Kalimantan Barat

Malaysia, Brunei to take part in Malay cultural festival

antara.co.id     Jul 18, 2008          

Pontianak, West Kalimantan (ANTARA News) - Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam will take part in the Fifth Malay Cultural Festival to be held in Sanggau, around 220 km east of Pontianak, West Kalimantan Province, from July 21 to 24,...                    

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chainsaw threat to great apes

wordpress.com     Jul 12, 2008          

(Reported by: Narelle Towie-Science and Environment Reporter of Perthnow Magazine, Australia) GET an up-close look at nature in two of its most pristine forms deep in an Indonesia jungle. Dripping with sweat, we scrambled along...                    

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EC-RI FLEGT project takes journalists to Danau Sentarum National Park

antara.co.id     May 23, 2008          

Pontianak, West Kalimantan, May 23 (ANTARA) - The EC-Indonesia FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) Support Project is organizing a field trip for journalists to Danau Sentarum National Park from May 23 to 27, 2008. The trip is aimed at finding facts in the field on the threat...                    

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Spirit of the hill

thestar.com.my     May 18, 2008          

STORIES FOR THE PALACE By DINA ZAMAN In her last column, the writer promised to share a story she had been told by her beloved old nanny, Tok Wok. THIS story is about the Cave Djinn who lived in Bukit Puteri in Johor. The cave is now empty but, once upon a time, when your parents weren’t even...                    

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Pontianak in video causes a stir

thestar.com.my     Apr 15, 2008   3 related          

Sightings of a pontianak (woman vampire) captured on video have caused a stir among locals in Malacca, reported Harian Metro. ... For the past fortnight, droves of people have gathered at a bridge near Jalan Pulau Gadong, Malacca, where the 50-second video-clip was...                    

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West Kalimantan police arrest illegal logging suspect in Ketapang

antara.co.id     Apr 7, 2008   1 related          

West Kalimantan Police arrested an illegal logging suspect identified as 'Am' on Saturday (April5 ). ... "'Am' was arrested while driving with a colleague from Jungkat heading for Pontianak at 10.30 pm Western Indonesian Time (WIB) on Saturday," West Kalimantan Police...                    

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Garuda to serve Jakarta-Pontianak route twice daily

antara.co.id     Mar 19, 2008          

Garuda Indonesia is planning to fly from Jakarta to Pontianak, West Kalimantan, twice a day, its general manager said. ... "The plan to increase the number of flight frequencies has nothing to do with Adam Air`s decision to stop serving the route starting March 21,"...                    

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Air Force ready to bolster security in RI-Malaysia border region

antara.co.id     Mar 5, 2008          

The Supadio Air Force base in Pontianak is ready to secure restricted flight zone over Malaysia-Indonesia (RI) border in West Kalimantan province. ... "In order to bolster security, we have been operating technical surveillance supplemented by routine patrolling aircraft...                    

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