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VP bestows Paritrana Award on 12 winners

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin bestowed the 2020 Workers Social Security Award or the Paritrana Award 2020 on 12 ...

Religious Affairs Ministry offers scholarships to 330 Papuan students

The Religious Affairs Ministry offers scholarships to 330 Papua university students in 2021 under its commitment to the ...

PLUT can help MSMEs onboard into digital ecosystem: minister

Integrated business service centers (PLUT) can encourage micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to step into the ...

Papua PON: IPDN, Navy dispatch team to expedite vaccinations

The State Institute of Public Administration (IPDN) and the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) have dispatched a joint team to ...

Government targets under one percent illiteracy rate by 2024

The government has targeted the national illiteracy rate in 2024 to reach below one percent after touching 1.71 percent ...

DPD senator urges parties to monitor drafting of Papua autonomy law

Regional Representatives Council (DPD RI) Commission I Deputy Chair Filep Wamafma urged relevant parties to collaborate ...

Army providing free healthcare services to native Papuans in Merauke

Indonesian soldiers stationed near the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea border are providing free healthcare services to ...

W Papua: Soldier injured in ambush evacuated to Jakarta army hospital

A soldier who sustained serious injuries in a terror attack at the Kisor military post in West Papua last week has been ...

Indonesia's illiteracy rate down to 1.71% in 2020: ministry

Indonesia's illiteracy rate fell from 1.78 percent in 2019 to 1.71 percent in 2020, Director General of Early ...

DPD RI lauds Agriculture Ministry's development measures in Papua

Regional Representative Council (DPD RI) Commission I Deputy Chair Filep Wamafma praised the Agriculture Ministry's ...

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Preparing native Papuans for becoming agents of change

The Papua administration is well aware of a significant role of highly-skilled and well-educated human capital in ...

Govt provides scholarship funds for 1,436 native Papuan students

The Papua Human Resources Development Agency (BPSDM) has distributed scholarship funds to 1,436 native Papuan students ...

W Papua governor urges residents to help capture killers of soldiers

West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan has appealed to residents of Kisor Village in South Aifat Sub-district, Maybrat ...

Refinery project to improve eastern Indonesia's economy: Hutama Karya

State-owned construction company PT Hutama Karya (Persero) is pursuing the completion of the joint operation project of ...

West Kalimantan Pertamina awards one thousand eco-friendly fuel users

The West Kalimantan branch of state-owned oil and gas corporation PT Pertamina (Persero) on Saturday awarded the first ...