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Unleaded gasoline was also distributed to gas stations in Cirebon, Batam and Bali in the following years. Although the fact TEL is no longer in use has not made the headlines, it is really great news, particularly for people living in the suburbs who have been exposed to the harmful substance their whole lives. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Bio-premium impresses industry, not scientist Sep 14, 2006
To promote the use of environmentally friendly bio-ethanol fuel, the State Ministry for the Environment organized a road trip from Jakarta to West Java's Cirebon and Bandung from Sept. 6 to Sept. 8 ... A grand procession of 40 cars and 10 motorcycles drove from Jakarta to Cirebon to Bandung and back -- 578 kilometers all up -- last week to test just how well vehicles could run on vegetables ... "We want the public and local administrations to know about alternative fuels, including bio-premium,"... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
Pertamina stops leaded gasoline production Sep 7, 2006
The entourage left for Cirebon and Bandung in West Java before returning to Jakarta. Bio-Premium is a blend of 95% Premium gasoline and 5% ethanol, widely known as gasohol. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
Regional divisions pave way for national disintegration Aug 28, 2006
A formalization of social segregation also occurred in Banten after it broke away from the Sundanese-dominated West Java province in 2000, and will further increase if the move to form an independent province of Cirebon succeeds. The search for ethnic identity is apparently also behind the mounting demand for the creation of Aceh Leuser Antara as a separate province in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, where peace has been restored following decades of armed rebellion. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Susanti Ariyanti, Seeking better protection for migrant workers Aug 25, 2006
The 27 year-old native of Cirebon, West Java, a four-hour drive east of Jakarta, recollected the hostile treatment she endured from the officials of a labor recruitment agency here and her employers at the destination countries ... She went home and has since become a full-time activist with the Cirebon-based Forum for Migrant Workers and Families (FWBMI) which was established in 2000. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
N. Sumatra reports suspected bird flu case; monitoring continues in Garut vi Aug 24, 2006
The Jakarta Post, Medan, Cirebon, Bandung, Jakarta ... In Cirebon regency, West Java, the local administration is dispensing Tamiflu pills to health clinics after a deadly outbreak in several villages in nearby Garut regency. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Satay: Satisfaction on a skewer Aug 13, 2006
So is satai Cirebon in its place of origin, the ancient harbor of Cirebon. Going eastward and dropping the "culinary anchor" in Sulawesi there is the famous satai Makasar from South Sulawesi and satai Tambulinas from Manado said to be best eaten fresh from the grill. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
RNI seeking partners to jointly produce ethanol Aug 4, 2006
Of the ten sugar factories owned by the company, two of them are able to produce ethanol, with one of these located in Cirebon and the other in Yogyakarta. The two plants have a combined capacity of eight million liters per year. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
Degung and Cirebon, small but unique Jul 30, 2006
Another small but unique, non-Central Javanese gamelan group is the Melbourne Gamelan Cirebon, led by a University of Melbourne senior academic, Michael Ewing. It was founded in 1998, when Ewing, a linguistic specialist from University of California Santa Barbara, gamelan musician and Cirebon mask dancer, who had been teaching at the University of Melbourne for two years, found a set of Cirebon gamelan instruments at the University's Music Department ... Melbourne Gamelan Cirebon was quickly... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Checkered history of Gontor school Jun 30, 2006
Eventually, one of the students, Sulaiman Jamaluddin, the son of Panghulu Jamaluddin and the grandson of Cirebon Sultan Prince Hadiraja, was quite close to the family that ran Tegalsari. A member of the family that owned Tegalsari boarding school authorized Sulaiman to set up a new Islamic boarding school. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Environmentalists disappointed unleaded fuel still on market Jun 6, 2006
Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi and Cirebon, West Java, were quick to fall into line, while Bali and Batam stopped using leaded gasoline in 2003. "Since then, it (the government) has done nothing to phase out the use of leaded gasoline," Ahmad said. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
Gender equality not foreign to Islam Jun 2, 2006
