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Jakarta Post Editorial: The Burning Seat
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani has been sitting in the hot seat for some time now, and now her seat has now gone from hot to burning since businesspeople and politicians with vested interests have been making attempts to unseat her. We earnestly hope she will survive this saga. The imbroglio, we suspect, is related to…
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Normalisasi Sungai, BPLS Diberi Waktu Dua Minggu
Endapan lumpur Lapindo di Sungai Porong semakin parah dan sangat mengkhawatirkan. Apalagi, sekarang sudah mendekati musim hujan. Beberapa titik tanggul sungai bukan mustahil jebol karena tidak mampu menampung aliran air Sungai Porong yang tidak lancar akibat endapan lumpur.
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Lapindo Refugees Pray at Mudflow Site
TempoInteractive, Jakarta – Hundreds of Lapindo mudflow refugees held Idul Fitri prayer at the site of the mudlow in Sidoarjo, East Java on Wednesday. The refugees picked one site for their prayer in Ketapang Keres village cancelling the two previous locations within the mud flooded area prepared the day before. Hundreds of Lapindo mudflow refugees held Idul Fitri…
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Lapindo Victims Cry For Cash Aid
“All we have has been submerged below the drying mud,” Muhayatin, 38, a former resident of the submerged village of Renokenongo,
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Temuan Baru tentang Lumpur Lapindo
Luapan lumpur itu hampir dipastikan diakibatkan oleh kesalahan pengeboran yang dilakukan oleh Lapindo Brantas Inc dan bukan akibat efek dari gempa bumi. oleh Rusdi Mathari SEBUAH tim peneliti independen yang terdiri dari para ahli geologi dari Universitas Durham, Inggris dan Universitas California, Amerika Serikat, kemarin mengungkapkan temuan penting sehubungan semburan lumpur panas Lapindo di Porong,…
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Lapindo Silt Feared to Trigger Major Flooding
Mudflow victims on Wednesday protested the dumping of mud into the Porong River for a second time, saying the buildup of sediment had produced a pungent stench and increased the risk of rainy season flooding along the East Java river. The mud mass has reached between two and five meters from the top of the…
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Santos Stuck in Mudflow Controversy
SIDOARJO, INDONESIA– Santos is facing a blowout in the clean-up bill from the world’s largest mud volcano in East Java, as a new report funded by the Australian government concludes the disaster cannot be contained. The study, which was conducted by the United Nations Environment Program and AusAid and is yet to be made public, says…
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Kontrak Bantuan Sosial Dinilai Merugikan Warga
Warga harus meninggalkan lokasi setelah tiga bulan meneken kontrak SURABAYA – Korban lumpur Lapindo dari Desa Kedungcangkring, Pejarakan, dan Desa Besuki Barat di Kecamatan Jabon, Sidoarjo, tidak bersedia menandatangani akad perjanjian pemberian uang paket bantuan sosial. “Terus terang kami keberatan karena ada satu pasal yang memberatkan,” kata Nurrohim, koordinator warga, kemarin. Pasal tersebut berbunyi, “Warga…
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Santos Denies Poor Attitude Over Mud Mountain
Australian oil and gas giant Santos has denied playing down the seriousness of a mud mountain, which it allegedly helped to create. The company, responding to a report on the unstoppable mudflow that was caused by a gas drilling incident in Indonesia in 2006, said it rejected suggestions that it has understated the severity of…
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Santos Denies Playing Down Indonesia Mud Volcano Disaster
SYDNEY (AFP) — Australian oil and gas giant Santos on Monday denied downplaying the seriousness of the disaster caused by the world’s largest “mud volcano” in Indonesia. The company was responding to a report that said it faced a ten-fold blowout of the clean-up bill from the unstoppable mudflow that was caused by a gas…
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Santos Responds to Sidoarjo Mudflow Incident Report
Santos has been supporting the efforts of the Agency and Lapindo and continues to believe that a resolution may ultimately be reached between all relevant parties.
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Santos Defends $US79M For Indonesian Clean-up
Santos’ share of the clean-up costs for the disaster could run as high as $830 million.
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Institute Offers to Plug Mud Leaks
The current handling by the Sidoarjo Mudflow Handling Agency (BPLS) is not effective enough since the mudflow is partly dumped into a giant pond and partly diverted into the Porong River.
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Santos says has provisions for clean-up bill
Santos: The only way to mitigate the disaster was to transport the mud 14 kilometres to the ocean.
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Lapindo Mudflow Problem Badly Managed
Lapindo: The company had disbursed Rp 4,4 trillion in managing the mudflow.
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NGOs slam govt over mudflow
The President must also be brave and ask all relevant parties, including his minister responsible for this matter, to complete payment of compensation.
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Lapindo mudflow threatens Japanese investment
The congested Porong artery and toll roads are the only links connecting Pasuruan with the port and the provincial capital.
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Mudflow victims urge govt to complete payment
Victim: We don’t know how long we will stay here, but we really expect to meet the President.
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Mudflow submerges Renokenongo
BPLS called on Lapindo to pay compensation to the Renokenongo residents.
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Komnas HAM Siapkan Rekomendasi
Komnas HAM juga memediasi warga bertemu dengan Departemen Pekerjaan Umum, Departemen Sosial, dan Badan Pertanahan Nasional.