The Indonesian government has allocated a budget of Rp84.7 trillion (US$5.9 billion) for the provinces of Papua and West Papua for 2022, the Ministry of Finance, through its Directorate General of Finance Balance, has informed. “The figure has increased from Rp79.7 trillion in 2020, but decreased from Rp85.8 trillion in
A molecular COVID-19 test based on the RT-LAMP (reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification) method can generate results in less than an hour, which is quicker than RT-PCR tests. A researcher at the Chemical Research Center of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Tjandrawati Mozef, made the remarks at an
The Indonesian government will actively participate in the 2022 ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) in Cambodia on January 17-20, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno stated. “I will be present virtually on account of the Omicron situation in Indonesia in line with President Joko Widodo’s directive,” the minister remarked
The Indonesian Government is currently formulating the 2022–2041 Papua Development Acceleration Master Plan (RIPP), expert staff to the National Development Planning (PPN/Bappenas) Minister, Oktorialdi, said during a meeting here on Monday. The 2022–2041 Papua RIPP is based on Law No. 2 of 2021 on Special Autonomy for Papua, he added.
Member of Commission X of the House of Representatives (DPR) Putra Nababan emphasized the need to evaluate the implementation of 100-percent face-to-face learning in Jakarta amid the increasing number of Omicron cases. “Face-to-face learning, with 100-percent capacity, is implemented in several provinces with different case counts of Omicron. Regions, with
A member of the Indonesian Police’s Operation Nemangkawi Task Force was shot during a gunfight with several armed Papuan separatist terrorists in the Kiwirok area of Pegunungan Bintang District on Monday morning. First Constable Bachtiar survived the shooting though he sustained a gunshot injury on the left side of his