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Power To Sumba Schools
ONCE a week, Eliantana Bombo carries some extra weight in her bag: a wireless lantern.
Outreach Edisi : Monday, 30 April 2018

Fiction
Where does fiction come from? From Jonah, says Gabriel Garcia Mrquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, in his wise and amusing way: "Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale."
Sidelines Edisi : Monday, 30 April 2018

Letter's
I AM a student at the Sunan Ampel State Islamic University, Surabaya, East Java, currently working on my thesis on Ahmad Wahib.
Letters Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

Jokowi Must Commit to Resolving the Novel Baswedan Attack
THE Civil Society Coalition has worked with Change.org to launch a petition demanding President Joko Widodo to form a joint fact-finding team (TGPF) to investigate the attack using acid against Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan.
Indicator Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

Strange Bedfellows
Prabowo Subiantos announcement that he will run as Gerindras presidential candidate in 2019 can be seen from two points of view.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

Tougher on Facebook
Facebook is yet to reveal the results of its audit into the data leak of the social media platform's Indonesian users. A Personal Data Protection Act is urgently needed.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

Time for ASEAN to Speak
Democracy and freedom of expression are under threat in several Southeast Asian countries. ASEAN needs to reconsider its non-intervention principle.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

End Game in Montara
An out-of-court settlement is the best way to resolve Montara oil spill. The government and the people must receive compensation in proportion.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

A Half-Hearted Presidential Bid
Prabowo Subianto told his party cadres that he is ready to become a presidential candidate. The Gerindra Party is divided: some want to support other candidates. The Presidential Palace has even lobbied him, offering Prabowo to become the incumbent’s vice-presidential running mate.
Cover Story Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

A Costly Third Run
Prabowo is cautiously considering the level of logistic support available for his campaign. Some doubt his financial resources.
Cover Story Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

Seeking Prabowo's Running Mate
Gerindra and the PKS agreed to form a coalition for the 2019 presidential election. The condition is that Prabowo's running mate be proposed by the PKS.
Cover Story Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

A Repeat Candidate Lacking Electability
If Prabowo Subianto runs again, the 2019 presidential election will be his third attempt.
Cover Story Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

Gerindra Party Secretary-General Ahmad Muzani: Prabowo Was Offered to Run With Jokowi
Four months before the registration of candidates running for president in 2019, Prabowo Subianto has stated that he is ready to run in the presidential election.
Cover Story Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

Market Pulse: Indonesian Markets Ignore Moody's Boost
Indonesia's financial markets have been anything but upbeat.
Economy Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

The Montara Oil Spill Case
A Thai-based company wants the Montara oil spill case to be over soon, despite pending lawsuits still outstanding. Luhut Pandjaitan helps to make it happens.
Economy Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

Courting Potential Investors
Muamalat’s shareholders are approaching state-owned banks to become strategic investors. Malaysian and Middle Eastern investors are also being considered.
Economy Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

Still Up in the Air
Ten years later, the BLBI corruption scandal will finally go to court, though with only one defendant.
Law Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

Community Welfare for the Forest
Indonesia is known for its vast forest areas-an important element for the continuity of life on our planet.
Outreach Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

Enlisting Local Wisdom
Communities living around the Sesaot Forest, West Nusa Tenggara, are using customary law in managing the forest. Not everyone in the community is in support.
Outreach Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

Nahum Situmorang: The Forgotten Lapo Tuak Songwriter
VERY few people know of Nahum Situmorang (1908-1969). A dire lack of scholarly research and literature on the songwriter is one of the reasons. Yet Nahum Situmorang is a legendary song composer. In his lifetime, he wrote around 200 songs, most of which were composed at lapo tuak, or roadside palm wine drinking stalls. To this day in Medan, his songs are still being sung in roadside stalls, though not many know who wrote them. The most popularly performed Batak songs were written by someone who is now practically forgotten. In 1928, one of Nahum’s songs won second place in the competition to compose Indonesia’s national anthem. Alas, Nahum’s entry is now lost to the ages for not being filed and noted. To honor his achievements, a community of North Sumatran musician-artists celebrated Nahum Situmorang’s 110th anniversary at the Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta, in mid-February.
Album Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

Dapunta Hyang, Transmission of Knowledge
Zai Kuning’s work has been returned to Singapore from Venice and is now on display at the country’s TheatreWorks. Zai’s imagined ship is a metaphor for the world at that particular point in time
Arts Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

