tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:38:47 +0000CisadaneThe Banten Post contains my selected articles and photos published in The Jakarta Post since 2000, including my personal views. The articles report various coverages in Banten, a new province in the Western Tip of Java, Indonesia. I have more concerns of the environment, health, education, law enforcement, human interests and people. So, most of stories here describe the specified fields.http://multajp.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)Blogger290125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-6120394125289432418Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:05:00 +00002012-03-07T14:10:15.705+07:00Multa Fidrus The Jakarta Post | Wed, 03/07/2012 11:56 AMA | A | A |TANGERANG: The Tangerang Police say that a fast-response policy and a new task force have led to 44 arrests in one week in one the nation’s most crime-ridden regencies. “We quickly followed up every report that came in from the community and arrested 44 suspects between Feb. 27 and March 6,” Tangerang Regency Police chief Sr. Comrhttp://multajp.blogspot.com/2012/03/crackdown-on-high-crime-rate-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-2898366581220388826Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:50:00 +00002012-03-06T16:54:07.987+07:00Antasari to stay in jail on his daughter’s wedding partyMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang | Mon, 03/05/2012 5:00 PMA | A | A |Antasari Azhar: Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman.JP/J. AdigunaAntasari Azhar confirmed that the Tangerang penitentiary had turned down his request for a permit to attend his daughter’s wedding reception.“We have filed a request for a permit http://multajp.blogspot.com/2012/03/antasari-to-stay-in-jail-on-his.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-1563635497729653886Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:25:00 +00002008-12-18T15:29:10.973+07:00Saturday, November 08, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangProsecutors at the Tangerang District Court sought the death sentence for three foreigners convicted of smuggling cocaine into the country through Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in February.Prosecutors Teuku Rahman and Haryadi said in a hearing Thursday evening the defendants, a Thai woman, Thitirat Charoensuk, 24, and two http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/prosecutors-seek-death-for-cocaine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-3282438344851845361Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:21:00 +00002008-12-18T15:24:51.377+07:00Wednesday, November 05, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, BantenAs the wet season approaches, Banten's provincial administration has been making moves to mitigate the effects of floods that will likely occur across the province in the middle of this month.The administration has spent Rp 10 billion (US$950,000) building several embankments designed to hold back overflow of river water in http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/banten-province-gets-ready-for-floods.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-2799744255811593710Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:18:00 +00002008-12-18T15:19:33.702+07:00Tuesday, November 04, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangThe Tangerang municipal administration has prepared detailed engineering designs for road construction and repairs in the newly approved South Tangerang city, Tangerang regent Ismet Iskandar said over the weekend.The regent asked the residents to help the projects progress smoothly because the administration would also widen http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/south-tangerang-to-have-roads-repaired.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-4713399178900112231Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:13:00 +00002008-12-18T15:17:02.870+07:00Monday, November 03, 2008 pyraergMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangThe details of the executions of the Bali bombers remain unknown, but authorities are taking no chances, with security at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport being tightened and the Australian government warning its citizens against traveling to Indonesia.Airport security guards and police have been tightening inspections http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/security-tightened-ahead-of-bombers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-3832795219422843283Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:11:00 +00002008-12-18T15:12:33.598+07:00Saturday, November 01, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangMany Tangerang residents have expressed their support for the new South Tangerang City."It is high time that several districts in the southern part of the regency have autonomy," Rita Zahara, a housewife who lives in East Ciputat district, told The Jakarta Post on Friday. The district is one of six in southern Tangerang regency, http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/residents-councilors-support-new-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-7352691326935866122Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:02:00 +00002008-12-18T15:05:33.566+07:00Friday, October 31, 2008Multa Fidrus and Theresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang, BogorIncumbent Tangerang mayor Wahidin Halim and running mate Arief R. Wismansyah were reelected in a landslide victory over two other running pairs, securing their second term in office.Similarly Bogor mayor Diani Budiarto, pairing with the former West Java legislator Achmad Ru'yat, convincingly outdid four http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/incumbent-mayors-secured-second-term.