Day: June 17, 2022

Livestock vessels prioritize animal welfare: Transportation Ministry

The Transportation Ministry’s Directorate-General of Sea Transportation emphasized the use of livestock vessels to prioritize animal welfare to achieve food self-sufficiency, with emphasis on beef and buffalo, by ensuring smooth distribution using sea transportation modes. The use of livestock vessels was one of the programs enacted in Presidential Regulation Number

Former Malaysian PM visits NasDem Party office

Former Malaysian Prime Minister (PM) Mahathir Mohamad visited the National Democratic (NasDem) Party Office Tower in Jakarta on Friday in keeping with the party’s invitation to serve as honorary speaker at the NasDem working meeting. Based on ANTARA’s observations, former PM Mohamad was seen in a gray suit with his

Agriculture Ministry to soon distribute 800 thousand FMD vaccine doses

Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo said his ministry will immediately distribute 800 thousand doses of the foot and mouth disease (FMD) vaccine arrived at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Banten, Friday morning, to regions to accelerate outbreak handling. “Today, we received 800 thousand doses of the vaccine, and starting tomorrow, it can be

Gov’t should conduct comprehensive investigation into FMD in livestock

Member of Commission IX of the House of Representatives (DPR) Muchamad Nabil Haroen called on the government to conduct a thorough and comprehensive investigation into foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in livestock. “It is important for the government to investigate thoroughly because there are many losses caused by this FMD outbreak,” he

Ministry’s training to bolster health human resources at entry points

The Health Ministry holds the 2022 Basic Level Health Quarantine Education and Training in order to bolster human resources in the health sector, particularly at the country’s entry points. In a written statement on Thursday, the ministry’s Disease Prevention and Handling Director General Maxi Rein Rondonuwu noted that the health

KAI Commuter conducts trial at new Matraman Station

State railway firm’s subsidiary PT KAI Commuter conducted the first day of operational trials in Matraman Station, East Jakarta, along with the Ministry of Transportation and KAI’s Jakarta Operational Area 1. “Matraman Station can be easily accessible for commuter service users, especially (from/to) Kampung Melayu, Senen Station, Cempaka Putih, and