Day: January 10, 2023

Thousands of Lunar New Year lanterns adorn Solo city streets

Five thousand lanterns have been placed along Urip Sumoharjo Street all the way to General Sudirman Plaza at Surakarta City Hall in Solo City, Central Java, to light up this year’s Chinese New Year (CNY) celebrations.”The 2022 Chinese New Year celebrat…

Expert urges schools to allow children to play lato-lato

Schools should allow children to play with lato-lato or click-clack balls so that they can do it safely and have an outlet to channel the hobby, Gadjah Mada University (UGM) psychologist, Prof. Koentjoro, has said.”(Schools should not) ban or just let …

COVID-19: Jakarta boosts surveillance amid endemic transition

The Jakarta Health Office has continued to strengthen surveillance amid the transition to the endemic phase of COVID-19 as the World Health Organization (WHO) is yet to revoke the pandemic status.”Thus, 3T (tracing, testing, and treatment) and vaccinat…

Govt revitalizing 14 madrasas to support education in NTB

The Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry is targeting to complete the renovation of 14 Islamic schools (madrasas) in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) by April 2023 to improve the quality of education in the province.The revitalization of the educati…

Bali seeks to reduce stunting to 7.71% in 2023

The head of the Bali Provincial Health Service I Nyoman Gede Anom has said that the service is targeting to reduce the province’s stunting rate to 7.71 percent in 2023.”In 2021, our stunting rate was 10.9 percent, in 2022, our target was 9.28 percent, …