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NGO to provide legal counsel to victims of forest fires

The prolonged drought induced by the El Nino phenomenon, has resulted in a water crisis and harvest failure in some ...

Jakarta Police confiscate 115 kg meth, arrest 23 suspects

The Jakarta Police seized 115 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and 5,450 ecstasy pills during a two-week-long Nila ...

Over 12 thousand people taken ill by haze in Riau

Over 12,260 inhabitants of Riau Province have fallen ill due to the haze triggered by forest, peatland, and plantation ...

Smog in Sumatra compels students to stay home in Payakumbuh

Thick smog caused by forest and land fires in Sumatra Island has forced the Payakumbuh city government in West Sumatra ...

Stern law enforcement needed to tackle forest fires

The problem of haze has been getting worse on Sumatra Island, forcing flight delays and temporary school shutdowns, ...

Riau university students voice five demands concerning haze disaster

Hundreds of students of Riau University here, Monday, staged a rally to express their five-point demands to the ...

Haze from Sumatra's wildfires likely to affect Malaysia, Singapore

Haze has engulfed almost all regions on Sumatra Island and is mostly likely to affect Malaysia and Singapore, ...

Haze disrupts flights at Batam airport

The haze from forest and bush fires disrupted numerous flights from several cities in Sumatra Island such as ...

Pekanbaru to host International Taekwondo Championship

The Indonesian city of Pekanbaru in Riau province is ready to host the International Taekwondo Championship Indonesia ...

Riau calls for private companies to help fight wildfires

It certainly is no easy task to break the vicious cycle of annual forest, peat land and plantation fires, which have ...

Russia-made helicopter deployed to extinguish Riau wildfires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has rented a Russian-made Sikorsky helicopter to strengthen its efforts ...

S. Kalimantan on highest alert for wildfires

Authorities of South Kalimantan have declared the highest alert status for wildfires that have been proliferating due ...

Lebaran holiday travelers continue to throng ferry ports

Thousands of Idul Fitri or Lebaran homebound travelers this year have been seen thronging the ferry ports of Merak in ...

Riau authorities extinguish 10 bushfires

The fire brigade and disaster mitigation office of Pekanbaru, Riau Province, has extinguished bushfires in at least 10 ...

BMKG reveals 28 hotspots across Sumatra Island

The Meteorological, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) announced that 28 hotspots have been detected across ...