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A legal dispute is unfolding in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, as notorious gang leader Rosario “Hercules” de Marshal and his mass organization GRIB Jaya contest the government’s claim over a plot of land earmarked for a housing project.
3 hours agoJakartans may no longer see street performers wearing the giant ondel-ondel effigies anymore, as the city administration is pressing ahead with banning such street performances to respect the dignity of Betawi people, the indigenous inhabitants of Jakarta. ...
15 hours agoThe 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. ...
4 days agoDozens of people living around JGC gathered at the AEON mall and the property management office. Violence broke out and windows were broken in the building.
6 years agoStarted in August 2017, the Yes! I Can program aims to empower transgender people, sex workers and street children in the job market.
6 years agoMild to severe flooding occurred across Greater Jakarta on Tuesday following heavy rain throughout the previous night.
6 years agoThe people of Jakarta are voicing their frustrations over the city's seeming lack of capability in flood management and control, while it remains to be seen whether a new "flood management committee" will focus on the urgency of the task at hand – or sustain the administration's habit of bickering over blame.
6 years agoThe mild to severe flooding across Greater Jakarta on Tuesday paralyzed traffic along several major streets and disrupted a number of public transportation services.
6 years agoIn a real-life, real-time lesson, the disaster management agency has highlighted the need for users to verify any information before acting on it.
6 years ago“Make sure that all electronic devices and power circuits are dry."
6 years agoFlooding on thoroughfares of the capital and major roads in satellite cities has disrupted operations of at least 20,000 trucks in Greater Jakarta.
6 years agoThe video went viral on Tuesday morning when widespread flooding disrupted traffic and train operations in Greater Jakarta.
6 years agoThe police have canceled the odd-even traffic policy for the day but several toll roads are flooded, creating traffic jams during morning rush hour.
6 years agoMild to severe flooding across Greater Jakarta has paralyzed traffic on several major streets and disrupted a number of public transportation services.
6 years agoA team from the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency and the police has discovered illegally owned radioactive substances in a house in the Batan Indah housing complex in South Tangerang, Banten.
6 years agoThe regulation has been met with mixed reviews, including from vendors who say they need alternatives.
6 years agoThe ruling came two years after 93 Bukit Diri residents won a class action suit against the Jakarta administration and the Ciliwung-Cisadane Flood Control Office (BWSCC).
6 years agoGiven how slepetan enthusiasts had embraced the competition, Supriadi, the head of the organizing committee, expressed hope the event could become a platform to promote the game to more people.
6 years agoThe flooding, up to a depth of around 1.2 meters, killed one, cut off electricity and forced a number of people, especially the elderly and families with young children, to evacuate as late as Sunday night.
6 years agoRSCM president director Lies Dina Liastuti said the hospital's medical facility team, the Jakarta health facility security center (BPFK) and vendors of the medical equipment were inspecting the condition of the affected machines.
6 years agoThe number of visitors declined to 11,693 visitors in 2018 from 49,964 visitors in 2015.
6 years agoITF Sunter will apply high-end thermal treatment technology called grate fired incineration.
6 years agoHeavy rain has continued to batter Jakarta in the past couple of weeks as the rainy season continues. This is also the time when dengue-bearing mosquitos are most active.
6 years agoIt is believed that the unannounced visits were related to a case of alleged domestic violence handled by the organization involving a 21-year-old.
6 years agoNine people had undergone a thorough examination, seven of whom were deemed clear, while two others had been exposed to the highest dosage level of 0.12 milli-sievert.
6 years agoWith Mayor Airin Rachmi Diany set to conclude her second and final term next year, the election will be an opportunity for new hopefuls to run for office.
6 years agoEven though online ride-hailing services are on the rise with about 2.5 million drivers in the Greater Jakarta area, Yoga Adiwinarto, the acting president director of the city-owned bus operator, said he was not worried that the business would affect the number of people using Transjakarta services.
6 years agoPT Adhi Commuter Properti, which develops apartment complexes integrated with public transit, hopes to sell over 4,000 units, totaling Rp 2.2 trillion (US$160.5 million), this year. It predicts high demand for transit-oriented development (TOD), such as in areas near the Greater Jakarta LRT, which, once in operation, will connect the capital city to peripheral areas.
6 years agoBased on the 2009 Health Law abortion is allowed for pregnancies that pose a medical risk such as threatening the mother's or the baby's life or for pregnancy caused by a rape, which can lead to psychological trauma.
6 years agoCommuters might need to hold their breath a while longer, but Transjakarta says plans are in the works to eventually shrink the distance between bus shelters from 500 to 300 meters.
6 years agoA community initiative is "recruiting" kampungs in an waste management program that arms "pioneers" with recycling know-how to reduce household waste.
6 years agoThe Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (Bapeten) is working with the police to investigate the origins of the radioactive Caesium-137 waste found in the Batan Indah housing complex in South Tangerang, Banten, recently.
6 years agoThe need for affordable living space, even if small, is seen as an opportunity with some property firms starting to develop smaller apartments, and studio units, of around 20 square meters.
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