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IDI recommends resumption of school activities in Bengkulu in December

The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has recommended that the Bengkulu provincial administration restart teaching ...

Flash flood in West Kalimantan triggers collapse of Entikong Bridge

Siron, the Sanggau Disaster Mitigation Office (BPBD) head, reported of a flash flood swamping Nekan Village, Entikong ...

Government mandates film crew in Jakarta to undergo COVID-19 testing

The Government of the Jakarta Special Territory issued a COVID-19 prevention policy that necessitates all film crew to ...

Ministry disburses Rp2.9 trillion funding to COVID-19 task force

The Finance Ministry disbursed funding of Rp2.9 trillion, out of the Rp3.5 trillion budgeted for the COVID-19 handling ...

West Papua has successfully controlled COVID-19: Task Force

COVID-19 National Task Force Head Doni Monardo perceives that West Papua Province has been successful in controlling ...

Universities should apply sciences to combat COVID-19: Minister

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy has called on universities to lend assistance ...

COVID-19 recovery rate in Indonesia's 11 provinces has exceeded 75 pct

The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in 11 provinces has exceeded 75 percent, according to Spokesman of the ...

Gorontalo's flood-affected residents still staying in shelter

A total of 9,415 residents of Gorontalo, whose homes got inundated by flooding that swamped the city recently, are ...

President visits Central Java to inspect COVID-19 Command Post

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), on Tuesday, departed for Central Java to inspect the COVID-19 handling and ...

Government ensures migrant workers return to their hometowns safely

The government would facilitate Indonesian migrant workers to return to the country in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic ...

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COVID-19 adding to challenge posed by forest fires

With Indonesia still in the grip of the coronavirus, which is known to cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), ...

Rescue workers dispatched to locate missing tugboat skipper

A search has been launched for the skipper of tugboat Multi Sahabat 8, who went missing after his vessel capsized in ...

Helicopter pressed into service to locate missing fishermen

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has deployed a helicopter to search for three fishermen who went missing ...

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Wuhan to Natuna: Journalists' take on covering repatriated Indonesians

A few short weeks before the President Joko Widodo announced the first COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia, the public had ...

Floods isolate three villages in North Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi

Floods have cut off road links to three villages in two sub-districts of North Konawe District in Southeast Sulawesi ...