Month: September 2021

KPU pushes for applying technology during 2024 election

The government should utilize technological developments in every election stage as stipulated in the revision of the General Election Law to accommodate SIREKAP in the 2024 Election, according to the General Elections Commission (KPU). SIREKAP, or Recapitulation Information System, is a vote-counting system for publication of results during elections. “We

Women’s rock climbing team secures first PON gold for NTB

The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) contingent for the PON XX National Games bagged its first gold medal after the women’s boulder team emerged victorious in the rock climbing sport. “We are optimistic that our first gold medal would bolster our athletes to exert more efforts to surpass our target of

Vaccination safeguards lives from threat of COVID-19: Expert

COVID-19 vaccination plays an important role in saving lives  from the threat of the disease, virology expert from Udayana University Prof. I Gusti Ngurah Kade Mahardika stated. “Vaccination save us and others. Hence, let us get vaccinated. This is humanity’s collective effort. Advancements in medicine have had a real impact

BNPB’s communication cars, personnel to support PON

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has provided a fleet of satellite technology-equipped communication cars to facilitate coordination among Health Protocol Task Force members amid the implementation of the XX Papua National Sports Week (PON). “The fleet has been stationed at the Health Protocols Sub-Task Force Post in Jayapura City

Digital optimization to be conducted across several strategic sectors

Digital optimization is conducted in various strategic sectors to support recovery of the national economy, the Communication and Informatics Ministry’s (Kominfo’s) official, Ichwanul Muslim, stated. “(This optimization) was conducted in sectors, such as farming with go digital farmers, maritime with go digital fishermen, tourism with digital content creation training, education

Indonesia receives 796,800 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Italy

Indonesia received 796,800 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from Italy on Thursday as a form of support from the Italian government through the global COVAX vaccine facility scheme. The 80th stage of the vaccine supply arrival has brought the total number of vaccines obtained by Indonesia to 274,400,590 doses, both