Day: November 11, 2022

National Library to honor activists helping cultivate love of reading

The National Library will confer the Nugra Jasa Dharma Pustaloka Awards to people who have campaigned for the movement to promote the habit of reading among the public. “The award will be given to individuals, groups, and institutions that have succeeded in initiating, encouraging, and carrying out activities to cultivate

G20 agree to support health protocol harmonization

G20 member countries have agreed to support the building of health protocol harmonization networks between countries, which will help maintain economic stability by allowing the movement of people and goods amid the pandemic. “This harmonization comes in the form of travel certification collaboration between countries,” the Health Ministry’s secretary general,

Fintech can help promote economic growth: minister

Digital financial platforms, or financial technology (fintech), can help push national economic recovery and growth, according to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto. “The digital finance sector has very promising potential. Thus, the existence of various digital financial platforms as domestic players is expected to support the acceleration of

Six villages in West Papua getting round-the-clock power: official

Households in six villages of Kaimana sub-district, Kaimana district, West Papua province, are receiving 24-hour electricity supply thanks to the “Papua Terang” (Bright Papua) Program, a government official has said. The villages that have been electrified are Saria, Werua, Jarati, Sara, Namatota, and Maimai, Kaimana sub-district head Aris Bernad Oktovianus

Pfizer COVID vaccine stock still safe, Health Ministry assures

Director general for disease prevention and handling at the Ministry of Health, Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, has assured that the stocks of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine are still safe as the government has obtained additional five million doses. “Pfizer is still safe; the stock is still sufficient. Five million (doses have) arrived,

Yogyakarta to host 2023 ASEAN Tourism Forum: minister

Yogyakarta has been chosen as the host of the 2023 ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) given the city’s readiness in terms of its MICE infrastructure (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions) for the ministerial-level meeting. “I also picked Yogyakarta (as the location). I am very happy with Yogyakarta, and it is yearnable,” Tourism