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Artificial rains being considered to put out forest fires

Forest fires have hit several provinces in Indonesia over the past few months and produced haze that has had an effect ...

Thousands of workers in Riau island to conduct strike

Thousands of workers in Riau Island stated they will conduct a strike if the government doesn`t respond to their ...

Vicente storm causes extreme heat conditions in Batam

Tropical storm Vicente, which swept through Vietnam earlier in the week, has led to extreme heat conditions in Batam ...

Some 80 million residents own E-KTP, minister says

Home Affairs minister Gamawan Fauzi has said that approximately 80 million people of Indonesia have completed their ...

Batam`s 1st quarter tax receipts reach rp91.5 bln

Batam city`s tax receipts in the first quarter of 2012 reached Rp91.5 billion, accounting for 24.4 percent of the ...

Indonesia potential for international cargo port investment

Indonesia`s strategic geographic position in the North Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean shipping lanes has the ...

Govt to build 14 fast missile boats until 2014, minister

The Indonesian government has set a deadline to build 14 fast missile boats by 2014, Defence Minister Purnomo ...

President signs decree of Nazaruddin`s discharge as legislator

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a decree dismissing former Democrat Party treasurer M Nazaruddin as a ...

Thirteen new hotspots detected in Riau

At least 13 new hotspots have developed in Riau Province, according to the Riau Meteorology, Climatology and ...

Sri Lankan immigrants under marine police watch

Sri Lankan illegal immigrants caught in the Indonesian waters in Riau Islands recently still remained aboard their ...

Fire destroys hectares of peat forest in Riau

Tens of hectares of peat land have been gutted by fire at Medang Kampai, Dumai, Riau Province, over the past six ...

Haze disturbs air traffic at Dumai`s Airport

Haze from forest and plantation fires has forced the authorities of Pinang Kampai airport here to delay a flight for ...

Seven hotspots detected in Riau

The US National Oceanic Atmospheric Agency (NOAA)`s Satellite 18 has detected seven hotspots in Riau, according to ...

Malaysia to open consulate general in Batam

The Malaysian government plans to open a consulate general in Batam, Riau Island Province, which shares a border with ...

Bintan fishermen complain about foreign poachers

Fishermen in Bintan, Riau Province, have complained about fish poaching by foreign boats in Bintan waters. "We ...