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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 ...

Floods affect some telcom infrastructure facilities

The Ministry of Communications and Information said some telecommunications infrastructure facilities in ...

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 ...

President calls on all sides to remain on flood alert

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on all elements to remain alert against floods because rainfall was expected ...

Muhaimin visits flood victims

Minister of Manpower and Transmigration (Kemenakertrans) Muhaimin Iskandar visited three locations in namely Cililitan ...

U.S. offers support to flood victims in Jakarta

U.S. Ambassador Scot A. Marciel has offered U.S. assistance in response to the severe flooding in and around ...

Jakarta still languishing post big flooding

The big floods on Thursday and Friday still left big pools of water in several areas of Jakarta causing transport ...

House open for floods victims, says speaker

House Speaker Marzuki Alie has announced that the parliament building (DPR) will remain open to provide temporary ...

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 ...

Jakarta, there`s more rain coming

The people of Jakarta have become familiar with the so-called five-year flood cycle, but who would have thought that ...

Number of dead victims of Jakarta flooding rises to 14

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said the number of dead victims of the Jakarta floods had up to ...

Jakarta warmed by morning sun after severe flooding

The people of Jakarta terrorized by big floods on Thursday and Friday may breathe a sigh of relief when weather ...

Floods kill 11 in Jakarta

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

No need to move capital city of Indonesia

Former Indonesian Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla has stated that calls for moving the capital from Jakarta to another ...