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Pekanbaru airport opens health post for passengers - (d)

Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, has opened a health post for passengers exposed to haze ...

Security authorities ordered to act against companies causing fires

President Joko Widodo has ordered security agencies to take action against companies that have burned fields that have ...

Haze of smokes from bush fires disrupts flight schedules in Batam

Thick haze of smokes from bush fires disrupted flight scheduled from and to the Hang Nadim international airport of ...

Government encourages KPK-Polri-AGO synergy: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has stated that the government encouraged the synergy among the Corruption Eradication ...

President Jokowi chairs meeting on El Nino

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo led a limited cabinet meeting here on Friday to discuss measures to face drought and ...

S. Kalimantan on highest alert for wildfires

Authorities of South Kalimantan have declared the highest alert status for wildfires that have been proliferating due ...

21 hotspots detected in W. Kalimantan

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has detected some 21 hotspots in West Kalimantan Province ...

Six hotspots detected on Sumatra Island

Six hotspots indicating forest and plantation fires were detected on Sumatra Island, according to the Pekanbaru ...

Forest fire rages in South China, casualties unknown

A forest fire that broke out on Sunday continues to rage in south Chinas Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local ...

Riau Police name 15 suspects over forest fires in Riau

The Riau Police has named 15 arsonists as suspects responsible for the forest fires that occurred in January and ...

20 hectares of tourism forest areas in Batam catch fire

The Fire Danger Mitigation of the Batam Concession Agency has reported that in the last two weeks, at least 20 ...

President Jokowi to visit Riau to assess forest fire situation

The acting governor of Riau, Arsyadjuliandi Rachman, said that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is scheduled to visit ...

President Jokowi should take action against forest fire perpetrators

Forest fires and haze on the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan continue to create trouble for Indonesia despite the ...

Riau air quality "unhealthy" as haze obscures skies

The air quality around Riau Province reached a "very unhealthy" level on Sunday as haze from forest fires covered its ...

353 hotspots of forest fires detected in Sumatra

Some 353 hotspots of forest and plantation fires were detected across Sumatra Island on Wednesday. "Based on the ...