Two Catholic universities have been cooperating with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to build 17,000 temporary homes for victims of the May 27 earthquake.
The temporary structures will be built in 22 villages in the provinces of Yogyakarta and Central Java, both affected by the quake. Yogyakarta City is southeast of […]
The Yogyakarta Earthquake humanitarian fund received two contributions totaling $3,000 from two Brunei local ladies associations at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports.
Pehin Major General (Rtd) Dato Seri Pahlawan Hj Awang Mohammad Bin Hj Daud, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, received the donations.
The Brunei Shell Ladies Association through its president, Datin Paduka Hajah […]
Back to Kaliurang is a program intended to restore tourism on the slopes of Mount Merapi.
For the past three months, owing to increased volcanic activity at this, the world’s most active volcano, tourism ground to a halt.
Between July and the end of December this year, all stakeholders involved in Merapi tourism will work together […]
The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization has provided US$300,000 in aid to farmers affected by the powerful May 27 earthquake that hit Yogyakarta and parts of Central Java.
The payment comes after the organization donated $700,000 in emergency relief assistance in the days after the quake.
FAO livelihoods specialist Peter Reid said the aid would be […]
Gadjah Mada University (UGM) will hold a symposium on the state ideology Pancasila at its Bulaksumur campus in Yogyakarta from Aug. 14 until Aug. 15.
Themed “Contextualization and Implementation of Pancasila in Scientific Paradigm”, several noted speakers will present their papers in the seminar.
AIRASIA Bhd, Malaysia’s budget carrier, is keen to fly to Yogyakarta and Palembang and wants to add more flights to Pekanbaru and Solo in Indonesia, its chief executive officer said.
There is a surge in Indonesian passengers flying with AirAsia and the number may grow to three million next year from two million currently, Datuk Tony […]
An aftershock measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale jolted Yogyakarta city and neighboring quake-devastated Bantul district for 36 seconds on Wednesday.
“The quake’s epicenter was in-land, namely in the Panggang area in Bantul at a depth of 10 km,” Yogyakarta meteorological and geophysical office spokesman Tyar Prasetyo said here Wednesday.
The aftershock was also felt at between […]
Residents of a windswept section of coastline in Bantul, Yogyakarta, are borrowing from age-old wisdom to protect themselves from the hazard of erosion.
With the help of an NGO, they planted mangroves along Samas beach to serve as a natural buffer from the elements nine months ago. But they then faced another problem of marauding buffaloes.
At […]