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No serious damage to Presidential Palace from flood

Presidential spokesman Julian Pasha has stated that no serious damage was caused to the State Palace complex as it was ...

Ministry provides Rp4.5 bln for Jakarta floods

The Ministry of Social Affairs has provided Rp4.5 billion for the need to prepare buffer stocks for flood handling in ...

Army special force command personnel help evacuate Jakarta flood victims

Personnel of the Indonesian Army`s Special Force Command (Kopassus) have been deployed to help evacuate flood victims ...

President urges govt officials to assist people

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has urged government officials to look into the public`s safety in light of the ...

Poverty remains high, minister says

Poverty remains high in the country and therefore it needs serious handling, Social Affairs Minister Salim Segaf Al ...

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 ...

No reports of deaths in Simeulue so far: Official

There have been no reports of damage or deaths following the 8,9 magnitude quake in Simeulue, Aceh, at around 3.38pm ...

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 ...