As the vanguard who helps patients with Covid-19, the medical staff will receive incentives as promised by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. However, the promised incentives have not yet come down. Chairman of the Indonesian National Nurses Association (PPNI) Harif Fadhilah admitted, if the incentive money promised by President Jokowi for medical personnel, including nurses, had not yet come down. This …

MANILA – Metro Manila mayors unanimously recommending to the national government to ease COVID-19 mitigation measures in the region from modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) to general community quarantine (GCQ) on June 1, Metro Manila Development Authority General Manager Jojo Garcia announced Tuesday. Garcia said the mayors agreed on the recommendation on the intention on reviving the economy. All 17 …

Two members of the COVID-19 task force medical team were shot by an armed criminal group (KKB) in Wandai District, Intan Jaya Regency, Papua on Friday, May 22, 2020 at 16:30 eastern Indonesia time (WIT). Both victims were shot while delivering medicine. “The two medical personnel were shot when they were about to deliver medicine to deal with the spread …

The condition of Tanah Abang Market is still crowded with traders and buyers a few days to celebrate Eidul Fitr or Lebaran although there are still large-scale social restrictions (PSBB). However, PD Pasar Jaya Managing Director Arief Nasrudin stressed that the crowded place was not his authority. “Pasar Jaya is closed. What is crowded is the market outside Pasar Jaya. …

The case of an electric motorcycle auction signed by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo caused a furor. The reason, the auction winner for Rp 2.5 billion apparently did not fulfill his obligation to pay for the motorbike. The man was known to be named M Nuh who at the beginning was called a businessman from Jambi. Later M Nuh turned out …

MANILA – The country is already in the middle of its “second wave”, the country’s health chief said on Wednesday. “Actually we are now on the second wave. We are now in the lower part of the second wave.” “There was a very small wave last few days of January, and then there was a lull, and then we had …

The Constitutional Court (MK) held a further session of the Government Regulation in Lieu of Law of Corona (Perppu Corona) filed by Amien Rais, Din Syamsuddin, and Sri Edi Swasono. The session was scheduled to hear the statements of the People’s Representative Council (DPR) and the President. Present at the hearing were Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly, …

Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), Erick Thohir, said that in the future there would be no more SOEs to build universities. He invited SOEs to cooperate with existing universities. Because the university currently has many discoveries that are not contained. “Yesterday I said that there was no SOE that wanted to make a university, but we and the university did …

It is shocking that the National Capital Region (NCR), has 8,245 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with a doubling duration (the span needed for the number of cases to double) of 5.53 days as of May 18, which was confirmed by the Department of Health (DOH). During the online hearing of the House of Representatives Committee on Metro Manila …

BANGKOK – Thailand has been battling the the COVID-19 virus over the past four months causing the government to implement strict measurs including declaring a country-wide lockdown and curfew throughout the country where people must stay at home from 10:00 pm to 4:00 am. The lockdown and curfer has helped the country reduce and curb the spread of the virus. …