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Environment Ministry to send task force to flood-hit Sentani

The Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry will send a task force to investigate the cause of the flash floods ...

Floods cause severe damage to 351 homes in Sentani, Papua

Floods have caused serious damage to 351 homes, four bridges, four roads, and eight school buildings in Sentani ...

Landslide material covers Sentani road following incessant downpour

Rains, lashing Jayapura District and the surrounding areas since Sunday (Mar 17) night until Monday morning, resulted ...

Ma'ruf Amin to face presidential debate armed with life experience

Indonesian vice presidential candidate Ma'ruf Amin said that he will deal with the third presidential debate in the ...

Some 1,500 residents flee their flooded homes in Jayapura district

Some 1,500 people have taken refuge due to a flash flood triggered by heavy rain in Jayapura District, Papua Province, ...

Search efforts continues for flood victims in Sentani, Papua

Members of the Disaster Emergency Response Team, ACT, has continued search and rescue efforts in Sentani sub-district, ...

Timika immigration deports 12 foreign nationals

The immigration authorities in Mimika District, Papua Province, deported 12 foreign nationals for misusing their stay ...

President orders handling of armed criminal group problem in Papua

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has ordered security authorities to deal with the issue concerning the armed criminal ...

Remains of military officers shot in Papua flown to hometowns

Remains of three military officers killed in shootout with armed criminal groups in Mugi, Nduga, Papua, (Mar 7), were ...

5.0 magnitude earthquake jolts East Luwu

An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale jolted East Luwu, South Sulawesi Province, on Tuesday, at 01:13 a.m. ...

No military operation in Nduga district: Papua police chief

Chief of the Papua Provincial Police, Inspector General Martuani Sormin, has stated there is no military operation in ...

Octogenarian grandma scales Piaynemo top in Raja Ampat

An 80-year-old Indonesian woman successfully climbed the stairs to Piaynemo top located on Wajag Island, Raja Ampat ...

Presidential Debate

Policy of Jokowi`s infrastructure development could be felt by community

The second round of the presidential candidate debate taking place on Sunday night will discuss infrastructure ...

News Focus

Government's intervention helps control dengue outbreak

As Indonesia is experiencing the peak of rainy season in January and February this year, mosquito-borne viral disease ...

Over 80 teachers take refuge following exchanges of fire in Papua

Over 80 teachers along with several hundred of their students have taken refuge in safer places in the Jayawijaya ...