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Social affairs ministry monitoring Jakarta floods

The Social Affairs Ministry has been monitoring the flood situation that has affected Jakarta after the Ciliwung River ...

Riau forest fires claim three lives

The forest, plantation and peat-soil fires razing in Riau Province over the past two months, have claimed three ...

Regional govt must increase officials` capacity

Coordinating Minister for Peoples Welfare Agung Laksono asked regional governments to increase the capacity of their ...

Refugees of Mt Sinabung Survive Four-Month Ordeal

Though the floods in Indonesia took over media space over the past week, it certainly does not indicate that the ...

Flood kills two in Tangerang

A flood inundated several residential areas and killed two inhabitants of Tangerang City, Banten Province, on ...

Jakarta takes measures against floods

Jakarta is bracing for floods as rains have begun inundating a number of areas in the city of some 10 million ...

Idul Fitri exodus sees fewer traffic accidents

The number of traffic accidents across Indonesia has decreased compared with the same time last year, despite the ...

Indonesians urged to protect children and fulfill their rights

On the occasion of the National Children`s Day on July 23, the Indonesian people were urged to protect children and ...

Two million Indonesian children not living with biological parents

Around two million Indonesian children do not live with their biological parents but they live in nursing homes or ...

Indonesia launches all-out fight against forest fires

As haze coming from forest, plantation and peatland fires has affected thousands of lives of people in Sumatra as ...

Private sector to support Sail Komodo 2013

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sharif Cicip Sutardjo has asked the regional government and the private sector ...

Independent workers federation declared

The federation of independent workers as an association which concern about the development of an independent business ...

Gov`t to re-discuss Soeharto to become national heroes

Social Affairs Ministry will discuss again names of two former Presidents namely Soeharto and Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus ...

Indonesian govt builds houses for poor families

The government will build about one million houses for poor families as part of its efforts to further reduce the ...

House open for floods victims, says speaker

House Speaker Marzuki Alie has announced that the parliament building (DPR) will remain open to provide temporary ...