Day: March 29, 2022

Minister lauds collaboration for advancing Riau fashion industry

Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno has lauded a collaborative attempt named Melayu Merindu to advance the creative and fashion industries by maximizing the potential of Indonesian traditional cloth. “Continuous innovation is required to establish a positive creative economy ecosystem to face a new economic era. The creative fashion

Pertamina should anticipate fuel demand surge during Eid homecoming

House of Representatives (DPR RI) Commission VI legislator Aria Bima urged state-owned oil company Pertamina to anticipate a possible surge in fuel demand during the Eid al-Fitr homecoming period expected next April. “There is a high probability that if the COVID-19 situation continues to improve, then there will be a

South Sumatra continues to implement limited face-to-face learning

The Education Office of South Sumatra Province announced that it is still implementing limited face-to-face learning for high school and vocational school students until the 2022-2023 new academic year. “The full (capacity) face-to-face learning has yet to be confirmed. What is clear is that (for) the 2022-2023 new academic year,

Garut-Cibatu railway reactivation to benefit people, local economy

Reactivation of the Garut-Cibatu railway line will be beneficial to the people and local economy, according to Minister of State-owned Enterprises Erick Thohir. “We must welcome the reactivation of the Garut-Cibatu railway line, as its reactivation will bring positive impacts to the people,” Thohir noted during an online seminar here

G20 supports Indonesia to issue vaccine certificate verifying system

Group of Twenty (G20) member states have thrown their weight behind Indonesia’s effort to issue a vaccine certificate verifying system to facilitate global travelling, the Health Ministry stated. “We call it a universal verifier for vaccine certificates. Thus, there will be one universal portal to verify countries joining this universal

Safeguarding language, identity of the people and nation

“Ayo berangkat, etam lihat pesut, kendiya keburu petang,” Alimin, head of Pela Village’s Tourism Management Community in Kota Bangun Sub-district, Kutai Kartanegara District, East Kalimantan, told his colleagues. In English, it translated to “Let’s go, we will see dolphins, (if we are late) we will not catch up with the sun.”