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President calls for economic empowerment of people living near forests

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has urged related stake holders to economically empower the people living near ...

Jakarta governor optimistic giant sea wall to start in 2013

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, Jokowi, is optimistic that the construction of giant sea levees or giant sea wall to ...

Public works minister proposes Rp600 billion for Jakarta canals

Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto has proposed a Rp600 billion budget to the finance ministry for the construction ...

Jakarta allocates rp1.12 trillion to tackle flood problem

Jakarta has allocated Rp1.12 trillion to tackle flood problem this year. "We will focus on tackling flood problem ...

Indonesia Committed to Increasing Coverage of Clean Water Supply

The Indonesian government, as one of the signatory countries of The Millennium Declaration, is committed to achieving ...

Jakarta provincial budget set at Rp49.9 tln

The Jakarta legislative assembly approved on Monday the capital city`s budget at Rp49.9 trillion for this year. ...

Perumnas ready to assist Jokowi in developing flat houses

State-owned housing company Perumnas said it was ready to help Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in the ...

14 people still missing in Agam landslide

Rescue workers are still searching for 14 missing people believed dead in a landslide in the village of Data, Jorong ...

Floods damage 100km of roads in greater Jakarta

The recent floods in Greater Jakarta (Jabodetabek) have caused damage to some 100 kilometres of roads in the region, ...

Jakarta plans concrete actions to solve problem of floods

The central government and the Jakarta administration have come up with a number of concrete steps to solve the ...

Govt to divert ciliwung river flow to control flood

The government plans to build a waterway to divert excess Ciliwung river flow to the East Flood Control Canal(KBT) to ...

Government dismisses idea of moving capital city

The government indicates it is not in favor of moving the capital city from Jakarta saying it opts for seeking to ...

President calls on all sides to remain on flood alert

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on all elements to remain alert against floods because rainfall was expected ...

President holds flood control meeting

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led a limited cabinet meeting on Sunday to decide a national policy to prevent a ...

Number of flood refugees increases two-fold

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has reported that the number of flood refugees in Jakarta jumped more ...