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Jakarta plans mass prayer for Sumatra flood victims on New Year's Eve

Jakarta, Dec. 19 -- The Jakarta provincial government has announced plans to hold a mass prayer event on New Year's Eve for residents still reeling from floods and landslides that affected three provi... Read More


Authorities name suspects in illegal hunting in Komodo National Park

Jakarta, Dec. 19 -- The Ministry of Forestry named three suspects involved in illegal poaching in the Komodo National Park area, following a shootout during a joint team's attempt to thwart their poac... Read More


BNPB monitors housing plans, ensures basic needs in N. Sumatra

Yogyakarta, Dec. 19 -- The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) is strengthening coordination across ministries and agencies, including the North Sumatra Provincial Government, to expedite post-... Read More


Govt issues regulations on the wood use after the Sumatra floods

Jakarta, Dec. 19 -- The Indonesian government has prepared a regulatory framework governing the use of logs carried by floods in Sumatra to support accelerated post-disaster rehabilitation and reconst... Read More


Sumatra transportation access gradually restored, minister says

Jakarta, Dec. 19 -- Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Pratikno said transportation access in several flood- and landslide-hit areas across Sumatra has gradually been restored, al... Read More


Danantara raises 1,000 volunteers for Sumatra disaster response

Deli Serdang, Dec. 19 -- Indonesia's investment management agency, Danantara, has dispatched 1,000 volunteers to districts and cities in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra to assist residents reeli... Read More


RI govt reaffirms commitment to all-out Sumatra disaster response

Jakarta, Dec. 19 -- Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya assured the public that the central and local governments have been working tirelessly to evacuate victims and implement swift emergency measur... Read More


Police confirm suspected bomb near GKPS church contains no explosives

Bandung, West Java, Dec. 19 -- Police in Bandung, West Java, have confirmed that a suspicious object discovered Friday morning outside a church was a false alarm. Following a high-priority security o... Read More


Bandung Police investigate suspected bomb near GKPS church

Bandung, West Java, Dec. 19 -- Police investigated an object suspected to be a bomb discovered outside the GKPS Church in the Baranangsiang shophouse complex, Kosambi, Bandung, on Friday. ANTARA's jo... Read More


Agri Ministry, Bapanas among top aid contributors to flood-hit Aceh

Jakarta, Dec. 19 -- Aceh Governor Muzakir Manaf expressed his appreciation to the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Food Agency (Bapanas) for being among the largest contributors of aid to disa... Read More