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Five giant leatherbacks lay eggs on Raja Ampat's Warebar Beach

- lay their eggs in several of the country's coastal areas. The WWF Indonesia further noted that the Indonesian ...

West Papua has successfully controlled COVID-19: Task Force

COVID-19 National Task Force Head Doni Monardo perceives that West Papua Province has been successful in controlling ...

COVID-19 testing increased in West Papua for new normal era

The West Papua provincial government ramped up COVID-19 testing at public facilities throughout the region as part of ...

Indonesia records 789 COVID-19 recoveries, 1,385 new cases

Indonesia reported 1,385 cases of the novel coronavirus disease and 789 recoveries on Wednesday, taking the ...

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolts Manokwari Papua

An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted the districts of Manokwari and South Manokwari in West Papua ...

Heavy rains predicted to hit a number of areas

Heavy rains, triggering flooding, are feared to hit a number of areas in Indonesia as masses of cold air are blowing ...

Shark fishing ban in Raja Ampat continues to be violated

Shark fishing activities in the waters of Raja Ampat District in West Papua Province continue unabated despite a ...

Sabang becomes world`s cruise tour destination

The Aceh administration has stated that Indonesia`s western outermost island, designated as a National Tourism ...

Finance Minister asks W Papua to improve performance

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani has asked the Governor of West Papua, Dominggus Mandacan, to continue to improve the ...

Year Ender - Preserving coral reefs means protecting livelihoods in coastal region by Fardah Assegaf

Indonesian waters occupy at least 70 percent of its national territory, and in most parts of the country, there are ...

Assets of commercial banks in Papua register 18.64 percent increase

The Financial Service Authority (OJK) of Papua and West Papua recorded that by September 2018, the assets of ...

Regulator anticipates peak of fuel consumption at X`mas, New Year

Down Stream oil and gas regulator BPH Migas is taking anticipatory steps in the face of fuel oil (BBM) consumption ...

LIPI presents report on two decades of COREMAP implementation

The Oceanography Research Center (P2O) of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) here on Monday presented a ...

Year ender - New era for W Papua in rail transportation

The year 2019 is expected to be a new era for the Indonesian province of West Papua in terms of railway project, after ...

Minister highlights problem of drug trafficking in villages

Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Areas, and Transmigration Minister Eko Putro Sandjojo highlighted the problem ...