US consulate general observes regional election in S. Sulawesi

"Before making the observation, US Consulate General official Jeffrey Loree visited South Sulawesi Regional Election Commission (KPUD) to obtain various information related to the process of the first ever direct regional election in the province. In spite of the fact that...

Two reporters arrested for child trafficking

Makassar, South Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - Police nabbed two tabloid reporters here on Saturday (Nov. 3) night for alleged involvement in child trafficking, a local police official said. The police apprehended them when one of them was holding a four months old baby boy, Stefen...

Tourist arrivals in RI up 13 pct

""The increase in the number of tourist arrivals is quite promising as in the two preceding years only a small number of the tens of millions of foreign tourists visiting Southeast Asia came to Indonesia," Umar Kuswara, director of people`s empowerment at the Culture and...

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...

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...

At least 29 dead as Indonesian ship sinks

""Twenty-nine people have died. The bodies were received from midnight last night until 8:00 am this morning. Nineteen survivors are being treated for shock," Bau Bau general hospital spokesman, Laode Hamdansyah, told AFP. Search and rescue team chief Roki Asikin told...

Three earthquakes shake Indonesia on early Thursday

Bandarlampung (ANTARA News) - The National Meteorological and Geophysics office (BMG) reported that three earthquakes shook Indonesia early Thursday, respectively in Timika (Papua Province), Tolitoli (Central Sulawesi), and Blitar (East Java). At 3.02 am Western Indonesian...

Board of Commissioners of PT Inco Tbk Approves Resumption of Hydroelectric Ge...

"PT Inco is one of the world's premier producers of nickel. It produces nickel in matte, an intermediate product, at its integrated mining and processing facilities near Sorowako on the Island of Sulawesi. The Company, which is traded on the Jakarta Stock Exchange, is...

Indonesia, Canada, sign C$19.4 million to improve social services

""This six-year project represents a significant commitment on the part of Cananda to continue its support for the Government of Indonesia in the implementation of decentralization and the strengthening of local governance institutions," Holmes said in a press statement. The...