A few days in Manila…
Entries Tagged as 'Indonesia'
Philippines – Manila
October 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Rest of Asia
Tags:China·city·Greenbelts·Indonesia·Jakarta·Manila·Philippines·urban
Manado revisited
March 8th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Rest of Asia, Uncategorized
I revisited Manado in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, last year – 15 years after I went there to teach English aged 18. In this piece I look at how the town has changed from my memory of it in 1994.
Tags:Christianity·development·Indonesia·Islam·Jalan·Manado·Minahasa·religion·STIBA·Sulawesi·teaching·travel
Is Indonesia bungling its palm oil industry?
March 7th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Journalism, Rest of Asia
Indonesia risks bungling the positive social impact that a well-run palm oil industry could have, local NGOs say. Instead of empowering millions of rural smallholders, the Indonesian authorities are cutting them out of the profits by favouring big state-run palm oil production firms and using cheap labour sourced from the hordes of unemployed urban Javanese.
Tags:agriculture·conflict·deforestation·development·environment·human rights·Indonesia·justice·Kalimantan·land·Palm oil·Sawit·Sawit Watch
So dari dulu – traditional Manado song
March 6th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Rest of Asia, Uncategorized
Translation and audio recording of “So dari dulu” (“So long ago”), a traditional song from Manado in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province. Recorded in STIBA Manado, sung by me and a STIBA class.
Tags:audio·Indonesia·Manado·multimedia·music·so dari dulu·Sulawesi·translation
Q&A with Pastor Gilbert Lumoindong
February 18th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Rest of Asia
My Q&A with Pastor Gilbert Lumoindong of the Glow Fellowship in Jakarta about Christian-Muslim relations in Indonesia.
Tags:Christianity·Gilbert Lumoindong·Glow Fellowship·Indonesia·Islam·Jakarta·Lumoindong·religion
Q&A with MUI’s Dr Amidhan Shaberah
February 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Rest of Asia
My Q&A with the Majlis Ulama Indonesia’s chairman Dr Amidhan Shaberah.
Tags:Amidhan Shaberah·Indonesia·Islam·Majlis Ulama Indonesia·MUI·religion
Q&A with the NU’s Endang Turmudi
February 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Rest of Asia
My Q&A with the Nahdlatul Ulama’s Endang Turmudi about Islam in Indonesia.
Tags:Endang Turmudi·Indonesia·Islam·Jakarta·Nahdlatul Ulama·NU·Q&A·religion
Q&A with Martin van Bruinessen
February 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Rest of Asia
Q&A about Islam in Indonesia with Martin van Bruinessen of the University of Utrecht.
Religious tension rising in Indonesia
February 18th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Journalism, Rest of Asia
Observers agree that religious tension is on the rise in Indonesia. I look at what’s happening and why.
Tags:Ahmadiyah·Christianity·human rights·Indonesia·Islam·Jakarta·Java·religion
Jakarta’s Pak Ogah
December 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Journalism, Rest of Asia
Across the developing world, unemployed poor people find ingenious ways to scratch a living – in Jakarta, which has some of the world’s worst vehicle congestion, the “informal sector” has extended into directing traffic.
