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7,745 suffer from acute respiratory tract infection in Pekanbaru

The Pekanbaru City Health Office reported that the number of people suffering from acute respiratory tract infection ...

Forest fire-induced haze lowers visibility in Pekanbaru to 1.5 km

Visibility in Riau's capital of Pekanbaru was curtailed to 1.5 kilometers (km) on Saturday at 8 a.m. local time ...

Four helicopters roped in to battle forest fires in Riau

The Riau forest fire task force has employed four helicopters to douse the conflagration spreading across the southern ...

Flash - Police officer shot while guarding protest in Jayapura

Adjunct Commissioner Saiin, a police officer of the Papua Provincial Police, was shot while securing a protest by local ...

PMI launches restoration program for Banten's tsunami victims

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) commemorated the 74th anniversary of Indonesia's Independence Day on Saturday by ...

KCD raises flag at Ciliwung riverbank to commemorate Independence Day

Environment activists, grouped in the Depok Ciliwung Community (KCD), held a flag-hoisting ceremony at the Ciliwung ...

Land and forest fires have not affected tourism: minister

Fires that raged through the land and forest areas in several provinces in Indonesia over the past few months have not ...

Wildfires ravage 1,500 hectares of land in Bintan District: Authority

The Bintan Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) recorded that wildfires have ravaged some 1,500 hectares of land in the ...

Conservation office calls for a halt to crocodile-catching contest

The Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) Office in Singkawang District, West Kalimantan Province, has called ...

Hotspots in Riau, parts of Kalimantan declined: BNPB

The number of hotspots in the provinces of Riau, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan and North Kalimantan have declined ...

University for ASEAN orphans to be built in Pekanbaru

The ASEAN's Foundation for Orphans Education (Yawatim ASEAN) has initiated the development of University of Anak ...

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Ensuring RI's Independence Day celebrations run peacefully in Papua

Indonesia's 74th Independence Day commemoration on August 17 in Papua is expected to run peacefully, but the ...

TNI anticipates security disturbances in Papua ahead of Aug 17

The Indonesian military (TNI) and Papua police will take necessary precautionary measures against security disturbances ...

Batam to curb recruitment of low-skilled foreign workers

The Batam city government plans to restrict the recruitment of low-skilled foreign workers in a bid to offer broader ...

Satellites identify 152 hotspots on Sumatra Island

The Terra and Aqua Satellites, on Tuesday, at 6 a.m. local time, detected 152 hotspots on Sumatra Island, including 75 ...