HAZE COVERS PEKANBARU ON VOTING DAY

Submitted by ANTARA on

Pekanbaru, Riau Province, July 8 (ANTARA) - Haze from forest and plantation fires covered Pekanbaru on the voting day of the presidential election, here on Wednesday.

INDONESIANS GO TO POLLING STATIONS TO VOTE

Submitted by ANTARA on

Jakarta, July 8 (ANTARA) - Some 171,068,667 eligible voters consisting of 169,558,775 people in 33 provinces in Indonesia and 1,509,892 Indonesians in 17 Indonesia's embassies abroad, are expected

KADIN CALLS ON BANKS TO CUT LENDING RATES SOON

Submitted by ANTARA on

Jakarta, July 7 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has called on banks to immediately lower their interest rates on credits in accordance with Bank Indonesia (BI/t

RI'S COFFEE EXPORTS ESTIMATED TO DROP 40 PCT

Submitted by ANTARA on

Jakarta, July 7 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's coffee exports are estimated to drop 40 percent from US$900 million in 2008 to US$630 million in 2009, executive secretary of the Indonesian Coffee Exporters

FORTY ILLEGAL AFGHAN IMMIGRANTS TO BE REPATRIATED

Submitted by ANTARA on

Pekanbaru, Riau Province, July 7 (ANTARA) - Some 40 illegal immigrants from Afghanistan who are currently being detained at the Pekanbaru immigration office will be returned to their country in st

BAWASLU DEPLOYS MONITORS TO PREVENT USE OF FAKE IDs

Submitted by ANTARA on

Jakarta, July 7 (ANTARA) - The General Elections Monitoring Board (Bawaslu) will deploy monitors in anticipation of the possibility of people using fake IDs to cast ballots in the presidential elec

X