Day: January 12, 2022

Stunted growth recorded in 22 children at the Indonesian border

A total of 22 children in the Belakangpadang Sub-district, Batam City, Riau Islands, suffer from stunting. Deputy Mayor of Batam, Amsakar Achmad, stated that the stunting rate recorded in the buffer islands, including in the district of Belakangpadang, located adjacent to Singapore, was relatively smaller than the data on children

Tangerang city gov’t to give booster shots to 40,000 elderly people

The Tangerang city government is aiming to administer COVID-19 boosters to 40 thousand citizens aged above 60 who meet the eligibility requirements, Mayor of Tangerang, Arief R Wismansyah, has said. “Today we are starting to conduct booster vaccinations, but first we prioritize people who are over 60 years old or

BMKG Palu surveys dangers of large-scale development in mining areas

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Geophysics Station in Palu, Central Sulawesi, conducted a survey on disasters and hazards in large-scale development in mining areas. “We have surveyed the large-scale infrastructure development up to the port,” Head of the BMKG Data and Information Section for the Palu Geophysics Station,

Telkom-private enterprise collaboration eyes training digital talents

State-owned telecommunication company Telkom Indonesia is collaborating with a multinational private technology enterprise to train three thousand digital talents to support digital transformation conducted by a Telkom subsidiary company. Thousands of such talents came from four departments and subsidiaries of Telkom Indonesia and will undergo the digital talent development program

Minister highlights increase in number of independent villages in 2021

Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Minister Abdul Halim Iskandar drew attention to the fact that the number of independent villages had increased in 2021. “According to the Village Building Index (IDM), there were 3,269 independent villages in 2021, an increase as compared to 1,741 independent villages in 2020,”

Job Loss Insurance latest breakthrough in social assistance

Social security employment in Indonesia is entering a new phase ahead of the start of the Job Loss Insurance (JKP) program, which will begin in February 2022, and target workers affected by layoffs (PHK). The JKP program will help laid-off workers find new jobs, provide them cash assistance, access to