by Haryanto Suharman | Oct 6, 2015 | News, Newsmakers, People
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) hinted another examination session over Secretary General of Nasdem Party Patrice Rio Capella related to further investigation into bribery scandal implicating infamous lawyer Otto Cornelis (OC) Kaligis...
by Haryanto Suharman | Oct 6, 2015 | News, Newsmakers, People
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Team (Basarnas) will start the evacuation of the victims and debries of Aviastar’s DHC-6 Twin Otter plane this morning (Oct. 6) after finding the location of the missing plane Monday (Oct. 5) afternoon....
by Haryanto Suharman | Oct 5, 2015 | News, Newsmakers, People
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Team (Basarnas) has continued their efforts to find the missing DHC-6 Twin Otter plane that lost contact with air traffic controllers since last Friday (Oct. 2) during the flight from Masamba to...
by Haryanto Suharman | Oct 5, 2015 | News, Newsmakers, People
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – 100 Indonesian pilgrims have lost their lives so far after a stampede in Mina during the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. The National Police’s Disaster Victims Identification (DVI) will continue to identify the victims of the Mina stampede...
by Haryanto Suharman | Oct 5, 2015 | National, News, Politics
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is expected on Monday (Oct. 5) to attend the commemoration of the 70th Indonesian Military’s (TNI) anniversary at the Indah Kiat dock in Cilegon, Banten. President Jokowi will be accompanied by the First Lady...
by Haryanto Suharman | Oct 2, 2015 | National, News, Politics
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has urged new ministers in the Working Cabinet of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla to soon submit their wealth reports (LHKPN) to the commission. In addition, KPK acting...
by Haryanto Suharman | Oct 2, 2015 | Finance, Indonesia Finance, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Vice President Jusuf Kalla revealed that the government will award tax amnesty by end of this year or early next year, to cover the Rp200 million deficit of tax revenue. Kalla, on his working visit at the UN headquarters in New York, said tax...
by Haryanto Suharman | Sep 30, 2015 | News, Newsmakers, People
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador for Indonesia Mustafa Bin Ibrahim al Mubarak stated that his government has decided to not involving other countries in the investigation to be launched into recent tragedy in Mina stampede that killed at least 717...
by Haryanto Suharman | Sep 30, 2015 | National, News, Politics
NEW YORK (Yosefardi) – Vice President Jusuf Kalla revealed the government’s plan to propose Indonesia as a non-permanent member of the United Nations’ (UN) Security Council in 2019, Kompas.com reported. VP Kalla said that Indonesia is now trying to lobby other...
by Haryanto Suharman | Sep 29, 2015 | News, Newsmakers, People
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Ministry of the Religious Affairs revealed that 41 Indonesian pilgrims have lost their lives after a stampede in Mina during the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. According to Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, 10...