Novali Panji Nugroho TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) probed several soldiers allegedly involved in the attack on Tarakan Regional Police The attack involved several members of the Task Force the soldiers have been consolidated and probed in accordance with procedures," he said in a written statement on Tuesday quoted from the official Instagram account of @kodam_mlw The examination was conducted by the Commander of Infantry Battalion 613/RJA within the parent unit the TNI and the National Police in the North Kalimantan region have coordinated to maintain the stability of relations between both institutions Rudy stated that the TNI is still monitoring the developments following the attack He urged both institutions to maintain a conducive atmosphere in Tarakan City the Head of Information for the VI/Mulawarman Military Command mentioned that the attack on Tarakan Regional Police headquarters was due to a misunderstanding "Purely a misunderstanding between 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Place on August 2nd 10 Best Cities to Visit in Japan Besides Tokyo to Add to Your Bucket List 10 Recommended Budget-Friendly Tourist Destinations in the United States © Copyright 2024 East Ventures | All Rights Reserved North Kalimantan Province possesses significant and advantageous potential for tourism development the province is envisioned to become a showcase for Indonesia and a connecting bridge among those three countries North Kalimantan is strategically positioned to play a vital role in the economic and geopolitical landscape of the area through tourism development The various outstanding potentials of this region need to be optimally developed to foster strong economic growth According to the Advisor to the Governor of North Kalimantan for Economic Affairs the province is committed to promoting tourism as a flagship sector in the future This commitment was further reflected in the Regional Tourism Development Master Plan which underwent a final review on Monday (7/8) in collaboration with Universitas Gadjah Mada Head of the UGM Center for Tourism Studies explained that North Kalimantan has 307 tourist attractions spread across five regencies/cities Malinau Regency has 86 attractions (28 percent) and Tana Tidung Regency has the least with 35 attractions or 12 percent The 307 tourist attractions include 162 natural attractions (55 percent) and 57 artificial attractions (19 percent) several leading tourist attractions are the Bulungan Sultanate Museum Mangrove & Proboscis Monkey Conservation Area offered the Vision for North Kalimantan’s Tourism Development 2024-2033 aiming to position the province as a world-class border tourism destination that is competitive The border is the main focus of tourism development in the province The proximity of North Kalimantan to neighboring countries such as Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia underscored the significance of border tourism development Five districts with 63 villages in Malinau Regency and 17 with 182 villages in Nunukan Regency directly border with Sabah and Sarawak “There are 110 out of 307 tourist attractions in the border areas of Nunukan and Malinau,” he said emphasized the need to establish four Strategic Tourism Areas in the province each aiming to highlight unique local experiences and cultural heritage Tanjung Selor and its surroundings will have a theme of the gate of memory of the glory of the Bulungan Sultanate while Tarakan with the experience of enjoying a combination of waterfront tourism and Tarakan culture Senatik Island will focus on beach border tourism development and culture while Long Bawan will take Dayak Lundayeh’s gastronomic tourism Researcher Sotya Sasongko stated that his team at the UGM Center for Tourism Studies had produced three essential document formulations as the basis for tourism development in North Kalimantan These include the Regional Tourism Development Master Plan and a draft regional regulation on the Regional Tourism Development Master Plan These documents will serve as legal foundations for cross-sectoral and inter-institutional tourism development in North Kalimantan the regional regulation on the Regional Tourism Development Master Plan can support the local government in developing and managing tourism development in North Kalimantan,” he concluded Please contact us for any problem with SIMASTER (Direktorat Teknologi Informasi Directorate of Information Technology ) dan Lingkungan Office of Workplace and Environmental Security and Safety and Emergencies) E: info@ugm.ac.id | P: +62(274)588688 | F: +62(274)565223 | WA: +628112869988 one of the largest cities on the island of Borneo and the central hub in Indonesia's North Kalimantan province will welcome direct flights from the autonomous territory of Hong Kong in December "We will soon receive direct flights from Hong Kong six times a month after our agreements with