Saturday, July 13, 2013

Trade concerns raised against Ukraine Russia Brazil Japan Indonesia and Nigeria

  • WTO - Friday 12th July, 2013

    Japan expressed serious concern over Ukraine?s imposition of safeguard duties on automobiles last April, which it said had seriously affected Japanese exporters. It questioned the basis for the measure, adding that Ukraine had not provided adequate opportunity for prior consultations as required by the Safeguards Agreement. Australia, Korea, the European Union, the Russian Federation and ...

  • NU in deal with Raptor Capital to provide loans for members

    The Jakarta Post - Friday 12th July, 2013

    The executive board of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has signed a deal with Singapore-based Raptor Capital Management to provide U$ 250 million in loans for approximately 500,000 members with limited access to banking.The funds will be disbursed gradually over a five-year period and NU will channel the funds through its microfinance wing the Nahdlatul Ulama's Economic Agency (LPNU) and the Syirkah ...

  • JAPEX announces acquisition of interest in Kerapu Block Indonesia

    OilVoice - Friday 12th July, 2013

    Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. ('JAPEX') is pleased to announce that through its newly established wholly owned subsidiary, Japex West Natuna Limited., it has signed an agreement to acquire a 30% participating interest in the Kerapu Block, located in the West Natuna Sea, Indonesia from a wholly owned subsidiary of Mubadala Petroleum which holds a 100% interest in the Kerapu ...

  • Jakarta to Raise Parking Fees Fourfold

    Jakarta Informer - Friday 12th July, 2013

    The Jakarta Government is planning to raise on-street parking fees by 300 percent as a disincentive to parking on the capital?s already clogged roads, Governor Joko Widodo said on Friday. ';We will raise the on-street [parking fee] by up to four times,'; Joko said at City Hall. ';On-street parking should be reduced, even eliminated.'; Joko said it was was the ...

  • Ten terror suspects on the run after Indonesia prison riot

    Global Post - Friday 12th July, 2013

    Ten terror suspects are among more than 100 inmates who escaped from a high-security Indonesian prison in northern Sumatra overnight after a riot and fire that killed five ...

  • Indonesian prisoners escape after protest at Medan maximum security jail - video

    The Guardian - Friday 12th July, 2013

    A maximum security prison in Medan, Indonesia, is seen in flames after inmates protested against poor conditions. The 1,054-capacity prison is believed to have housed more than 2,500 inmates, who were reportedly frustrated with a lack of water and electricity. Some 240 inmates escaped on Thursday, but authorities say on Friday that 64 were ...

  • Jakarta Mulls Moving Schools to Provide Hawker Space

    Jakarta Informer - Friday 12th July, 2013

    The city administration is considering relocating an elementary school and a junior-high school to provide space for street hawkers to trade without causing traffic disruption in Jatinegara, Deputy Govenor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama said on Friday. ';Street hawkers at the Jatinegara market still face a shortage of space,'; Basuki said at City Hall. ';In the long term, we may convert ...

  • Jailbreak in Indonesia after fatal riot and fire

    Euro News - Friday 12th July, 2013

    Police in Indonesia are battling with the aftermath of a prison riot and fire which left five people dead and enabled dozens of inmates to escape. Up to 200 prisoners including some convicted of terrorist offences are said to have broken out. Thousands of police have been deployed around the jail and across the region to track them down. Trouble broke out on Thursday at the prison in Medan, ...

  • Pacific Oil Gas provides Kisaran update

    OilVoice - Friday 12th July, 2013

    Free to View The following free to view company profiles are part of a select group of companies who have chosen to sponsor free OilVoice access to a University of their ...

  • Indonesia c.bank official says no need for further rate hikes

    Reuters - Friday 12th July, 2013

    JAKARTA, July 12 | Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:09am EDT JAKARTA, July 12 (Reuters) - Indonesia's central bank does not need to further hike its benchmark interest rate to combat surging inflation, after back-to-back rate increases totalling 75 basis points, said senior official said Friday. Deputy Governor Perry Warjiyo told investors on a conference call that he was "very sure" that ...

  • 61 Tanjung Gusta Penitentiary escapees recaptured

    The Jakarta Post - Friday 12th July, 2013

    The National Police claimed on Friday afternoon to have recaptured 61 out of the as many as two hundred inmates who had fled from the Tanjung Gusta Penitentiary in Medan, North Sumatra, after setting the prison ablaze on Thursday night."The 61 prisoners are currently being detained in Binjai, Langkat and Belawan Police offices," National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Ronny F. Sompie said ...