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-3539340605372221119Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:01:00 +00002008-12-18T15:02:27.388+07:00Thursday, October 30, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, BantenBanten prosecutors arrested eight former provincial legislative council members for their alleged involvement in a Rp 14 billion (US$1.32) corruption case in 2003.Yunan Harjaka, special crime assistant at the prosecutor's office said the arrests were made after his team obtained enough evidence of the misuse of funds and because http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/more-former-banten-councilors-arrested.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-2185472529292067579Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:59:00 +00002008-12-18T15:00:28.485+07:00Wednesday, October 29, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangThe sounds of laughter and cheerful chatter filled the air at the new school building for children with disabilities in Tangerang on Tuesday.The students, most of whom are from low-income families, knew something different was going on because the campus of SLB Yanaiz had been decked out for the building's inauguration ceremony. http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/japanese-built-school-opens-for-kids.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-1955578647785921843Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:58:00 +00002008-12-18T14:59:22.292+07:00Tuesday, October 28, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangIncumbent Tangerang Mayor Wahidin Halim looks set to win the first-ever direct municipal election, according to preliminary results announced by the municipality's elections commission on Monday.Wahidin and running mate Arief R. Wismansyah have 572,967 (88.5 percent) of the vote from Sunday's election. Poll commission chairman http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/wahidin-wins-885-percent-of-votes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-6104589807373032440Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:56:00 +00002008-12-18T14:58:03.656+07:00Monday, October 27, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangThe first-ever direct election for Tangerang mayor ran peacefully Sunday with preliminary counts putting incumbent mayor Wahidin Halim in the lead.It was reported that 90 percent of registered voters turned up to vote. The high turnout was unexpected as most Tangerang residents work in Jakarta and therefore tended not to be http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/incumbent-takes-early-lead-in-election.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-4710956981286390754Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:54:00 +00002008-12-18T14:56:12.199+07:00Saturday, October 25, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangTangerang health officials are on alert following a jump in the number of cases of acute respiratory infections in children in the regency this year."We have recorded a total of 5,764 children under five years of age who have contracted respiratory infections since January," Yuli Sunar Dewanti, head of communicable disease http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/respiratory-problems-among-children.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-4258789338312717271Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:53:00 +00002008-12-18T14:54:40.156+07:00Friday, October 24, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangThe Tangerang municipal poll watchdog (Panwas) and local police are investigating a series of alleged electoral breaches by candidates including a campaign event at Lake Cipondoh in which two children drowned.At the event for candidate pair Wahidin Halim and Arief R. Wismansyah, several violations of the electoral regulations http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/drowned-kids-mar-election-campaign.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-2055019443316011951Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:50:00 +00002008-12-18T14:51:42.285+07:00Wednesday, October 22, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangAir traffic controllers are asking the government not to recast their employment status from professionals managed by a state enterprise to civil servants managed by a government office."To guarantee the quality of air traffic service, as recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organization, we are asking the government http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/air-traffic-controllers-reject-civil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-4774016615866092240Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:48:00 +00002008-12-18T14:49:23.118+07:00Thursday, October 16, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangAs the rainy season nears, Pondok Aren district, in cooperation with Tangerang regency's social welfare agency, has begun to repair and clean drainage systems in several flood-prone sites in the district.The district chief Chaerudin on Wednesday identified six flood-prone areas, all housing complexes. They are: State Secretary (http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/pondok-aren-braces-for-possible-floods.