Category: General

Tokyo Paralympics: Indonesian contingent aiming for five medals

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s contingent is aiming to secure five medals at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Chef de Mission (CdM) of the Indonesia team Andi Herman said. The calculation is based on an evaluation of each athlete’s prospects in each sports branch, he added. During the virtual send-off event for

Indonesia Healthtech Association to hold Health Technology Solution

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Healthtech Association will hold the Health Technology Solution (HTS) 2021 from August 25-26, 2021 with the aim of strengthening Indonesia’s health technology sector. HTS is an annual event for health industry’s stakeholders such as policymakers, producers, operators, and workers in the health industry. “The Health Ministry

Journalists urged to support women’s empowerment, gender equality

Jakarta (ANTARA) – At the online seminar “76 Years of Independence, Have Indonesia’s Women Prospered?”, here Saturday, Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) Bintang Puspayoga encouraged everyone, including journalists, to support women’s empowerment and gender equality. Journalists are the frontliners when it comes to disseminating public information which

Achieving gender equality will require joint efforts: minister

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Joint efforts are needed to achieve gender equality and ensure that no Indonesian woman is left behind in the future, Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) Minister Bintang Puspayoga has said. “Aside from eradicating inequalities, we need to think further and ensure that no Indonesian woman is

Papuans urged to display flags ahead of Independence day celebration

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) – The Papua administration has urged residents and bureaucrats to join the celebration of Indonesia’s 76th Independence Day by displaying the Red and White flag in front of their homes, shops, and offices. They have also been encouraged to decorate their neighborhood areas with outdoor decorative flags,

Take advantage of Aceh peace to develop province: academic

Banda Aceh, Aceh (ANTARA) – Ar-Raniry Islamic State University’s Professor Yusni Sabi has advised the Aceh Provincial Government to maximize the realization of the terms of the Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of 2005. The MoU was signed to end the conflict between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh

Govt pushing subsea cable corridors to prevent conflict: official

The Indonesian government has emphasized that the arrangement of submarine cables and pipelines is aimed at preventing conflicts in sea space utilization. Assistant deputy for marine and coastal space management at the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Muhammad Rasman Manafi, made the remarks during a webinar entitled ‘Maintaining

BMKG warns of nearly six-meter-high extreme waves in Indonesian waters

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued an early warning of the potential of very high waves, reaching over six meters, in several Indonesian waters on August 12-13, 2021. “Extreme waves reaching heights of more than six meters are likely to arise in the Indian Ocean west of Bengkulu

Number of Indonesia’s cellphone connections reaches 345.3 mln: govt

The number of cellphone connections in Indonesia has reached 345.3 million, higher than the nation’s total population, Minister of Communication and Informatics Johnny G. Plate, has said. “The pandemic has brought a massive change across every sector, as well as pushed activity and interaction to the digital realm,” Plate said

412 residents flee homes following floods in Aceh

Banda Aceh, Aceh (ANTARA) – At least 412 people fled their homes after heavy rains triggered floods and landslides in three sub-districts of Aceh Besar District, Aceh Province on Tuesday. Aceh Besar recorded heavy rains from afternoon till midnight on Tuesday, which caused flooding and landslides in several parts of