JAKARTA: Bali is considering a ban on beach privatisation amid growing concerns that commercial development is making it increasingly difficult for locals to access the shoreline, including for important religious ceremonies. On Nov 17, Governor I Wayan Koster submitted a draft provincial regulation on beach and shoreline protection to the Bali Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) to...
JAKARTA: Hundreds of students in Maluku and North Sumatra have reportedly suffered from food poisoning after consuming meals provided through the government's free nutritious meal programme, as President Prabowo Subianto continues to downplay mounting concerns over the initiative’s food safety standards. At least 170 students from fours schools in Kiratu subdistrict, West Seram Regency in Maluku...
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s capital Jakarta has recorded nearly two million cases of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) since July, marking a steady surge in flu-like illnesses as unstable weather and lower immunity drive infections across the city. Jakarta Public Health Office head Ani Ruspitawati said the infection remains the most common illness at community health centres, as it...
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s police are working with the Singapore Police Force (SPF) to probe a cross-border baby trafficking ring uncovered in West Java, officials said. The joint investigation, coordinated through Interpol’s National Central Bureau in Jakarta, was launched after authorities discovered a smuggling route linking Bandung, Pontianak and Jakarta to Singapore. In a statement, Bureau Secretary Brigadier General...
JAKARTA: Over the last weekend in August, after her house was ransacked by looters, Indonesia’s then-Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati travelled to President Prabowo Subianto’s country estate in the Hambalang hills in West Java. She planned to resign. The country had just been rattled by its worst unrest in years. This was at least her second...
SINGAPORE: The trade deal announced on Tuesday (July 15) lowering US tariffs on Indonesian goods is seen by some as a diplomatic win for President Prabowo Subianto, though others warn that he may have overpromised and burdened Indonesia with costly commitments. US President Donald Trump broke the news on his Truth Social platform, saying that he...
JAKARTA: A Malaysian national has been confirmed among the three bodies recovered during a search and rescue (SAR) operation following the ferry capsizing tragedy in the Bali Strait late on the night of July 2. Fauzey Awang, 55, was found in the waters off Perancak Beach, Bali, according to Eko Suyatno, Deputy of Operations and Preparedness...
JAKARTA: At least two dozen flights to and from the Indonesian resort island of Bali have been cancelled, its international airport website showed Wednesday (June 18), after a volcano in the archipelago's east erupted, shooting an ash tower 10km into the sky. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,703-metre (5,587-foot) twin-peaked volcano on the eastern tourist island of...
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian police said on Tuesday that two people have been arrested over the shooting death of an Australian man and the wounding of another Australian man in a nighttime attack in a villa on the resort island of Bali. Police detained one person in the capital of Jakarta and another one was arrested abroad,...
JAKARTA: A man has been found dead on Wednesday (May 14) after being attacked by a crocodile while swimming through a canal on Indonesia's Sumatra island, German Press Agency (dpa) reported. The 45-year-old was swimming with a friend on Tuesday when the crocodile pulled him underwater, according to Abdul Malik, a spokesman for the national search...
