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Fuel subsidies protect 5.7 million people from poverty: think tank

Fuel subsidies can protect 5.7 million Indonesians from plunging into poverty, Head of the Center of Macroeconomics and ...

BNPB to conduct weather modification to facilitate SAR in Serasan

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) and the Government of Riau Province agreed to conduct weather ...

Minister cites ship traffic to stress marine conservation

Minister for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono has asked the Bangka Belitung Islands government to ...

Natuna gets Rp1 bln for handling Serasan Island landslide

Governor of Riau Islands Ansar Ahmad has distributed Rp1 billion (US$64,767) in grant to the Natuna district ...

Ministry participates in ITB Berlin 2023 in Germany

The Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry yet again participates in the world's biggest tourism exhibition called ...

Ministry provides aid worth Rp862 mln for Natuna landslide victims

Serasan route, and is estimated to arrive in Natuna on March 9. The government has also extended psychosocial aid ...

Natuna govt declares seven-day emergency response over landslides

The Natuna District Government in Riau Islands Province announced a seven-day emergency response period, from March 6 ...

NTT supports farmers to plant substitutes for locust-ravaged crops

East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Agriculture and Food Security Office is supporting farmers on Sumba Island to plant other ...

Navy sends aircraft for stranded Vivie Rae II in Arafura Sea

The Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) has deployed an aircraft to check on the condition of the passenger vessel KM Vivie Rae II ...

Jakarta to follow central govt's policy regarding Plumpang remapping

Acting Governor of Jakarta Heru Hartono said his side will follow the central government's policy to review ...

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Tri Hita Karana as strength of sustainable tourism in Bali

Tourism has been the main driver of Bali's economy since Indonesia was still colonized by the Dutch. Historical ...

NTT works with FAO, three universities to tackle locust swarms

The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Provincial Government has cooperated with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and ...

Plumpang is a danger zone, no longer inhabitable: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) stated that the area around Pertamina's Plumpang fuel depot is a danger ...

Importance of joint efforts in overcoming ongoing impact of pandemic

The world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic that has brought it to an unprecedented halt and upended ...

Azerbaijan pledges US$1 million to support post-pandemic recovery

Azerbaijan has pledged US$1 million (about Rp15.2 billion) to support post-pandemic recovery in Africa and small island ...