Two East Kalimantan’s judokas, who have completed their matches in the 20th National Sports Week (PON) being held in Papua, have tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, their returns to their respective hometowns were delayed. The athletes have conducted polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test before returning home scheduled on Sunday.
The Marine and Fisheries Affairs Ministry has planned to establish seaweed farming villages in the eastern regions of Indonesia, as part of efforts to develop the top commodity in the fisheries sub-sector. “The government will develop seaweed villages starting next year in Southeast Maluku and East Sumba,” the ministry’s Director General
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) visited a market in Sota Sub-district, Merauke District, Papua Province, on Sunday after inaugurating the Sota cross-border post (PLBN). As revealed by a written statement from the Press Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat, at the market which is one of the facilities around the Sota integrated cross-border
The Mimika District Health Office has ensured that the spread of malaria in the district continues to be under control, as the 20th National Sports Week (PON) takes place in several areas in Papua, including Mimika. Head of the Mimika Health Office Reynold Ubra said here Sunday that anticipatory measures regarding malaria containment leading
People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo expressed hope that the 20th PON National Games being held in Papua Province would strengthen the sense of nationhood and nationalism among Indonesians. “There is a mutual relationship between sports and nationalism,” he told journalists after attending the opening ceremony of Papua’s PON