Editorials, Opinions And News Clippings
Jane Vs. Jane
This was an article i was trying to get published about New York Time Reporter Jane Perlez and Dr. Jane Pangemanan
Educating Bergman
Is Lowell Bergman protecting Jane Perlez?
Newmont Used as Target
Former State Minister of Environment Nabiel Makarim stated that from the beginning PT Newmont Minahasa Raya (PTNMR) has been used as a target by certain parties by raising Buyat Bay pollution issues
Indonesian Judge in Newmont Trial Orders Retesting Water Sample
July 14 (Bloomberg) -- An Indonesian judge presiding over a trial involving a unit of Newmont Mining Corp. ordered retesting water samples from the bay allegedly polluted by the world's second-biggest gold miner.
Two laboratories will conduct the tests July 28, Presiding Judge Ridwan Damanik said today in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province. The order came after Nabiel Makarim, former environment minister, testified under oath today that PT Newmont Minahasa Raya, the Indonesian unit, didn't pollute the Buyat Bay.
Two laboratories will conduct the tests July 28, Presiding Judge Ridwan Damanik said today in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province. The order came after Nabiel Makarim, former environment minister, testified under oath today that PT Newmont Minahasa Raya, the Indonesian unit, didn't pollute the Buyat Bay.
Oil Giant Taps The Ground For Smooth Operations
ExxonMobil faces two challenges as it develops the Cepu oilfield in Java
JAKARTA - IN THE four years before the signing of last year's historic Aceh peace agreement, harassment by separatist guerillas forced American petroleum giant ExxonMobil to hunker down in fortress mode, its natural gas fields on the northern tip of Sumatra guarded by more than 3,000 government troops and its own behindthe- fence security force.
That is not the mentality the company wants to adopt for its US$2.6 billion (S$4 billion) Cepu oilfield development straddling the East Java-Central Java border.
JAKARTA - IN THE four years before the signing of last year's historic Aceh peace agreement, harassment by separatist guerillas forced American petroleum giant ExxonMobil to hunker down in fortress mode, its natural gas fields on the northern tip of Sumatra guarded by more than 3,000 government troops and its own behindthe- fence security force.
That is not the mentality the company wants to adopt for its US$2.6 billion (S$4 billion) Cepu oilfield development straddling the East Java-Central Java border.
CBA Caught in Terrorism Funding Alert
A hardline Islamic charity in Indonesia that has had links to the
Taliban and Jemaah Islamiyah is using the Commonwealth Bank
of Australia to raise donations.
The Medical Emergency Rescue Committee - which until recently gave money to the families of jailed terrorists - is soliciting donations to an account at the Commonwealth Bank's Jakarta branch.
The Medical Emergency Rescue Committee - which until recently gave money to the families of jailed terrorists - is soliciting donations to an account at the Commonwealth Bank's Jakarta branch.