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Indonesia fuel subsidies diverted for public welfare

The government of President Joko Widodo and Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla finally decided to raise the price of ...

Jakarta claims to be better prepared to tackle floods

Jakarta is notorious for its traffic jams and floods during the rainy season, which usually begins late in the year ...

President Jokowi ready to face unpopularity over fuel policy

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said that he is ready to accept the unpopularity he might face due to his planned ...

Improving irrigation system a priority: Chief economic minister

Improving irrigation networks covering one million hectares of rice fields in the country will be prioritized by the ...

President explains plans to divert fuel subsidy

Energy subsidy amounting to some Rp330 trillion, which burdens the state budget, will be diverted from this ...

Indonesia pays more attention to Sub-Saharan Africa

Indonesia pays more and more attention to Sub-Saharan Africa as promising emerging markets in the next decades. ...

Government responds to call for addressing drought

The Indonesian government on Monday announced it has mapped out alternative water sources for the countrys drought-hit ...

Guatemala army chief of staff dies in helicopter crash

Guatemalan army chief of staff Rudy Ortiz and four other military officers died Wednesday (August 20) when their ...

Urban muslims support Jokowi

Among the urban Muslim community presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his running mate Jusuf Kalla ...

Jakarta Looks At 1001 Ways To Prevent Flooding

Indonesias capital city, Jakarta, with a population of around 10 million, has suffered the brunt of annual flooding ...

Jokowi, Ahok are allies: Dino Djalal

Presidential aspirant from the ruling Democrat Party Dino Patti Djalal said Jokowi and Ahok are allies as agents of ...

Jokowi to modernize people`s markets in capital city

Jakarta governor Joko Widodo, or Jokowi as he is popularly called, made another breakthrough by starting the ...

Governor Jokowi likens Jakarta`s problems to mountains

A year after assuming office, Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, on Tuesday likened the capital ...

Clean water shortage hits some areas

Several parts of Indonesia have been experiencing drought-like conditions over the past weeks and the government is ...

Governor Jokowi opens milestone vendors relocation center

Jakarta`s Governor Joko Widodo officially opened his milestone street vendors relocation project in Block G at Tanah ...