#balikpapan

Collection of balikpapan news, found 73 news.

Urban muslims support Jokowi

Among the urban Muslim community presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his running mate Jusuf Kalla ...

Jokowi-JK pair favorite to win election: survey

The Jokowi-JK duo is preferred by 42.65 percent respondents, while 28.35 percent prefer Prabowo-Hatta pair for ...

Five die after shop building collapse in Samarinda

The joint rescue team had found five casualties after the collapse of the shop building in Ahmad Yani Street of ...

President To Inaugurate 29 Projects In East Kalimantan

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) will commission 29 projects in East Kalimantan in June 18-19. The ...

Ministry predicts home-bound travelers in 2014 to reach 27 million

The number of home-bound travelers during the Idul Fitri Holiday 2014 is expected to reach 27 million, according to a ...

Citilink denies planning to acquire Tiger Air Mandala

Low-cost airlines Citilink Indonesia had denied speculations that it will acquire Tiger Air Mandala, saying that an ...

BOS releases 12 orangutans to natural habitat

The Borneo Orangutan Foundation (BOS) has released 12 orangutans from its rehabilitation center in Nyaru Menteng to ...

Orangutans living outside natural habitat need attention

Orangutans are usually cute, adorable and smart that some people want to keep them as pets. Besides, orangutans and ...

Garuda to serve regular flights between Manado and Balikpapan

Garuda Indonesia will serve direct flight in a new route between Manado and Balikpapan in June on growing demand for ...

BNN exposes inter-province narcotics distribution network

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) in East Java managed to uncover a narcotics distribution ring after the ...

Semen Indonesia opens packing plants in Papua

Publicly listed cement company PT Semen Indonesia Tbk.(SMGR) has set up a packing plant in Sorong, West Papua, to meet ...

Plane crash pilot`s bodies to be brought to Jakarta

The bodies of Susi Air`s pilot Captain Jonathan Willis and Australian surveyor Russell Ian McDougall will soon be ...

100,000 inexpensive houses to be built in 50 Indonesian cities

The state-owned enterprise for housing, Perum Perumnas, will build 100 thousand inexpensive houses in 50 Indonesia ...

Govt to increase number of border patrol soldiers

In 2012 the government plans to add an additional battalion of soldiers and build 15 new security checkpoints in West ...

Garuda prepares Bombardier planes for Medan hub

State-owned airline company PT Garuda Indonesia said it has prepared Bombardier CRJ 1000 planes for flights on the ...