Mount Merapi spews hot lava for 36 times
Yogyakarta Mount Merapi located in the border of Central Java and Yogyakarta Provinces on Sunday morning spewed red hot lava for 36 times with a maximum glide distance of 1.5 km according to the Geological…
Day: January 17, 2021
South Kalimantan police seize 11.318 kg of crystal meth
Banjarmasin, S Kalimantan The South Kalimantan police thwarted two suspected drug couriers' attempt to trade some 11.318 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine at Duta Mall in Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan Province, on January 13,…
National Police DVI Team receives 188 body bags from ill-fated SJ 182
Jakarta The Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Team of the National Police's Health and Medical Center have received 188 body bags containing the remains of Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ 182 victims."Up until today, at 9 am,…
Three more bodies found, Sumedang landslide death toll rises to 32
Bandung, West Java The death toll in Sumedang landslides rose to 32 as three more bodies were discovered by a joint search and rescue team.on Sunday, while eight people remained missing, according to a local…
Book review -Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers
At a time when differences can spark an armed conflict, or even war, one only needs to leaf through the iconic 2006 book, Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers, by an Anglo-Ghanaian philosopher based…
Landslide death toll rises to 28 in Sumedang, 12 still missing
Jakarta The death toll in Sumedang landslides rose to 28 as three more bodies were found by a joint search and rescue team on Saturday, while 12 people remained missing, according to data of the…
Death toll in West Sulawesi’s earthquake has climbed to 56: BNPB
Jakarta The death toll in West Sulawesi's 6.2-magnitude earthquake ensued by several aftershocks that rattled Majene and Mamuju Districts on early Friday has climbed to 56, according to Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).Forty seven…
Floods, landslides damage seven homes, bridge in Aceh’s Bener Meriah
Banda Aceh, Aceh Flash floods and a landslide damaged seven homes and broke a bridge in Wih Ni Durin Village, Syiah Utama Sub-district, Bener Meriah District, Aceh Province , following incessant heavy rains in Gayo…