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Batam tourism office sets sights on attracting European tourists

The Batam City Tourism Office has outlined a target to draw foreign tourists especially from Europe. "We are ...

Indonesia suggests MLA treaty with China for ship crew handling

Indonesia has suggested the formation of a mutual legal assistance treaty with China to handle alleged human ...

Pekanbaru mayor issues outbound travel ban circular to residents

Pekanbaru Mayor Firdaus M. T. issued a circular that bans city residents from travelling to other cities during the ...

Pekanbaru government conducts mass swab testing for COVID-19 diagnosis

The Pekanbaru government, Riau, is conducting mass swab testing for the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at ...

COVID-19: Mortality rates dip below global average in 22 provinces

The COVID-19 mortality rate has dipped below the global average in 22 of 34 provinces in Indonesia, said spokesperson ...

BNN arrests three drug suspects, seizes 2-kg meth, ecstasy pills

The Jambi National Narcotics Agency (BNN) arrested three suspected drug couriers at the border of Jambi-Pekanbaru, ...

Wearing face masks compulsory in Riau's Pekanbaru City: task force

The Pekanbaru city government has made it mandatory to wear a face mask, and those flouting the rule while venturing ...

Ten Wakatobi fishermen survive boat fire

Ten traditional fishermen were rescued after their longboat caught fire while they were diving for fish on Wednesday ...

Indonesia records 1,922 new COVID-19 cases, 1,813 recoveries

Indonesia, on Tuesday, registered 1,922 new confirmed cases, thereby bringing the tally to 115,056, while the total ...

Riau police arrest two suspects over killing of Sumatran elephant

Two people suspected of killing a Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) in Indragiri Hulu District, Riau ...

Indonesian government pushes Sinopec to build oil depot in Batam

Indonesia's government has pressed Sinopec Group, a Chinese oil and gas conglomerate company, for materializing the ...

TdS 2021 to cover West Sumatra, Jambi, and Riau

The 12th edition of Tour de Singkarak (TdS) was canceled this year owing to the COVID-19 pandemic though is planned to ...

Indonesian police thwart smuggling of 200-kg crystal meth from Myanmar

The Indonesian police foiled a transnational drug syndicate's attempt to smuggle 200 kilograms crystal ...

58 percent of Riau's 62 COVID-19 infected health workers recover

Some 58 percent of the 62 health workers that had contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Riau Province since ...

Wisma Atlet Hospital discharges 5,584 recovered patients

The Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital in Kemayoran has, so far, discharged 5,584 patients that made a recovery from the ...