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-1197514790346095563Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:46:00 +00002008-12-18T14:47:40.642+07:00Monday, October 20, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangThe Tangerang regency legislative council will soon approve a bylaw which will pave the way for the regency to collect fees from passengers at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.The fee will be collected at Terminal 2, which is located in the regency's jurisdiction. About 340 out the total 2,600 hectares of the airport area ishttp://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/flyers-to-pay-more-to-jack-up-regencys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-9117184237012730713Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:41:00 +00002008-12-18T14:42:47.066+07:00Tuesday, October 14, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangProsecutors will soon launch an investigation into the development of public facilities at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, following allegations of misappropriation of state funds earmarked for the project."We received information that renovations of washrooms at the airport cost Rp 40 billion (US$4 million). This is very oddhttp://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/airport-facelift-costs-questioned.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-1052427066849582892Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:39:00 +00002008-12-18T14:40:37.566+07:00Monday, October 13, 2008Tangerang Police are still investigating the cause of the fire which claimed the lives of eight workers in a steel-cutting factory in Kosambi district, Tangerang.Tangerang police chief Sr. Comr. Agus Andrianto said Saturday forensic investigators were still looking into evidence at the site, which belongs to PT Surya Sejahtera Metalindo Lestari. "We have questioned six http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/police-still-seeking-kosambi-fire-cause.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-2496963411900469923Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:37:00 +00002008-12-18T14:38:15.311+07:00Saturday, October 11, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangThe Tangerang Municipal Elections Commission (KPUD) on Friday published a list of the personal fortunes of all mayoral candidates that will contest this year's election, scheduled for Oct. 26.The list was compiled from documents demanded of the candidates in accordance with a Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) regulation. At http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/poll-body-reports-candidates-wealth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-633004920373015950Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:35:00 +00002008-12-18T14:36:52.893+07:00Thursday, October 09, 2008Multa Fidrus and Theresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang, BogorAll candidates slated in Tangerang's upcoming mayoral elections have promised a peaceful campaign and vowed to focus on improving the welfare of local residents if elected.Three pairs of running mates -- Wahidin Halim and Arief Wismansyah, Ismed Sadeli Hasan and Mahfud Abdullah, and Muhamad Bonie Mudfijar http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/bogor-and-tangerang-start-mayoral.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-5298521141672544045Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:34:00 +00002008-12-18T14:35:22.420+07:00Wednesday, October 08, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangDozens of local environmental activists of green group Yayasan Peduli Lingkungan (Yapelh) staged a rally in front of a battery factory in Tangerang municipality Tuesday to protest alleged toxic dumping.The protesters urged consumers to boycott batteries produced at the PT Yuasa factory, which they said dumped toxic waste into thehttp://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/green-group-accuses-battery-producer-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-7587925921779578172Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:32:00 +00002008-12-18T14:33:37.647+07:00Tuesday, October 07, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangA murder suspect, whom the Tangerang police arrested last month for allegedly killing a marine soldier, managed to escape from four officers on Sunday.The missing suspect, identified as Zahiri alias Miki bin Marsan, was leading four detectives to the hideout of three other members of his robbery gang, who were still at large in http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/suspect-in-murder-of-marine-evades.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-3281200903919462988Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:29:00 +00002008-12-18T14:30:43.652+07:00Wednesday, September 24, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangPT Angkasa Pura II, operator of the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, invited three cabinet ministers on Tuesday to inaugurate newly installed facilities. The new facilities are part of the operator's Clean Airport Action (CAA) program, comprising infrastructure improvements such as washrooms and Islamic prayer rooms, an http://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/soekarno-hatta-airport-gets-139-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885084474465000449.post-3026975606956653626Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:27:00 +00002008-12-18T14:28:50.207+07:00Monday, September 22, 2008Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangTV presenter Dewi Hughes (holding a microphone) led a discussion Friday between State Minister for Women's Empowerment Meutia Hatta and 300 inmates at the Tangerang Juvenile Penitentiary during an event to break the fast."Ibu Meutia is with you today because she cares about all of you. Don't worry, she wants to share stories abouthttp://multajp.blogspot.com/2008/12/minister-visits-young-inmates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Welcome to Multa's News Site)0