Vice President Jusuf Kalla (center) accompanied UN Secretary General Antonio Gutteres (right) and CEO World Bank Kristalina Georgiva (left) when visiting Balaroa housing complex, Palu, Central Sulawesi, Friday (Oct 12).

UN Secretary General expresses sorrow over quake victims

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PALU -- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed deep sorrow to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Palu and Donggala, Central Sulawesi. Guterres, along with the World Bank CEO and ADB Representatives, flew from Bali to Palu to jointly review the affected areas along with Vice President M Jusuf Kalla."We are together with Sulawesi and...

As electricity supply still a big issue, The German Agency for Technical Relief (THW) to deliver 40 urgently needed power generators for earthquake and tsunami victims in Palu, Central Sulawesi. (Illustration)

Germany sends 40 power generators to Central Sulawesi

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The German Government has sent 40 power generators towards electricity supply in the disaster-affected areas in Central Sulawesi. It was done as a response to its Indonesian counterpart's request for urgent and specific aids. According to a statement from German Embassy in Jakarta, the aid, with equipment from The German Agency for Technical Relief (THW) to...