Category: Government

Effective PPKM enforcement requires citizen participation: minister

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The successful implementation of emergency public activity restrictions (emergency PPKM) in Java and Bali requires citizen participation, Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas has said. “So that efforts to handle the COVID-19 pandemic can run effectively and optimally. No matter how good and strict the rules are,

Wear masks, maintain safe physical distance during emergency PPKM

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The government has appealed to people and all stakeholders to wear masks and maintain a safe physical distance during the implementation of emergency public activities restriction (PPKM) across Java and Bali on July 3-20, 2021. The implementation guidelines for tightening public activities during the emergency PPKM imposed

Muhammadiyah urges government to pull emergency brake

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Central Executive Muhammadiyah, in a letter to President Joko Widodo seeking decisive steps in handling the COVID-19 pandemic following a recent case surge, called on the government to apply the emergency brake. “We urge the government to take firm decisions. It is time to apply the

Vice president presses for synergy in war on drugs

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has emphasized the importance of synergy and cooperation between all parties, at the regional, national, and international levels, in the war on drugs in Indonesia. “The war against drugs requires synergy and cooperation at the national, regional and international levels, especially in investigation

Government again facilitates repatriation of Indonesians from Malaysia

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The government has facilitated the repatriation of the second batch of 131 problematic Indonesian migrant workers or vulnerable Indonesian citizens from Malaysia. The second batch of Indonesian citizens arrived at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Banten Province at 2 p.m. local time on Sunday aboard a Garuda Indonesia

Foreign Minister Marsudi visits Italy to attend G20 meeting

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi is on a visit to Italy to attend the Group of 20 (G20) ministers meeting. Prior to the series of meetings involving G20 foreign ministers in Bari and Matera, Minister Marsudi met her Italian and Canadian counterparts, Luigi Di Malo and