In a bid to stamp out corruption within the police force, a group of activists officially launched Thursday the Jogja Police Watch (JPW).
Held at the Yogyakarta Legal Aid Institute, the launch of the JPW was attended by representatives from the Yogyakarta Police Headquarters and Bantul Police.
“We don’t want to create a conflict with the police. […]
The new U.S ambassador to Indonesia, Cameron R. Hume, visited Yogyakarta and neighboring communities last week to reinforce the U.S. Education Initiative.
The initiative was launched by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2004.
Ambassador Hume met with senior officials and visited some of the schools that have cooperative programs with the U.S. Agency for International […]
Regol Jogja magazine has a distinct and colorful way of telling a story about Yogyakarta’s people, their daily lives, cultural heritage, local pastimes and traditional cuisine, said its founder and greatest fan.
Suluh (Tita) Pratitasari is enormously proud of her product and said regol in Javanese means gateway. She said her magazine “helps to open people’s […]
Bali will host this year’s PATA (Pacific Air Travel Association) Travel Mart in the Nusa Dua resort area from Sept. 25-28, the organizing committee’s spokesperson Ika Nazaruddin said Saturday.
Ika said approximately 1,500 people from more than 50 countries were expected to attend the event.
She said this year’s PATA Travel Mart, to be conducted in cooperation […]
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has accepted the request of her party members to contest the 2009 presidential election.
Elshinta radio station reported that Megawati made her remark in the closing ceremony of the party national working meeting on Monday in Jakarta.
Water, water and water. Lack of it is the routine problem faced by hundreds of thousands of people in Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, especially in the dry season.
Given the extreme conditions, people are forced to sell their livestock to buy the precious commodity.
A regency in southeastern Yogyakarta, Gunungkidul lies a limestone plateau whose water table lies about […]
The Yogyakarta State University (UNY) will launch a certification program for 11,799 teachers in 14 regencies and cities around Yogyakarta and in Central Java next month in a bid to check they have appropriate teaching qualifications.
The certification program will be conducted by UNY, which has been put in charge of the certification process, jointly with […]
The Home Affairs Ministry will award three provinces and six regencies and cities for their achievements in establishing effective services for issuing licenses, the Ministry’s Regional Development Director General Jiman Mudiman Saroso said Wednesday.
The provinces are West Java, Central Java and East Java, while the regencies and cities include Sragen in Central Java, Pare Pare […]
During a ceremony marking National Children’s Day held July 22 at the Rama Sinta Hall of Ancol Dreamland, Jakarta, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono listened to Dessy Kokorule of Papua, who told of how difficult it was for the poor to access education. At the same time, hundreds of kilometers away in Nitiprayan, Bantul regency, Yogyakarta, […]
With Ramadhan fast approaching, Muslims across the country are busily preparing themselves for the event.
In Yogyakarta, the purification rites held before the holy month are known as nyadran, ruwahan or merti dusun.
In Jolosutro village in Bantul’s Piyungan district, hundreds of villagers recently participated in the Kupatan Kring Jolosutro ceremony to show their gratitude to God.
Aside […]
Activists have underlined the importance of a stricter government regulation on outdoor advertising media in a bid to help restore the heritage city of Yogyakarta.
At a one-day workshop on outdoor media held here over the weekend, participants said the amount of uncontrolled outdoor advertising media in the city had reached a very concerning level.
“Yogyakarta is […]
Prosecutors from the Attorney General’s Office and the lawyers of former president Soeharto are set to reach an agreement after a series of mediation sessions regarding Soeharto’s Supersemar Foundation, which allegedly caused US$420 million in losses to the state, a judge present at the meetings said.
“The parties are nearing an agreement. I hope they will […]