The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture’s official, Agus Suprapto, zeroed in on the problem of management in the efforts to reduce stunting. “If our stunting (prevalence) figure is still at 24.4 percent, theoretically, there is a management problem in the public gate (and) not a biomedical problem,” he
Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Bintang Puspayoga has called for greater contribution from women in efforts to promote electrical energy utilization, saying they cannot remain at the end of the chain as mere consumers. “Women cannot just remain as objects, but as subjects. It’s the same with the utilization
Vice President Ma’ruf Amin stated here on Monday that the government’s decision to import rice aimed to anticipate a shortage in national rice stocks. “It is true that the government has taken anticipatory efforts when it comes to rice. If (the stock) runs low, (then we will) import (rice). However,
Indonesian Ambassador to China Djauhari Oratmangun has invited Hong Kong investors to expand their businesses in Indonesia. “Come to and invest in Indonesia. Otherwise, you will be late,” the ambassador said following a meeting with businesspersons and investors in Hong Kong on Sunday. At the meeting, Oratmangun outlined a number
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) confirmed that the eruption of Mount Semeru in Lumajang District, East Java, did not cause a tsunami. After Mount Semeru spewed an avalanche of hot clouds on Sunday early morning, some news surfaced that the eruption of Mount Semeru could generate a tsunami in
The head of Jakarta’s Seribu Islands Administrative District, Junaedi, has asked that islands reclaimed under the Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) II urban development project be included in the district. “Otherwise, no matter how many district heads will manage the 21-year-old Seribu Islands (in the future), there would be no significant development,”