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Fuel subsidy should go to poor people: Minister

Increase in subsidized fuel prices should be accompanied with a step to provide subsidy for poor people who need it, ...

World Cocoa Foundation Announces $3 Million in Globe-spanning Support for Cocoa Sustainability

- The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) announced today $3 million in new support for cocoa improvement projects in Africa, ...

IFC Helps Indonesian Women Coffee Farmers Improve Productivity and Family Income

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and PT Indo CafCo, a subsidiary of global coffee trader ECOM Agroindustrial ...

Indponesian police HQ to send 400 Brimob personnel to N. Maluku

The Indonesian Police Headquarters will send 400 Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel from their Kelapa Dua command ...

The disabled are nothing abnormal in society

People with disabilities are normal part of human diversity that should get equal treatment from the society, a ...

33 foreigners suffer from hiv/aids in Bali

A total of 33 foreigners who once visited or stayed in the Indonesian tourist resort province of Bali suffered from ...

AIDS carriers in Bali growing

HIV/AIDS cases in Bali have spread to rural areas in the province, the provincial AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency ...

Family planning program fails: minister

The family planning program since the past 10 years in Indonesia has failed, Health Minister Nafisah Mboi said here on ...

Maluku`s Southernmost Islands to be New Autonomous Region

The southernmost islands of Romang, Kisar, Wetar, and Lirang in Maluku Province are actually endowed with abundant ...

Indonesia Committed to Increasing Coverage of Clean Water Supply

The Indonesian government, as one of the signatory countries of The Millennium Declaration, is committed to achieving ...

Number of bank account holders increased in 2012

Indonesia`s Central Bank`s Director of Payment Systems and Accounting, Boedi Armanto, said the number of bank account ...

VP reminds regional administrations to provide clean water for public

Vice President Boediono has reminded district and city administrations to provide clean water as basic necessity for ...

Government continues to reduce poverty rate

The government has reduced Indonesia`s poverty rate and will continue to do so until it brings the rate down to 8 ...

ADB focuses on infrastructure development in Indonesia

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will focus on distributing infrastructure development funds in Indonesia in an effort ...

Indonesia wins global recognition for MDG implementation

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon earlier this year requested Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to co-chair ...