The Central Jakarta District Court held a hearing over a historic civil lawsuit on air pollution, filed by civilians grouped under the Jakarta Advocacy Movement Team to fight for better air quality in the capital.

For the last 20 years, the church’s congregation has had to attend Mass at a chapel inside a shop house.

This year, Depok recorded 3,732 hectares of designated green space, or 18.63 percent of the city’s total 20,029 ha of land. The area has decreased significantly from the 10,106 hectares recorded in 2005 due to the city’s rapid development.

Luthfi, whose photo clutching an Indonesian flag to his face has become an emblem of September’s student protests, was among the 1,489 people arrested during the demonstrations and among the 380 of whom being prosecuted.

At the “Mall for Public Services” in Kuningan, South Jakarta, customers can access 296 different services from the Jakarta Administration and 60 services from central government ministries and agencies.  The DPMPTSP issues more than 500 types of permits for individuals and businesses. 

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicted there would be a higher intensity of rainfall for the upcoming weeks as the peak of the rainy season will be in February.

The Jakarta administration has begun a Christmas in Jakarta program this year. It has invited choirs to perform at 11 locations along Jl. Sudirman and Jl. MH Thamrin from Dec. 18 to 20. 

Jakarta's commuter rail service is the latest to join the environmental transition that is spreading in the country's public transportation sector.

The ubiquitous sidewalk stalls have been affected by rapid technological advancement.

A family of seven is seeking higher compensation from a company responsible for a construction project that has blocked access to the family’s house.  

There have been protests against the DWP since 2017, coincidentally the year Anies Baswedan was elected Jakarta governor, with some Islamist groups visiting the venue at the JIEXPO Kemayoran in Central Jakarta to protest.

With more options available, more people in Greater Jakarta use public transportation for their daily commutes.

Prosecutors at a district court in Bogor, West Java, have demanded eight months of imprisonment for a mentally ill woman charged with blasphemy for entering a mosque wearing her shoes and carrying her dog.

The Jakarta Police have uncovered two fraud cases involving sharia-compliant housing that defrauded nearly 4,000 of people of up to Rp 63 billion (US$4.5 million).

Heavy downpour on Tuesday afternoon caused floods in several areas of the capital.

In a bid to save Jakarta from the triple threat of flooding, water shortages and land subsidence, the Jakarta administration is racing to build vertical drainage systems throughout the city. 

The Jakarta administration is moving to expand LRT Jakarta’s east-west corridor despite the possibility it would "overlap" an MRT Jakarta route.  

Nag, nag, nag. No one else in Indonesia, it is said, beats native Jakartans – or Betawi – when it comes to complaining, fault-finding and making demands.

An unclaimed bag was found on the sidewalk between Istiqlal Mosque and Sriwijaya Hotel in Central Jakarta on Monday afternoon, prompting suspicions about what could be inside. 

A video purportedly showing public maintenance officers taking a contract extension test in a gutter has caused uproar among both the public and the city administration.

A UN-Indonesia initiative and a coalition on providing safe public spaces for women are taking up the fight against sexual harassment with those who are best placed to offer help: Bystanders.

A Harley Davidson rider whose identity has yet to be revealed, hit two pedestrians on Jl. Raya Pajajaran, Bogor in West Java on Sunday morning, killing one of them.

Residents of Kembangan district in West Jakarta made the terrifying discovery of tens of venomous snakes appearing from inside their toilets on Sunday afternoon.

In its 2017 report titled “Jakarta’s Silent Killer” Greenpeace presented data from the US Embassy in Jakarta showing that between January and September that year, Central and South Jakarta had experienced only 14 days of “good” air quality and 34 days of “unhealthy” air.

While the city administration struggles to tackle the complex problem, communities and businesspeople have shed a ray of hope by getting their hands dirty, as there have been growing movements in society where members of the public actively take part in reducing waste through numerous innovative programs.

The 24-story buildings will consist of 850 apartments, of which 60 percent will be one-bedroom and the remainder two-bedroom.

The new equipment is expected to help police detect and identify criminals faster, as well as discourage bribery, a practice often attempted by traffic violators in their effort to get out of a ticket, according to the Jakarta Police's Electronic Traffic Law Enforcement (ETLE) head, Comr. Arif Fazlurrahman.

Members of several conservative Islamic groups have protested against Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and the “immoral” festival, which they claim goes against Muslim values.

Amid the recent appointment of a new education minister and the newly revived discourse on rigid, grade-oriented formal education, Jakarta is seeing a rising trend in parents turning to homeschooling for creative, interest-based learning.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan’s team of aides has once again come under scrutiny during 2020 city budget deliberation. City councillors, questioning the effectiveness of the team, has urged the administration to cut down on the number of aides.