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Data collection paramount to promptly handling COVID-19 : Task force

Chief of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB)'s  Operation Control Center Bambang Surya Putra ...

Over 70 thousand Indonesian migrant workers return home amid COVID-19

A total of 70,367 Indonesian migrant workers returned to Indonesia in the wake of the novel coronavirus disease ...

Landslides sever access to tens of villages in South Sumatra

Landslides cut off access to the main road connecting tens of villages in Ulu Ogan Sub-district, Ogan Komering Ulu ...

Indonesia extends US$7,500 assistance to cyclone victims in Fiji

The Government of Indonesia, through the Indonesian Embassy in Suva, on Wednesday, handed over aid worth US$7,500 to ...

One dead in flooding as heavy rains lash Majalengka

Incessant torrential rains lashing Majalengka District, West Java Province, on Tuesday (Apr 14), triggered flooding in ...

Govt still finalizes policy on COVID-19 as national disaster

Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, on Tuesday stated that the government is in the final stages of preparing ...

US supports Indonesia's endeavors to fight COVID-19 crisis

The United States (US) supports Indonesia in its efforts to fight the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ...

Red Cross working with Army to fight COVID-19

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has teamed up with the Indonesian National Army (TNI) to combat the spread of the novel ...

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Prayers at home to fight COVID-19 spread

Death toll from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Indonesia has reached 181, as 11 others died in the past 24 ...

32,192 Indonesian migrant workers return from COVID-19-hit nations

- as the chair of Task Force for Acceleration of COVID-19 Handling -- in handling Indonesian migrant workers, who were ...

Seven die of COVID-19 in Indonesia

Prof. Wiku Adisasmito from the Expert Team for the Task Force for Acceleration of COVID-19 handling confirmed that ...

Two motorists bear brunt of Manokwari's landslide

A landslide that buried Pahlawan Road of Manokwari, the capital of West Papua Province, on Monday, uprooted several ...

West Papuans should watch out for natural disasters

The West Papua Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) urged residents and authorities to remain vigilant about flash floods ...

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Cues taken from Tokyo to address land subsidence in Jakarta

Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta is sinking fast and projected to to be lost underwater in 2050 owing to the ...

Volcanic ash rain hits slope area following Mount Merapi eruption

A relatively thin volcanic ash fall descended on a partial slope area in Sleman District, Yogyakarta Province, after ...