| top news | Higher Pay the Issue on May Day in Indonesia With tens of thousands of workers across the country set use May Day protests today to demand better wages, business leaders and economists say any rise in pay must be matched by an improvement in productivity. Dion Bisara & Muhamad Al Azhari | 12:02 AM May 1, 2012  Tens of thousands of workers across the country are set to use today's May Day protests to demand better wages (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal). |
 | Jakarta Finished, e-KTP Registration Rolls On Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi said on Monday that the government's e-KTP program was running smoothly and that three provinces, including Jakarta, had finished registering residents for the new identity cards. Lenny Tristia Tambun & Robertus Wardi | 12:16 AM May 1, 2012 In Today's Newspaper Indonesian Police Seek Answers from Malaysians Amid allegations by worker rights activists of police brutality in Malaysia, Indonesia's National Police are demanding answers for the shooting deaths of three Indonesians by police officers in the neighboring country.
The organ theft allegations may be moot, but Insp. Gen. Saud Usman Nasution, the National Police spokesman, wants to know why some of the men were shot four times. Read about it in today's Jakarta Globe or subscribe to receive the paper every day. |  |
| | business | Indofood Sukses Net Growth Crimped by Units' CPO Sales Indofood Sukses Makmur, a diversified consumer business group controlled by Indonesia's Salim family, posted slower profit growth in the first quarter as earnings from its agricultural units contracted. Francezka Nangoy | 9:05 PM April 30, 2012  A woman holds packs of Indomie noodles at a Hypermart supermarket in Jakarta. Indofood Sukses Makmur is the world's biggest maker of instant noodles. Profit growth slowed in the first quarter. (Reuters Photo) |
 | Indonesia's Inflation Rate Expected to Rise in April Inflation in Indonesia likely accelerated to its fastest pace so far this year in April, economists say, with food and service prices creeping up amid uncertainty about the government's plan to raise the subsidized fuel price. Dion Bisara | 8:42 PM April 30, 2012 |  |
| | sports | NBL: Satria Muda Continues Top-Flight Domination There were still 40 seconds before the end of the fourth quarter in the National Basketball League final, but the players on Satria Muda Britama's bench already looked impatient. Wimbo Satwiko | 8:05 PM April 30, 2012  Satria Muda Britama players lifting their championship trophies after they beat Dell Aspac 59-42 in the National Basketball League final in Yogyakarta on Sunday. (JG Photo/Boy T. Harjanto) |
| Football: English Turn Up Noses at Hodgson London. The Football Association's decision to hold talks with Roy Hodgson about the vacant England manager's job has left football fans and players shocked, and the West Bromwich Albion coach keenly aware that he will have to win over a skeptical public should he take the role. Patrick Johnston | 8:09 PM April 30, 2012 |  |
| | life & times | Getting Together for a 'Funky Picnic' in Jakarta Daydreaming on a blanket while enjoying the warm summer breeze and the smell of green grass, munching on hearty snacks and having light-hearted conversations with good friends is perhaps the ideal "picnic" setting. Katrin Figge | 7:41 PM April 30, 2012  Indira Bayurini, left, and Rahne Putri, the founders of Piknik Asik, a community that aims to get Jakartans out of the malls and into the parks. (Photo courtesy of Piknik Asik) |
 | 'Istana Jiwa' Becomes Voice For Indonesia's Oppressed Waginah was only 26 when her husband disappeared in 1965 from their hometown of Blitar, East Java, one of the thousands of people taken because of their involvement with the Indonesian Communist Party. | 8:03 PM April 30, 2012 Eames Show a Haven for Furniture Fans In the world of design, Americans Charles and Ray Eames are legends. The husband and wife team have made major contributions in their chosen field by producing award-winning furniture that helped introduce the concept of ergonomics and emphasized an attractive, modern aesthetic. Tasa Nugraza Barley | 7:49 PM April 30, 2012 |  |
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