Category: General

Kimia Farma slashes price for PCR swab test by half

We will also reduce the price of rapid antigen swab test. Jakarta (ANTARA) – State-owned pharmaceutical firm PT Kimia Farma Tbk has lowered the price for a PCR swab test to Rp495 thousand, from Rp900 thousand earlier. The decision was made on the basis of a circular letter of the

Directorate General of Taxes holds DJP IT Summit 2021

This event is expected to offer a large contribution to the development of information and technology, especially in tax collection efforts to advance Indonesia. Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Directorate General of Taxes (DJP) of the Finance Ministry organized the DJP IT Summit 2021 on grounds that DJP was an organization

Manpower minister launches regional-based workforce expansion model

the approach is projected to optimize local human resources, the local economic potential, and regional characteristics that are concurrently integrated with the socio-economic development that surrounds it. Jakarta (ANTARA) – Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah officially launched a pilot project model for expanding regional-based employment opportunities planned to be applied in

APEC clocks robust growth in first quarter

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The APEC region recorded an economic growth of 6.1 percent in the first quarter of 2021, bouncing back strongly from a two-percent decline in 2020 Q1, the APEC Policy Support Unit’s updated report stated. The number securely places the region on course to meet the year’s growth

MP seeks indigenous people’s greater involvement in development

The development process thus far has involved very little of our indigenous people. We may even ignore the existence of indigenous people, especially their human resource development Jakarta (ANTARA) – Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR), Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar, has urged the government to involve indigenous people more

Organizers, candidates, voters essential to ensure poll integrity

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Election organizers, candidates, and voters are the three actors that are essential for ensuring electoral integrity, election expert and activist Donal Fariz has said. “Those three electoral actors are interrelated to ensure an election with integrity,” Fariz stated during a webinar on electoral money politics investigation, hosted