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East Aceh authorities redouble efforts to curb growing drug problem

Over the past two years, East Aceh district of Aceh province has been battling a growing problem of drug trafficking, ...

East Aceh police bolster monitoring of drug trafficking routes

The East Aceh police has stepped up its efforts to monitor several piers and covert routes in the district's ...

Riau Islands: BRGM aims to restore 4,617 ha of mangroves

The Peatland and Mangrove Restoration Board (BRGM) has set a target of rehabilitating 4,617 hectares of mangroves in ...

Govt to partially fund Batam-Bintan bridge construction: minister

The Indonesian government will only provide Rp3.4 trillion for the construction of 2,134 km of the 7,685-km bridge ...

Indonesia adds 5,993 recoveries, 6,243 COVID-19 cases

Indonesia’s single-day COVID-19 recoveries reached 5,993 on Thursday, bringing the total number of people who ...

80kg of drugs smuggled from Thailand seized in Aceh

A joint team from the Customs and Excise Office and the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) caught four persons smuggling ...

VP backs Bank Riau Kepri's bid to become sharia bank

Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has voiced support for Bank Riau Kepri’s bid to become a sharia commercial bank ...

COVID-19: Elderly account for 47% of deaths in Riau Islands

The Riau Islands Provincial COVID-19 Response Task Force has reported that 47.3 percent or 244 patients who died of ...

10.96 million Indonesians vaccinated against COVID-19 so far

The Indonesian government, which is striving to inoculate 40,349,049 people by the middle of this year, has vaccinated ...

Govt guarantees vaccine stocks for Papua before PON National Games

Indonesia's Health Ministry has secured the availability of COVID-19 vaccine doses in Papua Province before this ...

Vaccination aids in bolstering recovery of creative economy: Uno

Administering vaccination to cultural and art workers will expedite Indonesia's endeavors to usher in recovery of ...

Indonesia has 14,093 posts to support micro-scale activity restriction

Some 14,093 posts have been built in 323 districts and cities in 31 Indonesian provinces to support micro-scale ...

New COVID-19 variant B1525 identified in Batam of Riau Islands

B1525, a new variant of COVID-19, was detected in Batam in an Indonesian migrant worker in Malaysia that had returned ...

Papua urged to exercise caution as COVID cases rise in PNG

Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has urged the Papua provincial government to remain on alert in the wake ...

Over 10.2 million Indonesians vaccinated: govt

Indonesian Muslims welcomed the fasting month of Ramadhan on Tuesday even as the national vaccination program continued ...