Indonesia

The public is advised to not purchase large amounts of products or panic buying due to fear in the wake of first Covid-19 or coronavirus confirmed cases in Indonesia,two positive women in Depok, East Java, on Monday, March 2. This was stated by the Association of Indonesian Retailers (Aprindo) Head Roy Mandey. “Such excessive acts will create new unnecessary panic …

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced on Tuesday, March 3 for two novel coronavirus cases in its territory after diagnosing two women— a 64-year old woman and her 31-year old daughter living in Depok, a West Java suburb just outside Jakarta. They had been in contact with a Japanese man coming from Malaysia who tested positive there on Feb. 27 after …

Chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), Bambang Soesatyo requested that the government not be complacent in preventing the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Indonesia. Not only government, Bambang also said, all elements of the community must go all out (seriously) to prevent and ward off the spread of this virus. All parties must care, given that the process …

The Provincial Government (Pemprov) of DKI Jakarta is monitoring 115 people and 32 people are under surveillance scattered in five regions of DKI Jakarta. The residents are being monitored because they have initial symptoms and a history of travel from countries infected with the corona virus. According to DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, patients who are under surveillance and supervision …

The founder of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Amien Rais made political maneuvers that often injured his own party. It seems to indicate that the feud between Amien Rais and Zulkifli Hasan (Zulhas) in the body of the party still continued after the Congress in Kendari. In his social media account, Amien did not hesitate to provide sufficiently complete evidence …

The drafts of the omnibus law on job creation is considered favors entrepreneurs. This was stated by secretary-general of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) Anwar Abbas at the Congress of Indonesian Ulema held on February 26-29. “While setting aside the interest of workers and public,” said Anwar as quted by Tempo on Sunday, March 1. The Congress demanded the bill …

Continuation case of the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19 oboard Diamond Princess where currently docked in Yokohama, Japan, there will be repatriation for those who were there, including some 69 Indonesian crew members. Earlier, the Indonesian crew members had been quarantined for more than two weeks on the ship. On Sunday, Tokyo time, they began the process of returning home. …

Special Staff of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Diaz Hendropriyono, said that there were exceptions for the children of ex-ISIS Indonesian citizens to return home. But not that easy, Diaz said there would be a strict selection and identification stage from the government which was reviewing any criteria that could repatriate the children of former ISIS citizens. “The …

PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) President Director Irfan Setiaputra ensured that there were no cancellations for muslims that would leave for umrah pilgrims. Tickets already booked do not expire after the termination of the Umrah Visa service by the Saudi Arabian government. The Company seeks to ensure that prospective pilgrims do not suffer financial losses. “We have agreed that there are …

Data shows that about 60 percent of village heads (kades) did not graduate from the High School (SMA). For this reason, the Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian asked law enforcement agencies such as the police and prosecutors not to directly process the law of the village head who made mistakes in managing village fund administration. “The mismanagement of …