President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) expressed optimism that the Kuwil Kawangkoan Dam in North Minahasa, North Sulawesi, would prevent the recurrence of flash floods in Manado that had once devastated the city in 2014.”The dam is located way above Manado, an…
The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) has urged students participating in the thematic community service program (KKN) to work with family facilitator teams (TPKs) to reduce stunting in regions.”I expect universities to add more th…
The Jakarta provincial government is targeting to complete 942 flood-handling projects, which include the construction of nine polders, four reservoirs, and increasing the capacity of two rivers, in March–April 2023.”Insya Allah (God willing), they wil…
Directorate General of Civil Aviation at the Transportation Ministry of Indonesia held an aviation safety workshop, with focus on Wildlife Hazard Management, in collaboration with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) of Australia.”The Wildlife Ha…
The National Cyber and Encryption Agency (BSSN) stated that the number of cyberattacks declined in 2022 as compared to 1.6 billion incidents recorded in 2021.”The attacks almost reached 1 billion (in 2022). These are threat anomalies in cyberspace,” BS…
Cases of child marriage are still common after nearly three years of the COVID-19 pandemic.This can be seen from the number of applications for marriage dispensation that is relatively high.Most of these requests were granted by the local religious cou…
Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno has invited the National Creative Economy Movement (Gekraf) to collaborate, innovate, and adapt with the ministry and other related parties to meet the achievement targets for this year.”We hope we can…
The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) government has reported 13,629 cases of childhood stunting in 22 regencies and cities of the province as of December 2022, a decline from 77 thousand cases in 2018.“Through the hard work conducted by the NTT provincial gove…
The Indonesian government is preparing anticipative policies to face economic challenges in 2023, so that national economic growth can still reach 5.3 percent, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto stated.Hartarto noted in a pre…
The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) detected nine hotspots in East Kalimantan province during the observation period from 1 a.m. to 3 p.m. local time on Thursday.Seven hotspots were detected in East Kutai district, and one hotspo…
