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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 ...

Jakarta, there`s more rain coming

The people of Jakarta have become familiar with the so-called five-year flood cycle, but who would have thought that ...

No serious damage to Presidential Palace from flood

Presidential spokesman Julian Pasha has stated that no serious damage was caused to the State Palace complex as it was ...

Army special force command personnel help evacuate Jakarta flood victims

Personnel of the Indonesian Army`s Special Force Command (Kopassus) have been deployed to help evacuate flood victims ...

President urges govt officials to assist people

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has urged government officials to look into the public`s safety in light of the ...

It is not easy to find solution to floods

Director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for Jakarta Hubert J Gijzen ...

VP reminds regional administrations to provide clean water for public

Vice President Boediono has reminded district and city administrations to provide clean water as basic necessity for ...

Bina Marga to act firmly against incompetent contractors

The Highway Construction (Bina Marga) and the Water Resource office of the Kuantan Singingi district said it would ...