travel agents and airlines are finalized," Tarakan Mayor Sofian Raga said at a gala dinner to welcome participating yachters in the Wonderful Sail 2 Indonesia event on Wednesday (30/08) Sofian said his administration will immediately prepare facilities to welcome the tourists He recommended several sites in the region for incoming tourists to explore including the Bekantan and Mangrove Conservation Round House Museum and the Japanese funeral monument Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said the Wonderful Sail 2 Indonesia event has done wonders for local tourism as the rally also indirectly promotes the beauty of Indonesia to the world Sky Hospital building construction of Tarakan Public Hospital (RSUD) The construction is targeted to finish on December 20 Sky Hospital building construction is on schedule His side is optimistic this construction can be finished on time It is still on schedule," he said at City Council Building there is budget savings in this construction Previous allocated budget was Rp 309 billion But the auction winner offered 87 percent from total budget But contractor is capable just with 87 percent from the allocated budget," he said Tarakan RSUD Sky Hospital building inauguration will be held in January 2018 Jakarta Provincial Government will add 120 beds plus its completed facilities and service in this type A RSUD © copyright 2001 - 2025 All Rights Reserved the Tarakan RSUD has injected Rp 33.5 billion for purchasing medical equipments this year The medical equipments in question are beds and so on the hospital status has turned into type A hospital That means the referral hospital patients will increase " Rp 33.5 billion we take from 2017 revised APBD ," he expressed with addition of building and medical equipment purchase in RSUD Tarakan the service should no longer be complaints or rejection with reason of a full room fund for development and medical equipment is from people Ricky Mohammad Nugraha Laila Afifa TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tarakan Hospital’s Head of General and Marketing Department Reggy S. Sobari announced that there are no victims of the May 22 riot that were treated for gunshot wounds caused by lethal ammunition The patients treated at Tarakan Hospital were injured by the clash between the mob and security personnel in the vicinity of Tanah Abang “Several victims brought rubber projectile bullets when they were admitted to the hospital We also had to take out a number of rubber projectiles from their body,” said Reggy at the Tarakan Hospital in Jakarta Reggy reminds that there are no injuries caused by gunshot wounds from lethal ammo in the patients that the hospital treated Asked about the cause of the two patients that eventually died at the hospital Reggy was unsure since the victim’s family did not authorize an autopsy to take place even though the cause of their deaths could have easily been revealed by an autopsy “The victim that did not survive had several round injuries Are those injuries the cause of his death or not we cannot confirm,” said Reggy The hospital’s records show 140 protesters were treated at Tarakan after the clash between them and police the First Largest K-Drama OST Concert in Jakarta Another Street Brawl Erupts in Jakarta's Manggarai Area Indonesia's Cardinal Suharyo Arrives in Vatican for Papal Conclave Jakarta Civil Servants Told to Take Public Transport on Wednesdays or Face Trouble Pramono Anung Announces Six New Transjabodetabek Routes Set for Launch This Year 2025 Earth Day Action in Jakarta Sees Reduction of Carbon Emissions Coastal Flood Submerges Neighborhood Unit in North Jakarta: BPBD Jakarta Mandates Govt Employees to Use Public Transport on Wednesdays Jakarta Governor: We Will Pursue Vehicle Tax Delinquents For several days in late September 2010 a riot paralysed the island municipality of Tarakan in northeast East Kalimantan The official death toll from the fighting was seven including police officers and newspaper journalists claim the number was under-reported to avoid further retaliation several houses badly damaged and 40,000 people temporarily displaced by the violence As occurred during the major ethno-religious conflicts in Indonesia a decade ago a Tidung community and religious leader in rural northern Tarakan was stabbed and killed after retaliating against youths who had beaten his son originating primarily from South Sulawesi’s Pinrang district Berau and other indigenous groups gathered in the city in front of the office of the United Indigenous Peoples of Kalimantan Organisation (PUSAKA) Led by PUSAKA representatives – including the organisation’s war commander who had flown in from Central Kalimantan – the mob proceeded to the municipality police station The crowd’s anger was directed primarily at the Letta a large group of whom had gathered to guard the house of the community’s main leader But having met the mayor and a young man