#social affairs

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PKS to quit coalition: Minister

The Prosperous and Justice Party (PKS) intends to quit the government coalition, a minister said. "It intends to ...

Kepri trauma clinic center for RI migrant workers

The Riau Islands province (Kepri) is establishing a trauma clinic center for troubled Indonesian migrant workers (TKI) ...

RI govt urged to devise elderly empowerment policy

The Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI) has asked the government to devise a policy to empower the country`s ...

news focus: Babel poised to host sail Wakatobi Belitong peak event

Bangka Belitung (Babel) Province has been busy making preparations for the peak event of Sail Wakatobi Belitong (WWB) ...

Minister concerned about recent social conflicts

Social Affairs Minister Salim Segab Al Jufri has expressed concern about the social conflicts that occurred in the ...

Whirlwind hits Langkat, damages 10 houses

A whirlwind struck Binjai and Selesai sub districts, Langkat District, North Sumatra Province, Friday evening, and ...

Whirlwind damages houses in Deliserdang

Tens of houses and public facilities were damaged when a whirlwind hit Klumpang village, Hamparan Perak sub district, ...

Sail Wakatobi Belitung Set For Kick-off June 7

The government finally has set June 7 as the date for the launching of Sail Wakatobi Belitung (SWB), also called Sail ...

North Sulawesi one of RI`s earthquake-prone regions

North Sulawesi province is one of Indonesia`s earthquake-prone regions as geographically it is surrounded by a number ...

Flash floods kill nine, sweep away hundreds of houses in Aceh

Flash floods triggered by incessant heavy rains over the past two days in mountainous area in Tangse sub district, ...

Flash floods hit Pidie district

Flash floods hit at least seven villages in Tangse sub district, Pidie District, Aceh Darussalam Province, Thursday ...

Ministry optimistic poverty rate to drop to MDG-sanctioned level

The Social Affairs Ministry is optimistic Indonesia will be able to cut its poverty rate to 7.5 percent by 2015 in ...

PKS ministers likely to be dropped in cabinet resfuffle : observer

A political observer said here on Thursday he believed ministers from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) would be ...

Israel`s Barak to quit Labour and form new party: media

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak was on Monday to quit his Labour party, a key member of the ruling coalition, and ...

Floods force over thousand East Flores residents to flee

Floods have inundated Waibalun, Larantuka, East Flores District, NTT Province, since Sunday (Jan 16), and forced over ...