Day: September 2, 2021

Every village must have midwife to help stunting handling: BKKBN

Head of the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) Hasto Wardoyo has proposed that every village has at least one midwife to help accelerate stunting reduction. The issue of stunting at the central level to the city and district has received enough attention, he opined. However, at the village level, changes in

Small-scale palm oil rejuvenation to increase productivity: VP

The rejuvenation of small-scale palm oil plantations is aimed at increasing productivity, Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has said. Small-scale palm oil plantation productivity is still as low as 3.7 tons per hectares a year therefore, increasing productivity would require the government’s support, Amin said while observing the first harvest of

Digital television broadcasts to be free for public: Kominfo

The Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) has reaffirmed that digital terrestrial television broadcasts will be free for the public. “It will be free to air with no subscription fee, in contrast to cable television or paid television,” director general of information and public communication, Usman Kansong, said at a

Nearly 1.2 million Pfizer vaccine doses arrive in Indonesia today

The Indonesian government received 1.2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in finished form from producer Pfizer, Thursday afternoon, Indonesia’s Deputy Minister of Health Dante Saksono Harbuwono stated. “Today, we have received nearly 1.2 million doses of the vaccine from Pfizer in finished form. The exact figure is approximately 1,195,740

Indonesia’s vaccination sped up as vaccine supplies increase: govt

The government’s national COVID-19 vaccination has been sped up in the last six weeks in line with increased vaccine supplies in the country, Indonesia’s Vice Minister of Health Dante Saksono Harbuwono stated. “Since the first vaccination was conducted on January 13, 2021, the rate of vaccination has reached 50 million

PKS maintains constructive opposition: Jazuli Juwaini

Chairperson of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Faction at the House of Representatives (DPR RI) Jazuli Juwaini said his party keeps providing constructive opposition to the Joko Widodo (Jokowi) -Ma’ruf Amin administration to maintain the system of checks and balances in Indonesia’s democracy. “We, as the opposition, remain committed to maintaining the system