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Collection of buru island news, found 22 news.

Aceh police arrest four illegal gold miners in Pidie District

The Aceh police have cracked down on four illegal gold miners and seized an excavator from their mining pit in the Alue ...

BMKG warns of up to four-meter-high waves in Maluku waters

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued an early warning of high waves reaching four meters in ...

BRIN identifies new species of bent-toed gecko from Obi Island

A zoology researcher from the National Research and Innovation Agency's (BRIN's) Biological Research Center, ...

Setting example for sustainable fishing practices

The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries has been unrelenting in its mission to encourage Indonesians to eat more ...

Transportation Ministry issues shipping notice on extreme waves

Directorate General of Sea Transportation of the Transportation Ministry issued a Shipping Notice Number 81/Phbl/2021, ...

BMKG warns of nearly six-meter-high extreme waves in Indonesian waters

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued an early warning of the potential of very high waves, ...

South Sumatra: 11 coal miners buried in wall collapse

Eleven coal miners were buried alive after an eight-meter wall collapsed at their mining site at Tanjung Lalang ...

Five gold miners found dead in North Kalimantan gold mine

Five gold miners were found in a lifeless condition at an illegal mining site in Bulungan District, North Kalimantan ...

Buru Island's police clamp down on illegal gold miners

Police in Buru Island, Maluku, continue to take severe measures against illegal gold miners, with several Waeapo police ...

Strong magnitude-6.0 earthquake strikes Indonesia's Banda Sea

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in the Banda Sea in the Indonesian islands of Maluku on Tuesday at around 11:56 a.m. ...

Government to reclaim regions contaminated by mercury

The government has prepared a national action plan spread over the next few years to reclaim regions exposed to the ...

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Ex-political detainees in Buru envision ideal leader

News Feature : Harto Wiyono, 71, was picked up by Civil Service Police Unit members while out in the fields on grounds ...

Ambon`s rescue workers deployed to locate vessel

The Ambon National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) deployed its personnel on Friday morning to find a vessel, ...

Government will build dam in Waiapo, Maluku province

Maluku Province Agriculture Service Head Diana Padang said the Central Government had agreed to build a dam in Waiapo, ...

6.0-magnitude quake rocks Buru Island

An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked Buru Island in Maluku province on Monday night but there was ...