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Japan needs 1,000 Indonesian workers
""This is the first time that the Japanese government made a formal request for Indonesian workers," President Director of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in Jakarta Kusaoke Sadanobu said at a seminar on Indonesia-Japan bilateral trade opportunities, in Manado... 
Illegal fishing rife on N Sulawesi waters
"Manado, (ANTARA News) - Illegal fishing is ubiquitous on the waters of North Sulawesi province and the fish poaching has inflicted a loss of Rp462 billion to the state in 2008, a local official has said. Many vessels carrying foreign flags have been committing illegal...Human rights commission receives over 100 complaints per month
"The complaints come from individuals or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in all parts of the country and vary widely in substance with most of the cases related to conflicts over natural resources and agrarian matters, Syafruddin Ngulma, a Komnas-HAM member for...Police nabbed 438 terros suspects in past seven years
""Most of the terrorists in Indonesia operated as part of strong networks with international linkages," Insp Gen Goris Mere, deputy chief of the detective and crime board at the Indonesian Police Headquarters, said here Wednesday.Some of the terror convicts had been released...KPK secures Rp159 billion in state money
"The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) succeeded in securing around Rp159 billion in state money from various corruption cases the agency had handled. KPK Deputy Chairman Tumpak H Panggabean, said here on Monday that Rp60 billion of the total amount had already been...Tsunami detectors to be installed in eastern RI provinces
Manado (ANTARA News) - Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) will soon install around 13 earthquake and tsunami detectors in the eastern Indonesian provinces of North Sulawesi, Gorontalo and North Maluku, Manado BMG spokesman Subardjo said here on Friday. "The installation...
Villages covered by Mt Soputan`s ashes
"The 1,783-meter volcano sent up ashes 1,000 to 1,500 meters into the sky at 09.15 a.m. on Thursday. "A number of villages in Southeast Minahasa district on which ashes had fallen have been put in a state of red...Mt Soputan spews ashes
Manado, N Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - Mount Soputan in Indonesia`s northern-most province of North Sulawesi sent up ashes 1,500 meters into the sky at 09.15 a.m. on Thursday. Columns of brownish ashes and white clouds moved in westerly direction, an officer at the volcano`s...Eighteen foreign defense attaches visiting N. Sulawesi
"The visit to North Sulawesi was part of efforts to study Indonesia as a whole, said Col Keith Rodrigues, defense attache at the Singaporean Embassy, here Tuesday. North Sulawesi was a very friendly, secure region that could be a good example for other countries to follow, he...
Indonesian navy sends Nomad and warships to look for missing fishing boat
""The three warships have been patrolling in water area suspected to be the location where the MV Rajawali sunk. However, they have not found any clues of the ship wreckage or the missing crew members, so far,"...
N Sulawesi Adm to host World Ocean Conference in May 2008
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The North Sulawesi provincial administration will host a World Ocean Conference (WOC) in its capital, Manado, on May 11-15 next year, a spokesman said here Monday. "The government guarantees...
Crashed AdamAir plane`s black box arrives in Makassar
Makassar (ANTARA News) - The black box of the Adam Air jetliner which crashed in Majene waters, West Sulawesi, on its way from Surabaya (East Java) to Manado (North Sulawesi) on January 1, 2007, arrived in Makassar,...
A Fish For Time … Any Time :: MAXINE
"The Coelacanth is just this type of ocean creature. It has become a fish of our time in that the sightings are so rare that these these occurrences create international attention in the scientific community. Most...
Prehistoric Fish Caught off Indonesia
Another coelecanth, a giant saurian fish once thought to be extinct, has been caught by a fisherman and his son. Upon realizing whta they had discovered, the two tried to keep the fish alive in a quarantie pool,...
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