Day: May 12, 2022

Acting West Papua Governor appointment based on MRP proposal: minister

Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has said that the appointment of Commissioner General (retd.) Paulus Waterpauw as the acting Governor of West Papua was proposed by the provincial Papuan People’s Council (MRP). MRP is a special governmental institution representing the native culture of Papua and it has been granted certain

Minister urges MSMEs to adopt environmentally friendly practices

Cooperatives and SMEs Minister Teten Masduki has urged MSME players to employ environmentally friendly business practices to support the green economy thrust. Currently, green economy or environmentally friendly business practices are on the ministry’s agenda for transformative recovery, he informed during a webinar on ‘Green Economy Indonesia Summit 2022: The

President committed to providing social security to workers: KSP

President Joko Widodo is truly committed to providing social security to workers and laborers, deputy II of the chief of the Presidential Staff Office, Abetnego Tarigan, affirmed on Thursday. Tarigan delivered the statement at Bina Graha Building here during the visit of National Workers’ Union (SPN) representatives. He said that

Indonesia starting to transition to endemic stage of COVID: minister

Indonesia has begun to transition from the pandemic to the endemic phase, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy has said. “In essence, (we have to) look at the active cases, positivity rate, hospital occupancy rate, and mortality rate (to determine the transition to the endemic phase),” he

Minister targets one million new entrepreneurs for advanced Indonesia

Cooperatives and Small, Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Minister Teten Masduki targets the addition of one million new entrepreneurs to increase the ratio of the nation’s entrepreneurship under the government’s efforts to prepare Indonesia to become developed. “We know that all institutions predict that in 2045, Indonesia will rank among the top

Minister inaugurates gas and steam power plant in Riau

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arifin Tasrif launched a 275-megawatt gas and steam power plant in Tenayan Raya Industrial Complex, Pekanbaru, Riau, on Thursday. Deputy Governor of Riau, Edy Natar Nasution; president director of state-owned electricity firm PT PLN, Darmawan Prasodjo; president director of PT Medco Energi Internasional, Hilmi Panigoro;