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Jakarta, NU OnlineTens of youths from Papua demonstrated in front of the Gedung Plaza 89 in Kuningan, South Jakarta, where PT Freeport Indonesia’s Jakarta office is located on Wednesday to demand the closure of the company’s operations in Timika. The youths from the West Papua People’s Struggle Unity Front (Front Pepera PB) carried posters and banners containing their demands.
Timika, NU OnlineStudents from Timika University and local residents staged a rally Thursday in front of the Amungme and Kamoro Community Development (LPMAK) office demanding the immediate disbursement of education funds. The protesters, led by the chairman of the Timika University Foundation, Gerardus Timang, called for the funds, which are managed by LPMAK and come from a grant from the PT Freeport mining company, to be given out immediately.
Surabaya, NU OnlineTens of students from the East Java University Student Executive Board (BEM) staged a rally outside the East Java Provincial Legislative Assembly (DPRD) building here Monday rejecting a scheduled visit to Surabaya by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) next Wednesday (Nov 15) on the ground he had yet to solve the Lapindo mud-flow disaster. The students carried banners showing texts reading among other things "Reject SBY-Kalla visit to East Java before the Lapindo disaster is solved", "SBY : Don’t Be a Henchman of Capitalism", "Lapindo Terror, A Product of Government," "Lapindo Mud is SBY - Kalla’s Hell".
Jepara, NU OnlineThousands of people from Jepara, Central Java, and surrounding areas flocked to the Kartini beach for the Bada Kupat festival Tuesday (31/10). Residents and representatives of the Jepara regional administration prepared 2,000 ketupat (rice cooked in coconut leaves) and 2,000 lepet (glutinous rice cooked in coconut leaves) for the occasion.
Ambon, NU OnlineThe small mosque in the middle of a Christian kampong in Latta village no longer carries the scars of the religious violence that ripped through Ambon in 1999. Nurul Hidayah Mosque was torched during the fighting between Christians and Muslims, and later served as a military post. It was recently repaired, along with several other buildings, with Rp 200 million (US$21,693) allocated by the central government.
Bojonegoro, NU OnlineLocal inhabitants of Bojonegoro, East Java Province, Tuesday evening, heatedly debated the accountability of community development (Comdev) fund provided from the operation of the Sukowati oil and gas well. As reported by the national news agency Antara, hundreds of villagers present in the meeting discussing the Comdev, demanded that the Community Working Team (TKM), which has so far managed the fund, to be discharged.
Jember, NU OnlinePresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to vist East Java district of Jember on Sunday to meet and to hold dialog with a group of local farmers, local administration spokesman DG Tarigan said here on Thursday. In the afternoon, the president, accompanied by first lady Ani Yudhoyono and Agriculture Minister Anton Apriantono, would grant a development fund for the construction of a health service post at Al Qodiri Islamic boarding school.
Tapaktuan, NU onlineHundreds of houses in Kapai Sesak and Krueng Luah villages, Trumon Timur subdistrict, Aceh Selatan regency, were badly inundated by the overflow of the river in the area on Tuesday (3/10), but that had been no immediate reports on fatalities or material damage. The flood waters have reached up to two meters high, especially in two villages in Trumon Timur regency, some 100 kilometers west of Tapaktuan, capital of Aceh Selatan regency, a local government official said.
Bantul, NU OnlinePlaying with homemade firecrackers, rope jumping and savoring traditionally made porridge when breaking the fast is the way Kauman residents in Bantul, Yogyakarta, preserve Ramadhan customs that have lasted for hundreds of years. These rituals are the visible traits of the spirit of togetherness and mutual cooperation within the community, a center of Islamic missionary work first established during Ramadhan in the 15th century.
Surabaya, NU OnlineThe leader of Islamic Boarding “Pesantren” School of Tebuireng, KH Salahuddin Wahid will come to an inauguration of East Java’s regional board members of Pesantren Tebuireng alumni (IKAPETE) in Surabaya on Sunday (3/9). A member of the IKAPETE, M Yusuf Hidayat said on Saturday that Salahuddin Wahid will come to Surabaya together with advisory council of the Pesantren Tebuireng, KH Yusuf Hasyim who will speak and also general chairman of the IKAPETE, Prof KH Ali Mustafa Ya’kub.
Bojonegoro, NU OnlineThousands of Muslims from various Muslims organizations held a joint rally in Bojonegoro, East Java, on Sunday (13/8) in protest against the latest Israeli attacks on Libanon. Carrying their respective organizations’ attributes, posters and banners, they marched from the Sumbang district’s traffic circle to the Grand Mosque nearby the Bojonegoro city’s Square.
Tangeran, NU OnlineAnshor general front (Banser) was expected to be a vanguard of the continuation of Ahlussunnah wal Jamaah (Aswaja) principles following the mushrooming religious movements in the name of the Aswaja. “Banser can stand in the forefront to maintain and uphold the Aswaja from the undermining posed by ahlul fitnah wan jamaah line of thoughts,” said the leader of Islamic boarding “Pesantren” school Assidiqiyyah KH Nur Iskandar SQ while speaking at the North Jakarta’s Diklatsar III Satkorcab Banser in the pesantren Assidiqiyyah, Tangerang, Banten, Saturday (5/8).