I remembered the above when read a news story on the sealing of the office of Fahmina (an organization engaged in promoting gender justice and women's rights) in Cirebon, West Java, some time ago. One of the "executors" of the incident claimed Fahmina had spread secular doctrines and promoted gender equality, which they thought was in opposition to the pornography bill (Koran Tempo, May 23, 2006). (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Beware when taking herbal medicines May 24, 2006
They are produced in Cirebon, Surabaya, Semarang, Jakarta, Makassar, Bandung, Cilacap and Banyumas. Laboratory testing has shown they have been produced by using dexametason or fenilbutason. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Group plotting to restore West Java kingdom May 24, 2006
The forum has chapters in Bandung, Garut, Cirebon, Sukabumi, Lebak, Karawang, Cianjur, Bekasi and Jakarta. Each chapter has a chairman who is assigned to recruit followers. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
Sri Baduga Museum, West Java's historical treasury May 19, 2006
Sundanese traditional community life depicted on the second floor is no less appealing, with molds for cikak and satu cookies from Majalengka and Cirebon respectively, a miniature of the Kampung Naga communal house, Tasikmalaya, classroom furniture of the Dutch period and a replica of the Nagaliman carriage of Cirebon's sultanate. Another heritage item dating from Dutch colonial times includes a grave dome measuring one meter by 0. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Shipwreck offers new clues to Islam's arrival Apr 23, 2006
Most historians here agree that Islam arrived in the country in the early 11th century, but new findings retrieved from a shipwreck near Cirebon, West Java, suggest the religion might had arrived in late 10th century ... A German scientist working for the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry, Horst H. Liebner, said recently a joint salvage mission by PT Paradigma Putra Sejahtera (PPS) and Belgium-based Cosmix retrieved 490,000 pieces of ceramics, glassware, stoneware and metal items from the... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
RI to become slaves if it forgets past Apr 23, 2006
Liebner, who has spent a lot of time among Indonesian fishermen, was asked by the ministry to assist in a salvage operation involving a shipwreck some 70 kilometers off the Cirebon coast in West Java ... Question: Police confiscated all the artifacts from the Cirebon salvage operation months ago ... The Cirebon excavation is thought of as an example of proper scientific work on site like that. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Kadir Ngamino: Canny maker of miniature guitar replicas Apr 19, 2006
Once employed to take look after people's shoes in a mosque, Kadir learned the art of business when he worked as a salesman for many years in Cirebon, West Java. In 1990, he decided to move to Batam for a new life. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Treasure trove triggers scandal Apr 6, 2006
"There are a lot of more recent shipwrecks, but nothing that could be compared with the Cirebon shipwreck," Noppe, who provided scientific advice to the salvage team, told AFP in an email. Cirebon, near the location of the wreck, is located about 200km east of Jakarta and was once an important regional Islamic port. (Aljazeera.Net)
Ancient treasures lie beneath Indonesian seas Mar 20, 2006 Keeping gas supply to power plants no easy task Feb 16, 2006 Asian Muslims vent anger over cartoons Feb 11, 2006
In the last two weeks, the Navy and National Police have seized several ships carrying ancient ceramics and glassware -- treasure salvaged from shipwrecks in the South China Sea, the Thousands Islands in North Jakarta and off the coast of Cirebon, West Java ... The ship, which belongs to PT PPS and a Belgium-based salvaging company, Cosmix, was confiscated after it was alleged it had been used to illegally salvage ancient items from the waters off the Cirebon coast last year ... Although experts... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Poultry breeders cold to culling campaign, compensation offer Feb 24, 2006
"What is being done by the government violates existing regulations on the procedure for the culling, including compensation," chairman of the Association of Indonesian Poultry Breeders M. Ali Abubakar said in Cirebon ... (With additional reporting from Wahyoe B. Wardhana in Malang and Nana Rukmana in Cirebon). (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
A pipeline will be built from Gresik to Cirebon. The question now concerns the GSA with PLN. Otherwise, how are we supposed to pay for this trillion rupiah project. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
More than 1,000 Muslims rallied in the town of Cirebon in West Java, urging the government to sever diplomatic ties with Denmark. About 300 protestors picketed the Danish consulate in Medan city in North Sumatra. (Channelnewsasia.com)
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