Kongres PSSI

Kongres PSSI telah resmi di Buka di Jakarta, di hadiri oleh Andi M (Menteri Olah raga/MENPORA), calon2 ketua PSSI, komite normalisasi.
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Inilah Keindahan Hutan Indonesia

Rangkaian foto yang diambil dari udara menunjukkan pembabatan hutan besar-besaran untuk areal konsesi kelapa sawit yang dimiliki oleh anak anak perusahaan dari PT Sin*r Ma* di Kalimantan yang diambil pada Senin 5 Juli dan Selasa 6 Juli 2010. Ini adalah bukti pelanggaran komitmen Sinar Mas untuk tidak membuka hutan dan lahan gambut. Sebagai pemilik lahan konsesi terbesar di Indonesia,

Indonesia to Sell as Much as $2.5 Billion 10-year Dollar Bonds

Indonesia’s government is planning to sell as much as $2.5 billion of 10-year dollar-denominated bonds to yield 5.1 percent, according to four people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified because the details are private.Developing-nation debt offerings are off to a record start after near-zero global interest rates and the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing fueled the

Bahraini Islamic lender Al Baraka to buy Indonesian bank in 2011

Bahraini Islamic lender Al Baraka plans to buy an Indonesian bank this year for around $100mn and has identified up to four possible options, its chief executive said yesterday. “We sent in early February a delegation...to follow up on our expansion plans in Indonesia. I think the Indonesian market is a good market,” Adnan Yousif told Reuters. “We want to buy a bank. We have looked into several

Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid hails 'martyr' Bin Laden

A radical Indonesian Islamist group on Monday hailed assassinated Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as a "martyr" who championed Islam against America."If it's true Osama bin Laden is dead, then he died a martyr. He fought for Islam and he fought for the lands colonised by America," Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT) spokesman Son Hadi told AFP."Al-Qaeda didn't die with him. Jihad will not be dampened

BCA, MoneyGram International provide new cash transfer service

Indonesia’s biggest private lender by assets, PT Bank Central Asia (BCA), on Wednesday launched a new service to assist in cash transfers from overseas to Indonesia, working in cooperation with global payment service provider MoneyGram International.BCA vice president director Jahja Setiaatmadja said customers could directly withdraw money transferred from overseas at any of BCA's 906 branches

Commentaries about Osama bin Laden's death

The head of Indonesia's counter-terrorism agency, Ansyad Mbai: death of bin Laden will have an effect on local jihadis, but he warns they're committed to a violent ideology, not just one man.Sidney Jones from the International Crisis Group says there's a risk of revenge attacks"What you need is the impetus, and that's what we might see coming out of this killing in Pakistan," she said.CIA

Citigroup Mess Stymies Indonesian Wealth Biz

Indonesia's central bank has told 23 banks to stop taking on new wealth management clients in the wake of an alleged theft of client money by a Citigroup employee in the country, and the death of a customer at a local branch, Bloomberg News reported Friday.The group of lenders affected by the temporary halt includes DBS Group Holdings, the largest in Southeast Asia, according to the

Bambang Trihatmodjo Has Million-Dollar Plans for Mayangsari

Bambang Trihatmodjo, the third son of former President Suharto, has another big project in the works. After finally settling a prolonged and ugly divorce with Halimah Agustina Kamil, Bambang is now reportedly occupied with the construction of a Rp 20 billion ($2.3 million) mansion for his de facto spouse, former pop singer Mayangsari.The house is under construction in the upmarket South Jakarta

Kraft Foods: Indonesia is an appealing market

Strong economic growth and a huge population with low per capita biscuit consumption have made Indonesia a potential target market for US-based food producer Kraft Foods.Kraft Foods Asia-Pacific vice president for marketing Shawn Warren said Indonesia was the firm’s fastest growing market for the biscuit business in 2010 and had become a focus for the food producer’s future development plans.“

Indonesia Risks Losing Investor ‘Sheen’ as Economy Revamp Slows

Indonesia’s efforts to reduce subsidies and cut corruption are faltering, threatening to undermine a stock market that’s already underperforming the Asian benchmark.The backpedaling may hamper a revival in growth that has put Indonesia’s credit rating one step away from investment grade. At the same time, the government is fighting inflation, which has almost doubled in the past year.President

Chinese premier Wen Jiabao arrives in Indonesia on visit to boost ties

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived here from Kuala Lumpur Thursday evening for a two-day visit to Indonesia in a bid to further enhance bilateral ties between China and Indonesia.During the visit, Wen is expected to hold talks with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and other Indonesian leaders, attend an economic forum and give a policy speech to a large audience.Wen will have an

FPI : Obama a terrorist

Islamic hardliners in Indonesia labeled Osama bin Laden a martyr and Barack Obama a terrorist on Wednesday.The signs posted outside the headquarters of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) in Jakarta played on the roles of the U.S. president and the world’s most wanted militant.The FPI are known for such antics. Considered thugs by many Indonesians, they’ve waged attacks against nightclubs and

IMF: Stop Throwing Money at Fuel Subsidies

The International Monetary Fund has urged the government to reconsider its priorities as it tries to spur Indonesian economic growth and create more jobs.Milan Zavadjil, the IMF’s senior representative in Jakarta, said the government should direct its resources toward upgrading the country’s infrastructure rather than fuel subsidies.“Action to reduce subsidies is important. It’s not only because

Indonesia trial opens over attack on Ahmadiyah sect

Indonesia has long been proud of its diverse ethnicity, cultures and spiritual beliefs. However, recent attacks on minority groups like the Ahmadiyah sect and on Christian churches have critics claiming that religious tolerance is on the decline.Twelve people in Indonesia are set to face trial on Tuesday, accused of killing three Ahmadiyah followers in West Java, in February. The savage nature

Indonesia hosts 1st EU-ASEAN Business Summit

EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht leaves Monday for Jakarta to meet with ASEAN economic and trade ministers from the South-East Asian block of ten countries and open the first ever ASEAN-EU Business Summit on Thursday. "The first ASEAN-EU Business Summit in Jakarta is an important signal that shows both regions mean business when it comes to building stronger economic ties," said De Gucht in

Toyota Marks 40 Years In Indonesia By Planting Trees

Toyota Motor Corp. (7203) has established a nature preserve inside a Jakarta theme park to celebrate its 40 years of operations in Indonesia.Toyota Eco-Island was set up on the premises of Taman Impian Jaya Ancol, a coastal theme park run by a leisure business owned by the city of Jakarta.The 4 billion rupiah cost for tree planting, or roughly 38 million yen, was funded by a portion of car sales

Fruit Imports to be restricted

The Indonesian ministry of agriculture has announced it will restrict the volume of fruit being imported into the country to protect the interests of domestic growers and prevent oversupply in the market.A report by Indonesia Finance Today stated the restrictions would be implemented through pesticide content limits, rather than through tariff barriers.Ministry of agriculture secretary general

Umar Patek planned to meet bin-Laden

Authorities in Indonesia have confirmed that the country's most wanted terrorist, Umar Patek, arrested earlier this year in the same city where Osama bin Laden was killed, was there to meet the al-Qaeda chief.Indonesia's Defence Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro on Wednesday warned that the death of bin Laden, killed by US forces at a compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad on Sunday, did not

Citibank found guilty of violations and penalized by BI

Bank Indonesia (BI) has released its findings on an assessment of Citibank’s priority banking and credit card services, saying that the firm violated various banking regulations, therefore warranting penalties.In a statement issued on Friday, BI says Citibank may not accept new customers for its priority banking service, known as Citigold, for one year and can no longer issue new credit cards