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Mentawai floods displace 10,000 residents

Floods on Siberut Island, Mentawai District, West Sumatra Province, have displaced around 10,000 residents, according ...

Mentawai flood victims suffer from several diseases

Several flood victims in North Siberut and South Siberut Sub-districts of Mentawai Islands District, W Sumatra, are ...

Wild boar hunts threaten Sumatran tiger habitat

The rising number of wild boar hunts in several parts of West Sumatra has threatened the habitat and population of ...

Mentawai prepares six programs to enhance development

Mentawai Islands district administration in West Sumatra has prepared six prioritized programs in effort to enhance ...

Govt approves budget for W Sumatra`s tsunami evacuee shelters

The government has approved budget allocations for the construction of tsunami evacuee shelters in West Sumatra`s ...

Boat people from Sri Lanka adrift off Mentawai rescued

The Search and Rescue Agency of Padang has rescued a boatload of illegal immigrants from Sri Lanka found adrift in the ...

Asylum seekers make indonesia transit point

In the past several years, Indonesia has become a transit point for illegal immigrants from various countries seeking ...

900,000 people in tsunami dangerous zone in W Sumatra

The National Disaster Control Agency (BNPB) said at least 900,000 people in West Sumatra live in areas within tsunami ...

Illegal immigrants nabbed in W. Sumatra

A joint team of military and police officers have caught 93 illegal immigrants from Sri Lanka attempting to go to ...

Cement boat lost in Mentawai waters

A cement transporting boat had been reported lost in the Mentawai Island waters, West Sumatra, on Sunday since 5 am ...

Earthquake jolts Mentawai, Sumatra

An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted Mentawai Islands District, West Sumatra Province, on Wednesday ...

West Sumatra needs 600 tsunami early warning sirens

West Sumatra`s Disaster Operations Control Center (Pusdalops-PB) is in need of around 600 tsunami early warning ...

Magnitude-5.1 quake hits Mentawai Islands

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Mentawai islands off the western coast of Sumatra island on Tuesday at 11.25 p.m. ...

Mandiri, TNI to cooperate in delivering aid to disaster victims

State-owned Bank Mandiri has signed a cooperation agreement with the National Defense Forces (TNI) for the speedy and ...

Mentawai`s post-tsunami reconstruction needs rp1.16 trillion

The process of rehabilitation and reconstruction of tsunami-hit Mentawai islands over a period of three years ...