Day: April 18, 2022

Phase I ASO, Kominfo and Mux Organizers Prepare 3.2 Million Free STB

Central Jakarta, Kominfo – In the first phase of the Analog Switch Off (ASO) program, the Ministry of Communication and Information and multiplexing (mux) providers prepared 3.2 million free Set Top Boxes (STB) for poor households.  Special Staff of the Minister of Communication and Information for Political Communication Philip Gobang

East Timor Heads to Polls to Pick Next President

DILI, EAST TIMOR — East Timor’s citizens head to the polls on Tuesday to choose either a Nobel laureate or the incumbent president, a former guerrilla fighter, as their next leader. Polling stations in Southeast Asia’s youngest country open at 7 a.m. (2200 GMT Monday) for what is a rematch of

Silver lining of COVID-19 for Indonesian education system

Children are not robots, schools are not factories, moreover, everyone has extraordinary abilities or talents in thinking and creating, and everyone is a genius in their own way. However, Albert Einstein once said that if a fish that is good at swimming is forced to climb a tree, it will

1 killed, scores more feared dead in building collapse in Indonesia’s Kalimantan

One was killed and scores more feared dead after the collapse of a mini market in South Kalimantan province’s district of Banjar on Monday afternoon, with evacuation still underway, a top rescuer said, Trend reports citing Xinhua. According to Wasino, head of the Operation Unit of the Provincial Search and Rescue Office,

Second Global COVID-19 Summit to Be Held May 12

WASHINGTON — The White House has announced the United States will co-host the second global COVID-19 summit virtually on May 12 to discuss increasing efforts to end the pandemic internationally and prepare for future variants of the coronavirus. “The emergence and spread of new variants, like omicron, have reinforced the need

Jakarta government-awareness group collects waste amid IYC at JIS

The Jakarta Environmental Office and ‘Pasukan Jakarta Sadar Sampah’ (Jakarta Aware of Waste Group) deployed several personnel to conduct the ‘Trash Operation’ amid the implementation of the International Youth Championship (IYC). Spokesperson of Pasukan Jakarta Sadar Sampah Dudit Noor noted in a statement here on Sunday that the personnel worked