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Deep tunnel no solution for Jakarta floods

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo`s plan to build a deep tunnel will not serve as a solution to the floods that hit the ...

Jakarta governor instructs relocation of settlers on river banks

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed all village and subdistrict heads to relocate settlers from river ...

A lesson from current flooding of Jakarta

Last week`s devastation of Jakarta by floods has rendered the capital city heavy casualties and losses in material. ...

Muhammadyah chairman regrets resurgence of conflict in Sumbawa

General Chairman of the Central Board of Muhammadiyah Dien Syamsuddin expressed deep concern about a resurgence of ...

Jakarta plans concrete actions to solve problem of floods

The central government and the Jakarta administration have come up with a number of concrete steps to solve the ...

Jakarta may suffer Rp20 trillion in losses due to flood: Governor

Jakarta is likely to suffer losses of up to Rp20 trillion (US$2 billion) as a result of the floods that have inundated ...

Thousands of Jakartans still displaced by flood

National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) head of data, information and public relations Sutopo Purwo Nugroho has ...

Businesses lose Rp1 trillion due to floods: APINDO

Indonesian Entrepreneur Association (APINDO) chairman Sofjan Wanandi has stated that businesses in Jakarta lost at ...

One dead, seven injured in Aceh earthquake

One dead and seven injured following an earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale that hit Pidie district, Aceh ...

Major earthquake hits Aceh

A major earthquake 6 on the Richter scale caused panic in the coastal city of Banda Aceh, awakening the people still ...

Govt to divert ciliwung river flow to control flood

The government plans to build a waterway to divert excess Ciliwung river flow to the East Flood Control Canal(KBT) to ...

Six steps to solve problem of floods in Jakarta: Jokowi

The Governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo, also known as Jokowi, has come up with six steps to solve the problem of floods ...

Number of flood victims is on the rise

Governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo, said  the number of flood victims in Jakarta has reached 103,000. ...

Government dismisses idea of moving capital city

The government indicates it is not in favor of moving the capital city from Jakarta saying it opts for seeking to ...

Thousand evacuees in Kampung Melayu return home

Thousand evacuees in Kampung Melayu returned home on Monday as the flood water in one of the worst-hit areas in the ...