#state of emergency

Collection of state of emergency news, found 216 news.

Govt plans to challenge indirect election law: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in a press conference on Tuesday morning said the government was planning to ...

Constitutional Court chairman confirms receiving call from President Yudhoyono

The Chairman of the Indonesian Constitutional Court, Hamdan Zoelva, confirmed that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ...

As many as 108 people still missing after Washington mudslide

As many as 108 people were unaccounted for in Washington state two days after a deadly mudslide north of Seattle hit ...

Government prepares water bombs to mitigate Riau haze

The government will drop water bombs in several hotspots to mitigate haze from land fires in the Riau Province on ...

Haze affects health of 28,000 residents in Riau

More than 28,000 people are suffering from various smoke-related diseases, due to forest and land fires occurring over ...

Strict law enforcement ordered against forest fire perpetrators

As haze shrouded Sumatras cities over the past two months, President Yudhoyono has ordered strict law enforcement to ...

Four tigers wander around as their habitat catches fire

Four Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) were wandering in the area where fire brigade personnel were ...

Four districts declare emergency status due to haze

Four districts in the Riau Province have declared a state of emergency due to the haze arising from forest, plantation ...

Law enforcement strengthened to tackle Sumatran forest fires

Hotspots in forests, plantations and peatland fires, which came early on Sumatra and Kalimantan islands this year, ...

Up to 93 hotspots detected in Riau

The Terra and Aqua satellite has detected 93 hotspots, or areas of intense heat indicative of forest fires, in the ...

Extraordinary wave of bad weather sends Rome haywire

Rome and other cities in Italy on Friday were battered by an extraordinary wave of bad weather that prompted Prime ...

Indonesian ministry to investigate Vietnam rice imports

Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa has ordered the Trade Ministry and the Agriculture Ministry to investigate the ...

Customs authorities probe alleged abuse of rice import permits

The Indonesian customs authorities are investigating the alleged abuse of permits to import Vietnamese rice, which had ...

Flooding spreads to wider areas in indonesia

In the past two weeks, floods and landslides have hit parts of Indonesia, particularly Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, and ...

President urges regional governments to remain alert until March

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on the regional governments to remain alert for potential natural ...