The government has decided to re-open schools in the corona green zone in the new school year 2020/2021. However, schools in the yellow, orange, and red zones still have to carry out teaching and learning activities from home. Minister of Education and Culture (Mendikbud) Nadiem Makarim stressed there was no change in the schedule for the new academic year 2020/2021. …

Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to virtually meet on June 26 to hold their annual summit as the COVID19 pandemic continues to impact the region, an Indonesian senior official said Friday. Vietnam, who currently holds the chairmanship of Asean this year, will be hosting the virtual meeting from Hanoi on June 27 and …

Asean member states have agreed to use visitseasia.travel as the official gateway for all updates on handling of COVID-19 and the promotion of tourism in the region. The official website will serve as the shared digital media facilities that will disseminating information of the current issues relation to the Asean Region. All updates on travel, tourism and the fight against …

The Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta, through the School Transport Management Unit (UP Angkutan Sekolah), is deploying school buses to accommodate the passengers of commuter line (KRL) that have been displaced at a number of stations. As many as 50 school buses were deployed to transport KRL passengers during the Transitional Large-scale Social Restrictions (PSBB). With the implementation of physical …

MANILA – Malacañang on Thursday, claried that only online sellers earning above Php 250,000 will need to pay taxes, but all online business should still register their records with the Bureau of Internal Revenue. “If your online business net income does not exceed P250,000, then you don’t have to pay.” Roque said. “If your online business net income does not …

Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Erick Thohir finally spoke about the electricity bill of customers that surged up during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Erick asserted, there was an increase in the customer’s electricity bill because there was an uncollected electricity consumption cost the previous month. Thus, Erick denied there was an increase in electricity bills from state-owned electricity PT Perusahaan …

State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II (AP II) noted the request for the use of airport services in line with the adaptation of new or new normal life. The adaptation period which began on June 8, 2020, the number of passengers on domestic and international routes began to creep up. Recently issued Transportation Ministry circular letter no. 13/2020 allows …

As part of its pledge to assist them through this difficult period, local stock exchange operator Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd has released a transparency guideline on Covid-19 relevant impacts and investments for listed firms. Bursa Malaysia said, based on its observation of recent disclosures made by listed issuers related to the effect of Covid-19, it felt that there was scope …

The Chairperson of the General Election Commission (KPU) Arief Budiman said the KPU was not prepared to implement electronic voting or e-voting in the 2020 regional head election. “For the current election we have not prepared if forced to be prepared, for now, it is not ready, so I don’t want to assume,” said KPU Chairman Arief Budiman in an …

Since it was reopened, the Administrative Services Unit (Satpas) service was immediately crowded with people who wanted to extend their driving licenses which had expired. However, the driver of two-wheel and four-wheel or more, need not be in a hurry to be afraid of crossing the boundary extension which initially ended until the end of June 2020. Because the Metro …