South Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) personnel fill residents’ buckets with water on Sept. 16 in West Cilandak, South Jakarta. BPBD South Jakarta, in collaboration with city-owned water company PAM Jaya, distributed free clean water to residents affected by water shortages caused by drought, which has left water supplies cloudy and reduced availability. `

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Prolonged dry season is beginning to take a toll on Jakarta residents, with depleted wells and disrupted piped-water services leaving households in several neighborhoods short of water.

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Nusron leaves Golkar post months before Agrarian Ministry graft probe

M. Sarmuji, secretary-general of the governing coalition member Golkar, confirmed that Nusron had resigned as the party’s head of religious and spiritual affairs, although he noted that the minister remains a Golkar member.

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Dozens of planes and thousands of personnel fighting huge forest fires in Indonesia are struggling to contain them, authorities said Monday, while neighboring Malaysia stepped up efforts to combat toxic haze.

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President Prabowo Subianto gestures on Friday while speaking at the 28th anniversary event of National Mandate Party (PAN) in Jakarta. PAN is a member of Prabowo’s ruling coalition.

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Prabowo’s latest swipe at experts draws backlash

President Prabowo Subianto’s latest tirade against experts critical of his administration has drawn backlash from researchers and civil society figures, who warn that his repeated rebuke of criticism risks narrowing research-based policymaking and freedom of speech in the country.

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Former Italian Navy aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi docks on Sept. 18 upon its arrival from Italy at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta ahead of its handover to the Indonesian Navy.

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Indonesia prepares for new era of naval power

Officials have touted the light aircraft carrier’s use in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) missions, such as to fight forest fires or providing relief in response to various natural disasters.

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A staff member of the Regional Disaster Agency (BPBD) sprays water on a fire in a peatland area burned by wildfires, on Tuesday in Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan province.

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Indigenous Kalimantan people sue govt over wildfire negligence

Indigenous and civil society groups in West Kalimantan have sued the central government and local administrations, accusing them of deliberate negligence for failing to prevent and properly handle the widespread wildfires paralyzing the province.

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President Prabowo Subianto (center) presides over a limited cabinet meeting on Sept. 1 with several cabinet ministers on his administration's housing program at his private residence in Hambalang, Bogor regency, West Java.

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Recentralization concerns in fiscal, education heighten

A move to reduce regional transfers and a proposal to centralize teacher recruitment by the central government are defended as an effort to curb corruption and prevent local political interference, according to President Prabowo Subianto.

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Batam nabs Singaporean over smuggling drug-filled vape cartridges

A Singaporean woman has been detained by Batam authorities for allegedly smuggling vape cartridges filled with class II drug etomidate, after evading the neighboring country's heightened security measures to arrive by ferry in the Riau Islands.

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Indigenous Kalimantan people sue govt over wildfire negligence

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Recentralization concerns in fiscal, education heighten

Students carry meal packages disbursed through the free nutritious meal program on Sept. 4 at SDN Jati Asih X state elementary school in Bekasi, West Java.

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Court decision tightens House oversight on free meals funding

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Indonesian Navy welcomes former Italian warship as its first aircraft carrier

The former Italian carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi docked at a port in Jakarta after sailing from Italy via Colombo and the Malacca strait, Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Muhammad Ali told reporters.

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