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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 ...

Probe into migrant workers` deaths in Malaysia badly needed

The peculiarity surrounding the recent death of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia has become the ...

Tanjung Kasam power plant needs 40,000 tons of coal

The Tanjung Kasam steam power plant which has a capacity of 2x55 MW in the Batam city, Riau Islands needed some 40,000 ...

Manpower agency forms team to investigate shooting of workers

The National Agency for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Workers Overseas (BNP2TKI) has formed a team to ...

Ten foreign jazz musicians to perform in Batam

Ten foreign international jazz musicians will perform at the Asean Jazz Festival from June 22-23 in Harbour Bay, ...

Batam receives investment applications worth $9.850 mln in April

The Batam authorities have received investment applications worth US$9.850 million from six companies since early this ...

30 illegal immigrants sent to Tanjungpinang

Cilegon immigration authorities are moving 30 illegal immigrants to immigration detention centers on Tanjungpinang, ...

People's Republic of China Follows-Up The Cooperation of Marine Economic

The Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Sharif C. Sutardjo, on Wednesday (April 18) received the honourable ...

round-up: huge quake again hits Aceh, no report of death

Only a couple of days after the Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) or Aceh province held simultaneous regional head ...

Riau Islands not affected by Aceh quake

A quake of a magnitude of 8.9 on the Richter scale shocked Aceh on Wednesday at 3.38 pm local time but did not ...

Aceh major quake warns tsunami potential to five provinces

The Pekanbaru Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) released a tsunami warning to five provinces in ...

TripAdvisor Unveils 2012 Travellers' Choice Hotels for Families

-Awards honour family-friendly properties worldwide, according to reviews and opinions from millions of ...

Some 49 convicts in corruption-related cases not yet jailed, NGO

Some 49 convicts involved in various corruption cases in Indonesia have not had their sentences carried out, a ...

Trade minister calls for closer IMT-GT cooperation

Indonesian Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan has called for closer sub-regional cooperation between Indonesia, Malaysia, ...

Satellites detect 747 hot spots in Sumatera

Satellites from the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) have detected 747 hot spots in Sumatera ...