Pak Tukimin: Kill or be killed Nov 25, 2008
I had taken three days dropping by provincial towns Sidoarjo, Pasuruan, Probolinggo (that had a brand new Giant hypermarket), Jember and Banyuwangi where I was to take the ferry across the narrow straits at Ketapang and land on the island of Bali, at Gilimanuk. Over the past three days, Id stopped at countless rice fields and kebuns (or orchards) and talked with many farmers. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Luxembourg lobbies Indonesia for ArcelorMittal-Krakatau merger Nov 12, 2008
Under the failed proposed partnership with Krakatau, ArcelorMittal said it would have built two steel factories, in Pasuruan (East Java) and in Banten, with a total investment of US$6 billion. The Mittal family started their global empire by establishing PT Ispat Indo in Sidoarjo, East Java, in 1976, already in the steelmaking business with an initial production capacity of 60,000 tons a year. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
Reform keeps Indonesian military in check Oct 29, 2008
This was apparent last year when land disputes between the military and civilians led to a fatal clash in the East Java town of Pasuruan. The military said it wanted to build a training facility there. (International Herald Tribune)
Many civil servants still on leave as public services resume Oct 7, 2008
Similar inspections were conducted throughout the country, including in Bogor and Sukabumi in West Java, Surakarta in Central Java, Pasuruan in East Java, Manado in North Sulawesi, and Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan, with absentee rates of between 1 and 10 percent, Antara reported. Ramli E. Naibaho, deputy head of human resources at the State Ministry for Administrative Reforms, told The Jakarta Post that extending leave after the Idul Fitri holidays was actually not allowed, except in "urgent"... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Top 100 Courses Outside the U.S. Oct 3, 2008
Taman Dayu G.C. Pasuruan, Indonesia 51. Spring City G. & Lake Resort (Lake) Kunming, China 52. (ESPN -- Golf)
Deadly queueing Sep 25, 2008
First, I'd like to express my condolences to all the families of the victims in Pasuruan. It is so ironic, while here, in such a big city, Rp 50,000 means nothing if you want to go shopping in a supermarket, meanwhile in Pasuruan they died for less than US$ 3. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Deadly queuing Sep 24, 2008
Your comments on the stampede in Pasuruan, East Java, that killed 21 people when thousands rushed to receive cash gifts from a local philanthropist. How it happened was unclear. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Has my Indonesia really sunk this low? Sep 21, 2008
To think that old women in Pasuruan walked from their villages and stood for hours, only to be trampled upon and eventually crushed to death, for a meager Rp 30,000, was simply eerie. O readers, has my Indonesia gone that poor. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
23 Indonesians dead in crush for cash Sep 16, 2008
Panic breaks out at Ramadan charity effort in eastern town of Pasuruan. Video. (MSNBC -- International)
At Least 23 Crushed to Death in Indonesia Stampede Sep 16, 2008
Sept. 15: Indonesian police officer and a hospital official stand near the bodies of stampede victims at a hospital in Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia ... Several thousand people started gathering outside the house in Pasuruan, a town about 500 miles east of the capital of Jakarta, in the morning to collect their tithe, said local police chief Harry Sitompul. (Fox News)
Indonesia stampede leaves 21 dead Sep 15, 2008
The crush happened as people waited for charity handouts from a wealthy family in the East Javan town of Pasuruan. The cash handouts, of about $4 per person, are a tradition during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. (BBC News)
More than 20 die in Indonesian charity queue crush Sep 15, 2008
The crush happened in the East Java town of Pasuruan when a crowd of poor people were waiting for a donation, known as zakat, of 30,000 rupiah ($3. 18) each from a wealthy family, Antara said. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
23 Indonesians dead in crush for cash handout Sep 15, 2008
Several thousand people started gathering outside the house in Pasuruan, a town about 500 miles (800 kilometers) east of the capital of Jakarta, in the morning to collect their tithe, said local police chief Harry Sitompul. Television footage showed the victims mostly women screaming as they were pushed into the fence outside the home. (Yahoo News)
21 Indonesians die in stampede Sep 15, 2008
Another 11 people were injured in the crush as thousands packed the narrow side street in Pasuruan, East Java province, to receive a cash gift of 30,000 rupiah ($A4 ... "It's an annual activity from that family but there were a lot more people lining up today than in previous years," Pasuruan mayor Aminurrahman told ElShinta. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Indonesia: Cash handout spurs deadly stampede Sep 15, 2008
The people -- mostly women, children and the elderly -- had lined up in the town of Pasuruan, about 500 miles (804 kilometers) from the capital, to accept 40,000 rupiah ($4 ... "The local government had no prior knowledge of this handout, therefore the necessary personnel needed to secure the process was not in place," said Pasuruan mayor Aminurrohman, who like many Indonesians go by one name. (CNN -- World)
Regional autonomy: Which administrations govern best? Jul 23, 2008
