Day: September 8, 2021

PLUT can help MSMEs onboard into digital ecosystem: minister

Integrated business service centers (PLUT) can encourage micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to step into the onboarding stage of digitalization, Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs Teten Masduki has said. “Hopefully, this event can make strong MSMEs go digital and global and can spur PLUT to be better in providing services

Religious Affairs Ministry launches Sehati program for MSEs

The Religious Affairs Ministry has launched the Free Halal Certification Program (Sehati) to facilitate and support micro and small enterprises (MSEs) so they can help improve the national economy. “I welcome and appreciate this program. During this time of pandemic, where the business climate is (not doing so good), the

Developing tourism destinations through digital financing

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has restricted people’s mobility, has impacted the tourism sector’s sustainability in the country. According to Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno, the tourism sector has experienced a difficult period during the COVID-19 pandemic. In order for the tourism sector to survive and continue to

Domestic factory to use same vaccine technology as Pfizer: Minister

Vaccine factory PT Etana Biotechnologies Indonesia, East Jakarta will develop its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine by using the same technology as Pfizer, Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, has said. During the launch of the ‘Proud of Made in Indonesia Products #PasarLautIndonesia’ in Aceh, televised here on Wednesday,

Prison heads told to check electrical installations in prisons

Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly has directed all prison heads in Indonesia to inspect electrical installations in prisons following the fire outbreak at the Class I Prison in Tangerang, Banten. “I have asked the director general of correctional facilities and the prison heads to check the electrical

Environment, Forestry Ministry drives blue carbon inclusion in NDC

The Environment and Forestry Ministry is continuing to encourage the inclusion of blue carbon in the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) document considering its potential to store carbon, a senior official has said. Blue carbon is a term used to refer to the carbon stored in marine and coastal ecosystems, such