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PLN's disaster-response team dispatched to flood-stricken Bengkulu

State electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) dispatched a disaster-response team to Bengkulu that took ...

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Indonesia holds most complex legislative and presidential elections

Indonesia held the world's biggest and most complex single-day vote on April 17, 2019, where 192 million people ...

House speaker condoles deaths of 54 election officers

House Speaker Bambang Soesatyo has condoled the deaths of 54 officers of polling stations (KPPS) and 10 policemen ...

House Speaker calls for revoting to be devoid of violations

House Speaker Bambang Soesatyo has made an appeal to the General Election Commission (KPU), local KPUs (KPUD), and the ...

KPU agrees to conduct revote in Palu on Bawaslu's recommendation

The Palu City General Election Commission (KPU) Chairperson Agussalim Wahid expressed readiness to hold a revote ...

The flash floods hit Deliserdang in North Sumatra

Flash floods hit Deliserdang, North Sumatra, on Thursday, which began with an overflow of water from the upper reaches ...

Several hundred flood-affected residents of Bandung take refuge

No less than 380 locals took refuge on higher ground after floods, caused by incessant downpour, lashed four ...

Two Freeport Indonesia workers still missing following landslide

Two workers of PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) have still been reported missing following a landslide that occurred off ...

Journalists should highlight Cycloop protection through their works

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its flagship forestry project Lestari, urged ...

Jokowi visits Sentani flood victims at Toware Stadium

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and First Lady Iriana visited and spoke with the flood-affected victims seeking refuge ...

50 million people to participate in disaster preparedness drill: BNPB

In the wake of Disaster Preparedness Day on April 26, Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has ...

Flash flood strikes Ulu Ogan, South Sumatra

A flash flood hit Kelumpang Village, Ulu Ogan Sub-district, Ogan Komering Ulu District, in South Sumatra Province, on ...

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Accelerating rescue operations in flood-hit Sentani

Indonesia has been hit by at least two major floods during this current transitional period from the rainy to the dry ...

PMI speeds up disaster mitigation efforts in flood-hit Sentani

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) held a coordinating meeting to discuss efforts to expedite handling of the impacts of ...

P&G sets new goal to deliver 25 billion liters of clean drinking water to families in need worldwide

- This World Water Day, Procter & Gamble (P&G) is celebrating the achievement of its 2020 goal of delivering 15 billion ...