Derwin Pereira, Author at Pereira International

Fresh Flare-Ups – Blast kills 5 in Poso; rebels attack govt convoy in Papua

INDONESIA'S trouble-prone regions are flaring up yet again, casting a shadow over President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's three-week-old administration. In conflict-ridden Poso in Central

If Asia Could Vote …

RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE Six more days to go. Many Muslims dislike America's hard power in its war on terror AMERICAN tanks in Baghdad

Bali trial looms for Abu Bakar Bashir

GLOBAL AGENDA Oct 25-31 WHAT IT IS HARDLINE Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, 66, will stand trial from Thursday for the 2002 nightclub bombings in

Can Yudhoyono keep his Cabinet united?

NEW CABINET Compromise team full of conflicting interests. INDONESIA'S new President, Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has dubbed his ministerial line up the United Cabinet. It

A general and an intellectual

WHILE researching Indonesia's military in 1996, I drew up a list of 20 rising stars to watch. Going back to the yellowing list

Yudhoyono : Don’t expect quick cures

New President lists graft, poverty, extremism, rebellions among key problems. INDONESIA'S new president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in yesterday as the country's

Technocrats, businessmen dominate new Cabinet

A NEW PRESIDENT Hopes that the pro-business line-up will lead country's economic revival. INDONESIA'S new President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono last night announced a Cabinet

Yudhoyono to be sworn in today

DR SUSILO Bambang Yudhoyono will be sworn in today as Indonesia's sixth president at a ceremony attended by an unprecedented number of

Yudhoyono’s top priority : fighting terrorism

INDONESIAN President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledged yesterday to put the fight against terror at the top of his agenda, adding that tougher

Yudhoyono’s A’ team

The President-elect has picked his Cabinet, but protests from allies could still alter choices A PROMINENT business tycoon, a former military commander and

Bashir charged with inciting Bali bombings

TOP OF THE NEWS INDONESIA is stepping up the fight against Islamic extremism with fresh charges against hardline Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir,

Yudhoyono plans to be more hands-on

Incoming Indonesian leader aims to centralise presidential bureaucracy and establish inner circle of advisers Indonesia's next leader Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is fashioning a

Author: Derwin Pereira