Month: November 2021

President visits East Java to inaugurate two dams, plant rice

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) paid a working visit to East Java to inaugurate two dams and plant rice along with the farmers in Trenggalek District, East Java on Tuesday. The head of state and his entourage departed for East Java aboard the presidential aircraft Indonesia-1 via the Halim Perdanakusuma Airbase

Mt Rinjani closed until March 2022

  Praya, Central Lombok, W Nusa (ANTARA) – The Mount Rinjani trekking route in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, will be closed from November 29, 2021 to March 31, 2022 due to extreme weather to ensure visitors’ safety. “The closure will be effective from November 29, 2021 to March 31, 2022

Minister concerned about Omicron variant’s impact on national recovery

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati expressed concern over the impacts of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Indonesia’s recovery on account of its spread to several western and eastern countries. “We are very vigilant, and (we are) observing what is taking place in various parts of the world, including

Be prepared to face La Nina again

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has monitored that the sea surface temperature at the equatorial Pacific Ocean dropped to minus 0.61 since the first day of October 2021. The condition indicates the emergence of La Nina phenomenon since theoretically, the temperature has crossed the limit of 0.5, a

President Jokowi to officiate two dams in East Java

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has officiated the Tugu Dam in Trenggalek District and Gongseng Dam in Bojonegoro District in East Java Province. “Thank God, we have two additional large dams in East Java Province, i.e., Gongseng Dam in Bojonegoro and also Tugu Dam in Trenggalek District,” Jokowi stated in Trenggalek,