who had been arrested for the murder PUSAKA’s leaders instructed the crowd to disperse and for several hours it appeared the tension had been defused But that evening a crowd of young Tidung men returned to the street without PUSAKA’s leaders and attacked the Letta Letta reinforcements rushed in from the northern part of the city and running battles raged until the following morning The local police and military seemed unable to contain the violence and unwilling to try largely watching the fighting unfold and protecting those displaced in military and police compounds the police chief gave no order for police to separate President Yudhoyono publicly requested an effective security response and reinforcements arrived from the Jakarta police special operations force unit (Brimob) within 36 hours The arrival of this unit brought the fighting to a halt it prevented (mostly Tidung and Dayak) reinforcements coming into Tarakan by boat This conflict was very similar to those that occurred during Indonesia’s political transition from 1997 to 2001 when some minor skirmish would prompt frustrated members of indigenous communities sometimes mobilised by ethnic organisations to demand action against migrants. most obviously in the scale of the incident So what was it that prevented this conflict from spreading and intensifying as it had in Sambas Sampit and elsewhere in Kalimantan a decade ago The initial response to the murder was led by ethnic organisations in the same way politicisation of indigenous Dayak by ethnic organisations preceded the 1997 conflict in West Kalimantan Yet the actual attack was initiated by unaffiliated members of the Tidung community A large show of force appeared to suffice for PUSAKA’s leaders who returned home after viewing the prisoner So why did PUSAKA take Tarakan to the brink of violence and then pull back And why did the Tidung community launch an attack anyway leading to perhaps the most serious ethnic rioting in Kalimantan for a decade The answers to these questions partly lie in the sense of political and economic disempowerment felt by many Tidung Locals pointed out that the highest position in the local government held by a Tidung is Third Assistant to the Government (held by the chair of PUSAKA his deputy and most members of the local parliament and bureaucracy are migrants from Sulawesi and Java Tidung also claim they find it difficult to obtain employment in the private sector and have lost their customary land to migrants through expropriation or by hasty sale Many Tidung say there has been frequent and increasing violent attacks against them most often committed by Bugis - often while they worked in the island’s shrimp ponds and fishing areas many Tidung are frustrated at a lack of government policies to assist them PUSAKA and other ethnic organisations claim to be working to address this marginalisation PUSAKA’s leaders say they run a broad range of programs to assist local communities including making and selling indigenous crafts and training in budgeting Yet they could not produce any documentation to verify these activities and Tidung living in Tarakan cannot recall any such programs only the occasional traditional ceremonies held by the organisation What then is the main purpose of these organisations Examining this can help us understand the September riots The main goal of ethnic organisations claiming to represent the indigenous community is to force their way into the various sources of patronage in the city the main focus is the lucrative contracts for the construction of public infrastructure awarded by the Public Works Department While PUSAKA is not a recognised construction firm Although the process of awarding these contracts appears competitive and transparent Members of Parliament instruct Public Works officials to award a contract to a particular contractor and both receive payments from the contract amount Those contractors who submit unsuccessful bids are also paid a cut although occasionally intimidation or the promise of a future contract is required to ensure their silence These bribes mean that there are significantly less funds for the actual project PUSAKA has attempted to show local power holders in Tarakan that it has the potential to cause disturbances if it is excluded from this patronage system Because it appears able to mobilise an entire indigenous community particularly one aggrieved at its position in the local political economy PUSAKA threatens public order and the status quo more than ordinary gangster organisations the former head of Public Works in neighbouring Bulungan District recognised this potential when he formed PUSAKA in 2005 PUSAKA has been awarded several small contracts of less Rp.100 million (about A$ 11,000) in Tarakan because of its propensity for causing disturbances It has been unsuccessful in winning large contracts and several attempts to obtain direct funding from the