Bongbong Marcos, US VP Harris discuss South China Sea

Jean Mangaluz 09/07/2023

JAKARTA, Indonesia — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and United States (US) Vice President Kamala Harris met on the sidelines of the 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Jakarta, the Palace said Thursday.   “President…

PH, Vietnam eye 5-year rice trade agreement

Jean Mangaluz 09/07/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and Vietnam are working on a five-year rice trade agreement that is hoped to help address the former’s food security concerns. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh…

Fur-ever after: Indonesians sorry after lavish dog ‘wedding’ backlash

Agence France Presse 07/20/2023

JAKARTA — Two Indonesian women have apologized after a lavish “wedding” for their dogs sparked a backlash in the middle-income country, where wealth distribution is one of the most unequal in the world. Two Alaskan Malamutes were…

K-pop band’s Indonesia concert halted after 30 faint in crush

Agence France Presse 11/05/2022

K-pop band NCT 127 was forced to end their first concert in Indonesia early after 30 people fainted in a crush, police said. Indonesia is still reeling after more than 130 people, including over 40 children, died…

COVID-19 positive man refuses to be taken to hospital, hugs neighbors in rage

The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network 05/17/2020

  JAKARTA — A 40-year-old man initialed as AR, who has tested positive for COVID-19, has caused a commotion as he refused to be taken to the hospital by a team of medical workers and fumed at…

Multiple deaths reported as floods, landslide strike Jakarta

01/02/2020

JAKARTA — Severe flooding in Jakarta has claimed at least three lives and forced hundreds of residents to flee their homes after heavy rains from Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning inundated both residential and commercial areas across the…

Jakarta sinking fast — experts

Asia News Newtwork, Inquirer.net, Jakarta Post 12/05/2018

JAKARTA — Jakartans may see a quarter of the capital submerged with water in the next decade. More than a quarter of Jakarta’s 661.52 square kilometers will be submerged by water in less than a decade, as…

38 ex-graft convicts to run in Indonesia’s 2019 elections

Asia News Network, Inquirer.net 09/23/2018

JAKARTA — Voters, be mindful: of more than 200,000 candidates running for legislative seats at the regional level next year, 38 have been convicted of corruption. After months of legal debate, the General Elections Commission (KPU) has…

FROM 5 STAR TO NO STAR: How I explored Jakarta two ways

Jude Bacalso 02/26/2018

I’m not one for lists. I find that if you follow one with single-minded determination, one is bound to run into a disappointment. But my friend Star Naraga is a firm believer in them, and last weekend…

Indonesia police arrest 58 in raid on Jakarta gay sauna

AP 10/08/2017

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Dozens of men, including several foreigners, were arrested in a raid of a gay sauna in Indonesia’s capital, police said Sunday, as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people face increased hostility in the world’s…

Flying etiquette

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 09/08/2017

I’m on seat 9C en route to Jakarta, Indonesia, from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — and I’m fuming mad at this man with his Android phone on his right hand as he is enjoying the time of his…

‘The Spawn’ beaten anew

Glendale G. Rosal 01/15/2017

CEBUANO Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Vaughn “The Spawn” Donayre showed improved striking abilities but still couldn’t avoid absorbing another loss as he bowed to Dutch MMA fighter Vincent “Magnivincent” Latoel via a unanimous decision last Saturday…

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