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Raising cigarette prices to reduce smoking

Raising cigarette prices is considered one of the most effective ways to prevent and reduce smoking, especially among ...

MPR Vice Chairman lauds plan to hike cigarette prices

Vice Chairman of the Peoples Consultative Assembly (MPR) Osman Sapta Odang (OSO)  has positively welcomed a plan ...

President Jokowi plants trees in Samosir

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and First Lady Iriana planted several trees in Tomok village, Simanindo Sub-district, ...

Government warned of cigarette price increase

The governments reported plan to significantly hike cigarette prices has sparked pros and cons reactions from various ...

Lawmaker asks government to issue perppu on oil and gas

A lawmaker urged the government to issue regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) while waiting for the House of ...

Lawmakers give mixed reactions to economic growth target

Lawmakers have given different reactions to the economic growth target of 5.3 percent set by the government in the ...

Indonesian govt urged to not trim health budget

Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono, a member of the House of Representatives Commission-IX overseeing demographic affairs, ...

DPR urges government to not trim defense budget

Commission I on Defense Affairs of the House of Representatives (DPR) hopes that the government will not cut the ...

Rismaharini has same chance as other Jakarta governor candidate

Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini will have the same chance as other candidate if she runs for the Jakarta governorship ...

Do not trim defense budget: Legislator

The government should not trim the budget for defense and security as it would reduce Indonesias combat ability in the ...

Golkar to take official decision to support Jokowi for 2019

The general chairman of Indonesias second biggest party, the Golkar Party, Setya Novanto, said here on Wednesday that ...

Indonesia is not obliged to comply with IPT`s ruling: House speaker

The Indonesian government is not obliged to comply with the International Peoples Tribunal (IPT) 1965s decision, which ...

House sets up working committee on fake vaccine control

The House of Representatives (DPRs) Commission IX has set up a working committee on spurious drug and vaccines issue ...

Circulation of fake vaccines constitutes crime against humanity

The circulation of fake vaccines should not recur in Indonesia as it constitutes crime against humanity. The ...

Hugua, back as NGO activist again

Hugua is now back to his old passion, becoming an NGO activist, after completing his second term as district head of ...