Sayings
Often, when I tell people that I translate from Indonesian into English, they ask, "Why? Can't people just use Google Translate?" I usually just change the subject.
Word Watch Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

Communication and Information Technology Minster Rudiantara: I won't hesitate to block Facebook
Last month Indonesia, like the rest of the world, was rocked by the latest data breach by Facebook.
Interview Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

Danarto
Danarto died the night of April 11, 2018, a few hours after he was hit by a motorbike in heavy traffic at south Tangerang, as he was walking.
Sidelines Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

Momen
CUBA has entered a new era after the National Assembly decided to divert power from Raul Castro to Miguel Diaz-Canel.
International Edisi : Monday, 23 April 2018

A Dark Debacle in the Bay
A Pertamina pipeline which broke spilled the equivalent of 40,000 barrels of crude oil into the waters of Balikpapan Bay. The investigation is aimed at the MV Ever Judger vessel, which is suspected to have dropped its anchor in a forbidden area. It is said that Pertamina did not report a fifth pipeline.
Cover Story Edisi : Monday, 16 April 2018

A Chaotic Oil Cleanup
Pertamina initially denied being the source of the oil spill in Balikpapan Bay. It is suspected that they did not have a crisis management plan in place.
Cover Story Edisi : Monday, 16 April 2018

Oil and Water Don't Mix
The Kalimantan Police Department is investigating the cause of a crude oil spill in the waters of Balikpapan Bay. The investigation is focusing on the MV Ever Judger, a ship suspected of dropping anchor in a forbidden area of the Semayang Port. A Pertamina crude oil pipeline runs below the surface of the water there. Suspicions are that the ship's anchor dragged the pipe 120 meters, causing the 20-year-old pipe to break and spill 40,000 barrels of crude oil into the sea.
Cover Story Edisi : Monday, 16 April 2018

Footing the Bill for Environmental Damage
The amount of environmental losses could grow if damaged maritime and fishery resources are accounted for. The compensation to be shouldered by Pertamina could reach into the trillions of rupiah.
Cover Story Edisi : Monday, 16 April 2018

Dangerous Compounds at Sea
There were traces of oil under the stilt house of Aziz Badruh, a resident of Atas Air hamlet, Margasari village, in the City of Balikpapan, on Wednesday last week.
Cover Story Edisi : Monday, 16 April 2018

Should Dr. Terawan Be Suspended?
TWO weeks ago, the Indonesian Doctors Association Committee (PB IDI) announced their decision to postpone Dr. Terawan Agus Putranto's suspension from the association.
Indicator Edisi : Monday, 16 April 2018

A Crude Awakening
The pipeline leak in the Balikpapan Bay, East Kalimantan, has shown Pertaminas unpreparedness for mitigating the effects of operational failures.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, 16 April 2018

Overboard Bank Century Ruling
The Bank Century pre-trial ruling goes too far. The Supreme Court must intervene.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, 16 April 2018

No More Cloaked Premium Subsidies
The government’s ambiguous Premium subsidy policy is harming Pertamina. Fuel must be sold at its cost price.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, 16 April 2018

Restore Water Sovereignty
The water resources bill is on the verge of being passed. But potential problems have been ignored.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, 16 April 2018

Letter's
Page 16 of Tempo magazine, April 9-15, 2018 issue, contains the following passage: "After last year’s end-of-fasting month Lebaran holidays, Effendy and Syamsudin met at Syafruddin’s official residence in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta.
Letters Edisi : Monday, 16 April 2018

Rage
Religion and rage: they are so close these days. But not in the past, at least as I recall.
Sidelines Edisi : Monday, 16 April 2018

Constitutional court Chief Justice Anwar Usman: Two-Thirds of Judges Will Go To Hell
When he first arrived at his new office on the pinnaclethe 15th floorof the Constitutional Court building in Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat, Jakarta, two weeks ago
Interview Edisi : Monday, 16 April 2018

Danarto: literary sketches
Danarto wished to eliminate strict barriers between art forms and to create text that strained and pushed against itself, while functioning as a unit.
Obituari Edisi : Monday, 16 April 2018

Guarding the Sea Protectors
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has declared six of the seven sea turtle species as endangered.