Day: December 30, 2021

Masduki highlights Cooperatives Ministry’s achievements in 2021

Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Teten Masduki on Thursday enumerated his ministry’s achievements in 2021, including the laying of five foundations for creating a more adaptive business ecosystem. The first foundation was enabling easy access to financing for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), the minister said. “So

Yogyakarta to activate street lights, CCTVs to deter street crimes

The Yogyakarta municipal authority will ensure that all street lights and CCTV at public locations and roads are activated to discourage street crimes, known locally as “klithih” in the city. “We have instructed the authority to activate all street lights and CCTVs installed at several locations in the city and

Jakarta air quality improves noticeably with fewer unhealthy days

Jakarta’s air quality from 2012 to 2021 has continued to show a marked improvement as was apparent from a downward trend in terms of the number of unhealthy days, according to the Jakarta provincial government. As per Jakarta’s Air Pollution Standard Index during the January-December 2021 period, no day was

BRGM exceeds 2021 mangrove rehabilitation target

The National Peatland and Mangrove Restoration Agency (BRGM) has said it managed to rehabilitate 34,911 hectares of mangroves in 2021, well above its target of 33 thousand hectares. At the BRGM’s ‘Year-End Reflection’ event here on Thursday, BRGM’s people empowerment deputy Gatot Soebiantoro informed that the initial target for the mangrove rehabilitation

Jakarta reports highest count of COVID-19 daily cases nationwide

Confirmed daily cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia rose by 189, with Jakarta recording the highest count of new cases, reaching 53, on Thursday, as of 12 p.m. local time, the COVID-19 Handling Task Force confirmed. Based on data of the COVID-19 Task Force received here on Thursday, the second highest

Kominfo pushes three strategies to handle negative online content

The Communication and Informatics Ministry (Kominfo) has said it is continuing to push three key strategies, from the upstream to the downstream level, for handling negative content in the digital space. “We will bolster human resources, we will update technology, and we will continue to monitor its management in order