Day: December 6, 2022

Govt must ensure new Criminal Code does not hurt people: Legislator

The government must ensure that the implementation of the recently passed Criminal Code Law does not harm or criminalize people, a House of Representatives (DPR) legislator has said. “We fully support the renewal of our criminal law, but we must also remember to ensure that the Criminal Code implementation does

Regulation No. 21/2022 offers solution to citizenship issues: Ministry

The Law and Human Rights Ministry has said that Government Regulation (PP) No. 21 of 2022 concerning amendments to PP No. 2 of 2007 offers solutions to issues related to citizenship. “This regulation (PP No. 21 of 2022) was prepared to provide protection and legal certainty for the people of

Competence of health volunteers crucial during any disaster: governor

The competence of health volunteers is irreplaceable in facing disaster risk, Bali Governor Wayan Koster said at the “National Festival of Health Volunteers and Public Safety Center 119” on Tuesday. “Because of their competence that cannot be replaced by other professionals, health volunteers are needed at every stage of the

NFA builds public kitchen to serve quake victims balanced meals

The National Food Agency (NFA) and the local government have established a public kitchen that will make 18 thousand diverse, nutritionally balanced, and safe meal servings for the Cianjur earthquake victims for the next 6 days. “We will prepare around 3 thousand packages a day for the next 6 days,”

Ministry accelerates efforts to reduce stunting

The Health Ministry is using a targeted approach to handle nutritional problems in young women, pregnant women, and toddlers to accelerate efforts to reduce the stunting rate to 14 percent by 2024. “We will strengthen specific interventions to accelerate stunting rate reduction to (bring the rate to) 14 percent by

BI optimistic of 2023 digital finance growth

Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo has said that he is optimistic about Indonesia’s digital finance growth outlook for 2023 despite the global economic stagnation expected the same year. During a coordination meeting of the Regional Digitization Acceleration and Expansion Team (TP2DD), which was followed from here on Tuesday, he