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Transjakarta adjusts routes for 'ojol' demonstration on Tuesday

PT Transjakarta will make real-time route adjustments as up to 500,000 online motorcycle taxi, or ojol, drivers stage a protest on Tuesday.

1 day ago
Jakarta premium

Jakartans embrace 24-hour park access, but wary of nighttime crime

The city administration has officially extended the operating hours of five public parks as part of Governor Pramono Anung’s campaign to expand access to public spaces and stimulate nighttime economic activity in the capital.  ...

1 day ago
Jakarta premium

Jakarta launches another intercity bus route to Bekasi

The new route is part of the Transjabodetabek bus service expansion plan promised by Governor Pramono Anung to connect Jakarta with its satellite cities and to address the city’s perennial traffic problem. ...

5 days ago

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City wants more green space for Monas after shelved revitalization project​​​​​​​

The controversial revitalization project in the southern part of Monas is located on a 34.481-ha plot of land or around 0.05 percent of the city’s total green spaces.

5 years ago
City premium

The good old days: Digital age dims the lights of Jl. Jaksa

Once a center of nightlife and popular spot among foreign tourists, Jl. Jaksa in Central Jakarta has lost its luster, with business owners there struggling to stay afloat.

5 years ago
City

Authorities close down 23 illegal gold mining holes in Bogor

Pongkor is known to attract miners searching for gold despite their lack of skills and proper tools.

5 years ago
City premium

Kemayoran complex management counts on central government to anticipate flooding

The Gandhi underpass was hit with 3 meters of inundation following heavy rain on Sunday morning. 

5 years ago
City premium

Beauty and success: How industries favor good looks

Despite acknowledging that her male counterparts at her law firm also put effort into their looks, the beauty standards imposed on the two genders differ.  Often, her coworkers comment on how they thought she would be pretty if only she could lose weight. Meanwhile, her male counterparts with a similar physicality do not receive the same comments, Riska noted, pointing out to how “girls get fat-shamed”.

5 years ago
City premium

Residents in flood-prone areas of Jakarta blame city for poor drainage system

Residents of Kebon Jeruk Baru suspected that the nearby Anak Kali Pesanggrahan water channel was clogged and was unable drain water, but the Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD Jakarta) reported that the channel was functioning normally.

5 years ago
City

Jakartans struggle to find masks as concerns over coronavirus outbreak intensify

Ainie said she bought three N95 masks online last year for Rp 45,000 (US$ 3). However, the same shop was now selling the set of three for Rp 1.4 million.

5 years ago
City premium

Concern grows over unchecked Jakarta wildlife trade amid global outbreak

An animal welfare and rights activist has raised concern over the trade in exotic animals that continues unchecked at Jakarta's so-called "bird markets", despite the WHO declaring the novel coronavirus outbreak a "public health emergency of international concern” (PHEIC) on Jan. 30.

5 years ago
City

Cutting down waste: Jakarta's traditional markets to drop single-use plastic bags by July

As an alternative, vendors are expected to educate and provide their customers with ecofriendly bags.

5 years ago
City premium

Ban on single-use plastics to challenge online food companies, customers

The ban, which becomes effective in July, may spell change in the behavior of both consumers and providers in Jakarta's food delivery industry.

5 years ago
City

Poster boy of student protests found guilty but walks free from prison

The Central Jakarta District Court has sentenced 20-year-old Luthfi Alfiandi, whose photo clutching an Indonesian flag to his face has become an emblem of the student protests against controversial legal amendments, to four months of imprisonment.

5 years ago
City premium

Reclamation or not: City struggles to win lawsuits

. The city administration previously filed an appeal with the PTTUN against the developer of islet I (PT Jaladri Kartika Pakci), which partnered with city-owned developer PT Pembangunan Jaya Ancol for the islet, and a cassation with the Supreme Court against the developer of islet H, PT Taman Harapan Indah, last year.

5 years ago
City

Rush for masks leads to diminishing stock at Jakarta markets

Jakartans have been buying up masks as a precaution against catching the new coronavirus.

5 years ago
City premium

Senior citizens find independence and companions in East Jakarta apartment

Sasana Tresna Werdha Ria Pembangunan, an apartment complex in Cibubur, East Jakarta, is a place where senior citizens can have their independence and do anything they want while socializing with their peers.

5 years ago
City premium

Pedestrians, street vendors weigh in on Jl. Sabang revitalization plan

The city administration plans to revitalize Jl. H. Agus Salim, also known as Jl. Sabang, which has been home to food vendors since the 1960s.

5 years ago
City premium

City bows to pressure, halts Monas revitalization project

The Jakarta administration has decided to halt a National Monument (Monas) revitalization project in Central Jakarta after the public criticized it for cutting down hundreds of trees.

5 years ago
City

KPAI calls for more efforts to curb child prostitution in apartments

The KPAI says prostitution, including crimes involving minors, is common in vertical housing areas.

5 years ago
City

Bekasi mulls installing 1,000 CCTV monitors to curb sexual harassment

The plan was made in response to many cases of sexual harassment in public in Bekasi.

5 years ago
City premium

Afterlife facility: New app offers free dead body carriage service

The app, dubbed Barzah, is designed as a solution to costly ambulance services and difficult ambulance accessibility.

5 years ago
City

'I was under pressure': Protester on trial claims police coerced him during questioning

The defendant is not the only person claiming to have been pressured by the police during questioning after being accused of attacking officers during the September student rallies.

5 years ago
City premium

Once a parking lot, Thamrin 10 transforms into center for culinary delights

Thamrin 10 was officially opened by Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan on Dec. 21, 2019, and has since opened daily, from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. on weekdays, closing an hour later on weekends. The park is built on an 8,000-square-meter area that was once a parking space called the Park and Ride Thamrin.

5 years ago
City premium

'We are tired of this state of affairs'. Bogor scrambles to curb student brawls

In January 2020 alone three student brawls occurred in Bogor.

5 years ago
City

Another Jakarta Bay islet developer wins legal battle against Anies

Besides PT Agung Dinamika Perkasa, three other developers of the reclaimed islets have also filed similar lawsuits.

5 years ago
City premium

Transjakarta’s new president director sacked over past criminal record

His past criminal case was revealed when the Greater Jakarta Ombudsman received a tip-off and conducted a background check on Donny’s criminal record. It also suspected maladministration in Donny's appointment.

5 years ago
City premium

Jakartans and malls, a misconstrued love affair?

A whopping 186 retail centers exist in Greater Jakarta, of which 123 are located in Jakarta proper.

5 years ago
City

Transjakarta sacks new boss after revelations of his criminal history emerge

Transjakarta shareholders have decided to sack the city-owned company's new president director Donny Andy S. Saragih less than a week after his appointment following revelations that he had previously been convicted of fraud.

5 years ago
City premium

Jakarta to fortify coastal areas to reduce flood risks

Areas bordering on the Jakarta Bay in North Jakarta are under constant threat from the rising sea level and land subsidence. A zero-runoff concept aims to optimize [the flow of] water to designated artificial lakes.

5 years ago
City premium

Traceurs rejoice over new parkour paradise in South Jakarta

The park is being promoted as the first parkour park in Jakarta, with walls and bars installed for parkour enthusiasts.

5 years ago
City premium

Coalition of Gerindra, PDI-P aims to crush long-reigning PKS in Depok mayoral race

Depok is known as a Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) stronghold. From 2006-2016, PKS politician Nur Mahmudi Ismail served as Depok mayor for two terms. The current incumbent, Mohammad Idris, whose term ends in 2021, is also from the PKS.

5 years ago
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