government have failed To be viewed as the vanguard of a disgruntled ethnic community PUSAKA must also demonstrate to its constituents that it is indeed working in their interests this has entailed responding vigorously to murders and assaults of indigenous people PUSAKA mobilised the community and marched through the streets demonstrates to the indigenous community that they are able to make their grievances heard in high places It also reminds local power brokers that PUSAKA is capable of wreaking havoc if ignored after viewing the prisoner in late September PUSAKA leaders were content to return to their homes in the expectation that their string of patronage failures would soon come to an end Many Tidung had grown angry at PUSAKA’s appropriation of indigeneity as a way of obtaining public funds without actually representing the interests of the community PUSAKA had ‘acted arrogantly and only in the interests of the group’s leaders’ The importance of this murder and the cumulative impact of recent similar events had led ethnic organisations to take added measures in competing for influence within the indigenous community PUSAKA’s decision to fly its war commander into the city heightened the emotion in the crowd So to a large extent the riots stemmed from intra-indigenous dynamics as much as tensions with the Letta The frustration felt by the Tidung at being marginalised from the local political economy was important to understanding the underlying causes of the riot but it was PUSAKA’s attempts to use this frustration to obtain patronage benefits that pushed it into violence The issues behind these events are similar to those behind conflict in 1999: political inequality influential individuals and organisations exploit these tensions for their own political and economic interests in the process occasionally causing violence One important difference stands out: the capacity and willingness of Jakarta to respond quickly and prevent escalation In Tarakan – as in the Ambon riots in September 2011 – the national government acted quickly dispatching police reinforcements and publicly reminding officials that they must act effectively Most commentators have rightly commended the national government for its decisive action Yet in another sense little has changed since 1999 local security forces do not appear to have improved their response to rapidly developing ethnic violence external security forces were required to bring the fighting under control Local commanders appear concerned that they will be punished if their personnel act with excessive force or side with the protagonists The current system of responsibility for internal security allows local officials to refrain from acting forcefully against rioters and instead wait for orders from their superiors The prevention of escalation in Tarakan and Ambon therefore depended on rapid reaction from Jakarta This has been possible given the current period of political stability in Jakarta and a dearth of incidents occurring simultaneously in several regions of the country While the current draft law on social conflict management proposes greater powers for local authorities to intervene in conflict situations what is needed is in fact greater responsibility for them to do so proactively This would involve sanction for officers who fail to take all actions possible within proper limits protecting human rights involves avoiding sins of omission as well as commission Since the September riots the government in Tarakan has expressed concern over the proliferation of ethnic organisations such as PUSAKA and is attempting to curb their growth while often belligerent and provocative are just one element of a system of exclusion on the island Ongoing economic and political marginalisation of the indigenous minority compared to migrants has created resentment and animosity between several ethnicities The opaque and collusive nature of public contracting also encourages actors to threaten and occasionally use force to carve off a piece of the pie for themselves If the central government does not pay serious attention to these issues and to the continuing inadequacy of district and provincial law enforcement and security forces serious group violence is likely to continue across the archipelago Chris Wilson (chrisjwilson@rocketmail.com) teaches Political Studies at Auckland University He focuses on ethno-religious conflict in Southeast Asia Receive Inside Indonesia's latest articles and quarterly editions in your inbox © Copyright Indonesian Resources and Information Program (IRIP) 1983 - 2025 We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the stolen lands on which Inside Indonesia is based and we pay our respects to Elders past and present We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded Police arrested three Lion Air passengers who were caught smuggling crystal methamphetamine on Monday (09/10) by hiding them under