Day: February 14, 2022

Legislator invites Foreign Affairs Minister to discuss RUU PPRT

Member of Commission IV of the House of Representatives (DPR), Luluk Nur Hamidah, has asked Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi to get involved in the discussion on the domestic workers’ protection bill (RUU PPRT). “Our international diplomacy would be stronger if we have a bill that provides protection to domestic

547 personnel to secure Jakarta-based 2022 G20 Finance Track meetings

Some 547 personnel will be deployed to secure the implementation of the second 2022 G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies (FCBD) meeting and first 2022 G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting. “The Jakarta Metropolitan Police, along with the Jakarta Regional Military Command and Jakarta Provincial Government, will

No strict activity limitations due to declining COVID-19 cases

The government has decided to not impose stricter regulations during level 3 of community activity restrictions, as the number of COVID-19 cases in several places had started to decline. “We have not seen any (reason to) impose stricter monitoring again, no, instead, we are relaxing what (regulations) we are doing,

BNPB distributes free masks at 47 locations in Jakarta

VID-19 Handling Task Force chief, said that the mask distribution activity aimed to fulfill the people’s demand for masks and bolster health protocol implementation. The activity was conducted as a part of a three-day mask distribution initiative that has been carried out since Friday and Saturday, he added. In accordance

Disseminate more information on zakat empowerment to public: Ministry

The Religious Affairs Ministry urged its staff at regional offices to massively disseminate information on zakat (alms) empowerment assistance program in a bid to encourage the public to collectively become zakat payers (muzaki). “We have to disseminate information on a more massive scale, so that the public will know that

West Java prepares additional hospital beds amid COVID surge

The West Java provincial government has increased bed availability for COVID-19 patients in hospitals by 9,907 beds, an official informed on Monday. The decision is in line with the increase in the bed occupancy rate (BOR) in the region, Head of the West Java COVID-19 Task Force Dewi Sartika said. Based