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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 ...

Pertamina launching gas market operations

State-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina is launching a market operation of three-kilogram cylinder liquefied petroleum ...

Moving capital worth considering: expert

Social scientist Prof Nirwono Yoga of the Trisakti University, Central Kalimantan, said that the discourse in moving ...

Minister blasts parents allowing children to beg for aid

Social Affairs Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufri criticized parents who had allowed their children to beg in the streets ...

Floods kill 11 in Jakarta

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said flooding in Jakarta which had taken place from Tuesday to Thursday ...