The Malaysian Armed Forces earthquake relief team in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, will return home tomorrow after a month-long deployment.
The Defence Ministry, in a statement, said the 76-strong team, headed by Joint Operations Commander Kol. (Dr) S. Jegatheesan, had been providing medical aid to quake victims as well as assisting search and rescue operations since May 28.
Based […]
Most residents of Yogyakarta had anticipated the May 27 earthquake but news of the death and devastation in wrought became evident only after about five hours, Dr Asmal Ishak, Dean, Faculty of Economics at the Universitas Islam Indonesia, said here yesterday.
Narrating the incident on May 27 morning, Dr Ishak, who lives with his family […]
Mount Merapi continued to send avalanches of searing hot gas and debris rolling down its scorched slopes on Sunday.
The 9,700-foot volcano has been at a near-continuous state of high alert for seven weeks.
This had forced the evacuation of thousands of villagers in a government designated danger zone.
The government ordered the evacuation of all residents living […]
Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES ) today announced that it is contributing $1 million for disaster relief efforts in Indonesia, where devastation from an earthquake in the Yogyakarta area of central Java killed more than 5,000 people and left more than 250,000 homeless.
The company will donate half of the $1 million in relief funds to the International […]
When it comes to eruptions, Mt. Merapi is a one of a kind. Now 100 meters higher than it was before this year’s eruption began, Mt. Merapi’s style is unique — in fact, these days, there are other volcanoes around the world described as having a “Merapi Eruption”.
“In this world there are at least two […]
Harmoko, a student of Yogyakarta State University, looks sad. He stays in a tent erected in front of the rubble that was once his home in Kebon Dalem village, Prambanan district, Klaten regency, Central Java.
A damaged sewing machine is left under a tree next to the tent. A yellow clock, which is also broken, is […]
The Perak government, which donated prayer items to Yogyakarta earthquake victims Thursday, hopes to continue its support to ease the plight of the people there.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohd Tajol Rosli Ghazali said while the contribution today were only 2,500 pieces of “sejadah”, “telekong” and sarongs worth some RM60,000, they were a reflection of the […]
Mt. Merapi continued billowing hot clouds of ash and steam Sunday, leaving residents unable to work and forcing them to sell their livestock to raise money.
Some villagers who earn their living as traders are facing the bitter reality that their shops in the Kaliadem tourist area were buried by volcanic ash Wednesday. The volcano also […]
Mount Merapi was still on high alert Monday as the volcano in Indonesia’s densely populated Central Java continued to spew hot clouds of gas and debris down its slopes, officials said.
Scientists at Yogyakarta’s nearby Volcanological and Technology Development Centre said Merapi continued to belch hot clouds of gas and volcanic materials as far as […]
Twenty-one people have died from tetanus and 138 others are suffering from mental health problems in the aftermath of last month’s earthquake that devastated Yogyakarta and parts of Central Java, the Health Ministry said Friday.
The ministry said some 600 people were suffering from respiratory infections and 100 others from diarrheal diseases.
Sixty people were infected with […]
Despite the heavy destruction of mosques, madrassahs and churches in Yogyakarta and Central Java following the killer temblor last month, Indonesia will not make any formal requests for reconstruction of such religious facilities. Individuals and international charity organisations, however, are welcome to rebuild these in the affected areas, on their own initiative, Maftuh Basyuni, Indonesia’s […]
Last month’s earthquake that struck Central Java caused an estimated loss of 1 trln rupiah to the tourism sector in Yogyakarta, Indonesia’s second most popular tourist destination after Bali, Bisnis Indonesia reported.
The newspaper quoted Wiendu Nuryanti, chairman of the Java Media Tourism Crisis Center, as saying that hotels, travel agencies, the city’s Adisucipto airport and […]