Dani Parejo scored twice to lead Valencia to a 3-1 win over Sevilla as the hosts moved past the Andalusian side into fourth place in the Spanish league on Sunday. Sevilla fell two points behind Valencia, but it still has a game in hand at leader Real Madrid on Feb. 4. Elsewhere, Malaga came from …
Sharapova, Bouchard into quarterfinals at Australian Open
Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal put earlier stumbles behind them to complete convincing wins Sunday and move into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. French Open champion Sharapova was broken once in the first set before winning the last eight games of her 6-3, 6-0 fourth-round victory over No. 21-seeded Peng Shuai, advancing her to …
KPK: The arrest related to Gen. Budi’s suspect status
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) declared the arrest of its commissioner, Bambang Widjojanto, on Friday had been marred by a conflict of interest. National Police general crime investigations director Brig. Gen. Herry Prastowo, who is handling Bambang’s case, was one of the police generals under the KPK’s investigation in Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan’s case. “We …
Jakartans suffer from floods after incessant rain
The heavy rain that inundated Greater Jakarta from Thursday night into Friday morning triggered chaos across the capital as floods hit dozens of spots and the infrastructure in several key locations. The commuter line serving Depok -Jatinegara was disrupted Friday morning as water inundated several railway stations, including Kampung Bandan and Rajawali. Meanwhile trains serving …
Japan, US condemn unverified video claiming IS hostage dead
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe angrily demanded Sunday that the extremist Islamic State group release a Japanese journalist it is holding hostage after a new online video purported to show that another hostage had been killed. While the Japanese government and others cast doubt on the authenticity of the video, President Barack Obama issued a statement …
Jokowi offers no help to KPK
While resisting attacks from the National Police on its commissioners, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is still getting no help from President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who refuses to intervene in the attempts by police to engineer legal cases against the agency’s leaders. President Jokowi met with Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Tedjo Edhy …
Indonesia takes on China
Indonesia is taking a tough stance against China in its fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing by confiscating Chinese vessels and severing recent privileges given to China to fish in Indonesian waters. After confiscating more than nine Chinese-linked vessels for alleged poaching, the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry said on Friday that the …
View Point: Pebbles in Jokowi’s shoes in 2015
The year 2015 began on a gloomy note for Indonesia following the crash of AirAsia flight QZ8501 in the Karimata Strait. Search and rescue efforts for the 162 passengers and crew of the aircraft, bound for Singapore from Surabaya on the morning of Dec. 28, have been going on for a week. President Joko “Jokowi” …
View Point: Plunging price of oil resolves several complex problems for Jokowi
The more than 55 percent plunge in oil prices since July has resolved several potentially explosive political and economic problems for the new government of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. But he should not get complacent, as the condition is largely a matter of good fortune. As the saying goes, lightning never strikes twice in the …
Free speech is not absolute
The massacre by Muslim gunmen of a dozen employees of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris on January 7 was an abomination, an outrage, an atrocity and “an evil deed without a name”. It was a savagely disproportionate act of revenge. massacre – the killing of a large number of people, esp. people who …