Day: June 24, 2021

Pupuk Indonesia sets aside $670 million to revitalize plant

Jakarta (ANTARA) – State-owned fertilizer holding company PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) has set aside US$670 million to revitalize the IIIB plant of state fertilizer firm PT Pupuk Sriwijaya (Pusri) in Palembang, South Sumatra. The move is aimed at increasing the plant’s production capacity to 907 thousand tons of urea fertilizer

ASEAN, ICRC stress on building adaptability in face of disasters

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have emphasized the need for collective adaptability in view of the evolving disaster risk landscape within and beyond the region. To discuss natural and human-induced disasters as well as the coronavirus

NGOs played role in reducing forest fires, deforestation: CIFOR

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and other stakeholders have helped bring down the incidence of forest fires as well as deforestation, according to Herry Purnomo, a researcher at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). “It’s not only the government, or the Ministry of Environment and Forestry

5 PT Papua Cremona workers shot dead by unknown gunmen

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) – Unidentified gunmen fatally shot five employees of PT Papua Cremona who were working on constructing a bridge over the Kali Wit river in Yahukimo district of Papua province on Thursday. “That’s right. There is a report on attacks against civilian citizens, and discussions are currently going

Papua: Seven new cases emerge from church cluster in Wamena

Wamena, Papua (ANTARA) – The Jayawijaya COVID-19 task force announced on Thursday that it has tracked seven new positive cases connected to a coronavirus outbreak at a church in Wamena, the capital of Jayawijaya district, Papua province. The new patients were infected by a member of the church’s congregation, said

Ready to host PON XX, says Papua govt

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Papua provincial government has said it is prepared to host the 20th National Sports Week (PON) XX scheduled for October 2-15 this year. With 100 days to go before the opening ceremony of PON XX, Jayapura Mayor Benhur Tommy Mano has assured that it is safe