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NGO to provide legal counsel to victims of forest fires

The prolonged drought induced by the El Nino phenomenon, has resulted in a water crisis and harvest failure in some ...

Over 12 thousand people taken ill by haze in Riau

Over 12,260 inhabitants of Riau Province have fallen ill due to the haze triggered by forest, peatland, and plantation ...

Riau police name 32 suspects in plantation fire cases

The Riau provincial police have named 32 suspects in forest and plantation fire cases, and 21 of them have been handed ...

Dumai customs seize over thousand ecstasy pills smuggled from Malaysia

Dumai customs officers have seized 1,075 ecstasy pills smuggled into Riau Province from Malaysia and have arrested six ...

ASEAN joint patrols needed to protect border areas:VP

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has emphasized the importance of conducting joint patrols by security agencies of the ...

Riau calls for private companies to help fight wildfires

It certainly is no easy task to break the vicious cycle of annual forest, peat land and plantation fires, which have ...

Russia-made helicopter deployed to extinguish Riau wildfires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has rented a Russian-made Sikorsky helicopter to strengthen its efforts ...

Riau authorities extinguish 10 bushfires

The fire brigade and disaster mitigation office of Pekanbaru, Riau Province, has extinguished bushfires in at least 10 ...

Six hotspots detected on Sumatra Island

Six hotspots indicating forest and plantation fires were detected on Sumatra Island, according to the Pekanbaru ...

Riau Police name 15 suspects over forest fires in Riau

The Riau Police has named 15 arsonists as suspects responsible for the forest fires that occurred in January and ...

20 hectares of tourism forest areas in Batam catch fire

The Fire Danger Mitigation of the Batam Concession Agency has reported that in the last two weeks, at least 20 ...

Haze blankets Bagansiapi-api, Riau

Haze from forest and plantation fires blanketed Bagansiapi-api City in Rokan Hilir District, Riau Province, on ...

Arrested poachers killed six Sumatran elephants: police

The eight poachers who were detained on Tuesday evening had killed six Sumatran elephants in two provinces, the Riau ...

Indonesia convinced to meet oil lifting target

Indonesian oil officials are optimistic that the government will meet its oil lifting target this year, although it ...

New oil reserve discovered in Riau: Governor

Governor of Riau Province Annas Maamun revealed on Monday that a new oil reserve, presumably the biggest in Riau, was ...