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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 ...

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Refugees stranded for years in Indonesia, feel neglected

Haydee Alnoori, 40, his wife, and five children, one Jakarta-born, demonstrated with Iraqi refugees, brandishing ...

Sumatra Island ravaged by 584 hotspots representing forest fires

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) Station in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, confirmed the presence of 584 ...

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 ...

Hotspot detection across Sumatra Island reaches 260

A total of 260 hotspots were identified throughout Sumatra Island on Monday morning, suggestive of forest and peatland ...

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All-out efforts to extinguish wildfires on Sumatra, Kalimantan Islands

Indonesian Defense Forces Commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto, National Police Chief General Tito ...

Individuals who annexed Riau national park land identified

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has identified individuals who allegedly annexed thousands of hectares of land ...

Pontianak residents exposed to thick smoke from wildfire

Several residents of Pontianak, the capital city of West Kalimantan Province, are left with no choice but to inhale the ...

Acute respiratory infection cases in South Sumatra reach 274,502

Fires raging through land and forest areas in South Sumatra Province during the January-June 2019 period resulted in ...

Haze in Palangka Raya causes temporary closure of schools

The Palangka Raya Education Office in Central Kalimantan Province temporarily closed schools owing to haze arising from ...

Joint team combs Mount Sumbing to ensure fire completely doused

A joint team is conducting a thorough search of Mount Sumbing in Wonosobo District, Central Java Province, to ensure ...

Ministry operates nine highways in 2019

Indonesia’s Public Works and Public Housing Ministry had operated nine highways, measuring nearly one thousand ...

Satellites confirm presence of 192 hotspots on Sumatra Island

The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 192 hotspots indicating forest fires across Sumatra Island on Monday morning, a ...

West Kalimantan governor summons 94 companies over land, forest fires

West Kalimantan Governor Sutarmidji, at a coordination meeting to discuss land and forest fire control, Monday, ...