INDONESIA ALERTED IN FACE OF POSSIBLE SWINE FLU EPIDEMIC

 Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) – As suspected swine flu cases have reached Australia and New Zealand while at least 100 human deaths have been reported in North America, Indonesia is now alerting its citizens and taking the necessary steps to prevent the spread of the disease in the country.          In Jakarta, Secretary-General of ASEAN Surin [...]

GOVT ADVISED TO ACQUIRE OVER 20 PCT OF NEWMONT STAKES

Jakarta, April 27 (ANTARA) – The Indonesian government on Monday was urged to acquire over 20 percent stakes in PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (NNT), or more than the mandatory 17 percent ruled by an international arbitration court last month. “The government should acquire more than 20 percent of the [...]

YUDHOYONO MIGHT PICK PROFESSIONAL AS HIS RUNNING MATE

  Jakarta, April 25 (ANTARA) – Not willing to worsen the internal rifts within political parties, Democratic Party presidential hopeful Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is likely to pick his running mate for the upcoming July 8 presidential elections himself from the professional circles, political analysts say. ”Yudhoyono is a very careful person who would avoid conflict with [...]

GOLKAR STOPS COALITION TALKS WITH DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Jakarta, April 22 (ANTARA) – The central board of Golkar decided on Wednesday to terminate its political talks with the Democratic Party (PD) after they failed to reach an accord on how to form a coalition in the face of the upcoming July 9 presidential elections.        The decision, which was announced by Golkar Party Secretary [...]

TENS OF INDNESIAN BANKS IN RISKY CONDITION

Jakarta, April 21 (ANTARA) – Following last week’s liquidation of IFI bank by Bank Indonesia (BI), economists warned on Tuesday of risky conditions of about 40 to 50 small banks in the country, advising the central bank that it should ask them to merge.   Of the 130 banks in Indonesia, only about 15 large [...]

GOLKAR URGED TO PROPOSE MORE THAN ONE NAME TO SBY

Jakarta, April 19 (ANTARA) – A number of cadres are calling on Golkar that the political party should propose more than one name as Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY)’s running mate for the July’s presidential race.  The aspirations have arisen in the runup to Golkar’s Special National Leadership Meeting next Thursday where it is expected to [...]

PORK-TAINTED BEEF JERKY CIRCULATING IN INDONESIAN MARKET

Jakarta, April 18 (ANTARA) – The regional governments are called on to withdraw from the market pork-tainted dendeng (beef jerky) and abon (shredded fried meat) products and to take action against their producers. “It is the regional governments who have the power to withdraw, destroy and revoke the business licenses of producers of pork-tainted beef [...]

GOLKAR TO DECIDE ON COALITION NEXT WEEK

Jakarta, April 14 (ANTARA) – Winner of the 2004 legislative election, the Golkar Party, whose voter turnout dropped significantly in last Thursday’s polls, will decide whether to maintain its coalition with the Democratic Party (DP) or to coalesce with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) next week. [...]

PRE-POLLS POLITICAL ALLIANCES FACING UNCERTAINTIES

Jakarta, April 12 (ANTARA) – The idea of forming a golden triangle coalition of the United Development Party (PPP), the Golkar Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) is facing uncertainties as PDIP has moved closer to forming a coalition with the People’s Conscience Party (Hanura) and the Great [...]

GOLKAR PLAYS PENDULUM FOR PARTY COALITION

Jakarta, April 10 (ANTARA) – With the Democratic Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) respectively ranked first and second in Thursday’s legislative elections based on quick counts, Golkar, which was ranked third, can play the pendulum in the middle for the formation of a coalition, political scientists say. [...]