their genitals at the Juwata Tarakan International Airport in Tarakan head of Juwata Tarakan International Airport said the arrested individuals were named Edi Baharuddin and Ramli and were in possession of 30 packets of crystal meth 28 of which were hidden underneath the suspects' genitals The three men were attempting to board Lion Air flight JT 739 heading to Makassar Edi was detained first during a routine security check at the airport’s Screen Check Point 1 (SCP 1) as officials were suspicious of a bulging item between his thighs When conducting a body check on Edi and his partner Baharuddin the security personnel found a plastic bag containing crystal meth shoved into both men's underwear Police officers brought the two individuals to the local station to be questioned where officials learned of a third suspect The body check resulted in discovering crystal meth in his pants and in his shoes "The three suspects are currently at the Tarakan police station for further investigation," Hemi said According to National Anti-Drugs Agency (BNN) 807 narcotics cases were discovered in Indonesia in 2016 JAKARTA: The Indonesian rescue team discovered two crew members and Pilatus aircraft of Smart Air that went missing last Friday in the nearby forest of Benuang lost contact three hours after departing from Juwata Tarakan Airport last Friday morning The Tarakan Search and Rescue Office (Basarnas) confirmed that aircraft engineer Deni Sobali Basarnas Tarakan head Syahril in a statement noted that the pilot was taken to Malinau while the engineer’s body was transported to Tarakan before being sent to the hospital A rappelling technique was employed during the rescue operation at 4.36 pm local time involving the deployment of 10 rescuers consisting of personnel from Basarnas The rescue team also utilised an air force-owned Boeing 737-200 aircraft to locate the crash site and two military-owned helicopters were deployed during the evacuation process Tel: +603-7784 6688      Fax: +603-7785 2625 Picture suppliedTarakan Station is an opportunity to secure 40,469 hectares (100,001 acres) of rangeland cattle country All articles from our websiteThe digital version of This Week's PaperBreaking news 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The performance of new and existing jack-ups, vessels […] Picture: Emma HillierWagga's Iraqi Yazidi community has given the empty building on Ashmont's Tarakan Avenue a long awaited makeover All articles from our website & appThe digital version of Today's PaperBreaking news alerts direct to your inboxInteractive Crosswords Sudoku and TriviaAll articles from the other regional websites in your areaContinueHasan Balaseeni ran his own grocery store in Baghdad for many years until an invasion by the terror group Islamic State forced him to flee from his home as a refugee Mr Balaseeni finally has his own shop once more which will employ other Yazidis and supply the neighbourhood with fruit and vegetables Mr Balaseeni said he had been planning to open the new store for the past year The shop had its grand opening last Sunday and Mr Balaseeni said it had seen a steady stream of customers since Wagga first welcomed Mr Balaseeni in 2017 after he spent four years in a refugee camp in Turkey Mr Balaseeni lived in Wagga for a year before moving to Sydney with his family in search of greater work opportunities as there are more Yazidi community members in the city He will now commute between Sydney and the shop in Wagga where he has employed local Yazidi community members to work The Ashmont store was a fish and chippery and a bottle shop in its previous lives but has been abandoned for years It will now sell everything "from a toothpick to a barbecue" at significant lower prices than those at major supermarkets Multicultural Council chief executive officer Belinda Crain said an Australian-born person would be able to buy their groceries there even if they might not recognise the brand names "I know one of my mum's friends came down to buy stuff," Ms Crain said "She cooked it for dinner and put a photo [on social media] and said 'The best fresh vegetables I've ever seen'." Ms Crain said she was very proud of the Yazidi community "Being that 2016 was when the first families arrived they've made such a difference to the community of Wagga," she said I think a lot of people have a lot of respect for the Yazidi community members and their interaction with the broader community." Mr Balaseeni thanked the multicultural council and Ms Crain for their help in establishing his business Catie is a reporter at The Daily Advertiser covering health and Wagga City Council. You can contact her on c.mcleod@dailyadvertiser.com.au or 0475 819 651. Today's top stories curated by our news team. Grab a quick bite of today's latest news from around the region and the nation. Catch up on the news of the day and unwind with great reading for your evening. Get the editor's insights: what's happening & why it matters. Going out or staying in? Find out what's on. Love footy? We've got all the action covered. The latest news, results & expert analysis. 