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Jakarta 1 year ago
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Jakarta eyes recruitment drive for laid-off, nonpermanent teachers
The Jakarta administration has promised to offer more long-term and fixed placements for nonpermanent teachers in the city, following recent backlash over the sudden dismissal of over 100 contract educators across different levels of education – from elementary to senior high schools – last week.
Jakarta 1 year ago
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Bangkok reaches urban greening milestone as Jakarta shambles along
While Jakarta continues to struggle in addressing perennial problems related to the limited green spaces in the city, its Thai counterpart has reached a milestone in adding more natural areas to Bangkok by bringing to life thousands of mini parks, a strategy that experts say can be adopted in the Indonesian capital.
Politics 1 year ago
PSI declares prospective candidates for Jakarta race, including Kaesang and Heru Budi
The names include the party’s chairman Kaesang Pangarep, who is also President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s youngest son; Jakarta acting governor Heru Budi Hartono; the PSI’s board of trustees’ deputy chairwoman Grace Natalie; the State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir; podcaster and celebrity Deddy Corbuzier; and former Jakarta governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama.
Jakarta 1 year ago
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Ex-Kampung Bayam residents struggle with life at Rusun Nagrak
The lives of evicted Kampung Bayam residents who now live at low-cost apartment complex (Rusun) Nagrak in Cilincing, North Jakarta, have become more complex as they have to wake up at dawn to reach their respective schools or workplaces located close to their former neighborhood in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta.
Jakarta 1 year ago
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Jakarta to release Wolbachia mosquitoes in battle against dengue
The city is set to release mosquitoes with Wolbachia in its latest measure to curb the spread of dengue fever, while the acting governor has dismissed the seriousness of relevant authorities about slapping fines on residents that do not comply with the relevant health rules.
Jakarta 1 year ago
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Ex-Kampung Bayam residents join hands to survive difficult times
With individualistic culture increasingly prevalent in cities globally, including in Jakarta, evicted former residents of Kampung Bayam in North Jakarta have chosen to stick to the nation’s spirit of gotong royong (mutual cooperation) amid the difficulties of living in temporary shelters.
Jakarta 1 year ago
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Jakarta administration to build new apartments for former Kampung Bayam residents
Former Kampung Bayam residents who were evicted from their homes to make way for the development of the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, agreed to move to a new apartment complex that will be built by the city administration soon.
Jakarta 1 year ago
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Kampung Bayam residents still homeless, four years on
Recently, a joint team comprising members of the National Police, the military and the Jakarta Public Order Agency raided Kampung Susun Bayam to force the inhabitants to leave. They finally agreed to return to the temporary shelters on the condition that Furqon was released.
Jakarta 1 year ago
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Jakarta struggles to end illicit parking attendants amid high unemployment
The Jakarta administration is making another bid to crack down on the never-ending practice of informal parking attendants at convenience stores, but the underlying cause of the city’s high unemployment rate is adding complexity to the issue.