In the city of Malang, East Java, over a third of firms say that licensing is difficult -- in the city of Pasuruan only a short distance away in the same province, all of the firms surveyed said that licensing was easy. The dramatic differences within provinces challenge the idea that poor performance is always because of remoteness or poverty. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
ArcelorMittal to build two steel factories in Indonesia Jul 15, 2008
"They have come to us and discussed a plan to build two steel factories in Pasuruan, East Java and in Banten province," BKPM head M. Lutfi said Monday during a hearing with the House of Representatives Commission VI overseeing trade, industry and investment affairs. Lutfi said Mittal had already purchased 100 hectares of land in Pasuruan on which to build a steel factory, and that it was still seeking an appropriate site in Banten. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
Swara Porong Radio becomes voice of mudflow victims Jun 20, 2008
For economic reasons, many of Sudarmani's peers have resorted to commercial sex work in Pasuruan, East Java, to make a living. To prevent more young girls from turning to commercial sex work, Sudarmani and other local girls from the refugee camps at Pasar Baru Porong have received assistance from a number of non-government organizations, and also from Paring Waluyo, a victim working as a volunteer. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
There's magic in the air for fortune seekers at Mount Kawi Apr 18, 2008
When they were in Malang, which at the time still belonged to Pasuruan Residency, Mbah Jugo and Mbah Imam Sujono together with their colleagues worked to spread Islam. But there are no clear details to explain why these two graves have become very special; many other graves of important people who worked to spread Islam can be found in East Java. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Jakarta airport closed after torrential rains Feb 1, 2008
More than 10,000 houses in East Java's Pasuruan region were inundated by floods, forcing people to erect tents on streets, Rustam Pakaya, head of the health ministry's crisis centre, said. (Reporting by Mita Valina Liem, Fitri Wulandari and Telly Nathalia, editing by Sugita Katyal). (Reuters)
Indonesia floods kill 12, cause travel chaos Feb 1, 2008
More than 10,000 houses in East Java's Pasuruan region were inundated by floods, forcing people to erect tents on streets. Rustam Pakaya, head of the health ministry's crisis centre, said. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Fear of the supernatural spares old trees Jan 23, 2008
Pak Hadi Susanto, the keeper, explains that in one of the graves is a certain Ki Ageng Pasuruan while the other one is where his weapons were buried. Ki Ageng Pasuruan was also known as Pangeran Wirayuda and is supposed to have hailed from the times of Sultan Agung of the Islamic Mataram kingdom ... History notes that in the early 17th century Mataram sent a force to annex Pasuruan. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
HM Sampoerna launches Pasuruan folklore anthology Dec 23, 2007
Indra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post, Pasuruan, E. Java. The regency of Pasuruan, East Java, and one of the country's major cigarette producers, HM Sampoerna, launched on Dec. 4 an anthology of Pasuruan folklore penned by local high school students ... The book launch was part of a story composition workshop and a Pasuruan folklore-writing contest sponsored by HM Sampoerna, which were held as part of its efforts to support education and the preservation of local cultures. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
One day we will be rid of the death penalty in Indonesia Nov 23, 2007
No Muslim publicly calls for the rehabilitation of the international trade of blacks from Africa or the domestic slave market in Batavia and Pasuruan, even though the abolishment of slavery demands a different interpretation of the "slave" verses of the Koran, making a literal interpretation impossible as there are literally no more slaves. In the recent debate here, some Islamic thinkers have come forward to oppose the death penalty. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Fireworks, firecrackers banned but loved by many Sep 20, 2007
A couple who were making firecrackers in their home in Pasuruan, East Java, were both recently killed after an explosion in their home. The wife died immediately after the explosives were accidentally set off and her husband, Maryadi, died Monday after six days of treatment at hospital. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
Volunteer program teaches British students about the real Indonesia Sep 8, 2007
Wahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Pasuruan ... She then hung the bell on a branch of a tree in front of SDN 3 Dayurejo state elementary school in Gamoh hamlet, Dayurejo village in Prigen district in Pasuruan regency, East Java. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
The fisherman and the bomb Aug 24, 2007
We are still in the dark as to whether the suspects in the case of the bombing in Pasuruan, East Java, are full-time fishermen or part-time terrorists, or both. Until the answer becomes clear we must presume their innocence following the blast in a Pasuruan home on Aug. 11 that killed three family members. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Indonesian woman is first bird flu death on Bali Aug 13, 2007
An Indonesian forensic team investigates the scene of a blast in Pasuruan, East Java August 12, 2007. Police have arrested the owner of a house in Indonesia's West Java province after explosives, believed to be used for catching fish, went off killing three people, the provincial police chief said on Sunday. (AlertNet)
