Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has urged the public to be grateful that the daily COVID-19 transmission rate has continued to flatten, reflecting the good handling of the pandemic in the country. “We should be grateful, still, we need to stay vigilant,” he said at the 2021 Finance Summit, televised here
Many kids who have lost their parents to COVID-19 are experiencing behavioral changes, advocacy coordinator and child protection specialist for SOS Children’s Villages Indonesia, Tri Dewi Saraswati, has said. “Kids are often dazed/dumbfounded, their eyes are blank. There are kids who go out (of their homes) every day. They say
Addressing world leaders at this year’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) highlighted an issue that has remained a prime concern for almost all nations today: the COVID-19 pandemic. “When will people be free from the pandemic?” was the question that the President put before world
National Police chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo visited several venues for Papua’s PON National Games on Thursday and assured that the multi-sport event will run in an orderly and secure manner. Among the sporting venues he reviewed ahead of the official opening ceremony of the country’s biggest multi-sport event on
Personnel from the Border Security Task Force Mechanical Infantry Battalion 643/Wanara Sakti arrested a man on drug possession charges at the Entikong sub-district Community Control and Command Tactical Post in Sanggau district, West Kalimantan. “The arrest was made on Wednesday night when we conducted inspection and frisked people who passed the
The XX Papua National Sports Week (PON) 2021 has led to an increase in the COVID-19 vaccination coverage in Papua, head of Papua province’s Health Office, Robby Kayame, said here on Thursday. Residents have become more enthusiastic about getting the COVID-19 vaccine, especially after the government made it mandatory for