#local residents

Collection of local residents news, found 1.654 news.

BRG to develop more peat rewetting infrastructure in Riau

The Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) will develop infrastructure for peat rewetting in areas in Riau Province, with no ...

Banten earthquake damages 178 buildings

The Banten Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) announced that a 7.4-magnitude earthquake that hit the province on Friday ...

Banten quake causes injuries, damages 94 homes in Pandeglang

At least two people suffered injuries, while 94 homes were damaged in Pandeglang, Banten, following a 7.4-magnitude ...

Police grill eight people over land fire in West Aceh

Police have interrogated eight people in connection with land fires in West Aceh District in recent weeks. "We ...

Haze enveloping Pekanbaru compels students to wear face masks

Students and teachers in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, were left with no choice but to wear face masks as haze, arising ...

Five provinces declare emergency status for land and forest fires

The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture announced that five provinces in the country have declared ...

Drug dealers recruit teenagers as courier in S Kalimantan: police

The South Kalimantan Police's Anti-Drug Department revealed that a local drug ring has used a 15-year-old teenager ...

Siberia birds will no longer migrate to Sembilang Park: Walhi

Siberia birds will no longer migrate to the Berbak-Sembilang National Park, Banyuasin, South Sumatra, if the government ...

Residents on Sebatik Island hold durian festival

To mark the arrival of the fruit season, residents on Sebatik Island, Nunukan District, North Kalimantan Province, ...

Five villages in Temanggung, Central Java, ravaged by dry spell

 The extreme dry season has adversely affected five villages in Temanggung District, Central Java Province, ...

News Focus

Understanding the plastic monster's message to Indonesians

A civil society coalition of 49 environmental groups, including the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) and ...

Tens of hectares of peatland in Mempawah ravaged by fire

Fire, in the last 72 hours, has burnt down over 80 hectares of peatland in Rasau Village, Sui Pinyuh Sub-district, ...

Rights body receives 139 reports of alleged human rights violations

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Office in Central Sulawesi Province had received 139 reports of ...

News Focus

Indonesia provides safe haven for refugees

Dozens of refugees from Afghanistan and other countries thronged a street in front of Ravindo Building at Jalan Kebon ...

South Halmahera announces emergency response period on July 15-21

The South Halmahera district administration has declared a seven-day emergency response period on July 15-21 after a ...