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Indonesian Government to Check Lapindo’s Assets to Payout Sidoarjo Mudflow Compensation
Indonesian Government to Check Lapindo’s Assets
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Lapindo mud wall falls, residents’ sorrows spiral
Victim: We are actually tired of the promises.
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Bakrie Telecom agrees restructuring
Creditors of Bakrie Telecom have approved its restructuring plan, after it missed a November 2013 coupon payment on its US$380m 11.5% bonds due 2015, but some bondholders were unhappy that they were barred from voting.
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Kalla claims controversial Lapindo bailout a win-win solution
The company has purchased land from the disaster victims. That land is used as collateral for the government.
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In surprise move, govt bankrolls Bakries in Lapindo disaster
Cabinet Secretary: The President has yet to consider [the sanctions] as the people have already been waiting for the compensation.
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Lapindo must pay losses of victims: VP
Vice President Jusuf Kalla affirmed on Wednesday that although the government planned to buy the assets of PT Minarak Lapindo Jaya, the company should still pay compensation to the victims of the mudflow.
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Head in the sand mentality bodes ill for Golkar
Mr Bakrie’s motives are easier to understand. A wide body of opinion believes that without the chairmanship of Golkar, and its still-powerful influence over Indonesia’s political and business life, the tycoon is finished.
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Govt to ‘Help’ Lapindo With Mudflow Compensation, Offers to Buy Assets
Scientists blame drilling activities by the company for triggering the eruption, but the government at the time decreed it a natural disaster.
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Bakrie 2019: The return of Soeharto
Aburizal only needs to find effective ways to eliminate his potential rivals, including Prabowo, in the 2019 (indirect) presidential election.
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Aburizal could be forced to settle Lapindo mudflow
House: We need to make sure that those who caused the mud disaster take responsibility for what they have done.
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Sidoarjo victims still striving for justice
Victims: We just want justice from the government and Lapindo Brantas
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Victims still await full settlement after eightyears
“Whereas in fact, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono personally promised to compensate every one of the victims of the Lapindo mudflow by February 2010, this has not happened in reality,” Tjarwadi, 68, a resident of Siring village, Sidoarjo regency, East Java.
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Lapindo innuendo
The mudflow disaster shows the price we have to pay for allowing politics to blur efforts to mitigate disaster, which is a matter of humanity.
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Mud volcano to stop ‘by decade’s end’
Scientists say the eruption of the Lusi mud volcano in Indonesia should be all but over by the end of the decade – much sooner than previous estimates.
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Shifting strategy? A reflection of seven years of Lapindo mud
I propose that Lapindo case could not be resolved by hit-and-run tactic; rather, I argue it should be cracked down from inside, the Trojan horse tactic. But, all in all, my subsequent question would be: who wants to be sacrificed by sent inside that Trojan horse, without being defeated by the enemy first?
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Bakrie oil arm acquires field in South Africa
Jakarta listed PT Energi Mega Persada, arm of the widely diversified Bakrie group, sealed a deal to acquire an oil and gas block in South Africa. Energi Mega announced on Friday that it had acquired a 75 participating interest in Buzi EPCC Block in Mozambique.
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Indymedia amplifies voice of minorities
“Mainstream media outlets broadcast issues that are irrelevant and tend to be similar, such as whether or not the victims have received compensation,” Rere from Kanal News Room.
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Earthquake cause for mud volcanoes draws criticism
A fresh study of the Lusi mud volcanoes in East Java, which began erupting in May 2006, concludes that the disaster was caused by a natural phenomenon, but has been met with widespread public scepticism in Indonesia, with one prominent local geologist questioning its validity. According to the study, published in Nature Geoscience on 21 July, the mud eruption…
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Mud Eruption In Indonesia: Was Disaster Blamed On Drilling Activity Actually Caused By Quake?
A catastrophic mud eruption in Indonesia blamed on drilling by an oil company might instead have natural causes, new research suggests. In 2006, the largest mud volcano on the planet was born when steam, water and mud began erupting on the Indonesian island of Java. At its height, it spewed 6.3 million cubic feet (180,000 cubic meters)…
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Bakrie to Settle Lapindo Debacle for Upcoming Presidential Race
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – This year, Golkar Party chairman and presidential candidate Aburizal Bakrie is planning on settling the debts caused by the Lapindo mudflow in Porong, Sidoarjo. The party deputy chairman Agung Laksono said that the effort is conducted to pave the way for Aburizal in the 2014 General Elections.