Over a thousand workers and students gathered outside the Central Java governor’s office on Thursday morning to mark Labor Day, demanding better welfare, stronger protection and the abolition of exploitative contracts and outsourcing.
18 hours agoNational Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesperson Abdul Muhari reported that 15 active mudflow eruptions have been identified near Roburan Dolok village so far, spreading across 15 different locations. ...
19 hours agoThe government has doubled down on its threat to sanction private companies found to have caused forest fires through illegal burning practices, including the revocation of business permits. ...
20 hours agoThe body of a second Indonesian has been returned to the country amid the ongoing furor over a fatal shooting on Jan. 24 in Selangor state that involved armed officers of Malaysia's maritime security agency.
2 months agoPolice investigators on Monday night wrapped up their hours-long search of the office and residence of Kohod village head Arsin in Tangerang, Banten, as part of the probe into the illegal erection of a sprawling bamboo fence off the coast of the regency.
2 months agoThe acting head of the Lebak Health Agency, Budhi Mulyanto, said one reason for the low participation was that many people had not yet installed the government’s Satu Sehat app.
2 months agoAlthough the cause of the incident is still under investigation, authorities have suggested that the mass fish die-off was likely caused by extreme weather conditions and a natural phenomenon known as upwelling.
2 months agoThe Jakarta provincial administration is reviewing the proposal to limit the rental period for low-cost apartments (rusunawa).
2 months agoThe MUI emphasized that using subsidized fuel in this manner is akin to stealing from the poor, a grave sin in Islam.
2 months agoJakarta Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Ade Ary Syam stated that the three officers were found guilty of "abusing their power" and breaching the police code of ethics in an ethics hearing held on Friday.
2 months agoExperts have urged better government communication and diplomatic efforts to cool simmering tensions among local communities over the recent arrival in Aceh of Rohingya refugees, a predominantly Muslim minority ethnic group fleeing state-sanctioned discrimination in Myanmar.
2 months agoSemeru has been showing heightened volcanic activity since November of last year. The 3,676-meter-high volcano erupted 475 times in January alone, with an average of 15 eruptions per day.
2 months agoThe Higher Education, Science and Technology Ministry gave schools from Jan. 6 to 31 to upload academic transcripts for students eligible for SNBP admission, but over 370 schools failed to submit the required paperwork before the deadline.
2 months agoA whirlwind devastated hundreds of homes in Bekasi regency, West Java, early Thursday morning. So far, no casualties have been recorded.
2 months agoThe Buleleng Police, in coordination with the provincial conservation agency, have rescued and relocated 106 eggs of the endangered olive ridley sea turtle to a nearby sanctuary in northern Bali.
2 months agoThe agency made the decision after a plenary meeting on Wednesday afternoon following the Constitutional Court's decision to dismiss an election dispute petition from losing candidate Edy Rahmayadi.
2 months agoThe National Police have begun a sweeping operation to crack down on hoarders and fraudsters taking advantage of the sudden shortage in 3 kg canisters of subsidized LPG, triggered by a now-reversed government ban on retail sales.
2 months agoIt is believed that the truck experienced a brake failure that caused it to crash into a line of vehicles waiting to pay at the toll gate. All the fatalities were individuals inside the vehicles struck by the truck, police said.
2 months agoIndonesian Police Watch (IPW) Head Sugeng Teguh Santoso said the number of police officers who took their lives this year was alarmingly high compared to last year’s figure.
2 months agoBatam mayor has expressed concerns that the incident could negatively affect tourism and industry in the region.
2 months agoThe two Japanese-made patrol boats, which are to be deployed to secure "choke points" in the waters off Indonesia's future capital in East Java, were donated in a deal agreed last month by President Prabowo and Prime Minister Ishiba.
2 months agoThe agency on social media platform X said the quake, which was 81 km (50 miles) deep, had no tsunami potential.
2 months agoA pileup at Ciawi tollgate in Bogor, West Java, on Tuesday night caused at least eight fatalities.
2 months agoThe Denpasar Immigration Office in Bali detained a British citizen for illegally opening a motorbike rental business, despite only holding a visitor visa.
2 months agoNusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority chairman Basuki Hadimuljono has confirmed that there will not be a budget cut for the second phase of Nusantara’s development.
2 months agoThe Indonesian Ombudsman’s Banten office estimates that fishers suffered at least Rp 24 billion (US$1.4 million) in income losses after their access to the sea was hindered by a bamboo fence installed illegally off the coast of Tangerang regency.
2 months agoPolice in Bandar Lampung City are still investigating the death of a policemen found dead in his home in Langkapura subdistrict, Bandar Lampung, on Monday evening.
2 months agoThe West Java city of Bogor is expanding its efforts in both case detection and public outreach, specifically for groups at high risk of contracting tuberculosis, amid a surge in active cases in one of four TB hot spots in the province.
2 months agoThe Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will investigate potential graft in the Tangerang sea fence scandal and ensure it will not overlap with an investigation by the Attorney General's Office (AGO).
2 months agoA Bali lawmaker has called for a comprehensive review of the island province's tourist industry after a rise in criminal activity perpetrated by foreign nationals, particularly since post-COVID recovery.
3 months agoThe incident was the latest in a string of extortion scandals to hit the National Police in recent months.
3 months agoThe Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is looking into potential corruption in the issuance of permits for coastal land fronting a sprawling bamboo fence installed illegally off the coast of six districts in Tangerang regency, Banten.
3 months agoThe seized birds will be released at the Rawa Danau natural reserve in Serang regency in the province.
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