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Black River resident Keith Norton was honoured with two more medals during a Remembrance Day service at Balgal Beach near Townsville on Friday morning. As the only surviving World War II veteran at Rollingstone RSL, Mr Norton said he was thankful for the belated honour. Mr Norton enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on April 27, 1943, and served in the 12th Squadron as a driver at the Medical Aid Post in Tarakan, Borneo. Mr Norton now has two more medals to add to his collection. (ABC North Queensland: Tom Edwards) Nine of his unit members were killed or wounded during a Japanese sniper attack at an airfield. "You had your thoughts about you, whether you were going to survive or not," he said. "He just picked them off at random; it was right at the end of the pontoon wharf where they were shot. "It was pretty scary, but at any rate they stopped the landing then until they cleared the sniper." Mr Norton served in Tarakan, Borneo, circa 1944-45. (Supplied: Keith Norton) Mr Norton also served in the Pacific at the battles of Hollandia and Morotai but Tarakan remains the most vivid due to the number of lives lost. He said serving overseas was a "different world altogether" compared to Australia, but said: "you just accepted it while you were there". "I think it makes you feel a lot stronger, you know, when you take a job on and that, you know you've got to do it," he said. "If you hadn't gone [to war], well, you would have just been one of the carry on mob, you know." Mr Norton is the only surviving World War II veteran at the Rollingstone RSL in North Queensland. (ABC North Queensland: Tom Edwards) Mr Norton has kept a collection of photographs he took with a Box Brownie camera during his service in WWII. Among them are pictures of the native people of Borneo and New Guinea in traditional dress, some of them wearing their hunting gear. "I don't look at them often now; it's a very long way [from Queensland]," he said. Mr Norton has a collection of photographs he took during his service in the Second World War. (ABC North Queensland: Tom Edwards) CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) the Philippines and Malaysia held maneuvers on Monday in waters plagued by insurgency and banditry off north Borneo launching coordinated patrols in a region where Islamic State influence is growing Helicopters and surveillance planes flew overhead as ministers and army chiefs from the countries attended ceremonies to launch the patrols with security taking on added urgency after militants overran a town in the southern Philippines The Philippine military has said that some of the militants both domestic insurgents who have pledged allegiance to Islamic State and some foreign fighters may have mingled with evacuees to slip away during the battle for Marawi City that has raged for almost four weeks “We need to watch out for the 500 to 600 terrorists there are blending in with refugees to get out,” said Indonesian military chief Gatot Nurmantyo The spectacular collapse in security in the southern Philippines has alarmed neighbors such as Indonesia and Malaysia Indonesia has deployed three Sukhoi fighters to help with security in case militants try to flee southwards towards Indonesia Indonesia also inaugurated a maritime command center in the naval base of Tarakan a town in the province of North Kalimantan on Borneo island witnessed by the defense ministers and army chiefs from the three countries Malaysian defense minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the three countries would increase the sharing of information because what had happened in Marawi could happen elsewhere The neighbors would not allow Islamic State “to set foot Maritime command centers will also be set up in Tawau in Malaysia’s Sabah state “We see these functioning as a triangle where everything inside the triangle will be monitored,” said Nurmantyo said of the centers Tarakan is just south of the Malaysian side of Borneo and looks out across to Mindanao in the southern Philippines a sprawling island that has suffered from hostage taking and piracy for decades Indonesian naval authorities had asked residents including fishermen in border areas facing the Philippines to report any suspicious people a 31-year-old fisherman from a village near Tarakan said he was robbed three times last year by pirates in speed boats “They fired warning shots one time and forced us to lie face down,” he said Sydney mum Iryna Tarakan is finally reunited with her two sons who were taken to Lebanon by their father “I fell on my knees and I hugged him and started to cry and scream. I was pretty emotional,” Tarakan, 33, told The Australian about seeing her youngest son