By Yanto Soegiarto | 10:43am Apr 9, 2012
Well, that’s what funny is in other parts of the world. Our good old deputy mines and energy minister, Widjajono Partowidagdo, said that Indonesia is a funny nation. Despite its wealth in natural resources, which could be used for domestic use and promoting welfare, almost all of the resources are exported. Coal is exported at cheap prices while expensive fuel oil is imported at high prices.
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A Tribute to Indonesia's Most Senior Journalist
By Yanto Soegiarto | 8:17am Apr 7, 2012
Herawati Diah was still high-spirited as she welcomed guests to her 95th birthday bash recently. The press corp, prominent figures, government officials, foreign diplomats, and women activists paid tribute to Indonesia’s most senior journalist and one of the few living witnesses of Indonesia’s history.
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By Fidelis E Satriastanti | 11:35am Mar 28, 2012
In commemorating world water day last week, Unicef and the World Health Organization announced that the millennium development goal on access to drinking water has been met ahead of time. A report issued by the two organizations found that between 1990 and 2010, more than two billion people gained access to improved drinking water. While encouraging, the figures are not yet cause for celebration. There are still 783 million people (or 11 percent of the global population) who still have no access to safe drinking water.
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The Unfinished Story of 'Indonesian Avatar' Aleta Baun
By Fidelis E Satriastanti | 7:33am Mar 24, 2012
Dubbed as the “Indonesian Avatar” by the country's environmental activists, Aleta’s life vision is not about of acquiring acknowledgement; it’s to protect her people and their land. “The [sacred] stones are our life. We have names from the stones. If they dig up [the stones], it will affect our water, our livelihood,” she said.
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Jokowi and Ahok Bring the Change Jakartans Want
By Yanto Soegiarto | 6:19pm Mar 19, 2012
The nomination of Jokowi and Ahok is very promising. They have a good track record of being the people’s leaders, and their possible nomination has created a buzz. People believe that the pair will have fresh ideas on governing the capital city, although their political base is not that strong compared to other candidates.
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The Story of the Hazardous and Toxic Waste in Indonesia
By Fidelis E Satriastanti | 10:55am Mar 6, 2012
Customs officials at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta observed white liquid coming out of 113 containers. Documents said the containers contained non-hazardous scrap metal, and officials contacted the Environment Ministry to confirm the contents. On Jan. 28, witnessed by Environment Balthasar Kambuaya, Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo and a flock of journalists, customs officials opened the suspected containers and found scrap metals “accompanied” by asphalt, sand, plastics and white liquid oozing out. The only documentation from the importing company was HHS.
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The Big Detail: Police Must Arrest Slide in Public Perceptions
By Nivell Rayda | 10:28am Mar 2, 2012
The police have undoubtedly had a serious PR problem recently. So bad is this problem that two police informants in North Sumatra were mobbed and burned to death and a police station in Pekanbaru, Riau, was vandalized by about 50 teenagers. People have lost respect for the law and the officers enforcing it. To make things worse, they have fired the Bollywood lip-syncing cop from Gorontalo, Norman Kamaru, who could have helped them polish their tarnished image. The police are in serious need of another next big thing.
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By Fidelis E Satriastanti | 10:20am Feb 17, 2012
So, from my humble years of writing about REDD, I can only come up with three thoughts. It will grow larger and more interesting in the future, while growing more complicated too.
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Will High-Tech Tests Tell Us Something We Don’t Know?
By Fidelis E Satriastanti | 10:45am Feb 6, 2012
Some say planting trees is also aimed at reducing air pollution caused by vehicles, by producing oxygen to counter smog. Basically, trees are being made into a solution for one of the city’s major problems. Instead, they have become one of the city’s biggest problems involving not just vehicles, but human lives.
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Getting Data From the Ministries is Mission Impossible
By Fidelis E Satriastanti | 12:25pm Feb 4, 2012
It is, I suppose, to everyone's knowledge that it's so hard to get even the simplest data or facts from the government of Indonesia. I don't mean to generalize, but, I didn't just encounter one or two problems while gathering data and information on green issues.
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someone from standup comedy session will probably use that quote! 11:29am | Hijab, Misunderstood Symbol of...
@Sabrina, I think we're not arguing along the same wavelength here. Let me simplify my intents and summarise it in points: Personal 11:15am | Hijab, Misunderstood Symbol of...
A few years ago, when I was teaching in a state school in Serpong, I asked one of the teachers why three of the women teachers were not wearing the 10:18am | Which Kind of Health Insurance...
good advice. Thank you for sharing this. 10:06am | Hijab, Misunderstood Symbol of...
Sabrina Loebis; your last paragraph says it all and completely contradicts your previous statements. You made clear that it is the harrassment and
