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RI prioritizes handling forest fires in three provinces

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) is streamlining its efforts to handle forest fires in South Sumatra, ...

Indonesia to develop trans-Sumatra toll road

The Trans-Sumatra Toll Road Development Project will soon commence following the signing of the order by President ...

Arrest of Foreign Terror Suspects Prompts Indonesia To Tighten Security

The Indonesian government has announced rejection of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) in the country and ...

Price hike sparks consumers` switch to subsidized LPG

As expected, consumers are switching to subsidized liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in three-kilogram cylinders following ...

Government criticized for allowing foreign NGOs operating in Indonesia

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has made a mistake in 10 years of his administration by allowing foreign non ...

Hotspots detected in eight sub-districts in S Kalimantan

A number of hotspots of forest and plantation fires were detected in eight sub-districts in Tanah Laut District, South ...

One die in tanker blast in Riau, 3 injured

One person died when a diesel fuel tank truck exploded in Pekanbaru City of Riau Province on Monday after catching ...

New oil reserve discovered in Riau: Governor

Governor of Riau Province Annas Maamun revealed on Monday that a new oil reserve, presumably the biggest in Riau, was ...

Riau`s two million hectares of oil palm plantation illegal: Minister

Minister of Forestry Zulkifli Hasan has urged the Riau Province Administration not to issue additional permit for oil ...

Minister: forest fire in Riau happens on massive scale

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan reported that perpetrators had started forest and land fires in Riau provincial ...

NOAA18 satellite detects 98 hotspots in Sumatra

The United States NOAA18 satellite operated by Singapore has detected 98 hotspots in Sumatra on Tuesday, of which 37 ...

50 passengers saved after boat caught on fire

Fifty passengers had been saved after their boat caught on fire in Busung islands waters in the district of Indragiri ...

Bush fires feared to hit Sumatra

Bush fires are a growing threat in Sumatra with Terra and Aqua satellite detecting more hot spots mainly in the ...

Indonesia Urged to Persuade UN To End Israeli Brutality: HRWG

Indonesia's Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) has urged the government to persuade the United Nations to stop ...

Urban muslims support Jokowi

Among the urban Muslim community presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his running mate Jusuf Kalla ...