Day: November 6, 2022

Earthquake strikes central Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Sunday, but did not trigger a tsunami, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said, Trend reports citing Xinhua. The quake rocked at 7:03 a.m. Jakarta time, with the epicenter at 69 km southwest of Kepulauan Sitaro district and the depth at

After Kanjuruhan tragedy, Indonesia pursues football transformation

The Kanjuruhan stadium stampede in Malang district, East Java, on October 1, 2022, which left 135 people, including 43 children, dead, 93 seriously injured, and 484 lightly wounded, has emerged as one of the deadliest disasters in world football history. Two separate investigations—one conducted by the joint independent fact-finding team

G20: Pos Indonesia moves to guarantee postal, logistics services

PT Pos Indonesia (Persero) has ensured that all postal and logistics services run smoothly ahead of and during the G20 Summit in Bali from November 15 to 16, 2022. Director of courier and logistics business at Pos Indonesia, Siti Choiriana, said that PosAja has a great mandate of contributing to the provision of

Earthquake Struck Central Indonesia, No Tsunami Alert Issued

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted North Sulawesi province, in central Indonesia, this morning, but did not trigger a tsunami, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The quake rocked at around 7:03 a.m. Jakarta time, with the epicentre at 69 km south-west of Kepulauan Sitaro district, and at the depth

Aceh floods force 23,380 residents to evacuate: BPBA

The floods that have submerged several areas in Aceh Tamiang District, Aceh Province, over the past few days have prompted 23,380 residents to evacuate to higher ground, according to the Aceh Provincial Disaster Mitigation Board (BPBA). “In total, 12 sub-districts in Aceh Tamiang are flooded,” BPBA chief Ilyas said on

R20, Gus Dur, and World Peace

Is there anything more beautiful than peace? Is there anything cooler than ‘unity in diversity’? Or is there anything better than humanity? The beauty of humanity is now being echoed throughout the world from a forum of world religious leaders in Bali, Indonesia. If the humanist figure KH Abdurrahman Wahid