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Government should re-contemplate halting cash aid for poor: lawmaker

Deputy House Speaker Azis Syamsuddin has appealed to the Social Affairs Ministry to reevaluate stopping cash social ...

Red Cross offers relief aid to Intan Jaya residents

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) branch in Papua Province handed out relief aid to the people of Sugapa in Intan Jaya ...

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Social security program seeks to address poverty challenge

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has triggered a global economic crisis, is posing a real challenge to many countries, ...

VP disburses aid for Karawang flood victims

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin symbolically handed over aid from the Indonesian President and the National Disaster ...

Local governments should run more labor-intensive programs: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged the regional governments to have in place more labor-intensive programs to ...

Govt to impose tiered COVID restrictions from 9-22 Feb

The Indonesian government will enforce restrictions on community activities (PPKM) using a micro-based approach, or at ...

Ranks should ensure S Kalimantan's refugee needs fully met: President

President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo urged his ranks and the regional government to fulfill the needs of ...

Massive flooding in South Kalimantan broke five-decade record: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) pointed to the massive flooding that hit 10 districts and cities in South Kalimantan ...

Jokowi visits several locations in flood-impacted South Kalimantan

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) undertook a visit to several locations that bore the brunt of massive flooding in ...

BNPB's funding for housing reconstruction in post-quake West Sulawesi

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) is contemplating on offering stimulus fund to residents whose houses ...

Death toll in W Sulawesi's 6.2-magnitude quake rises to 73

The death toll from a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that rattled Majene and Mamuju Districts in West Sulawesi Province on ...

TNI distributes Presidential aid to S Kalimantan flood victims

Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto delivered humanitarian aid -- 34 rubber boats, ...

Govt readies new fraud-proof mechanism for basic food aid distribution

Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini spoke of the government having formulated a new-fangled mechanism for ...

Medan refugees demonstrate for speedy resettlement in third countries

Several asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Iraq held a peaceful rally in front of the United ...

President seeks relentless effort to tackle past human rights disputes

President Joko Widodo urged the coordinating minister for political, legal, and security affairs to unswervingly ...