#LOCAL COMMUNITIES

The Indonesian government's decision to set up the National Central Command Post for Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Acceleration in Banda Aceh has marked a significant shift in ...

Indonesia on Wednesday urged its citizens in the Netherlands to stay alert as severe winter weather swept parts of Europe, saying Indonesians were safe so far despite heavy disruption to transport ...

Indonesia’s Red and White Fishing Villages program has created 17,550 jobs across 65 coastal sites in its first phase, the Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry said on Wednesday. ...

Deputy Speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Eddy Soeparno has stressed the importance of ensuring regional readiness for the Waste-to-Energy (WtE) initiative, which is set to be ...

The Ministry of Public Works (PU) has stated that the restoration of road networks and public service infrastructure is a top priority in post-disaster response efforts in several areas of ...

Flooding has affected nearly 11,000 people and submerged more than 3,500 homes across Indonesia’s Balangan district in South Kalimantan, local disaster officials said, prompting authorities to ...

Indonesia’s Ministry of Cooperatives is pressing village-based cooperatives to prioritize locally made goods, a policy aimed at strengthening domestic supply chains and reducing reliance on ...

Indonesia’s Tourism Ministry has issued a disaster mitigation module aimed at reducing risks and limiting the impact of natural disasters in areas with nature-based tourism destinations, as ...

The Aceh provincial government has deployed around 3,000 civil servants as volunteers to areas hit by recent flash floods and landslides, aiming to keep essential public services running as recovery ...

Indonesia’s state logistics agency Bulog said rice supplies across Sumatra are secure and sufficient to meet the needs of communities hit by recent natural disasters, as authorities step up ...