies claims amid spike in new cases

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has claimed that the spread of COVID-19 in the capital city is under control despite a recent record spike in new confirmed cases, arguing that increased testing has contributed to the increase.

5 years ago
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Jakarta sees record-high 1,114 new COVID-19 cases following long weekends

Dwi Oktavia, the Jakarta Health Agency's head of disease control and prevention division, said that 70 percent of Sunday’s positive cases were tested on Aug. 24 and 25. She added that based on an average incubation period of six days, most of the infections would have taken place between Aug. 16 and 17.

5 years ago
City

Bogor imposes curfew amid rise in COVID-19 cases

Malls will be required to close at 6 p.m. and people will be prohibited from conducting outdoor activities after 9 p.m.

5 years ago
City

Jakarta’s blood supply is running dry

The Jakarta Red Cross has received between 100 and 200 bags of donated blood a day during the COVID-19 pandemic, a fraction of the pre-pandemic average of 1,000 bags a day.

5 years ago
City

Jakarta launches JakWifi program to provide free internet access

The program aims to optimize internet connections at 2,619 hotspots and provide 1,200 more hotspots in densely populated residential areas in North Jakarta, Central Jakarta, West Jakarta, East Jakarta and South Jakarta and Thousand Islands regency.

5 years ago
City

Dutch colonial era structure unearthed at Bekasi railway station

A joint expert team has unearthed the remains of a structure believed to date back to the Dutch colonial era at the Bekasi railway station in West Java during the laying of double-double tracks (DDT).

5 years ago
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Jakarta again extends 'PSBB transition' as positivity rate hovers just below 10% benchmark

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.

5 years ago
City

Posing as policeman, drug convict allegedly blackmails women in sextortion scam

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.

5 years ago
City

Jakarta extends transitional PSBB period for fifth time to Sept. 10

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.

5 years ago
City

Jakarta proposes plan to create bicycle lane on inner-city toll road

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.

5 years ago
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Movie theaters to reopen soon in Jakarta: Anies Baswedan

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.

5 years ago
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AGO renovation will follow Cultural Heritage Preservation Agency guidelines

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.

5 years ago
City

Quran teacher in East Jakarta arrested for allegedly molesting children

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

5 years ago
City

COVID-19 office clusters outside Depok create family clusters in the city: Official

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

5 years ago
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Cat lovers play detective to solve mysterious deaths of stray cats

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.

5 years ago
City

Jakarta worker allegedly orders boss' murder after years of harassment

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.

5 years ago
City

Fire engulfs Attorney General's Office building in Jakarta

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

5 years ago
City

COVID-19: Jakarta to impose progressive fines for not wearing masks in public

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.

5 years ago
City

Soekarno-Hatta Airport forms task force to handle kites around runways

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

5 years ago
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