Indonesia

Demonstrations against the arrival of 500 foreign workers from China who will work at PT VDNI and PT OSS in Morosi Konawe Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province (Southeast Sulawesi), on Tuesday, June 23, was going on with chaos. The protesters vented their disappointment at not finding the foreign workers crossing the intersection of Ambaipua Village, Ranomeeto District, South Konawe Regency. Demonstrations …

Indonesian ride-hailing and payment firm Gojek announced for the layoffs on their organization also the partners this week. Gojek Indonesia laid off their 430 employees. Not only that, but the decacorn startup also closed some of its services. There are two services that are closed, namely GoLife which includes GoMassage and GoClean services, and GoFood Festival which is GoFood’s food …

As is known that the world aviation sector is under pressure in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, including in Indonesia. State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II (AP II) announced on Monday that it is trying to solve issues that might emerge in airport terminals amidst the transitional large-scale social restriction (PSBB) and new normal. Angkasa Pura II President …

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo reminded the government to prepare to anticipate the occurrence of forest and land fire disasters in the current dry season despite being focused and working hard to face the Covid-19 pandemic. This was conveyed by him at a limited meeting of anticipating forest and land fires at the Merdeka Palace, Tuesday, June 23. The President said …

A marriage that is supposed to be happy, but it brings sorrow. The incident was experienced by a family in the city of Semarang after holding a wedding. Marriage is called a new cluster of positive coronavirus  (Covid-19) cases in the Semarang region, Central Java. After the event, one family after another was sick because of positive Covid-19, some even …

The police become the target (again) of terrorist acts. Karanganyar Police Deputy Chief Busroni and his driver, Bripda Hanif Ariyono, were victims of the attack by the sickle gunman. Busroni was attacked while going down Mount Lawu through Cemoro Kandang, Tawangmangu District, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java, Sunday morning, June 2. Apparently, the deputy police chief had indeed been targeted for …

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said many micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) began to carry out digital transformation amid the coronavirus pandemic. In the period from 14 May to 9 June 2020, the number reached 301,115 MSMEs. “We see that online businesses have increased in the past few months. In a very short period of May 14-June …

Motorboat (KM) Puspita Jaya with 16 passengers reportedly drowned in the Sunda Strait Waters or around Mount Anak Krakatau, Thursday, June 18. As a result of the incident, 10 people were reported missing. While six others survived. “The ship sank in the waters of the Sunda Strait with 16 passengers. Six survived and 10 others are still in search of …

The pre-employment card program which is being predicted by the government to help economically affected communities due to the Covid-19 outbreak was not as smooth as expected. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) found that the pre-employment card program is actually saturated with issues. The KPK recommends that the batch 4 Pre-Employment Card program be paused. The reason is that the …

A school in Taman Cilegon Indah, Jombang District, Cilegon City, Banten on Thursday, June 18 carried out a drive-thru report card distribution by applying health protocols. Student parents do not need to get out of the car to take their children’s report cards. The school is Mutiara Bunda School that implementing to give students’ report cards via drive-thru. This was …