Palu News

Muhammadiyah Youth chairman Muhammad Izzul Muslimin told The Jakarta Post on Thursday it made sense for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to exclude NU and Muhammadiyah despite both organizations having large numbers of politically conscious members. “Yudhoyono might not have felt...

The Banggai regency administration in Central Sulawesi has set up a team to gather data regarding a palm oil plantation being developed by PT Kurnia Luwuk Sejati (KLS), which has sparked a dispute between the company and local farmers. Banggai...

The decision, he said, was based on a meeting held on Oct. 23 with the Palu mayor and several other officials. The main points in the meeting included reorganizing the miners in Poboya, banning the use of hazardous chemicals such...

Antar a state news agency reported that Yusdin, Eko, Rendy and Tombo were still missing. “We found Wasisa who survived the incident. We are still looking for four people,” Winardi, the head of operations at the Morowali Police, said in...

He said more than 3,000 gold miners were operating in the concession area owned by PT Cipta Palu Mineral, a subsidiary of Bumi Resources. PT Bumi Resources owns 99 percent of the shares through its subsidiary PT Citra Palu Mineral,...

Separately, PLN local spokesmanWalasary, said that it was still uncertain when the company would finish the repair work of two diesel-fueled generator unit at its Silae. Blackouts have been happening for two months, affecting 170,000 residents in Parigi Moutong, Sigi,...