August 9, 2016 edition
STAGE-two restructuring of the cabinet has been greeted with applause. Expectations are high, especially because a familiar figure, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, has returned from abroad.
Sri Mulyani, born in Bandar, Lampung, 54 years ago, was persuaded to fill the position of finance minister. In 2010, she left the same position to become the World Bank managing director, located in Washington, DC, United States.
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THE fake vaccine scandal and the story of the couple who built their luxury home in Bekasi on its back has clearly shaken the public.
Since then, police have arrested suspects in several areas around Jakarta. In all, 18 have been detained and 12 hospitals in Java and Sumatra are known to have used the vaccine.
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July 5, 2016 edition
Tito's career in the police force has proceeded at high speed. President Joko Widodo has recommended Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian, 51, as the sole candidate for the National Police chief. The nomination was approved by the House of Representatives (DPR) last week.
Tito graduated at the top of his class from the Police Academy in 1987 and received a PhD in 2013 from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He once led the hunt for Tommy Suharto, son of former President Suharto, who was involved in the Supreme Court Justice Syafiuddin Kartasasmita's murder. He also rooted out the terrorist group led by Dr. Azhari and captured another wanted terrorist, Noor Din M. Top.
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June 28, 2016 edition
WITH the collection of 1 million voters' ID cards, Basuki Tjahaja (Ahok) Purnama will be able to enter the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial race as an independent. Friends of Ahok, a volunteer organization that gathered the support, have collected copies of 1,024,632 ID cards from voters and counting.
If one parliament seat is equal to 41,000 votes, then the support for Ahok is equivalent to 25 seats. This is just three seats fewer than the number of seats held by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)-the winning party at the Jakarta legislature. With such popularity, political parties are beginning to look to Ahok.
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June 21, 2016 edition