Jakarta – Jakarta managed to save Rp 249 million (US$18,069) during Earth Hour on Saturday night, with electricity consumption being reduced by 169.9 megawatts during the one-hour annua

Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla said it was not impossible for Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to contest the 2019 presidential election, but it would be better if he focused on hi

Jakarta – An entertainment entrepreneurs association has slammed a gubernatorial regulation that simplifies the process of shutting down entertainment establishments, as it claims the r

Yesterday, an internal memo from Jakarta's Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) to the Jakarta Provincial Government detailing their plan to deploy 325 personnel to shut down Alexis Hotel –

Ivany Atina Arbi – Dozens of people took showers together in front of Jakarta's City Hall on Thursday in protest of the involvement of private companies in supplying pipe water to house

Jakarta – The Jakarta Manpower and Transmigration Agency has said that the majority of construction projects in the capital city are unsafe.

Jakarta – Cases of violence against women and children in Jakarta remain unchecked, with teenagers and school students comprising the majority of perpetrators, a governmental center has

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan issued on March 12 decree No.

Fathiya Dahrul – With barely six months to go for Asia's biggest sporting event, the main challenge is not the readiness of venues or athlete villages – but Jakarta's notorious traffic.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police traffic division's statement that listening to music while driving is a criminal act is an exaggerated interpretation of the law, experts say.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Pedestrian Coalition has criticized the Jakarta administration's move to allow street vendors to occupy sidewalks in Melawai, Kebayoran Baru, So

Jakarta definitely has the some of the worst, most maddening traffic in the world – nobody is denying that.

The drama over Jakarta's infamous Alexis Hotel, long rumored to be a hotbed of high-class prostitution, is getting heated once again with Governor Anies Baswedan saying that Alexis' man

Jakarta – Some 60 protesters from the Nation Unity Community packed the front yard of City Hall on Monday demanding Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan do a better job sorting out the many

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is set to continue the river restoration program this year by relocating residents living along the banks of the Ciliwung, Sunter and Pesanggrahan r

Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno has called on the flood-affected residents of Bidara Cina in East Jakarta to hand over their lands to the city administration to help move

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Jakarta – River water in Jakarta may put people's health at risk if consumed, as 96 percent of the water is severely polluted, the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) has sai

When Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan announced that he would allow becak (bicycle taxis) to once again ply their trade recently, many criticized the idea of letting the long-banned vehi

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is seeing a pushback against some of his populist policies three months into his tenure amid claims from his critics that they are harming the

Anies Baswedan can thank relentless media scrutiny for his cardiovascular fitness since it looks like the governor will still need to take the stairs to go between the two floors of the

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan's policies mostly contravened existing regulations, the City Council stated, marking the first 100 days of the administration

Jakarta – Residents earning less than the provincial minimum wage (UMP) may not be able to buy an apartment under the zero down-payment scheme, Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno said

Jakarta – Hundreds of angkot (public minivan) drivers refused passengers on Monday, instead opting to rally in front of City Hall, demanding that the Jakarta administration reopen Jl.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Transportation Council (DTKJ) has stated that the city administration never consulted them on the new transportation policies that have recently been in the media

Eliza Handayani – Jakarta can be a stressful place to live in, with heavy pollution and few green spaces, street artist Marishka Soekarna says.

Jakarta – Jakartans can expect to see the long-banned becak (three-wheeled pedicabs) return to the city's streets with Governor Anies Baswedan signalling plans to bring back the human-p

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has launched on Friday the Kartu Pekerja (Workers Card) to fulfil its promise to lower' daily expenses for workers earning the 201

Jakarta – The cards for Jakarta's one-fare public transportation system called OK Otrip, one of Governor Anies Baswedan's campaign promises, have met with a poor response since they first went on s

Michael Kimmelman, Jakarta – Rasdiono remembers when the sea was a good distance from his doorstep, down a hill.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno has declared that the administration will take a hard stance in its fight against drug trafficking in the capital, including a "shoo

Jakarta – Catholic priest and social observer Benny Susetyo has said that Governor Anies Baswedan's plan to celebrate Christmas at the National Monument (Monas) square in Central Jakarta is unneces

Jakarta – The public is able to once again access videos of Jakarta executive meetings on YouTube for significantly shorter durations of four to 13 minutes per video as a result of tight selection

Jakarta – Nightclubs across Jakarta have been put on notice following a raid on the MG International Club in Grogol Petamburan, West Jakarta, on Sunday, as the city authorities plan to intensify op

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has resumed uploading videos of executive meetings on YouTube, after the decision to halt uploading the material earlier this month incurred strong public criti

Jakarta – The Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) has said it will not participate in a Christmas celebration planned by Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan at the National Monument (Monas) in Janua

Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) received fewer complaining reports in 2017 compared to last year, but city and urban-related problems increased this year.

Jakarta – Members of several mass organizations went to City Hall on Tuesday to meet Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, claiming they had been invited to join him for lunch.

Jakarta – Jakarta Council Speaker Prasetio Edi Marsudi has urged Governor Anies Baswedan to focus on his work and not get side tracked building his personal image, following the chaos caused by flo

If you live or work anywhere within the Greater Jakarta Metro Area, you know all about yesterday's widespread flooding throughout the capital since, at best, it ruined your commute home and, at wor

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration's decision to discontinue the publication of videos of executive meetings has been criticized by an activist, saying it was a setback to efforts

Under former governors Joko Widodo and Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, Jakartans had unprecedented access to video recordings of meetings conducted by the Jakarta provincial government on Youtube as

Sarah Yuniarni, Jakarta – Jakarta deputy governor Sandiaga Uno said on Wednesday (06/12) he wants to make it "painful" for Jakarta residents to bring their own vehicles into the city once the first

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Jakarta will implement a one-fare public transportation system called OK Otrip next year in an attempt to encourage more people to use public transportation.

West Jakarta Mayor Anas Effendi now holds the incredible, potentially unassailable record of sleeping in front of four Jakarta governors.

After Governor Anies Baswedan overturned the ban on Monas (National Monument) being used for religious and political events and allowed the 212 anti-Ahok "grand reunion" to take place over the week

Amal Ganesha, Jakarta – The Greater Jakarta Transportation Body, or BPTJ, an agency under the Ministry of Transportation that oversees transit issues in and around the capital, has prepared a compr

So Saturday saw the one year anniversary of the December 2 protest against former Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama take place, with an estimated 30,000 "212 alumni" (212 because of th

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Jakarta's 2018 draft budget has once again garnered criticism, with education experts claiming that a Rp 430.7 billion (US$31.8 million) grant set aside for teachers' associat