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Floods inundate several hundred homes on Seram Island, Maluku

Floods submerged hundreds of houses in three villages on Seram Island, Maluku Province, since Tuesday, Aug 25, 2020, ...

Presidential Staff Office and agencies to help Sinabung refugees

The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) is collaborating with several parties to help communities affected by the eruption ...

COVID-19 can infect anyone regardless of social status: minister

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, has emphasized that the novel coronavirus ...

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Places of worship adapt to new normal, strive for safety

  On July 4 this year, as the Hindu congregation in Jakarta celebrated Saraswati Day, Dewa Wiguna visited the ...

BP2MI to launch task force against illegal migrant worker placements

The Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Agency (BP2MI) will launch its task force for the eradication of illegal ...

PGI: Churches must coordinate worship activities with task forces

General Secretary of the Association of Indonesian Churches (PGI), Reverend Jacky Manuputty, has asked churches to ...

Jakarta to reopen places for worship during PSBB transitional period

Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan announced the reopening of routine religious activities at places of worship ...

Tolikara District police in Papua donate three tons of rice

The Tolikara district police precinct, in collaboration with local churches, recently donated three tons of rice to ...

PGI supports Muslims in performing fasting amid COVID-19 outbreak

Chairperson of the Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI), Gomar Gultom, on Friday offered his wishes and support to ...

Flood submerges hundreds of homes in North Barito

A flash flood swamped hundreds of houses in six villages in East Teweh Sub-district,, North Barito District, Central ...

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Hindus chant mantras, burn incense at home amid pandemic

In the time of pandemic, a visit to a religious place could potentially be a matter of life-and-death as it would ...

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Churches adapt to COVID-19 with online Sunday service

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which broke out late December last year in China’s Wuhan, has spread to ...

Istiqlal Mosque receives aid for COVID-19 efforts

The Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta has received aid from several foundations for efforts to check the spread of the ...

MUI offers condolences to President over mother's demise

The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) offered its condolences to President Joko Widodo over the death of his mother, ...

Acting Aceh governor ensures Christmas celebrations to run peacefully

Acting Aceh Governor Nova Iriansyah made assurance that Christmas celebrations across Aceh Province will run in a ...