#west sumatra

Collection of west sumatra news, found 809 news.

Trade minister calls for closer IMT-GT cooperation

Indonesian Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan has called for closer sub-regional cooperation between Indonesia, Malaysia, ...

March inflation recorded at 0.07 percent, BPS

The National Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded an inflation rate of only 0.07 percent in March due to a drop in the ...

Police uncover fuel hoarding in West Sumatra

West Sumatra Police have uncovered eight cases of fuel oil hoarding in West Sumatra, West Sumatra Regional Police ...

Govt to create rice fields amid food scarcity threat

The government plans to create rice fields on 100 thousand hectares of land this year in anticipation of the threat of ...

BMKG detects drop in number of hot spots in w Sumatra

The Ketaping Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) in West Sumatra said that in the last week there ...

Mt Marapi spews volcanic ash

Mount Marapi in West Sumatra spewed volcanic ash up to 100 meters into the sky on Saturday afternoon. The ...

All of Sumatra regions share hot-spots

NOAA-18 Satellite operated by Singapore managed to detect 114 hot-spots throughout Sumatra island, analyst of the ...

Grandmother caught selling marijuana

Police caught a 73-year old grandmother while she was about to sell five kilograms of marijuana in front of the Matur ...

RI's govt called on to supervise fuel speculative buying

The Indonesian Consumer Institute (YLKI) for West Sumatra called on the regional government to keep watch on ...

Slovakian companies to invest us$1 bln in RI

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that a number of private Slovakian companies want to invest US$1 billion in a ...

news focus: U-23 soccer team wishes Singapore, Thai players to play friendly

The Indonesian under 23 years old (U-23) soccer team wished to play Singaporean and Thai senior soccer players to hold ...

Mt Marapi erupts twice on Sunday

Mount Marapi in West Sumatra province erupted twice on Sunday morning, spewing volcanic ash. "A seismograph record ...

West Sumatra needs 600 tsunami early warning sirens

West Sumatra`s Disaster Operations Control Center (Pusdalops-PB) is in need of around 600 tsunami early warning ...

Mild quake hits Padang

An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale hit the West Sumatra provincial capital of Padang on Sunday forcing ...

Minister proposes cultural approaches to cement ties with Malaysia

Communication and Informatics Minister Tifatul Sembiring has called for a deepening of Indonesia-Malaysia relations ...