The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has unveiled a four-year lending plan called the Indonesia Country Strategy and Program (CSP), with US$4 billion in loans and grants being set aside for the 2006-2009 period to help the country achieve sustainable growth and enhance social development.
“The government is on the right track with its reform program and […]
The South Korean government handed over 115,800 bags of cement to Yogyakarta officials Thursday as part of its contribution to the rehabilitation and reconstruction of areas in Yogyakarta and Central Java affected by the May 27 earthquake.
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) said in a press release that the handover was part of a total of […]
The Yogyakarta chapter of the General Elections Commission (KPUD) will ban the use of sirens and motorcycles that lack proper equipment during the campaign period for the local mayoral election scheduled for Nov. 9 to Nov. 22.
Yogyakarta traffic police chief Comr. Noffan Widiyayoko said that in the initial stage, his office would conduct random checks […]
Earthquake victims filed a lawsuit against the government Wednesday for what they claimed was its ineffectual response to the May 27 disaster in Yogyakarta and Central Java, in which 5,700 people died.
Represented by up to 27 advocates from the Yogyakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH), 46 lawyers and dozens of earthquake survivors, they officially filed the […]
The Sleman regency administration hosted Sunday a one-day forum on youth and the environment.
Held in an open space under the shade of trees in Klebengan Square, Depok subdistrict, the forum featured key speakers Riyadi Martoyo, who heads the Sleman Agriculture and Plantation Office, and Suhardi, an environmentalist from Gadjah Mada University.
The forum was attended by […]
Before the 1970s, the coastal area of Wediombo beach in Gunungkidul regency, Yogyakarta, was a dense natural forest, home to diverse flora and fauna, especially birds.
Measuring over 500 hectares, the forest used to be a water catchment for the surrounding regions, maintaining dozens of springs, even during the dry season.
But that is history now. The […]
As many as 96 families that survived the May 27 earthquake in Sleman regency had received housing reconstruction funds as of Tuesday.
The Sleman Administration Office announced that a total of Rp 4.25 billion (US$465,722) had been distributed. The survivors’s homes were destroyed or heavily damaged by the earthquake.
“With the disbursement, we hope people in Berbah, […]
The Yogyakarta municipality will renovate 32 traditional markets across the city in an effort to revive the community-based economic sector, which was hit hard by the May 27 earthquake.
The head of the Yogyakarta Traditional Market Management Office, Haryo Jarot, said 12 of the 32 markets would undergo renovation by the end of this year. Included […]
Indonesia There’s been a bombing at an American fast food shop in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Police say the only person wounded in Saturday’s attack appears to have been the bomber, who may have dropped it.
The explosion shattered windows and broke chairs in the A-and-W burger restaurant in a shopping mall.
It’s not clear who’s behind it. But there […]
The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi), Greenpeace and the Indonesian Anti-Nuclear Community have criticized the plan to sign an agreement between Indonesia and Australia because it contains a nuclear development program.
The three organizations Friday called on the Indonesian government to stop its efforts to develop nuclear energy by establishing a nuclear power plant.
Nur Hidayati, Greenpeace`s climate […]
The Indonesian government hopes Japanese businessmen and and their government would again make Indonesia their overseas priority investment destination following a plan to sign Economic Partnership Agreements later this month, a senior diplomat said.
“In the past few years, their priority to invest to Indonesia has reduced because there are more potential competitors,” Jusuf Anwar, Indonesian […]
The Army`s Special Command (Kopassus) of the anti-terror squad (Sat-81 Gultor) will be deployed to take control of US President George Walter Bush`s security during the later`s visit to Indonesia on November 20, 2006.
“The squad`s personnels will stay on the places where Bush will pass by or stay, such as the Air Force Airfield Halim […]