Jakarta (ANTARA) – The government will solely impose value-added tax (VAT) on premium basic necessities through amendment to Law No. 6 of 1983 on general provisions and taxation procedures (RUU KUP), according to the Finance Ministry. “Of course, not all basic necessities (will be subject to VAT). For instance, basic
Palembang, South Sumatra (ANTARA) – Villagers of Sako Suban, Musi Banyuasin, South Sumatra, urged the environmental affairs and forestry ministry to review a license granted to PT Marga Baya Jaya coal company for building a road inside a forest area. The residents of Sako Suban are restive over a plan
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Chairman Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, popularly called JK, stated that 90 percent of the convalescent plasma obtained from blood of COVID-19 survivors was effective in curing SARS-CoV-2 infected patients, particularly in East Java. “Convalescent plasma is a long-standing discovery that plasma from a recovered
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian government has distributed 3.274 million tons, or 36.22 percent of this year’s target of 9.041 million tons, of subsidized fertilizers to farmers across Indonesia as of June 9, 2021. The distribution of subsidized liquid organic fertilizers has so far reached 2.220 tons, or 0.15 percent of
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Animals are no longer allowed to be used in mobile circuses and other itinerant shows, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry has warned. “In the context of animal shows, there is no longer permission for any mobile or itinerant shows using animals, no more traveling animal circuses,”
Manokwari, W Papua (ANTARA) – Some 19 other West Papua residents tested positive, Sunday, for COVID-19, thereby pushing up the province’s total tally of positive cases to 9,464 since the government declared Indonesia’s first confirmed cases on March 2, 2020. Those new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Sorong City and