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Budget slashed for Basarnas despite disaster surge

Society 7 months ago

Budget slashed for Basarnas despite disaster surge

Ministries and agencies have been ordered to cut budgets to make room for areas that President Prabowo Subianto has prioritized, such as his flagship free meals programs and higher defense spending.

Body found among wreckage of missing chartered airplane

Archipelago 7 months ago

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Body found among wreckage of missing chartered airplane

A body has been found in the wreckage of a small chartered airplane that lost contact mid-flight over South Sulawesi with 10 people on board, as search and rescue teams continue efforts to locate remaining passengers and crew amid adverse weather conditions.

Authorities find wreckage of missing surveillance plane

Archipelago 7 months ago

Authorities find wreckage of missing surveillance plane

Authorities said on Sunday they had located the wreckage of a fisheries surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi province near a fog-covered mountain, but were still searching for the 10 people on board.

Chartered airplane missing en route to Makassar with 11 on board

Archipelago 8 months ago

Chartered airplane missing en route to Makassar with 11 on board

The turboprop airplane operated by PT Indonesia Air Transport last made contact over Maros regency, South Sulawesi, at around 1 p.m. Central Indonesia Time (WITA).

Frustration grows over govt’s poor disaster response

Politics 9 months ago

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Frustration grows over govt’s poor disaster response

A week after cyclone-induced floods and landslides hit three provinces in Sumatra, authorities are still scrambling to find those who are missing and to distribute aid, as several affected areas remain still cut off and awaiting necessary supplies.

Four missing, seven survivors after two ships capsize in Malacca Strait

Archipelago 9 months ago

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Four missing, seven survivors after two ships capsize in Malacca Strait

Both ships were hit by high waves as they were trapped during a storm in the Malacca Strait off the coast of Belawan, North Sumatra.

Boarding school collapse toll rises to 10: Rescue officials

Archipelago 11 months ago

Boarding school collapse toll rises to 10: Rescue officials

The death toll in a boarding school collapse rose to 10 on Friday, officials said, but dozens were still believed under the rubble without signs of life days after the disaster.

No more signs of life in boarding school collapse: rescuers

Archipelago 11 months ago

No more signs of life in boarding school collapse: rescuers

Rescuers detected "no more signs of life" at a collapsed boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, where 59 people were believed missing days after it gave way, an official said Thursday, raising fears no more survivors would be found.

Five survivors pulled from boarding school collapse as rescuers race against time

Archipelago 11 months ago

Five survivors pulled from boarding school collapse as rescuers race against time

Rescuers pulled five survivors from a collapsed boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java on Wednesday as frantic parents demanded searchers speed up efforts to find dozens of children believed still trapped in the rubble two days on.

Earthquake slows efforts to rescue those trapped by school collapse

Archipelago 11 months ago

Earthquake slows efforts to rescue those trapped by school collapse

Rescuers battling to extricate students from the rubble of an Islamic school that collapsed, killing three in East Java province, faced a harder task on Wednesday after an earthquake that authorities fear packed the debris tighter.

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