Day: September 4, 2021

West Papua police chief condemns killing of Kisor soldiers

West Papua Police chief Inspector General Tornagogo Sihombing has condemned the killing of four soldiers at Kisor military post in the early hours of Thursday and called their assailants “savages”. “Amid the COVID-19 pandemic situation, we still find savages. The attackers’ acts of violence are brutal,” he told journalists in

President Jokowi welcomes UAE Trade Minister

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) received a courtesy call from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of State for Foreign Trade Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi at the Merdeka Palace, here on Friday. Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi remarked that the Presidentd welcomed the UAE minister while highlighting that it

BSN to regulate standards for tobacco processed products

The National Standardization Agency (BSN) is currently formulating standards for other tobacco processed products (HPTL) to protect consumers amid the array of HPTL products circulating in Indonesia. Director of Development of Agro, Chemical, Health, and Halal Standards of National BSN, Wahyu Purbowasito, noted that his side had completed working on

C Kalimantan senator urges officials to address agrarian conflicts

Regional Representative Council (DPD RI) senator Agustin Teras Narang highlighted that agrarian conflicts in his constituency of Central Kalimantan were rampant despite an existing legal basis that ought to address the issue. “I have noticed that Presidential Regulation No. 86 of 2018 on Agrarian Reform is yet to address the

Bondowoso coffee draws European interest as export potential explored

Coffee farmers in Bondowoso District, East Java, have begun exploring the export potential after offering their coffee beans for the 2021 Indonesian Coffee Cupping event hosted by the Indonesian Embassy in The Hague, the Netherlands. ” Alhamdulillah (Praise be to Allah), coffee farmers under our support successfully contributed their coffee

AWDA Fintech, Batumbu to disburse Rp100-billion loans for MSMEs

Fintech Company Astra Welab Digital Arta (AWDA) is partnering with PT Berdayakan Usaha Indonesia (Batumbu) to distribute production loans to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), with a distribution target of Rp100 billion. Under this collaboration, AWDA, through its product Maucash, will distribute financing for MSMEs with a Supply Chain