BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Rescuers are searching for seven people, including four Australian tourists, who went missing when their boat hit bad weather off Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials said Monday. Two boats carrying a total of 17 people left Nias island headed for the private island of...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Two people were killed and 21 others injured in a bus-truck collision in Indonesia's East Java province on Wednesday. "A bus coming from the east hit a truck head-on before crashing into a building," said Kadek Yasa, a police officer of the province's Situbondo regency. The...
(Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN) JAKARTA, Indonesia - Two Indonesian women have apologised after a lavish "wedding" for their dogs sparked a backlash in the middle-income country, where wealth distribution is one of the most unequal in the world. Two Alaskan Malamutes were wedded Friday at a...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- One of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, Mount Merapi, erupted 16 times on Wednesday, releasing incandescent lava up to 1,800 m, according to the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG). Â Â Â "The lava was released towards Bebeng River up...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo will fly to Indonesia next week to meet with counterparts from other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and discuss issues concerning the region. Manalo will participate in the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers'...
Photo Courtesy of Migrante Internation/MANILA BULLETIN Migrante International and other human rights group reaffirmed their appeal for the clemency and freedom of Filipina death-row convict Mary Jane Veloso during her family’s recent visit to Indonesia. On Monday, June 26, Overseas Filipino...
Members of the Tengger sub-ethnic group carries a goat for offering on the active Mount Bromo volcano as part of the Yadnya Kasada festival in Probolinggo, East Java province on June 5, 2023. (Juni Kriswanto / AFP) PROBOLINGGO, Indonesia -- Thousands of Hindu worshippers scaled an active Indonesian...
After almost a week of travel by sea, the Philippine Navy (PN) finally arrived in Indonesia over the weekend for the Multilateral Naval Exercise “Komodo” (MNEK), making them the first contingent to turn up for the event. *A Philippine Navy (PN) personnel looks at an approaching vessel from the...
An Indonesian businessman has donated close to P42 million to the Philippines and committed to further help the country in building low-cost housing for Filipinos. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. meets Indonesian businessman Dato’ Sri Tahir in Malacañang on May 30, 2023. (RTVM...
Philippine Navy (PN) ship BRP Andres Bonifacio (PS-17) will test its capabilities to respond to disasters and intercept enemy forces at sea as it joins the Multilateral Naval Exercise “Komodo” (MNEK) in Makassar, Indonesia in the first week of June. *(Courtesy of Philippine Navy's Fleet Marine...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Indonesian National Armed Forces enhanced its military cooperation as it concluded the 15 th iteration of Training Activity Indonesia-Philippines (Dolphine) XV-23 on Monday, May 29, in San Miguel, Bulacan. A member of the Armed Forces of the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has asked Indonesian President Joko Widodo to at least reexamine the case of Mary Jane Veloso, the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) on Indonesia's death row due to drug charges. *President Marcos (Yummie Dingding/PPA Pool), Mary Jane Veloso (File photo)*...
