#august 17

Collection of august 17 news, found 576 news.

Questions on health protocols linger as Papua sports week approaches

Several international sports events that were supposed to be hosted in Indonesia this year had to be postponed due to ...

Digital television broadcasts to be free for public: Kominfo

The Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) has reaffirmed that digital terrestrial television broadcasts ...

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COVID wake up call for Indonesia to improve medical industry capacity

President Joko Widodo, in a video that later went viral, visited a pharmacy in Bogor, West Java on July 23, 2021 to buy ...

Minister inspects industry full operation trial in Tangerang

Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita has inspected industries in Tangerang, Banten Province, that carried out ...

Ministry lauds stakeholders' efforts to eradicate online loan fraud

based peer-to-peer lending that may link to various online threats, such as victim manipulation, information hacking ...

PPKM lowers daily COVID-19 case count: Healthy Ministry's spokesperson

Continued decline in the daily COVID-19 case count nationally until August 17, 2021, to reach 20,741 was thanks to ...

Anticipating potential of COVID-19 becoming endemic: govt

The Indonesian Government is anticipating the likelihood of the COVID-19 pandemic becoming endemic based on scientific ...

Directorate General of Taxes holds DJP IT Summit 2021

The Directorate General of Taxes (DJP) of the Finance Ministry organized the DJP IT Summit 2021 on grounds that DJP was ...

Kimia Farma slashes price for PCR swab test by half

State-owned pharmaceutical firm PT Kimia Farma Tbk has lowered the price for a PCR swab test to Rp495 thousand, from ...

Kendari SAR team continues search for 30 stranded students today

Southeast Sulawesi's Kendari Search and Rescue (SAR) team continued efforts to evacuate a nature enthusiast ...

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Indonesia marks 76th Independence Day with low-key celebrations

For the second consecutive year, the Indonesian people celebrated the country's Independence Day, which falls on ...

COVID-19 positivity rate drops below 10% in Jakarta: governor

Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan has said that the COVID-19 positivity rate in Jakarta, based on PCR testing, ...

Independence commemoration reminder to fight pandemic together: FSK

The second Independence Day commemoration amid the pandemic must serve as a momentum for all citizens to work together ...

Reading Proclamation text holds its own meaning: House speaker

House Speaker Puan Maharani affirmed that her duty, as reader of the Proclamation text at the Commemoration Ceremony of ...

VP wears Sundanese clothing for Indonesia's independence day ceremony

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin wore traditional Sundanese clothing of West Java while attending the ceremony to ...