Tue, 01/06/2009 - 7:23 AM
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday slammed PT Pertamina for
“making excuses” about a recent scarcity of Premium gasoline and
diesel, saying the state oil and gas company should accept...
Tue, 01/06/2009 - 7:11 AM
Having earmarked Rp 50 trillion (US$4.9 billion) for a stimulus package
to help the country survive the economic crisis, the government said
Monday the money could help the economy grow by as much...
Tue, 01/06/2009 - 7:05 AM
The Corruption Court appeared in no celebratory mood Monday, despite
the holiday period, as it handed down its verdict to former legislator
Al Amien Nur Nasution, sentencing him to eight years in...
Tue, 01/06/2009 - 7:01 AM
Students and teachers in Jakarta were left scratching their sleepy
heads Monday — at least the ones that woke up on time — and trying to
figure out the reasoning behind the Jakarta...
Tue, 01/06/2009 - 7:31 AM
Thousands of quake survivors cramped makeshift shelters in Manokwari on
Monday as aftershocks continued to rock the region a day after two
powerful earthquakes flattened hundreds of buildings and...
Tue, 01/06/2009 - 7:20 AM
The most important political office, the late US Supreme Court jurist Louis Brandeis remarked, is that of the private citizen.
Question:
Indonesia will increase the airport exit tax to Rp 2.5 million (US$227) from Rp 1 million beginning Jan. 1 for those without a tax number (NPWP), whereas those with a NPWP will be exempt from it. What do you think?
This country always has problems of leaders having a strategic vision and lack of communication and implementation of the policies it drafts. For a...
RM, Jakarta, Indonesia