Indonesia Red Cross Extends Haze Emergency Response

... Indonesia Red Cross, or PMI, will extend the emergency response period in haze ... severely affected by the haze keeps increasing, we have ... launched in seven provinces mostly-affected by the haze: South ... in the PMI's emergency response operations. The haze crisis  ...

Alphabet, Indonesian Telcos to Expand Web Access via Balloons

... companies to expand Internet access in that country using solar- ... to reach islands,” such as Indonesia. Cassidy said the effort ... week to deal with a haze crisis at home stemming from ... millions of dollars in tech investments into Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s ...

Government Admits to Underestimating Impact of El Niño

... forest fires in Sumatra have released toxic haze that has spread ... to spread easily. Fires in Indonesia have been a near annual ... Republik Indonesia (RRI). “When the haze gets thicker and yellow in ... as the forest fire crisis blazes out of control in Indonesia.

KPU: Haze Casts Shadow Over Regional Elections

... , has warned the on-going haze crisis has begun disrupting the preparations ... done to end the crisis, he said. Indonesia will for the first ... time stage simultaneous regional elections in more ...

Indonesia Considers National Emergency Over Forest Fires, Kalla Says

Jakarta. Indonesia is considering declaring a ... Samirin, said elevating the crisis to national emergency status would ... Indonesians in five provinces had been affected by the haze. The ... country’s population lives. Indonesia has also deployed warships to ...

Environment Minister Calls for Law Revisions, Rejects Task Force as Haze Thickens Over Jakarta

... months of thick haze blanketing the western part of Indonesia, particularly Sumatra ... to the crisis adequately. In Riau, a major source of haze, hot spots ... of forest in Sumatra and Kalimantan — the heartland of Indonesia’s palm ...

Indonesia's President Says Country Intends to Join TPP Trade Deal

... Chamber of Commerce. More broadly, Indonesia had work to do on ... security powers and forest fires in Indonesia. The Indonesian government said earlier ... the United States in order to address the "haze crisis" caused by forest ...

Joko Cuts Short US Trip to Deal With Fire, Haze Crisis

... Tuesday after attending scheduled events in Washington, D.C., where ... among others. Representing him in Silicon Valley instead, Arrmanatha said ... once he arrives back in the country. Both provinces ... and haze crisis worsens. Up to three-quarters of Indonesia is ...

US Gives $2.75m for Indonesia to Fight Forest Fires

... -based firefighting crews in Central Kalimantan and ... Forest Service would arrive in Indonesia this week to ... in Kalimantan and Sumatra reported as hardest-struck by the consequential haze ... Kalimantan. Indonesia has recorded its second-worst haze crisis which ...

Jokowi Has 'Intense' 2-Hour Talk With Megawati Ahead of US Trip

... Indonesia's slowing economy as well as the ongoing haze crisis ... Freeport McMoran's operations in Indonesia.  Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch ... women’s rights in general and a rollback in religious freedom, ... but also the situation in Papua. The president and ...