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Lapindo mud wall falls, residents’ sorrows spiral
Victim: We are actually tired of the promises.
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Lapindo must pay losses of victims: VP
Vice President Jusuf Kalla affirmed on Wednesday that although the government planned to buy the assets of PT Minarak Lapindo Jaya, the company should still pay compensation to the victims of the mudflow.
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Harwati: The woman ojek driver of Porong
As the mudflow expands to more villages and lands in Sidoarjo, East Java, residents in the Porong subdistrict are doing whatever it takes to survive another day. Most residents who were once farmers and factory workers are now working as motorcycle taxi drivers (ojek). While most of them are men, at least one woman has…
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State Firms Teaming Up to Help Out The Bakries
A number of state and private companies are exploring the possibility of forming a consortium to purchase a stake in the Bakrie family’s most valuable company and the world’s largest exporter of thermal coal, PT Bumi Resources. State miners PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam (PTBA), PT Aneka Tambang (Antam) and PT Timah are in serious talks to seek…
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Govt Mulls Helping Out Bakrie to Repay Favor
The Bakrie family, headed by welfare minister Aburizal Bakrie, is unlikely to go bust any time soon, as the government ponders allowing state firms to buy stakes in the clan’s companies to help avoid a possible debt default. A failure by the family to secure immediate funding means it could risk losing the ownership of…
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Jakarta Post Editorial: The Burning Seat
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani has been sitting in the hot seat for some time now, and now her seat has now gone from hot to burning since businesspeople and politicians with vested interests have been making attempts to unseat her. We earnestly hope she will survive this saga. The imbroglio, we suspect, is related to…
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Lapindo Victims Cry For Cash Aid
“All we have has been submerged below the drying mud,” Muhayatin, 38, a former resident of the submerged village of Renokenongo,
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Lapindo Silt Feared to Trigger Major Flooding
Mudflow victims on Wednesday protested the dumping of mud into the Porong River for a second time, saying the buildup of sediment had produced a pungent stench and increased the risk of rainy season flooding along the East Java river. The mud mass has reached between two and five meters from the top of the…
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Mudflow Threatens Renokenongo Residents
The remaining residents of Renokenongo village, partly devastated by the mudflow two years ago, were knocking down their homes and salvaging their belongings as hot mud and water began inundating the village after a section of the giant encircling dike collapsed recently. Around 300 families stayed on in the submerging village because they had yet…
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NGOs slam govt over mudflow
The President must also be brave and ask all relevant parties, including his minister responsible for this matter, to complete payment of compensation.
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Lapindo mudflow threatens Japanese investment
The congested Porong artery and toll roads are the only links connecting Pasuruan with the port and the provincial capital.
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Mudflow victims urge govt to complete payment
Victim: We don’t know how long we will stay here, but we really expect to meet the President.
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Mudflow submerges Renokenongo
BPLS called on Lapindo to pay compensation to the Renokenongo residents.
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A disastrous award?
Environmental NGOs, including the Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam), strongly protested last week the results of a Ministry of Environment audit on 516 companies, since this included an environmental award for PT Lapindo Brantas, allegedly responsible for an environmental disaster. Activists doubted the audit’s transparency and objectiveness. NGOs protested some audit results and awards, especially those involving companies thought to have a…