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“Armageddon Might Happen In The Sunda Strait” Andi Arief, the presidential adviser for social and disaster management who caused a panic of sort when he predicted on radio recently that Jakarta could be hit by a 8.7 magnitude earthquake has now upped the ante by saying that it could be higher, up to 9.0 or higher on [...] Don’t Panic Says West Java Governor With memories of the March 11 2011 Japanese earthquake of magnitude 9.0 which trigerred a tsunami that caused a nuclear crisis still fresh, many Indonesians were shocked when an expert said on radio that Jakarta could experience a 8.7 magnitude earthquake soon. Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire [...] This story is not new, but since I am on a series about teenage Indonesian model Manohara Odelia Pinot who ran away from her Kelantan prince husband, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra, I might as well blog on it. It seems that Daisy Fajarina, the mother of Manohara Odelia Pinot, had a brush with the [...] A new club called the Polygamy Club has just opened for business in Bandung, Indonesia. Described as a branch of Malaysian Global Ikhwan Polygamy Club, the opening ceremony was attended by 150 guests from other regions of Indonesia, including Papua, Jakarta and Tasikmalaya in West Java. The Malaysian club is suspected to be a member of the [...] Newly crowned Miss Indonesia 2009 (Putri Indonesia) Qory Sandioriva is trying to defuse the tension caused by her remarks during the contest. In the question and answer stage of the contest, she was asked why, as contestant from Aceh, she did not wear a Muslim headscarf (jilbab) whereas previous contestants from Aceh did just that. That really [...] The September 2 earthquake in Java, Indonesia caused panic among people living or working in high rise buildings, and deaths to those whose houses were buried under massive mudslides. Indonesia, lying within the Pacific “Ring of Fire” zone, is always experiencing earthquakes. But the capital city of Jakarta has not been hit by any big earthquake. There [...] The bombing of the 2 hotels in Jakarta is still very much in the news in Indonesia. While press reports concentrate on the progress of police investigation and the possible outcome thereof, it is refreshing to read an article published in The Jakarta Post recently. In it the writer differentiates between ritualistic and religious. In an article [...] Manchester United FC’s pre-season tour was supposed to include Indonesia. In the runup to their visit to Jakarta, there was a TV advertisement showing – surprise, surprise – Wayne Rooney, Edwin van der Sar, Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand, Park Ji-sung and Michael Carrick attending a Bahasa Indonesia language class. Enter the pretty teacher. She said, “All right boys, let’s [...] |
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