Jakarta (ANTARA) – The government will solely impose value-added tax (VAT) on premium basic necessities through amendment to Law No. 6 of 1983 on general provisions and taxation procedures (RUU KUP), according to the Finance Ministry. “Of course, not all basic necessities (will be subject to VAT). For instance, basic
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Chief Jusuf Kalla appealed to the public to help maintain the availability of no less than 5.5 million bags of donated blood to meet the nation’s requirements. “According to calculations, the demand for donated blood reaches two percent of the total population. Since
Jakarta (ANTARA) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) expressed strong belief that the pace of COVID-19 vaccination would ascertain the success in handling the pandemic. Regions, such as Jakarta, with a high population, public mobility, and interaction, will need vaccination to be conducted at a fast pace, Jokowi remarked during his
Palembang, South Sumatra (ANTARA) – Villagers of Sako Suban, Musi Banyuasin, South Sumatra, urged the environmental affairs and forestry ministry to review a license granted to PT Marga Baya Jaya coal company for building a road inside a forest area. The residents of Sako Suban are restive over a plan
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Chairman Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, popularly called JK, stated that 90 percent of the convalescent plasma obtained from blood of COVID-19 survivors was effective in curing SARS-CoV-2 infected patients, particularly in East Java. “Convalescent plasma is a long-standing discovery that plasma from a recovered
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian government has distributed 3.274 million tons, or 36.22 percent of this year’s target of 9.041 million tons, of subsidized fertilizers to farmers across Indonesia as of June 9, 2021. The distribution of subsidized liquid organic fertilizers has so far reached 2.220 tons, or 0.15 percent of