Day: October 19, 2022

Nusantara City prioritized in expediting internet coverage

Part of Penajam North Paser, which is Sepaku Sub-District, as the new state capital Nusantara’s main area is prioritized for internet network expansion, and a base transceiver station (BTS) or communication tower will be built there. On Wednesday, Secretary of the Penajam North Paser District’s Communication and Information Office, Herlambang,

Ministry to optimize Posyandu to boost health service accessibility

The Ministry of Health will optimize integrated health services posts (posyandus) in several regions to boost accessibility to health services among the community, a ministry official has said. “Aside from general services, they (posyandus) could provide simple treatment so that access is closer to the community,” acting director for immunization

Ministry endeavors to improve job training for disabled people

The Social Affairs Ministry is striving to improve training for people with disabilities to widen their access to job opportunities or employment. “We have conducted training four times for them to access employment,” Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini stated here on Wednesday. Rismaharini remarked that the effort to expand training

President accepts Tony Blair’s offer to promote Nusantara

President Joko Widodo has received a statement of readiness from former British prime minister Tony Blair, expressing his willingness to assist in promoting the new state capital Nusantara to the global community. Blair made the statement during a meeting with Widodo at Merdeka Palace, here on Wednesday, Coordinating Minister for

Govt finds compounds in drugs that could trigger acute kidney failure

The Health Ministry has detected traces of compounds in samples of drugs consumed by patients in Indonesia that have the potential to cause acute kidney failure. “The findings come from an examination conducted in Indonesia, but we have not been able to conclude which compound. With this initial finding, the

Govt lists three urgent reasons for Draft Criminal Code ratification

Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights, Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej, has listed three reasons why the Draft Criminal Code needs to be ratified without delay. “I want to say why it is urgent for us to have a new Criminal Code. There are three (reasons),” he said at a