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Breaking the chain of COVID-19 transmission

Indonesia, which declared the coronavirus outbreak a national emergency ever since it emerged in March, has finally ...

Task Force's approval pending on social distancing in several regions

Chairman of the Task Force for Acceleration of COVID-19 Handling Lt Gen. Doni Monardo highlighted that several ...

Health Minister approves PSBB in Pekanbaru to reduce COVID-19 spread

Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has approved the implementation of large-scale social restriction (PSBB) in ...

Indonesian police foil attempt to smuggle 17 people to Malaysia

Police in Riau Province thwarted an attempt by a transnational human trafficking syndicate to smuggle 15 Indonesian and ...

Indonesian workers arriving from Malaysia put under surveillance: govt

  More than 4,000 Indonesian migrant workers who have arrived in Riau Province from Malaysia have been placed ...

Riau received 4,444 migrant workers returning from Malaysia

Riau Province, Sumatra Island, received 4,444 Indonesian migrant workers, who returned from Malaysia amid ongoing ...

Rapid tests prioritized for migrant workers returning from Malaysia

Riau Governor Syamsuar has called on the provincial government's health workers to prioritize the administration of ...

Jambi BNN arrests four, confiscates 4.9-kg meth, 1,400 ecstasy pills

The Jambi Narcotics Agency (BNN) took four suspected drug traffickers into arrest and seized 4.9 kilograms of crystal ...

11 hotspots of forest fires detected in Riau's coastal areas

The Pekanbaru Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Office (BMKG) detected 11 hotspots indicative of forest fires ...

Five stranded foreign nationals placed under observation in Bengkalis

Five foreign nationals stranded along with their high-speed luxury yacht on Tanjung Mayat Beach in Bengkalis District, ...

Vessel carrying five foreign nationals stranded on Bengkalis Island

A vessel carrying five foreign nationals was stranded on Bengkalis Island in Riau Province last Thursday (Feb 20), a ...

BNN seizes 60,000 ecstasy pills, 10-kg meth smuggled from Malaysia

The Indonesian National Narcotics Agency (BNN) and Dumai Customs Office jointly thwarted the circulation of 60 thousand ...

All parties in Riau demand halting recurrence of 2019 wildfires

A top military officer urged stakeholders involved in Riau’s wildfire mitigation efforts to seriously handle ...

Riau prepares for land and forest fires this year

Riau Governor Syamsuar issued a land and forest fire emergency preparedness status, effective Feb 11-Oct 31, 2020, as ...

Riau plans to issue wildfire emergency preparedness status

The Riau provincial administration unveiled its plan to issue a land and forest fire emergency preparedness status at a ...