Parents in Indonesia outraged by 5.30am school start trial

Controversial pilot project in Kupang, the capital of East Nusa Tenggara province, has twelfth-graders at 10 high schools starting classes in the dark

Early every morning in a city in Indonesia’s far east, sleepy teenagers can be seen trudging through the streets on their way to school.

The students are taking part in a controversial experiment to get the day off to a much earlier start.

Huge fireball seen in Jakarta sky during blaze at fuel storage depot – video

At least 17 people including two children have died after a fire at state energy firm Pertamina’s Plumpang depot in the north of the Indonesian capital. Sixty people were injured, with many severely burned, while hundreds more living in residential areas near the depot had to be evacuated. Top officials have called for an investigation into the cause of the fire and an audit of the country’s energy facilities after several recent blazes

• Two children among 17 people killed after fire at Jakarta fuel storage depot

Two children among 17 people killed after fire at Jakarta fuel storage depot

Another 60 people injured and hundreds evacuated after fire at Pertamina’s Plumpang depot

At least 17 people including two children have died after a fuel storage depot fire in Jakarta.

Three people are still missing after Friday night’s blaze at state energy firm Pertamina’s Plumpang depot in north Jakarta, with Indonesian officials the next day calling for an audit of “all fuel facilities and infrastructures” in the country.

‘This is my last responsibility’: Indonesia’s parents seek justice over child cough syrup deaths

More than 200 Indonesian children have died after taking syrups contaminated with toxic chemicals. Their parents want to make sure it can’t happen again

The Indonesian language has words for children who have lost their mothers or fathers, but none for parents who lose their children. Some say that is because the pain is inexplicable, something 42-year-old Safitri Puspa Rani can attest to.

Safitri’s eight-year-old son Panghegar died in October 2022, one month after his birthday. Panghegar had spent weeks in a paediatric intensive care unit, fighting acute kidney injury caused by syrup medicines that had been contaminated with toxic chemicals commonly found in industrial solvents and antifreeze.