* World News Quick Take Aug 13, 2007
Herman Sumawiredja told a news conference that the blast which ripped through several houses in the coastal town of Pasuruan on Saturday did not appear to be a terrorist act. "Our preliminary conclusion is that the motive for making this bomb is to catch fish. There's no link to terrorism," Sumawiredja said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Bomb for Fishing May Have Caused Indonesia Blast Aug 13, 2007
The blast ripped through several houses in Pasuruan, a coastal town about 70 km (43 miles) east of the country's second-largest city of Surabaya ... Separately, the police chief in Pasuruan said it had not been determined whether the blast was caused by a bomb or whether there was any link to terrorism. (Planet Ark, United States)
2 killed in suspected bombing in central Indonesia Aug 11, 2007
Television footage of the explosion in a housing complex in Pasuruan town on Java island showed one house destroyed and several others badly damaged ... Officers will also be looking at the possibility that the explosive materials were being used for fishing, especially since Pasuruan is a coastal town. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Poor use of constitutional rights Jul 5, 2007
The soaring numbers of poor and unemployed people, the mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo and the shooting of civilians by marines personnel at Alas Tlogo village in Pasuruan, are evidence of the premise that certain constitutional rights are missing. Following four amendments to the 1945 Constitution from 1999 to 2002, the Indonesian people are assured of more constitutional rights than ever. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Villagers dig in despite shootings Jun 6, 2007
A pregnant 23-year-old woman and her three-year-old son were among those killed in Pasuruan district last week ... The Pasuruan shootings appeared to be related to money, Mr Anggoro said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Marines kill five in land dispute Jun 1, 2007
Wahyoe Boediwardhana and ID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Pasuruan, Surabaya. A protest over a disputed plot of land in Pasuruan regency, East Java, turned deadly Wednesday after marines shot and killed five people ... Following the shooting residents blocked Pasuruan highway, which connects Surabaya-Banyuwangi-Bali, with trees and burning tires. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Five killed in Java land riot May 31, 2007
Nine other villagers were wounded in the clash in Pasuruan in East Java, police said. A marine spokesman said soldiers had not violated procedures. (SBS - World News Australia)
Krakatau Steel, Indonesia Power secure key syndicated loans May 28, 2007
PT Indonesia Power, a subsidiary of state-owned electricity company PLN, secured a standby letter of credit facility worth US$55 million from Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII), Citi Indonesia (formerly known as Citibank) and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) to purchase gas for its Grati combined cycle power plant in Pasuruan, East Java. Of the loan, BII will provide $27 million, Citi $15 million and SCB $13 million. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
Jogja Gallery reveals Borobudur's 1,000 mysteries May 1, 2007
The other winners are Mengikat Pondasi Sebuah Peradaban (Heri Purwanto, Yogyakarta), Batu di Atas Batu (Toni Ja'far, Pasuruan, East Java), Filosofi yang Membatu (Riduan, Yogyakarta), and Panji Cakrawala (I Made Supena, Bali). Mikke said the exhibition moved beyond the so-called conventional fine arts of paintings and statues to other modern forms such as sketches, maps, comics, posters and photography. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Govt may drop planned Jasa Marga offering Mar 6, 2007
Jasa Marga needs a capital injection to help it finance the construction of tollways linking Semarang and Solo in Central Java, and Gempol and Pasuruan in East Java, as well as the Bogor orbital route in West Java, which will altogether cost up to Rp 10 trillion. The three turnpikes will add 120 kilometers to the total length of tollways Jasa Marga currently operates -- 459 kilometers. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Govt set to sell Jasa Marga's tollways for cash Mar 4, 2007
Jasa Marga president director Frans S. Sunito said the firm hoped to raise between Rp 2 trillion and Rp 3 trillion from the IPO. The fresh funds, he said, would be used to finance the building of three new tollways connecting Semarang and Solo in Central Java, Gempol and Pasuruan in East Java, and the Bogor orbital route in West Java. The company's development director, Abdul Hadi, said that the three expressways could cost up to Rp 10 trillion, 30 percent of which would come from the firm's own... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
EU investors see big opportunity in RI infrastructure Jan 19, 2007
The projects, which are supposed to serve as models for high-quality international business cooperation, include the constructions of the "Palapa Ring" fiber-optic network, a 1,200 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Central Java, a 500 MW coal-and-oil-fired power plant in Pasuruan, East Java, and two water projects in Bandung, West Java, and Dumai, East Kalimantan. Coordinating Minister for the Economy Budiono said he strongly supported the initiative by EuroCham and Kadin, adding that the... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
