Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has asked the Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry to prioritize the construction of strategic roads in Palu city, Central Sulawesi province, to expedite post-earthquake recovery. A-7.4 magnitude earthquake that hit the city on September 28, 2018 had triggered a tsunami and soil liquefaction, he
Four indicators have pointed to an increasing trend of COVID-19 transmission in Indonesia over the past two weeks, spokesperson for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, has said. “This increase is an early alarm, and we should set the target to control the cases, so they remain controlled,” he
The East Java provincial government has received 1,500 gas stoves for Mount Semeru hot cloud evacuees who will be accommodated in temporary housing soon. “God’s love is so great. When discussing the facilities for the temporary housing, (the hope of procuring them) was answered at the evening. We are very grateful,”
At least 18 buffer villages around the Mandalika Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Central Lombok district, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), will be revitalized ahead of the MotoGP event at Mandalika Circuit, an official has said. The head of the NTB Provincial Village Community and Government Empowerment and Civil Registration Office
Indonesia held 17 border negotiations in 2021 with the Philippines, Malaysia, Palau, and Vietnam to strengthen the country’s territorial sovereignty, Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi has said. “Our diplomats continue to strengthen our sovereign diplomacy with border negotiations as an important element,” she remarked while delivering the 2022 Annual Press
There has been an increase in reports of sexual violence on campus, the National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has revealed. The commission attributed the increase in reported cases to the issuance of the Regulation of the Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Permendikbud Ristek) Number 30