Indonesia

Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs ( Kemenpolhukam) Mahfud Md said that next month Indonesia is facing a “near-certain recession”. “Meanwhile, economic life continues to decline. Next month it is almost certain that there will be an economic recession in Indonesia 99.9%,” said Mahfud when giving a speech at the Yogyakarta artists and cultural gathering event at Warung …

The 2020 Borobudur Marathon event which is planned to take place on 15 November 2020 and inaugurated on 8 September 2020 will still be held, but with some concept change due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Head of the Central Java Tourism and Youth Sports Agency (Disporapar) Sinung Nugroho Rachmadi said that for the implementation of the 2020 Borobudur Marathon will …

The Provincial Government or Pemprov of DKI Jakarta recorded an additional 1,114 positive cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, 30 August in the Capital City. Over the past week, there has been a significant upward trend in cases in Jakarta. It is known that on August 28, the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan extended the transition of Large-Scale Social Restrictions …

Indonesia saw a new high in its daily coronavirus cases on Friday with 3,003 more cases for a total of 165,887. DKI Jakarta as one of the worst-affected provinces has a total of 37,082 cases. The capital city has more than cases in any other province, including 1,156 deaths. It has been averaging 560 cases per day since August 1. …

Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia (RCTI) and Visi Mitra Mulia (iNews TV) are known to be currently in a lawsuit at the Constitutional Court (MK) contesting Act 32/2002 Article 1 Point 2 The two MNC media groups considered the ambiguous internet-based broadcasting arrangements and caused legal uncertainty to be the grounds for the lawsuit. The consequence of this lawsuit is that …

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo today will inaugurate the Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA) Kulon Progo, Special Region of Yogyakarta. The inauguration was carried out with a health protocol with a very limited number of invitations. Pagi ini, saya ke Yogyakarta dengan rombongan terbatas. Di sana, saya hendak meresmikan Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA), bandara tempat saya mendarat di Kab. Kulon Progo, sekaligus …

The police continue to gather evidence to find out what caused the fire at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) on Saturday (8/28) evening that lasted for more than 10 hours. “Then, investigators have examined about 99 witnesses, consisting of freelance daily workers, office boys, cleaning services, and employees of the Indonesian Attorney General’s Office,” said Head of Community Information Bureau, …

Minister of Education and Culture, Nadiem Anwar Makarim promised to provide subsidized internet quota for students and teachers. The allocated budget reaches Rp 7.2 trillion. This allowance is provided to support distance learning or Pembelajaran Jarak Jauh (PJJ) during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Internet quota subsidy for students, teachers, college students, and lecturers for 4 months. Students get 35 GB/month, teachers …

Non-civil servant and SOEs workers with a salary under IDR 5 million and who are members of the Workers Social Security Agency (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan or BPJamsostek) can check their respective accounts today. Because today (8/27), the Rp 600.000 assistance program in the form of wage/salary has begun to be launched as well as being transferred. “Hopefully tomorrow (today) the President …

Two bomb explosions shook the town of Jolo, Sulu, southern Philippines, including one reportedly carried out by a female suicide bomber. As the result, at least 14 people have been killed and left 75 wounded. Philippine Red Cross Chief Richard Gordon said the first explosion hit at approximately noon on Monday (August 24,2020) where a motorcycle loaded with explosive devices …