REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, DENPASAR – Indonesia Navy will beef up marine security in Bali for the following Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) on November 8-9, 2012. “BDF is annual agenda, but we still patrol in every prone regions,” the Commander of Navy in Denpasar, I Wayan Suarjaya, said on Saturday. Police, inhabitants, and fisherman are also involved in…
The use of the world’s oceans as a dumping ground for harmful wastes has been systematically regulated and reduced under the terms of an international convention that, this year, celebrates 40 years since it was first adopted. The “Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972”, usually…
At least 14 passengers headed to Spain have died when their craft sunk off the coast of Morocco. The sinking reportedly took place Thursday in the Mediterranean Sea off the Moroccan city of Alhucemas, according to a Moroccan official. The ship was headed from Morocco to Spain. Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service sent a Spanish…
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Indonesia has been asked to serve as a mediator and to take actions to stabilize the conflict in the South China Sea, Navy Deputy Chief Vice Admiral Marsetio said. “To help redress conflicts in the South China Sea, we have established cooperation with China and Vietnam in conducting coordinated patrols.…