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KAMPAR, Indonesia (AFP) — An Indonesian military fighter jet ploughed into a residential area in Sumatra on Monday, but the pilot ejected safely and there were no injuries on the ground, the air force said. The one-seater Hawk 209 was returning from training maneuvers when the pilot reported engine problems and ejected from the British-built plane, which then crashed into a group of empty houses, according to officials. No one on the ground in Kampar […]
(Eagle News)–The government has repatriated over 100 Filipinos from Indonesia, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, the government chartered a Cebu Pacific plane for the 181 Filipino repatriates, who arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Wednesday, June 10. The Filipinos underwent the “appropriate medical protocols” upon arrival as required by the Department of Health, the DFA said. The agency said they will also be required to undergo quarantine procedures […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia posted a record number of coronavirus infections Wednesday, sparking calls from health experts for the world’s fourth most populous country to slam the brakes on easing restrictions. Last week, the capital Jakarta opened mosques for the first time in nearly three months, as its governor announced the gradual reopening of shuttered offices, restaurants, shopping malls and tourist attractions. Similar easing measures are happening across the vast archipelago, home […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s eastern Maluku islands Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning issued or immediate reports of damage. The strong quake hit at a relatively deep 106 kilometers (65 miles), the USGS said. Its epicenter was about 135 kilometers north of Tobelo. Shallow quakes tend to cause more damage than deeper ones. The Southeast Asian archipelago is […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Vast tracts of pristine rainforest on three continents went up in smoke last year, with an area roughly the size of Switzerland cut down or burned to make way for cattle and commercial crops, researchers said Tuesday. Brazil accounted for more than a third of the loss, with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia a distant second and third, Global Forest Watch said in its […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia has started cloud seeding to induce rain as the archipelago moves to head off annual forest fires blamed for blanketing swathes of Southeast Asia in toxic haze. Last year’s fires were the worst since 2015 due to dry weather, with some 1.6 million hectares (3.95 million acres) of land, mostly on Sumatra and Borneo islands, razed by the out-of-control blazes. Authorities deployed tens of thousands of personnel and water-bombing aircraft […]
MEDAN, Indonesia (AFP) — At least 22 people were injured when a crude oil tanker burst into flames at one of Indonesia’s busiest ports Monday with rescuers scrambling to reach dozens trapped on board, an official said. Two explosions were heard shortly before the blaze erupted on the 250-meter (820 foot) long Jag Leela, belching huge clouds of thick black smoke into the air. Firefighters on board another boat battled to put out the […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A 6.8 magnitude earthquake jolted a remote part of eastern Indonesia late Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning issued and no immediate reports of damage. The undersea quake struck at a depth of some 107 kilometers (66 miles) in the sea between Indonesia’s Maluku and East Timor at 22:50 local time (13:50 GMT). The epicenter was about 390 kilometers south of the city of […]
BANDUNG, Indonesia (AFP) — Thousands of animals, including endangered Sumatran tigers and Bornean orangutans, are facing starvation at Indonesia’s zoos as the global pandemic pushes shuttered facilities toward collapse, officials say. Some 60 cash-strapped animal parks — home to roughly 70,000 creatures — across the Southeast Asian archipelago have been closed since mid-March and most say they have only enough food until the middle of May. “Most zoos relied on ticket sales so when they […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Reduced to sharing goggles and cheap raincoats, Indonesia’s under-equipped doctors are battling a tide of coronavirus infections that is overwhelming its creaky health-care system — and killing their colleagues. Two dozen doctors have died since the pandemic began in the Southeast Asian nation, and critics warn that the official death toll of 459 is way below reality in a country with some of the lowest virus testing rates in the world. […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines becomes the country with the most number of coronavirus cases in the Southeast Asia as of Tuesday morning, April 14, 2020. Based on the data from Johns Hopkins University tracker of global cases of COVID-19, the Philippines total of 4,932 surpassed the 4,817 number of cases of Malaysia — the country which previously had the most number of cases in the region. Malaysia has 77 virus-related deaths, while the […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Soldiers and police hit the streets of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta Friday to enforce its toughest social-distancing rules yet as coronavirus infections surge and critics warn of a looming public-health disaster. Violators face heavy fines and up to a year in jail for breaking the new rules, which include a ban on gatherings of more than five people, limiting restaurants to online delivery orders and reducing public transport. Motorbike taxis seen […]
