Indonesia

Citizens were busy protesting the ice cream producer Aice, PT Alpen Food Industry (AFI) on social media. Through the hashtag #BoikotAice or boycott Aice ice cream on Twitter, Monday, July 6. This protest became trending on Twitter Indonesia. The citizens echoed their anger at Aice Indonesia for demanding the welfare of the workers employed by the company. This citizens’ anger …

Etty binti Toyib, an Indonesian migrant worker on death row for murder conviction in Saudi Arabia arrived at Soekarno-Hatta airport, Tangerang, Monday, July 7. She is an Indonesian migrant worker from Majalengka, West Java who escaped the death sentence in Saudi Arabia because she paid 4 million riyals or Rp. 15.5 billion in blood money to the kinfolk of the …

Looks like the community has to be more vigilant when making transactions that could have the money is fake. As was the case in Bogor, the Bogor Police Criminal Investigation Unit has just arrested a network of counterfeit money makers and dealers. The falsified money was worth hundreds of millions of rupiahs. So, if it has circulated in the community, …

Minister of Education and Culture (Mendikbud) Nadiem Makarim discussed distance learning (PJJ) is applied permanently and hybrid. This discourse was conveyed by Nadiem in a meeting with the House of Representatives Commission X on Thursday, July 2. At that time, Nadiem spoke about the future map of education in Indonesia. “What happened after COVID-19, after this pandemic, there are a …

As is known, until now the global coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine has not been found yet and is still in a long research process. However, the Agriculture Research and Development Agency (Balitbangtan) of the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) said it was ready to produce an antivirus necklace that was claimed to be able to kill the virus that had infected millions …

The number of positive cases confirmed by Coronavirus in the new cluster at the Unilever factory in Cikarang has increased to 36 people. There are 15 family members of employees who are also infected with the Coronavirus. A spokesperson for Task Force for the Acceleration of Covid-19 Handling for Bekasi Regency, Alamsyah said that as of Friday at 11.00 WIB, …

The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has imposed fines on PT Solusi Transportation Indonesia (Grab Indonesia) and PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TPI). Both companies are considered to have violated Article 14 and Article 19 of Law Number 5 Year 1999 concerning the Prohibition of Monopolistic Practices and unfair business competition. As a result, Grab is fined for Rp 30 billion consisting …

As is known, nowadays where the digital era is increasingly stretched and with the increasing number of creative young people. They are very enthusiastic and proficient in utilizing the digital world using a number of platforms to work, like being Youtuber. YOUTUBER BERKESEMPATAN RAIH BEASISWA DI BSI⁣⁣Hai Sobat BSI…⁣Bagi kamu yang memiliki teman atau kerabat yang berprofesi sebagai Youtuber, bisa …

The World Bank has raised the status of Indonesia from a middle-income country to an upper-middle income country. The increase in status was granted after based on the latest World Bank assessment, the Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of Indonesia in 2019 rose to USD4,050 from the previous position of USD3,840. Rahayu Puspasari, Head of the Ministry of Finance’s …

The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has made a decision regarding the continuation of the transitional large-scale social restriction (PSBB) in Jakarta. As a result, the transitional PSBB will be extended by 14 days. As is known, the transitional PSBB should end on July 2, 2020. The DKI Provincial Government conducts an evaluation in the form of an easing index in …