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Riau bush fire`s hot spot multiplied 150 times

Bush fire hot spots in Riau have multiplied 150 times, from 64 on Sunday (Feb. 23) to 1,234 on Monday, across eight ...

Tourists, local people join hands in Borobudur temple cleanup

When Mount Kelud erupted on February 13, it spewed millions of cubic meters of volcanic materials mainly gravels and ...

US offers training for forest rangers in Indonesia

The United States plans to offer training for forest rangers in Indonesia to enable them to tackle incidents such as ...

Dumai`s air quality on Wednesday morning hazardous to health

The Pollutant Standard Index (PSI) over Dumai city, Riau province, reached 410, on Wednesday at around 8 a.m. local ...

Dumai to declare forest fire alert to highest level

The Dumai city administration is soon set to declare the highest level of alert status after haze originating from the ...

Refugees of Mt Sinabung Survive Four-Month Ordeal

Though the floods in Indonesia took over media space over the past week, it certainly does not indicate that the ...

122 Mt Sinabung refugees suffering from acute respiratory infection

A total of 122 Mount Sinabung eruption refugees in the Karo District, North Sumatra, are reportedly ill and still ...

Southeast Asia agrees anti-haze system

Southeast Asian leaders on Wednesday approved a new system aimed at cracking down on illegal forest fires blamed for ...

Forest fires return in Riau province

Following a prolonged rainy season, Indonesia is currently experiencing a very dry period that has again triggered ...

Haze forces temporary closure of schools in Pekanbaru

The Pekanbaru education office has temporary closed kindergartens and elementary schools partly in the city, which ...

Ash rain in Pekanbaru after forest fires

Several areas in Pekanbaru have been hit by ash rain, following forest fires for the past two days, said an ...

Forest fire occurs again in Riau as new hotspots found

About 185 hotspots, possibly forest fires, have been found in Riau province recently, spokesman to National Disaster ...

Three flights delayed due to haze in Pekanbaru

At least three flights from Sultan Syarif Kasim II airport, Pekanbaru city, to Jakarta and Malaka (Malaysia) were ...

Police arrest 23 suspects over forest fires

The Police of Riau have arrested 23 suspects in connection with forest and peat land fires in the province that have ...

Haze raises respiratory disease sufferers by 20 pct

The Health Monitoring Office (KKP) of Pekanbaru`s Port recorded increase in respiratory disease by 20 percent as a ...