Hello again fellow Jakartans!!
Wedo hope you all enjoyed yourselves over the last week and we say SelamatMenunaikan Ibadah Puasa to our fellow Jakartan’s who have commencedfasting this week. Anyway here are some quick snippets of news from ourbeloved city and elsewhere in Indonesia- Indonesia's fight against terrorism:has beengoing in leaps and bounds recently. A number of recent arrests ofterrorist suspects by anti-terrorist squad Densus 88 has culminated in thearrest of controversial hard-line cleric Abu Bakar Bashir. READMORE President SBY has called for a ‘tolerant’Ramadan: Howeverthe government and the police seem reluctant to enforce the rule of lawupon the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI). Last Sunday FPI membersattacked members of a Christian church in ... READMORE “Parties to back Tommy’s bid for President”?!:In shocked disbelief many of us read that The Peoples Conscience Party(Hanura) along with about six, yet unnamed parties, have expressed theirfull support for former president Suharto’s youngest son,... READMORE Indonesia’s newly discovered inhabitants!:A jointUS/Indonesian team have been undertaking an expedition of the deep watersof Indonesia’s Sangihe Talaud area off North Sulawesi region, an areaknown as the ‘Coral Triangle’. READMORE A hotter planet will affect rice production, a new studyshows: Anestimated three billion people eat rice everyday, and more than 60 percentof Asia’s poorest depend on rice as theirsole source of food. READMORE Andfor those of you who need to get information from our website via yourhandphone you can now view handphone-friendly information from our websiteby pointing your browser at www.WhatsNewJakarta.com/mobile ! Don’tforget to bookmark it! Withsome long weekends coming up – not too mention the Idul Fitri break laterthis year, it is probably a good idea to start planning for any getawaysthat you are planning to have. If you are planning a trip to Bali orelsewhere in Indonesia you can visit ourholiday getaway special offer listinghere. For trips to Singapore, Thailandor other international destinations you can visit our newinternationalaccommodation booking page here. Itis Ramadan, however it is still possible to socialize and catch up withfriends, as well as meet new ones, so do keep an eye on www.WhatsNewJakarta.com to see whatevents are happening around town! WNJ Movie Corner Supported by: *Please feel free to share your comments on the Movie withother reviewers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUICK LINKS: WNJQUIZ I FACEIN THE CROWD I FEATURES I ASK MIREE I HOLIDAYGETAWAY I ARTICLES --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BestWishes, The WhatsNewJakarta Team Email us : n...@whatsnewjakarta.com/ p...@whatsnewjakarta.com PS - If you wish to unsubscribe to this newsletterplease reply to this email with 'Unsubscribe' in the subject and includeyouremail. ©2006-2010What's New Jakarta - PT Info Media Kreatif. Click here toContact Us
