Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Transjakarta pledged to work toward improving their service in response to passengers' criticisms on the deteriorating quality of the busway system.

Rika Panda, Jakarta – Starting from today, Monday June 16, the planned schedule for protest actions or demonstrations by the public in and around Jakarta will no longer be published tho

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Jakarta's property management and control agency says land subsidence is occurring in the city, but there is no threat to buildings.

Jakarta – Public Order Agency officers Wednesday evicted dozens of street vendors from Senen bus terminal, Central Jakarta and planned similar evictions from Jl.

Jakarta – People living in refugee tents, with nothing more than the clothes on their back after disaster struck their families and homes, was something Muhammad Amin thought he would o

Jakarta – For squatters of Kampung Bayam in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, life goes on as usual, despite the city administration's plan to eject them and restore the area to its origina

Presi Mandari, Jakarta – By day Indonesia's scavengers pile rubbish into their carts and by night they creep inside them to sleep on the streets, ever fearful of capture by public order

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – In response to massive water theft in the city, water operator PT Thames Pam Jaya (TPJ) says it will lower service targets for the next five years.

Ade Mardiyati, Jakarta – Heavy rains and high tides have caused chaos in Indonesia's capital for three days, highlighting its ailing infrastructure as roads to the airport became impass

Jakarta – Appointments were canceled, passengers were left stranded and residents were forced to leave their homes. Jakarta was chaotic on Friday.

Jakarta – Maj. Gen. Liliek AS Sumaryo handed over the Jakarta Military Commander baton to his successor, Maj. Gen. Johanes Suryo Prabowo, on Monday.

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Motorists will continue to be frustrated on Jakarta's streets this year, with more vehicles to be sold but no new roads to be built, a discussion concluded T

Jakarta – The spirit of solidarity lingers around Jl. Barito, South Jakarta, in the wake of the eviction that demolished 107 kiosks of hundreds of vendors.

Jakarta – Jakarta's street musician, the one found playing beside a car waiting at a red light, on a public bus, or in small roadside restaurants, could be part of an advertising strate

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Critics said "more roads means more traffic" about Governor Fauzi Bowo's plan to expand driving space vertically, with elevated roadways stacked one above th

Jakarta – Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto, Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo and the governors and deputy governors of neighboring Banten and West Java met with lawmakers Thursday to dis

Mustaqim Adammrah, Jakarta – Jakarta is being urged to follow the lead of cities like London, Stockholm and Singapore in introducing an electronic road pricing (ERP) system to ease chro

Jakarta – The Cakung sluice gate in East Jakarta provides Ari Syarifuddin with a steady income on a daily basis due to the amount of trash it catches.

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration's latest policy that allows motorists to use the busway lanes to ease traffic congestion is absurd and will backfire, transpor

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – City Council members gave a mixed response Tuesday to the ambitious 100-day program Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo unveiled the previous day.

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Governor Fauzi Bowo on Monday unveiled the working plan for his first 100 days in office, with his priorities focused on tackling some of Jakarta's most pres

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Jakarta administration has been criticized for raids aimed at preventing arriving migrants trying their luck in the city.

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Jakarta – While most Muslims celebrated Idul Fitri with their families, others in the city were not so lucky.

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Thousands of Jakartans queued Sunday to receive an Idul Fitri "gift" from new Governor Fauzi Bowo.

Mark Forbes, Jakarta – In a remarkable exodus, tens of millions of Indonesians are filling roads, trains, planes and ferries as they return to their birthplaces to celebrate the Islamic

Jakarta – Jakarta had its new governor and deputy governor installed Sunday amid a wave of rallies organized by various groups to remind Fauzi Bowo and Prijanto to keep the promises the

Jakarta – Like Londoners talking about the weather, Jakartans have made traffic jams a common topic of discussion.

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Three years have passed since the launch of the Transjakarta busway, but Sutiyoso's dream to see Jakartans switch from private cars to public transportation is st

Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court on Monday rejected the class-action lawsuit filed by victims of February's floods against Jakarta's governor and five mayors.

Jakarta – Although the Home Affairs Ministry said it would look into Jakarta's newly endorsed public order bylaw, Home Minister Mardiyanto said there was nothing stopping the city imple

Jakarta – Jakarta lacks concern for its residents in many ways, particularly in the commercial sphere, with the city administration paying little attention to the ordinary people, a pro

Jakarta – Senior education expert Mochtar Buchori told the Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday the city administration failed to help residents during February's flood disaster a

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Local entrepreneurs are skeptical about the "abundant" business opportunities in the capital, citing that many sectors are untapped but marketing and licensi

Jakarta – Hundreds of people living under the Jembatan Tiga expressway, which was recently damaged in a slum fire, protested Monday in front of the North Jakarta municipal office agains

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Non-governmental group the Urban Poor Consortium on Thursday said the housing solutions offered to squatters living under elevated roads by the city and Nort

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The country may have celebrated its 62nd anniversary last week, but the scavengers of East Java feel far from in charge of their lives.

Jakarta – Many of the people living under city turnpikes are anxious over the news they will soon be relocated as they have gotten no wind of alternative arrangements.

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Adisti Sukma Sawitri and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The decision by the majority of political parties in Jakarta to support current Deputy Governor Fauzi Bowo in August's gubernatori

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Incumbent Jakarta deputy governor Fauzi Bowo has received the backing of a giant political coalition for the city's upcoming gubernatorial election.

Jakarta – As Sutiyoso's time as governor draws to a close, the people around him are working against time to ensure his plan to establish an inland water transportation system gets off

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Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Most small lakes in Greater Jakarta are getting shallower as local authorities are not prioritizing their protection, an official said last week.

Anissa S. Febrina, Jakarta – Jakartans may think they have seen it all when it comes to environmental disasters, but it is a good bet that the worst is yet to come, a study reveals.

Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso is still a popular target of protests by victims of recent floods.

Jakarta – Devastating floods in the Indonesian capital earlier this month have caused nearly one billion dollars worth of damage and losses.

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Jakarta – When a new regulation comes into effect next month, all buildings in the city's protected upland areas must come down.