Day: October 22, 2021

Mataram tourism service readies quarantine center for WSBK spectators

The Mataram City Tourism Service in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province confirmed to have readied a centralized quarantine facility for the World Superbike (WSBK) motorcycle racing spectators that were identified positive for COVID-19. The World Superbike championship will be held on November 19-21, 2021, at the Mandalika Circuit, in Lombok,

Minister lauds Islamic boarding schools for efforts to handle COVID-19

Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas commended the efforts made by pesantren, Islamic boarding schools, in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. As cited from a press release of the Ministry of Religious Affairs received here, Friday, Minister Qoumas stated that Islamic boarding schools were proven to be able to face the COVID-19 pandemic

Govt conducts digital transformation through smart, green cities

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto spoke of the government implementing digital transformation through the concept of smart, green, and sustainable cities. “Rapid developments in digitalization in Indonesia also provide an opportunity to accelerate the realization of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that have become a global commitment through three

LPSK to provide protection to victims of illegal online lending

Deputy chairman of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK), Achmadi, has said that his agency is ready to provide protection to witnesses and victims of illegal online lending (pinjol). “We are ready to provide protection starting from the investigation process to the judicial,” he remarked while delivering an online

Kadin optimistic Kadin Net Zero Hub will cut greenhouse emissions

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has said that it believes the Kadin Net Zero Hub program will help lower greenhouse gas emissions by up to 29 percent by 2020-2030. The emissions reduction will be in accordance with the Paris Agreement, it noted. In a statement issued here

Latest research indicates digital platforms drive economic recovery

Digital platforms are found to enable those in the ecosystem to adapt, stay resilient, and eventually rebound amid economic shocks, such as the pandemic, as well as to drive economic recovery. The findings are based on the latest research from the Demographic Institute of the Faculty of Economics and Business,