The Jobs Loss Fallacy Part 2. TBI Semarang

In terms of getting information, TBI Semarang was always a difficult proposition. Their Facebook page had photos from the opening ceremony on there 4 years after the school opened, with nothing new added. This sloppy, lazy approach is typical of many things TBI does because as we said last week: they don’t really care. Getting…

The Real TBI Bekasi Audit

The leak of the TBI Bekasi income sheet has enraged Luke Preece. He appeared in the comments box about six different times again yesterday swearing and cursing like a drunken yobbo. One imagines he is receiving a lot of heat from his Indonesian mafia partners over his failed efforts to keep Binsar in check. In…

Tax Evasion, Corruption and the Jakarta Elite (From a Great Blog)

ASSET CONCENTRATION AND QUALITY OF GROWTH IN INDONESIA Winarno Zain, AN ECONOMIST Sumber : JAKARTA POST, 30 November 2011     The list of the 40 richest Indonesians as published by Forbes magazine recently revealed the extent of asset concentration in this country.   According to the magazine, the 40 richest Indonesians possess combined assets worth US$85.1…

Nunu and Firlana Plotting (Part 4 of 5)

I had been warned that Nunu and Firlana were plotting to get rid of me in January 2012. The informant was my ojek driver, a short Madurese called E***. By January 2012 Nunu (Nugraha Pratama) rarely ‘hung out’ in the teacher’s room any more. He made his home downstairs with the office staff by in…