  • Govt set to revive indirect regional elections

    The Jakarta Post - Friday 12th July, 2013

    The Home Ministry plans to revive the indirect system in regional elections to Local Legislative Councils (DPRD)."The Home Ministry is inclined to revive the indirect system of election through DPRDs because the current direct one in the regional elections has been proven to cause substantial losses," Reydonnyzar Moenek, an expert at the Home Ministry said on Thursday as quoted by the ...

  • Inside Indonesias drug prisons

    SBS - Friday 12th July, 2013

    Yola is 32 and has been in prison for two years and nine months. Her life is contained within a small clump of buildings that make up Pondok Bambu detention centre in Jakarta. Inside, visitors gather in an open courtyard while inmates make phone calls, attend beading classes or visit the health clinic. There's a beauty salon, too, but prisoners have to pay to visit, and there are no ...

  • Indonesia Prisoners Escape Amid Jail Riot

    Sky News - Friday 12th July, 2013

    Security forces have retaken control of a crowded prison in western Indonesia where inmates started a massive riot that left five people dead and hundreds of prisoners, including convicted terrorists, on the loose. About 500 policemen and 300 soldiers have been deployed around Tanjung Gusta prison in Medan, the capital of North Sumatra, where the riot broke out on Thursday night. Fire ...

  • Indonesia prison break leaves five dead 100 missing

    General Sources - Friday 12th July, 2013

    MEDAN, Indonesia (AFP) - Indonesian police on Friday hunted for around 100 inmates, including militants, who escaped from an overcrowded jail after setting the prison ablaze in riots that left five dead.The inmates began rampaging through the jail in Medan city on Sumatra island on Thursday afternoon, setting fires and hurling bottles at guards in anger over power cuts and water shortages at the ...

  • Indonesia to charge Malaysian firm over smog-causing fires

    Reuters - Friday 12th July, 2013

    By Randy Fabi JAKARTA, July 12 | Fri Jul 12, 2013 4:37am EDT JAKARTA, July 12 (Reuters) - Indonesia will file charges against the local unit of Malaysia's third-largest palm oil planter over illegal fires that blanketed Singapore and Malaysia with hazardous smog last month, police said on Friday, prompting the company to deny any wrongdoing. PT Adei Plantations, a unit of Kuala ...

  • 5 Dead in Indonesia Riot Mass Prison Escape

    VOA - Friday 12th July, 2013

    Authorities in western Indonesia are searching for about 100 prisoners who escaped from an overcrowded prison during a riot, in which at least five people were killed. Police and soldiers recaptured around 50 inmates overnight, included some convicted terrorists. Prison officials at the Tanjung Gusta prison in the city of Medan said the riot was triggered by a power outage that affected ...

  • Palm oil body criticised over inquiry into members role in Indonesian fires

    The Guardian - Friday 12th July, 2013

    palm oil production has been criticised over its investigation into members' involvement in the Indonesian fires which sent a hazardous and economically disruptive haze over parts of south-east Asia.In late June, when Asia's worst air pollution crisis in decades was at its worst, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) called ...

  • Unidentified Shooter Guns Down Ojek Driver in Papua

    Jakarta Informer - Friday 12th July, 2013

    An unidentified gunman shot a passing motorcycle taxi driver dead in the restive Papua district of Puncak Jaya on Friday, police said The ojek driver was gunned down in Wandigobak village, near the Semen River, at around 8:30 in the morning, according to Papua Police spokesman I Gede Sumerta Jaya. ';The incident took place around the Semen river, a location that is believed to be a hiding ...

  • Update-Moodys assigns definitive Baa3 rating to Indonesias global bond

    Reuters - Friday 12th July, 2013

    Fri Jul 12, 2013 3:16am EDT Indonesia's global bond For the full text of this story please click the following ...

  • Bruised by purity rule Indonesia tin exporters face trading overhaul

    Reuters - Friday 12th July, 2013

    Fri Jul 12, 2013 3:13am EDT * Tin sellers operating outside Indonesia exchange will be prosecuted -CEO * Small tin smelter says weighing up legal challenge * Traders, industry analyst doubt new trading rules workable By Michael Taylor and Yayat Supriatna JAKARTA, July 12 (Reuters) - Indonesia's plans to force tin producers to trade through a domestic exchange could be a new source of ...

  • Manhunt for escaped Indonesian prisoners

    West Australian - Friday 12th July, 2013

    About 1000 Indonesian police and soldiers are hunting for about 100 inmates, including terror convicts, who escaped from an overcrowded jail after setting the prison ablaze in riots that left five dead.The inmates began rampaging through the jail in Medan city on Sumatra island on Thursday afternoon, setting fires and hurling bottles at guards in anger over power cuts and water shortages at the ...

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