Day: September 4, 2021

BRI upbeat of economic recovery based on 2021 S1 performance

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, or BRI, is harboring increasing optimism about the nation’s economic recovery on account of the positive performance of BRI and other state-owned banks in the first semester of 2021. “Himbara’s (Association of State-Owned Banks’) performance in the first semester of 2021 and optimism until

75.52% of Riau Islands residents aged 18 and over vaccinated

At least 1,037,195 or 75.52 percent of Riau Islands residents aged 18 years and older have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, the COVID-19 Task Force has reported. A total of 1,373,372 people were targeted for the first dose of vaccination in the 18 and above age group,

Indonesia, US air forces conduct exercise for disaster response skills

The Indonesian and US air forces is to conduct joint exercises to enhance humanitarian assistance and disaster relief skills, the US Embassy in Jakarta noted in a written statement received here on Saturday. Airmen from Pacific Air Forces and service members from the Indonesian Air Force will participate in the

Parliament receptive to public inputs on PPHN restoration: MPR speaker

People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR RI) speaker Bambang Soesatyo reiterated the Parliament’s openness to public inputs on the proposed constitutional amendment to restore the State Policy Guidelines (PPHN). The Parliament will schedule a routine public discussion to take into account the public’s aspirations and clarify circulating hoaxes relevant to the constitutional

West Kalimantan Pertamina awards one thousand eco-friendly fuel users

The West Kalimantan branch of state-owned oil and gas corporation PT Pertamina (Persero) on Saturday awarded the first one thousand customers to purchase eco-friendly oil fuel RON 92, including pertamax and pertamina dex. Pertamina presented the customers tokens of appreciation while celebrating ‘National Customer Day’, West Kalimantan’s Pertamina sales branch

Bangka Belitung to use serologic survey to tackle COVID-19

The government of Bangka Belitung Islands will use a serologic survey to optimize COVID-19 handling and break the chain of virus transmission in the province. “This serology survey is a follow-up to the direction of Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian in optimizing the handling of COVID-19,” Bangka Belitung Islands Governor