Papuan Governor Disapproves of Freeport's Smelter Plan Outside Province

... Indonesia, the local unit of US mining company Freeport-McMoRan, ... Freeport’s reason of lack of infrastructures is baseless ... he said at the House of Representatives’ building on Friday. Freeport ... Its progress toward construction of the smelter secured Freeport ...

Commentary: Learn to Deal With Democracy in Discord, or It Dies

... ethical liability, House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fadli Zon of the Great ... inaugurate Budi after the House confirmed his nomination has ... pursuit of self-interest will sink or save us. Will ... we each manage to see matters from the perspective of ...

Govt Plans to Impose 10% VAT on Middle-Income Electricity Users by June

... in a speech to the House of Representatives, on Wednesday. The government ... burden for the majority of middle-income customers, who ... adjustment tariff” — on top of electricity base tariff — which fluctuates ... against the US dollar makes up 75 percent of the ...

Indonesian Fishermen Stage Protests Against New Regulations

... harming the little people like us. I think Minister Susi ... Fishermen’s Union visited the House of Representatives in Jakarta to complain about ... against the new rules. “All of us across Tabanan can’t catch ... dialogue with us, but she’s allocated none of her time ...

JCI Rises as Political Concerns Dissipate

... confidence amid positive signs of political stability in the ... to 12,557 against the US dollar, from 12,659 ... growth came as the House of Representatives ratified a presidential decree ... local elections, diminishing sentiments of a divided government in ...

Fishing Unions Line Up Complaints Against Minister Susi in DPR

... at Commission IV of the House of Representatives to state their ... makes thing difficult for us," Kajidin said. "It ... her to talk with us, but she has ... not given us the opportunity to ... review the effect of those ministerial regulations comprehensively ...

Obama’s Address Points to New Foreign Policy Focus

... These range from the normalisation of US relations with Cuba, and a ... Democrat-controlled Senate and House of Representatives, secured a number of significant international achievements ... s ambition for a reorientation of US international policy towards the Asia ...

Faldi Zon Attacks KPK Over 'Political Involvement'

Jakarta. House of Representatives deputy speaker Fadli ... stir fears that the House is trying to reign ... questioned "how clean" members of the agency were themselves, ... is their standard? For us, KPK has been involved ... (Gerindra), nor the House has any desire to ...

Commentary: How TNI Will Elbow Into the National Police's Anti-Terror Role

... responsibility In 2004, the House of Representatives (DPR) enacted the Law ... . Since the threat of radical jihadists transcends national ... Widodo reassured US President Barack Obama of his commitment to ... in Surabaya by the US and Australian Embassies suggest ...

House Lawmakers Seek to Revive Bank Century Probe

... are pushing for the revival of a House of Representatives inquiry committee into the ... controversial bailout of the now-defunct Bank ... .41 trillion. “You have led us to believe the selling price ...