Michael – the last to be returned to her – for the first time last month The story bears remarkable similarities to that of Brisbane mum Sally Faulkner who enlisted the help of television program 60 Minutes to kidnap her two children from Lebanon in April 2016 after her former husband took them for a “holiday” never to return The botched operation ended in the arrest and lucky release of Faulkner and the journalists involved including high-profile presenter Tara Brown Faulkner is now forbidden to call or Skype her children, Lahela and Noah who remain in Lebanon, and she’s still facing kidnapping charges, the ABC reports. And while Tarakan’s fight to have her children returned echoes that of Faulkner’s, this time there is a different ending. Tarakan told The Australian the ordeal started when her estranged husband, Tony Sukkar, called her one Monday after Christmas in 2014 asking if he could keep the boys, Ghattas and Michael (aged two and five at the time), just one more night. The pair’s daughter, Najla, then seven, was home with Tarakan. Tarakan said she agreed to let the boys stay, not knowing Sukkar was going to fly the kids to Lebanon – where he has family and there are no laws mandating the return of kidnapped children – that evening. After he took the children to Beirut, Tarakan claimed Sukkar permitted her to speak to the boys over Skype and on the phone but he refused to return them to Australia. In October 2015, the mum-of-three had a breakthrough when her former husband agreed to meet her and Najla in Dubai. She was hoping to bring the boys home then, but Sukkar left the youngest, Michael, in Beirut. Still Tarakan, with Najla and Ghattas, made an escape. "My kids were sitting on the couch in their pyjamas. I said 'listen kids, come on, get up, we have to go," she told The Australian about sneaking out of the Dubai apartment while Tony was out buying food. The three of them went to the airport, and they hid in the bathrooms until the plane was ready to take off. After a custody battle with Sukkar in Australian courts - the father returned to the country and is now unable to leave - Tarakan travelled to Lebanon in February 2018 to bring Michael home. Tarakan claimed Michael was hidden with family and she spent weeks searching the neighbourhood in which her former husband had lived. "I used to walk through the street in Beirut, up and down, searching, looking up in the balconies," she told The Australian. After police intervened and held a relative of Sukkar's in custody, finally Michael was returned to Australia. "He's fine now, he's beautiful. He's calling me mum, he's very happy with his siblings," she said. "His brother is Number One for him." The kids were allowed to see Sukkar on Easter Sunday, with Tarakan saying she "can't refuse them". Speaking briefly to The Australian, Sukkar said Tarakan's story was "not genuine" but refused to comment further. Either way, there was this, from the relieved mum-of-three: "I've been through hell; I'm so glad it's over."  Today’s PaperNew York|ABOUT LONG ISLAND; Memories Are Made of Thishttps://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/10/nyregion/about-long-island-memories-are-made-of-this.htmlShare full articleAdvertisement PERRY COMO memories abound in Port Washington we get stacks and stacks of letters,'' sang Mr Tarakan from his desk at the Port Washington Public Library Asked to come up with a memory of Perry Como in 1990 Tarakan recalled the mail song that was sung each week on the Perry Como Show in the 1950's Although he had not heard the song in several decades to fill a request and sing the songs we love best.'' ''This is incredible,'' the library official said Perry's on TV singing and my father's in his chair dozing He fell asleep whenever Perry sang.'' In Port Washington they not only remember Perry Como on television,they remember him in church ''He was there every week and he used to sit with his wife in the side wing so he wouldn't cause a commotion,'' said a parishioner of Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church They remember Perry Como driving around town ''He drove a gray Cadillac with the license plate PC-42,'' one elderly woman said ''He always waved to me.'' They remember him playing golf at the Sands Point Golf Club ''I was caddying for a foursome he was in,'' said a middle-aged man ''I heard Perry Como curse.'' shopped in the local stores and supported the local hospital They loved him on the North Shore of Long Island but Long Island remains a part of his life Como comes north to visit his grandchildren and perform at the Westbury Music Fair There is another reason Perry Como returns to Long Island each year For the last 10 years he has been the major attraction at its annual charity golf tournament We are having trouble retrieving the article content Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings Thank you for your patience while we verify access