A new Jakarta Light Rail Transit (LRT) line went on stream on Sunday with endorsements from weekend passengers, but questions linger about who this 6-kilometer service is intended for.

The event had Ahok’s 2017 gubernatorial election rival, who is now Jakarta governor, Anies Baswedan, in attendance.

Council speaker Prasetyo Edi Marsudi from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) said the councilors had considered cutting budget allocations for certain sectors.

Since its establishment in June 2018, Jakarta-based Setali Indonesia has been working on finding ways to prevent old clothes from ending up in waste disposal sites.

Christmas is just around the corner. As families are preparing food checklists and churches are setting up bright lights and decoration, many people with disabilities mull a basic-yet-complicated question: How do I get home for Christmas?

This is not the first time the beggar, identified as Muklis Muctar Besani, 65, was taken into custody by the agency carrying millions of rupiah.

From 2012 to 2016, according to Statistics Indonesia (BPS), there were on average 6,600 traffic accidents every year in the capital. Roughly 700 people died each year and thousands of others were injured.

The status comes following reports that students and teachers at SMP 20 state junior high school in the city had contracted the virus at the school.

The PT MRT Jakarta president director thought the company could be listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) within the next two years, citing its healthy financial performance.

More buses are to be deployed to take passengers to, among other places, the popular Ragunan Zoo in South Jakarta and Ancol Dreamland Park in North Jakarta.

Puput Soedarjanto from urban cycling community Bike2work said that according to data compiled by the group, at least 16 cyclists died so far this year in traffic accidents in several cities in the country while another 15 cyclists were hospitalized. 

The ATM-like machines will initially target residents in the capital city Jakarta next year, with a main priority for the islanders in the Thousand Islands regency, which lacks access to population and civil registry offices.

It is not the first attempt to construct facilities on the island amid the land dispute.

Jakarta’s sanitation workers seem to have found a way to contribute in the country’s efforts to reduce plastic pollution ─ Indonesia’s very own modern-day enemy ─ through creative ways that include turning the waste into handicrafts. 

An 18-year-old, only identified as LA, found the baby, who was alive and healthy, at 5.30 a.m. on the side of the road.

As of October, the commuter line had reached 81.13 percent of its 2019 target by serving 278,706,794 passengers, or an average of 916,799 passengers per day.

A visually impaired man named Fazlur Rahman staged a solo protest in front of the Transportation Ministry office in Central Jakarta demanding better treatment for people with disabilities on public transportation after he accidentally fell through a platform gap when trying to board a train at Cikini Station, Central Jakarta, on Nov 17.

The trucks transport construction materials to neighboring areas, predominantly to Tangerang in Banten and Jakarta, to supply government infrastructure projects and commercial housing developments.

“Most of our income, however, still comes from ticket subsidies, about Rp 560 billion,” MRT president director William Sabandar said.

Forty-one people, including 13 officials of the Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP), have been named suspects for allegedly stealing money from an ATM linked to city-owned Bank DKI.

Tofu and tempeh are produced at home industries along riverbanks in the city.

A woman has been accused of violating the Blasphemy Law, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

In order to impose healthy lifestyles on its personnel, the North Jakarta Police are preparing exercise programs for fat police officers to lose weight.

Hundreds of street vendors operating in the tourist destination of Puncak in Bogor, West Java, staged a rally in front of the Bogor regency office on Monday, urging the regent to halt their eviction. 

Rented electric scooters seem to be on hiatus from Jakarta's streets as the police threatened on Monday to fine anyone who uses them outside of the designated area for micromobility vehicles.

A total of 66 Chinese nationals have been arrested in Jakarta for allegedly running an international scam syndicate and committing fraud targeting foreigners, mostly Chinese citizens.

A study by global public opinion and data company YouGov published in June shows that 27 percent of Indonesians have experienced suicidal thoughts.

Starting Monday, people who rent electric scooters and ride them on roads and bike lines outside the area designated for micromobility vehicles in Jakarta will face up to Rp 250,000 (US$17.69) fine.

The weekly Car Free Day event on Jl. Sudirman and Jl. MH Thamrin is now divided into three zones, the red zone is off limits to street vendors, in the yellow zone they are partially allowed, and the green zone is open to the vendors.

Islanders living in the Jakarta Bay, especially those on the most remote islands, have to make do with limited public facilities, but improvements are slowly coming their way.