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Police tighten entry curbs in West Papua's Manokwari, Sorong

West Papua police on Tuesday began tightening entry controls in Manokwari district and Sorong City as part of the ...

COVID-19 bed occupancy crosses 100% at 7 Jayapura hospitals

The bed occupancy rate (BOR) at seven COVID-19 referral hospitals in Jayapura, the provincial capital of Papua, has ...

Sea lettuce has potential to be used in drugs: LIPI

The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has said that sea lettuce  (Ulva spp), has antiviral and anticancer ...

Widodo wants all athletes vaccinated prior to Papua's PON

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked the concerned agencies to inoculate all athletes and officials participating ...

COVID-19: Partial lockdown enforced in West Papua's Manokwari, Sorong

The West Papua administration has enforced emergency public activity restrictions in Manokwari district and Sorong City ...

PLN's 564 officers to secure electricity supply at Papua's PON

PT PLN will deploy a total of 564 officers to secure electricity supply during the 2021 National Games (PON) in Papua ...

W Papuan hospital buckles amid COVID surge, stops admitting patients

Overwhelmed by a surge in coronavirus infections, the COVID-19 referral hospital in West Papua's Manokwari has ...

Batik Air, Wings Air continue operating flights in Papua

Privately-owned Lion Air Group has said the Jakarta-Jayapura, Sentani-Dekai, and Sentani-Wamena flight routes remain ...

Loss claim scheme readied over Raja Ampat coral reef damage

The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) Ministry prepared a scheme for claiming losses for damage caused to the coral ...

Jakarta: Papua governor completes self-isolation, prepares to fly home

Papua Governor Lukas Enembe prepared to fly back to Jayapura on Thursday evening after completing self-isolation in ...

Over 14.26 million Indonesians fully vaccinated against COVID-19

As many as 232,046 Indonesians received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, taking the number of ...

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Govt pushes ahead with Papua games preparations despite COVID surge

The Indonesian government has hinted that it will go ahead with the scheduled convening of Papua's 2021 PON ...

Top TNI officer visits Papua to review construction of PON facilities

Commander of the XVII/Cenderawasih Regional Military Command, Maj.Gen. Ignatius Yogo Triyono, visited Timika, Papua ...

Indonesian Navy vaccinates 1,000 residents in West Papua's Sorong

The Indonesian Navy's Third Fleet Command (Koarmada III) joined the government's mass COVID-19 vaccination ...

Soldiers in Papua conduct COVID-19 awareness campaign for villagers

Indonesian soldiers, stationed at a security checkpoint in the remote areas of Beane Kogom Village in Tsinga ...