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MANILA, Sept. 13 (PIA) -– President Duterte has not given the so-called “green light” to the execution of Mary Jane Veloso. This was the clarification made by Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto R. Yasay, Jr. after reading a news item in the Jakarta Post with an erroneous headline that ran, “Duterte has given green light for Mary Jane’s execution.” Yasay gave credence to a later paragraph in the Jakarta Post story which said: “Veloso was excluded indefinitely from the […]
THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), for the first time as an ASEAN Community, observed its 49th anniversary on 8 August 2016. A celebration was held on Aug. 15 at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia. In his welcome remarks, the Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Le Luong Minh highlighted the progress that ASEAN has achieved in the last 49 years, which enabled ASEAN to play a central role in the evolving regional architecture in […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Jakarta banned Friday any Indonesian-flagged vessels from sailing to the Philippines, the transport ministry said, after yet another violent kidnapping in the strife-torn waters between the two nations. The ruling was issued after the government confirmed seven Indonesian sailors were kidnapped at gunpoint earlier this week, and were being held hostage by an unknown group. It’s the third time this year Indonesian sailors have been abducted in the Sulu sea, a […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Seven Indonesian sailors have been kidnapped at sea in the southern Philippines, the government in Jakarta said Friday, the latest in a spree of abductions by armed gangs in the strife-torn region. The crew were towing a coal barge in the Sulu sea on Monday when their tugboat was hijacked by armed groups, Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi said. Seven sailors were taken hostage in two separate attacks on the vessel […]
(Eagle News) — London Film Festival’s “best director for a foreign language film” Carlo Jay Ortega Cuevas is the newest addition to the Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) family. The award-winning director of INCinema’s “Walang Take Two” has recently signed up as one of the directors of EBC’s Entertainment department. Cuevas, who also recently won the Platinum World Award as “World Newcomer Filmmaker of the Year” at the recent World Film Awards in Jakarta, Indonesia, is […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines’ entry from INCinema, “Walang Take Two” has won two major awards from the World Film Awards in Jakarta, Indonesia on Monday night, May 30, during awarding ceremonies that recognized the independent film that had recently gained acclaim from other film festivals in London and Madrid. The Platinum World Award was given to “Walang Take Two” director Carlo Jay Cuevas as “World Newcomer Filmmaker of the year” last night. Aside from this, the […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia(AFP) — Indonesia’s president Wednesday approved tough new punishments for child sex offenders, including a maximum penalty of death and chemical castration, after the brutal gang-rape and murder of a schoolgirl. Convicted paedophiles could also be forced to wear electronic monitoring devices following their release from jail under new rules introduced in an emergency decree. “This regulation is intended to overcome the crisis caused by sexual violence against children,” President Joko Widodo said late […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines’ entry from INCinema, “Walang Take Two” has won the Platinum World Awards and Golden World Awards at the World Film Awards in Jakarta, aside from being nominated for Best Picture this 2016. The awarding ceremonies will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia on May 30. (See link: http://worldfilmawards.org/winners.htm) These new awards are in addition to the London International Film Festival Award for best director in a foreign film for “Walang […]
Indonesia’s capital Jakarta is seeing a growing number of transportation services catering exclusively to women, offering better security and comfort in the Indonesian capital of 10 million people. Ladyjek, one of the most recent entrants to the female-only taxi services, has seen business take off less than four months after starting operations in the predominately Muslim nation. The company’s motorcycle drivers, sporting bright pink helmets, can easily be ordered using a mobile app. Uki Pratiwi, […]
Some Indonesians expressed concern about their safety as the country’s capital awoke to a new day on Friday (January 15) following a deadly attack claimed by Islamic State. Just seven people were killed in the three-hour siege near a Starbucks cafe and Sarinah, Jakarta’s oldest department store, despite multiple blasts and a gunfight, and five of them were the attackers themselves. Nevertheless, it was the first time the radical group has targeted the world’s most […]
(Reuters) — Indonesia blamed Islamic State for an attack by suicide bombers and gunmen in the heart of Jakarta on Thursday (January 14) that brought the radical group’s violence to the world’s most populous Muslim country for the first time. Just seven people were killed despite multiple blasts and a gunfight, and five of them were the attackers themselves, but the brazenness of their siege suggested a new brand of militancy in a country […]
Several explosions went off and gunfire broke out in the centre of the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Thursday (January 14) and police said they suspected a suicide bomber was responsible for at least one the blasts. Media said six bombs went off and a Reuters witness saw three dead people and a gunfight going on. One blast was in a Starbucks cafe and security forces were later seen entering the building. Indonesia has been on […]
