Day: March 9, 2023

Fuel subsidies protect 5.7 million people from poverty: think tank

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Fuel subsidies can protect 5.7 million Indonesians from plunging into poverty, Head of the Center of Macroeconomics and Finance of the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef), M. Rizal Taufikurahman, said.”National…

Jokowi hopes other regions replicating Kebumen’s shrimp farming

Jakarta (ANTARA) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed his belief that the application of modern aquaculture management in shrimp farming areas in Kebumen District, Central Java Province, could serve as an example for other regions in applying…

Govt sets MSME income tax at zero percent in IKN

Nusantara (ANTARA) – The government has issued a regulation concerning business licensing in Nusantara Capital City (IKN) that includes stipulating a zero-percent final income tax facility on income from gross circulation of certain businesses for MSM…

Commemorating the 35th Anniversary of Sumgait Massacres

These days, Armenians in Artsakh, in Armenia, and elsewhere in the world commemorate the innocent victims of the barbaric actions that took place in the last three days of February 1988.Some 35 years ago, on February 27-29, amid the encouragement and …

West Java gets green transport grant from South Korea

Bandung, West Java (ANTARA) – The West Java provincial government has received a grant of US$10 million (around Rp150 billion) from South Korea for green public transportation development.”Alhamdulillah (Thank God), this time the grant came from the So…