Social Affairs Minister Bachtiar Chamsyah assured here on Sunday that there was enough supply of rice for quake victims including for those in Bengkulu.

"Rice supply is secured. The problem is transporting and distributing them," he said after meeting with Bengkulu governor Agusrin Maryono Najamuddin.

Another aftershock rattled West Sumatra's west coastal areas at around 4 p.m on Sunday. The tremor that had its epicenter southwest of Bengkulu made many residents to run out of their homes for fear.

Meteorology and Geophysics Agency staff in Padang Panjang Fitri said as many as 18 tremors had been recorded since 00.00 hours, four of them measuring four to five on the Richter scale. She said the intensity of the aftershocks that followed three major earthquakes last week had dropped and therefore she appealed to the people not to panic.

Sukamade Turtle Beach Around 78 km south of Banyuwangi with its deep turquoise water, 250 kg sea turtles and a long beach, surrounded by vast cocoa, coffee and rubber plantations, are to be found here.

A heavy cloud darkened Sukamade Turtle Beach one evening in Banyuwangi, East Java, in early June.

Stars could be glimpsed occasionally, but they soon disappeared as the clouds rolled across the sky and the beach turned black.

In the central Javanese city of Solo, a statue of Gesang Martohartono looks over the gently flowing Bengawan Solo, or Solo  River.

It was the famous Indonesian singer-songwriter Gesang, who composed the celebrated Indonesian melody "Bengawan Solo" during  World War II -- when the country was under Japanese occupation.

"Bengawan Solo, this is a song of your history. People have been fascinated with this great river since ancient times, Around  the source of the Solo River, there are a thousand mountains, and the river flows all the way to the sea.

Banyuwangi is the most eastern regency of east java and it is a very easy for one who wants to go to Bali. Just 30 minutes until 1 hour with Ferry (Boat).  It is surrounded by mountainous and woody areas to the west; by sea to the east and south.

Tourism sector in Regency Banyuwangi have opportunity that is enough prospective to be developed to to become industry Pariwisata capable to in competition with Pariwisata in other area even manca state, this be reasonable, because the wisata object enough having immeasurable and have special characteristic and value is more compared to with other area. 

The Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park covers some 800 square kilometers in the centre of East Java. It is the largest volcanic region in the province and there stands Mt. Semeru, which rises 3676 meters above sea level. At its northern end is the spectacular Tengger Caldera, Java's largest, with its 10 km barren desert-like sea of sand. Within the caldera rise the deeply fissured volcanic cones of Batok and Bromo, the latter is still active with a cavernous crater from which smoke blows skyward.

Temperatures at the top of mount Bromo range about 5 to 18 degrees Celcius . To the south is a rolling upland plateau dissected by valleys and dotted with several small scenic lakes, extending to the foot of Mount Semeru, a towering grey forest-skirted cone dominating the southern landscape.

The first Art Summit Indonesia (ASI I/1995), was organized in the year 1995, coinciding with the commemoration of the Golden Year of Indonesian Independence, together with various special programs organized by the community to celebrate the 50 years of independence.

The philosophy reflected from specially packaged programs presenting works of contemporary arts in the field of music and dance of international level, contain expectation that through the media of art, the people could show their existence and contribution to the world in line with advancement and achievements reached during its 50 years of existence. 

Year 2006 was “the Year of Turtles” proclaimed by IOSEA (Indian Ocean and South East Asia) Secretariat and signed in agreement by the Indonesian government. Indonesia with its shoreline and vast seas possess 6 out of 7 of the world’s turtles speces. All turtle and parts of turtles are protected under statutory law in Indonesia. According to Act. No. 5/ 1990 on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Conservation, conduct of protected wildlife trade, including turtles, are subject to a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison and a fine up to Rp100 million. 

Although regulated by law, turtle and parts of turtle trade is still frequently taking place in many places around the country. The turtles are traded in the form of meat, eggs, shell, and souvenirs made from parts of the turtle’s body.

Since 1999 ProFauna Indonesia has worked on a campaign for turtle protection and a campaign against all manifestations of turtle trade. The following are ProFauna’s records on turtle trade in Indonesia during the year 2006.