Day: December 27, 2022

Effendy stresses health protocol compliance on New Year’s Eve

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs, Muhadjir Effendy, on Tuesday underscored the need for following the health protocols during New Year’s Eve celebrations to prevent COVID-19 transmission. “Residents are urged to continue observing the currently enforced health protocols,” Effendy said in a statement issued here on Tuesday. The

Bangkit graduates’ TeDi app helping people with disabilities

Their concern over the discrimination faced by persons living with disabilities led six young innovators to develop an application called TeDi or Teman Disabilitas (Friend for People with Disabilities). All six were college students who were participating in the 2022 Bangkit program, the Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministry’s career development program in the

Ready to monitor President’s five priority agendas: KSP

The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) is ready to oversee the five priority agendas of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Vice President Ma’ruf Amin’s administration in 2023. The five priority agendas are downstreaming and industrializing natural resources; optimizing clean energy sources and enhancing the green economy; increasing legal, social, political, and

KPK names 149 as suspects in graft cases in 2022

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named 149 people as suspects in corruption cases in 2022. “KPK has named 149 suspects or an increase of 38 suspects from the previous year,” KPK deputy chairperson Alexander Marwata said at a press conference on “KPK’s Performance and Achievements” at the commission’s Red and

Acute kidney failure: Police put two suspects on DPO list

Investigators from the Directorate of Certain Crimes (Dittipidter) of the National Police (Polri) have put two people on the wanted list (DPO) in connection with cases of acute kidney failure among children in Indonesia. Head of the public information section of Polri’s public relations division, Senior Commissioner Nurul Azizah, said

Jakarta: Govt turns to salt seeding to anticipate extreme weather

The government is preparing a weather modification plan involving salt seeding to check the growth of rain clouds and suppress extreme weather that is expected to occur on December 28, 2022, in Jakarta. The weather forecast is based on data conveyed by a researcher from the National Research and Innovation