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Calls grow for more Betawi lessons in Jakarta schools

Following the Jakarta city administration’s plan to ban the iconic ondel-ondel (giant Betawi effigy) buskers from streets, city council members and historians have called for deeper integration of Betawi culture into the school curriculum to ensure its continuity and relevance among the younger generation.

6 hours ago
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Police probe death of diplomat in Central Jakarta

The death of Arya, 39-year-old junior diplomat at the Foreign Ministry specializing in the protection of Indonesian citizens abroad, has raised questions, particularly due to the circumstances in which he was found. ...

1 day ago
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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. ...

4 days ago

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COVID-19: Jakarta journalists bear brunt of industry cuts

A number of journalists and media professionals in Jakarta have been left jobless with little to no financial support.

5 years ago
City

Cleaner air gives Jakartans rare view on nearby mountains

Netizens have reported that Mount Gede Pangrango and Mount Salak, both in West Java, are visible from Jakarta weeks after calls for people to stay at home.

5 years ago
City

Police ban May Day rallies against omnibus bill on job creation

Two large labor groups, the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) and the Indonesian Labor Workers Assembly (MPBI) have announced their plan to hold massive protests in front of the House and the Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister on April 30, the day before May Day, which falls on May 1.

5 years ago
City

Public transportation use in Greater Jakarta plummets during COVID-19 pandemic: BPTJ

BPTJ head Polana B. Pramesti said that Jakarta in particular had initiated various restrictions including transportation restrictions in March, when a significant decline in the number of mass public transportation users had begun.

5 years ago
City

COVID-19: Theological school in Central Jakarta designated ‘red zone’

The Bethel Indonesia School of Theology in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, has been designated a “red zone” following mounting reports of COVID-19 cases in its vicinity.

5 years ago
City

Tangerang official confirms viral video of girl suspended 15m high on power cable

The girl reportedly became an unwitting passenger while playing at the site of a cable installation project.

5 years ago
City

Testing backlog forces Jakarta to apply COVID-19 protocol to more than 1,000 burials

Jakarta is enforcing the interment protocol as a precautionary measure in burying the bodies of all suspected cases of COVID-19 infection.

5 years ago
City

Blind people in Greater Jakarta struggling to get social aid during pandemic

Blind and visually impaired people in Greater Jakarta are vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic as they have yet to be included on the government’s list of those at risk from the virus.

5 years ago
City

COVID-19: New business ideas emerge as people work from home

For some, a surfeit of leisure time has sparked ideas about new productive hobbies that can support them financially.

5 years ago
City

Lippo apartment tenants take legal action against emergency COVID-19 hospital

Nine Residence tenants say they received no prior notice that their ground floor would be converted into a COVID-19 hospital.

5 years ago
City

'Outbreak won't end in 14 days,' says Anies as he gears up to extend PSBB in Jakarta

Jakartans may need to get ready to hunker down for a longer period as their governor advises legislators of the capital's need to extend the PSBB.

5 years ago
City

Satellite cities demand that commuter trains stop running during PSBB

The commuter train suspension is deemed necessary to push for effective large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in curbing COVID-19's transmission in Greater Jakarta.

5 years ago
City

COVID-19: Jakartans volunteer to help patients in isolation cope with distress

Dozens of Jakartans have volunteered to give COVID-19 patients and those suspected of having the disease the  emotional support they need.

5 years ago
City

Tight quarters: COVID-19 threatens health, finances of Jakartans in public housing

Jakarta must develop measures to protect the most vulnerable communities in the capital, including poor families living in public housing.

5 years ago
City

Jakarta to provide hospitals with COVID-19 survivors’ plasma to treat patients

Convalescent plasma has proven effective in small studies to treat infectious diseases including Ebola and SARS.

5 years ago
City

New deputy governor inaugurated as virus-hit Jakarta grinds to halt

Riza’s appointment comes after Jakarta, Indonesia's economic center, imposed large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) to curb the spread of the contagious virus that has crippled the economy and brought the city to a halt.

5 years ago
City

Activists demand justice for trans woman burned to death in North Jakarta

Mira, a 42-year-old trans woman, was beaten and burned alive by six men in a container truck parking lot in the Cilincing on April 4 after they accused her of stealing a phone and wallet from a truck driver who had parked his vehicle near Mira’s rented room.

5 years ago
City

Air quality in Jakarta is improving, for now

With many people currently staying at home most of the time to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Jakarta has reported a slight improvement in air quality. Experts have urged the authorities to use the opportunity to redesign human activities and city development to achieve a lasting effect.

5 years ago
City

Greater Jakarta bans ‘ojek’ from transporting passengers: Agency

The regional administrations in the Greater Jakarta area have decided to prohibit app-based ride-hailing ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers from transporting passengers during a partial lockdown despite a new ministerial regulation saying otherwise.

5 years ago
City

COVID-19: Confusion in Jakarta on first workday under partial lockdown

Government changes course, now allows app-based ‘ojek’ drivers to take passengers.

5 years ago
City

Elevated risk: Jakarta public facility workers maintain routine with extra caution

Special protocols and shorter working hours are in place to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection among workers cleaning Jakarta and maintaining public facilities in the capital.

5 years ago
City

Satellite cities gear up as Health Ministry green lights PSBB request

Parts of Greater Jakarta have said they are ready to impose large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), as regional heads have been drafting decrees on such a policy.

5 years ago
City

COVID-19: Jakarta's partial lockdown deals a heavy blow to 'ojek' drivers

Usman, who regularly transports goods and passengers around Cilandak, South Jakarta, said his income had dropped by 50 percent.

5 years ago
City

COVID-19: Jakarta Police patrol streets, supermarkets during partial lockdown

The Jakarta Police have scaled up security patrols on the roads and in supermarkets to ensure that the public follow large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) that were imposed by the Jakarta administration on Friday to slow the spread of COVID-19.

5 years ago
City

Uneasy calm descends on empty Jakarta as capital makes it through first day of social restrictions

An uneasy calm has blanketed much of Jakarta as the city made it through the first day of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) despite concerns over possible social unrest.

5 years ago
City

COVID-19: Ride-hailing apps temporarily disable 'ojek' service as part of PSBB policy

Customers will still be able to hail a car, send packages and get food delivered.

5 years ago
City

COVID-19: Vacant roads, little activity mark first day of PSBB implementation in Jakarta

On the first day of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in Jakarta on Friday, roads around the city have been almost empty. However, some road users still seemed unaware of the new regulation.

5 years ago
City

Residents told to stay at home for 2 weeks as Jakarta goes into partial lockdown

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has urged all residents to stay at home for the next 14 days as the capital city imposed large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) on Friday to cut the chain of COVID-19 spread.

5 years ago
City

Group of men allegedly burn transgender woman to death, escape murder charges

The North Jakarta Police have said that a group of six men who fatally burned a transgender woman did not intend to cause death.

5 years ago
City

COVID-19: Halodoc, Gojek to offer some Jakartans free drive-through rapid testing

Healthcare platform Halodoc and ride-hailing app Gojek in cooperation with Mitra Keluarga Hospital and Kemayoran Complex Management Center (PPKK) plan to offer free rapid COVID-19 testing to some Jakartans from April 10 to 17.

5 years ago
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