March 28, 2017 edition

ONLINE, app-based taxis will increase their rates after a regulation on their base-line rates takes effect on April 1. The regulation is included in the Revised Transportation Minister Regulation No. 32/2016 on non-route transportation services.

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March 14, 2017 edition

During a meeting between President Joko Widodo and King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud at the Bogor Palace in West Jawa last week, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia agreed to 11 memorandums of understanding (MoU). "One of the 11 MoUs signed was on the Saudi Fund Contribution to the Financing of Development Projects valued at US$1 billion," said Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, after the meeting of the two leaders.

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March 7, 2017 edition

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February 28, 2017 edition

The House of Representatives' (DPR) Gerindra faction initiated an inquiry to investigate the Home Ministry's refusal to remove Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama from office, despite his status as a defendant in a religious defamation case. We propose a special committee for an inquiry into theAhok Gate' case, in relation to the misuse of authority of the Criminal Code and Law No. 23/2014 on Regional Governance," said Gerindra Party deputy chairman Fadli Zon said, two weeks ago.

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February 14, 2017 edition

THE government has proposed standardizing Friday prayer khatib (preachers or persons delivering sermons) to the House of Representatives (DPR). The proposal, said Minister for Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, is based on reports about certain preachers who might pose a threat to the unity of the muslim community. "We could use the most moderate standards," said the minister.
Lukman said Friday sermons would be used to discredit people, undermining the sermon's essential function to provide religious counsel. "This can potentially create disunity, especially in the midst of Indonesia's diversity," he said.

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February 7, 2017 edition

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January 31, 2017 edition

THE clash between the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) and the Indonesian Marginal Society Movement (GMBI) last January has put GMBI's patron Inspector-General Anton Charliyan under the spotlight. FPI demands Anton's removal from his post as West Java's police chief.
The conflict began when the two mass organizations clashed at the gate of the West Java Police Headquarters on January 12. Both groups were present to address conflicting interests. Hundreds of FPI members clad in white garb came to escort their leader Rizieq Syihab, who was being questioned for allegedly desecrating the national ideology, Pancasila. GMBI, together with the Buah Batu Corps and Jaring, were there to demand that police legally process the FPI leader.

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