STOCKS THINNING AS HOUSEWIVES SWITCH TO 3-KG CANISTER GAS

Jakarta, Oct 13 (ANTARA) – Many housewives who had been regular users of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in 12-kg cylinders have switched to the fuel in subsidized 3-kg cylinders following state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina’s decision to raise the price of 12-kg cylinder LPG over the weekend. “We [...]

RAMLAN CUTS OFF HIS OWN LEG TO SURVIVE QUAKE

Jakarta, Oct 11 (ANTARA) – Amid falling debris and trembling constructions as well as  screams for help of thousands outside, a young man inside a building groaned with pain as the teeth of a saw sliced inch by inch his leg. While dying of being trapped, Ramlan (18) was forced to saw [...]

BODY OF NOORDIN’S ‘SUCCESSOR’ STILL BEING EXAMINED

      Jakarta, Oct 10 (ANTARA) – The bodies of two suspected terrorists  – one believed to be Noordin M Top’s successor, an expert in recruiting suicide bombers — are still being examined by forensic experts at Kramat Jati Police hospital.  Police will announce on Monday the identities of the two dead terror suspects.     However, police believe that [...]

GOLKAR LIKELY O FACE TOUGHER TIMES

Jakarta, Oct 9 (ANTARA) – The Golkar Party is likely to face tougher times ahead as its popular support is unlikely to increase drastically after the party’s chairmanship was won by Aburizal Bakrie who is expected to make the party a government supporter, observers say.   “With the election of Aburizal Bakrie as Golkar chairman [...]

GOLKAR NEEDS REPOSITIONING FOR ITS FUTURE

Jakarta, Oct 7 (ANTARA) – The Golkar Party which is now holding its Eighth Congress in Riau province needs to reposition itself in order to win critical voters ahead and to regain its past glory.      “Golkar has to use the congress as a good momentum to reposition itself because it needs a new position to [...]

WEST SUMATRA NEEDS TO REHABILITATE ITS TOURISM IMAGE

Jakarta, Oct 5 (ANTARA) – West Sumatra’s tourism industry which was crippled by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake last week, does not only need to reconstruct its physical infrastructures but also to rehabilitate its image to restore its normal life. “Image rehabilitation is not less important than physical reconstruction of damaged hotels and restaurants,” Tourism [...]

QUAKE-CRIPPLED WEST SUMATRA EXPECTED TO RECOVER SOON

Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) – As the emergency response has been running well, economic and social activities in West Sumatra particularly its provincial capital Padang City, and other regions which were shattered by a strong earthquake last Wednesday are expected to recover soon.
        On Saturday, public activities and distribution of basic needs began to show [...]

HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO SAVE W SUMATRA QUAKE VICTIMS

Jakarta, Oct 1 (ANTARA) – Rescue workers need additional heavy equipment to evacuate the thousands of victims believed still to be trapped under building rubbles in Sumatra’s 7.6-magnitude earthquake that shattered Padang city on Wednesday afternoon and killed at least 600  people.    The equipment is also needed to help remove hills of avalanches, rocks and [...]

ALLEGED CRIMES COMMITTED IN BANK CENTURY CASE By

Jakarta, Sept 30 (ANTARA) – The case of bankrupt Bank Century, which was taken over late last year by the Deposit Insurance Agency (LPS) and received a much-criticized injection of Rp6.7 trillion from the government recently, involves banking crimes, according to an interim auditing report.      Indications of criminal offenses in the Bank Century case were [...]

‘RIVALRY’ BETWEEN ANTI-GRAFT BODY AND POLICE CONTINUING

Jakarta, Sept 29 (ANTARA) – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) reported chief detective, Commissioner General Susno Duaji, to police on Monday over an alleged non procedural investigation on KPK leaders.     The Police’s Criminal Investigation Department will at the same time begin this week to grill two remaining KPK deputies as witnesses over an alleged power [...]