#sumbawa island

Collection of sumbawa island news, found 63 news.

VP leads limited meeting on rehabilitation efforts in Bima

Vice President Jusuf Kalla led a limited meeting to discuss rehabilitation efforts in the Dompu and Bima districts of ...

700 military personnel help clear garbage from flood-hit Bima

Some 700 military personnel have been dispatched to flood-hit Bima City in the eastern Indonesian province of Nusa ...

5.6-magnitude earthquake jolts Dompu, W Nusa Tenggara

An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted Dompu, Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara Province, on Monday ...

Mount Tambora National Park Transformed Into New Ecotourism Destination

In 1816, Europe and North America experienced an unusual climatic phenomenon termed, "the year without a summer" due ...

Moderate quake hits Sumbawa

An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale shook Sumbawa district, West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, at ...

Police arrests terror suspects in West Nusa Tenggara

The police arrested two alleged terror suspects on Thursday at 9:00 p.m. local time, in the Karang Bongot Village of ...

Chief minister says riots were caused by a rumour

Chief security minister Djoko Suyanto said recent riots in Sumbawa, Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara, were caused by ...

Two fugitive terrorists still in Dompu

Chief Police of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Police Brigadier General Mochamad Iriawan has stated that two terrorists, who ...

Indonesian athletes to promote tourism in New York marathon

A team of Indonesian athletes will promote Indonesian tourism while participating in New York City Marathon (NYCM) in ...

State company to operate seven solar-powered stations in Sumbawa

Indonesian electricity company PT PLN Persero is targeting operations on seven new solar power generating stations on ...

Indonesia loses idealistic, humble figure,Widjajono Partowidagdo

Since he was installed as the deputy minister of energy and mineral resources (ESDM) in October 2011, Widjajono ...

Boat with illegal immigrants still missing

A wooden boat carrying some 50 illegal immigrants from the Middle East which allegedly went down southwest of Maluk ...

Aussie investor to develop integrated fisheries project in NTB

Gerald Knecht, the Autralian president of Atlantic Utara Inc, is to begin developing an integrated catch fishing ...

Bali earthquake lacked tsunami potential

A powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale that jolted the resort island of Bali on Thursday morning did ...

Earthquake jolts Sumbawa

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted Sumbawa District, on Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) ...