Already a subscriber? Log in Want all of The Times? Subscribe you’ll gain experience points from various actions such as killing enemies you’ll use the points you earn to obtain new perks Here’s our Chernobylite companion recruitment and skills guide to help you turn the main character into everyone’s best friend who becomes an absolute beast thanks to his training Note: For more information, check out our Chernobylite guides and features hub please be reminded that this guide contains minor spoilers Your companions in Chernobylite join at intervals as long as you met pre-requisites You’ll meet them during the course of your journey and you’ll be presented with the option to recruit them you can talk to them to start your training This will lead to a short activity or cutscene you’ll simply listen to the character’s dialogue as they teach Igor It’s also possible that some perks have upgraded versions that cost more points (i.e. then another +6 slots after learning the previous perk) You can refer to the pages below for the parts that you need help with: Note 1: Due to the nature of Chernobylite‘s campaign companion quest chains and narrative arcs tend to be non-linear you could meet up with Sashko during a mission and he’d call you on your HQ’s radio to give your next task his arc might be interrupted by a mission from Olga though you’ll still get Sashko’s next quest down the line Note 2: You do have the option to tell characters to leave your group for good Chernobylite provides many important decisions for you to make some of which can cause companions to like or dislike your actions If your relationship suffers past the “Terrible” stage you can use the timeline reversal mechanic to change the outcome SegmentNext Companions play a vital role in Chernobylite we will show you How to Recruit Companions in Chernobylite for your journey Companions play an important role in Chernobylite and exploring; is directly linked with your companions we will show you how to recruit Companions in Chernobylite As you progress into the journey of Chernobylite you’ll encounter certain characters on your way and will be provided with an option to recruit them Recruiting gives you the chance to interact with your companions and train with them Each companion comes with a questline and completing those questline helps you unlock these characters and recruit them you can now train with them but that requires skill points Skill points can be earned by crafting items You still have an option to release your companions from the team or they can leave on their own if you aren’t able to please them Your relationship with your companions is denoted by a meter they’ll simply leave your team; which is bad news for you it’s best to make the right decisions that don’t cost you your allies Below is the detailed information as to How to Recruit Companions in Chernobylite Not much is needed for Olivier to join your team He’ll come across you during the initial stages of the campaign Mikhail is found as a part of the “Mikhail in Trouble” (Moscow Eye) mission where you must save him which leads you to recruit him to your team Olga is found during “A Voice in the Woods” (Red Forest) there’s a mission called Traitor where Olivier tells you to kill a scavenger Letting him go leads you to Olga’s camp where you find the same scavenger inside a cell He tells you his name and in return you can provide him with food for which he talks to Olga about your kind gesture To recruit him first you’ll have to take part in “Old Documents” (Kopachi) Escaping that room leads you to complete additional missions such as the “The Crumb Trail” (Kopachi) where you’ll have to deal with the NAR soldiers Sashko joins your team on the basis of trust Doing so will gain you his trust and you’ll be able to recruit him into your team Busy roaming around the virtual streets of Alpha City Mostly spend time playing the likes of Super-Mecha Champions WWE 2K and other shooting games such as CS:GO Guide page to Chernobylite containing Hardware for real Man quest walkthrough guides This guide page to Chernobylite contains a walkthrough of the Hardware for real Man quest One day Sashko will ask to recover his explosives which he keeps somewhere near the Eye of Moscow These are stored by his companion in the building shown below [1] and all you have to do is deal with a single soldier patrolling the corridor on the ground floor Then go to the floor and in one of the rooms locate the chest Then you will be asked to activate the detonator [2] in which there will be materials for creating new explosives but the area aroud the stash is patrolled by NAR soldiers what's left is to take the chest's content This site is not associated with and/or endorsed by the The Farm 51 or The Farm 51 All logos and images are copyrighted by their respective owners Copyright © 2000 - 2025 Webedia Polska SA for gamepressure.com Copyright © 2000 - 2025 Webedia Polska SA