Day: January 18, 2022

Social Ministry adds data on disaster victims to DTKS

The Social Affairs Ministry has said it is improving integrated social welfare data (DTKS) by including information on victims affected by natural disasters in Indonesia. Currently, the improvement is being carried out by entering data on the victims of Mount Semeru eruption, which happened on December 4, 2021, Social Affairs

Indonesian President Chooses Nusantara As New Capital Name: Minister

Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, has chosen Nusantara, or archipelago in English, as the name of the new national capital, to be built on the country’s Kalimantan island, a senior government official said yesterday. “I just received a direct confirmation from the president on Friday and he said, the new capital

Indonesia Seizes 218.46 Kg Crystal Meth, Arrests 11 Suspects

Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency (BNN), seized 218.46 kg crystal methamphetamine and 16,586 ecstasy pills, and arrested 11 suspects in three provinces over recent days, said head of BNN, Commissioner General, Petrus Reinhard Golose, yesterday. Golose said, the first case involved narcotics shipments from Pontianak city in West Kalimantan province, to