Day: February 24, 2022

Local radio stations remain backbone of information dissemination: KPI

Waingapu, East Nusa Tenggara (ANTARA) – Radio stations will remain the backbone of information dissemination in rural and remote regions of the country, Commissioner of the Indonesia Broadcasting Commission (KPI) Nuning Rodiyah has said. “As some regions are yet to receive Internet and television coverage, radio broadcasts will remain the backbone to

Ministry presents Merah Putih vaccine’s halal certificate to PT Biotis

The Ministry of Religious Affairs has presented the halal certificate of the Merah Putih (Red-and-White) COVID-19 vaccine to PT Biotis Pharmaceuticals Indonesia, as the vaccine producer. The halal certificate was given after the Food and Drug Research Institute (LPPOM) of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) and the Halal Certification Agency

President Jokowi launches TBM operation for MRT Jakarta’s Phase 2A

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) officially launched the operation of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the construction of Phase 2A of the MRT Jakarta project at the Bundaran HI MRT Station in Jakarta on Thursday. “The provision of modern, convenient, and integrated transportation must be continued, especially for DKI Jakarta,”

COVID-19: Second dose coverage reaches 142.5 million

With 710,916 people receiving the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, the number of second dose recipients in Indonesia has reached 142,517,246, according to data provided by the Task Force for COVID-19 Handling. Meanwhile, 217,607 people received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, taking the

Indonesia’s Martadinata warship sails to India for joint exercise

Indonesian naval warship KRI Raden Eddy (RE) Martadinata-331 has sailed to India to take part in a joint Multilateral Naval Exercise dubbed Milan-2022. The exercise will be held in Visakhapatnam waters in the coastal Indian state of Andhra Pradesh from February 26 to March 4, 2022. KRI R.E. Martadinata-331 is

Enhancing Indonesian state-owned enterprises through clustering

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given a period of one to two years for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to make fundamental changes to increase their competitiveness. On October 14, 2021, Jokowi stated that he was pleased to witness the clustering of container terminal operator and port development firm Pelindo into one