Indonesian rescue workers scouring the seas for a commercial airliner that went missing two weeks ago have found a fuel spill believed to be from the doomed jet, an official said on Monday.
Small pieces of the Adam Air Boeing 737-400 that vanished from radar screens on New Year’s Day with 102 people aboard have been […]
A new cluster of bird flu infections involving at least two members of a family in Indonesia may indicate a change in the virus’s ability to sicken people, researchers studying the disease said.
The H5N1 avian influenza strain was confirmed yesterday to have infected an 18-year-old man whose mother died of the disease four days ago, […]
Publicly listed PT Perusahaan Gas Negara said Monday it had to pay a fine of US$1.8 million to the state-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina as it failed to deliver Pertamina’s gas as scheduled.
Gas Negara President Director Sutikno said the fine for any delays in the distribution of Pertamina’s gas was $15,000 a day.
He said […]
A seven-meter long whale was found washed ashore and dead on Trisik beach at Galur subdistrict, Kulongprogo district in Yogyakarta, central part of Java, on Monday.
The decomposed body of the giant whale was first discovered by Muji, a local fisherman, about one kilometer east of fish auction port at the beach.
Muji said the sea mammal […]
The commitment of the Indonesian government in handling human trafficking is still considered to be low.
This can be seen from the amount of human trafficking victims that keep increasing every year.
As a result, Indonesia is threatened to be listed in Tier 3 by the US Department of State as a country that fails to handle […]
The Indonesian government plans to get faster diagnostic kits for bird flu symptoms expected to arrive in March, as the death toll from the disease has climbed to 61, local press reported Monday.
Health minister Siti Fadilah Supari announced the plan on Sunday after Indonesia contributed the greatest number of the world’s total bird flu-related death […]
Gorontalo provincial administration has set a target of having a rice surplus of 100,000 tons this year, Governor Fadel Muhammad said here on Monday.
The governor made the statement in his report to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono who arrived here to promote hybrid paddy growing and its grand harvest at Pulubala subdistrict, Kota Tengah district on […]
Sriwijaya Air has started to serve a flight route of Surabaya-Malang, East Java, as land transportation between the two cities was hampered by mudflow from PT Lapindo gas oil in Sidoarjo.
“Given the obstructed land transportation between Surabaya and Malang due to incessant mud flow, we have searched for a possible alternative that is air transportation […]
The United States has offered to use undersea photography to help find Indonesia’s missing Adam Air plane which could have plunged into the sea in the Makassar Strait, an Indonesian Navy official said.
“The undersea photographic equipment is scheduled to arrive on Wednesday,” Antara news agency quoted Rear Admiral Moekhlas Sidik, chief of the Indonesian Navy’s […]
Brunei Darussalam is donating a sum of $400,000 to help rebuild infrastructure in Yogyakarta hit by an earthquake in May last year.
Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Hj Awg Badaruddin Pengarah Dato Paduka Othman said Brunei contributed a total of $400,000 out of which $35,000 was from Yayasan […]
Yayasan Sultan Hj Hassanal Bolkiah (YSHHB) Chairman Pehin Dato Hj Awang Badaruddin yesterday continued his working visit to the quake hit district of Yogyakarta.
The chairman visited one of the many projects initiated by YSHHB. Masjid al-Amin, which was completely levelled by the earthquake last year, received financial assistance from the foundation.
Accompanying the deputy minister on […]
Four years ago, young pilots lined up to join a new contender in Indonesia’s booming aviation industry. But at least 20 left Adam Air within months, citing concerns that poor maintenance, corruption and rule-bending could lead to a crash — charges the airline denied.
“I didn’t want to wait until I had lost my friends,” said […]