Day: October 6, 2021

Vaccination coverage reaches 64 percent in S Sulawesi’s Makassar city

The city government of Makassar in South Sulawesi Province claimed that the city’s vaccination coverage has reached 64.5 percent for the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. “To date, the vaccination coverage has reached 64.5 percent,” Makassar Mayor Moh Ramdhan Pomanto stated here Wednesday. With that achievement, Pomanto noted that the city government will continue to

Govt working on bioenergy development strategy

The Indonesian government is formulating a strategy to facilitate the development of bioenergy, especially from agro and wood processing industry waste, an official has said. The strategy is being created through collaboration between the Directorate General of Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry and

Papua PON chance to scout talented athletes: Sports Minister

Sports and Youth Affairs Minister, Zainudin Amali, has said that the Papua National Games (PON) XX could be an opportunity for talent scouting and finding young athletes for the national team. “This PON is also counted as a talent scouting event, we will see young athletes, we are monitoring them.

Need Rp700 trillion revenue to keep budget deficit below 3%: Indef

The government will require additional revenue of up to Rp700 trillion to keep the state budget deficit below three percent of the GDP (gross domestic product), the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) said. “By 2023, we need around Rp600 to Rp700 trillion. Without additional government revenue, especially

KONI urges inclusion of pencak silat in Olympics

General chairman of the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI), Marciano Norman, has urged the Indonesian Pencak Silat Association (IPSI) to continue developing the traditional martial art so that it can be included in the Olympics. “Pencak silat is an original Indonesian martial art, thus we have to work together to

Some areas in Jakarta will be submerged by 2050, predicts researcher

Several locations in Jakarta are expected to be submerged by 2050, Research Professor of Meteorology at the Aviation and Space Research Organization of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Eddy Hermawan, has said. “In 2050, the seawater will not touch the Monas area. There will be several areas affected