#september 2019

Collection of september 2019 news, found 151 news.

Social protection programs have helped reduce poverty: Indrawati

Finance Minister (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said that social protection programs (perlinsos) implemented amid ...

Social protection programs formulated to lower poverty rate: Minister

The government's social protection programs are designed to reduce the poverty rate, currently above 10 percent, on ...

Customs officers avert smuggling of 121,942 lobster larvae

A joint team of personnel from the Eastern Sumatra and Palembang's Customs and Excise Offices seized 121,942 ...

Police thwart smuggling of 30,000 lobster larvae by two men

The National Police prevented two men from smuggling some 30 thousand lobster larvae after traffic police personnel ...

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Indonesia fights to prevent child marriage amid COVID-19 pandemic

Eni, a resident of West Nusa Tengga (NTB),  regretted that she allowed her 14-year-old daughter to marry last May ...

Malaysia detains 21 undocumented Indonesian workers

The Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has said it will coordinate with the Malaysian authorities to monitor the ...

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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, ...

Students pulled out of school, pushed into marriage amid pandemic:

The prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, which is forcing students to study online from home, is becoming a trigger for many to ...

Economic recovery program rescued five million people from poverty

The national economic recovery program (PEN), especially social protection in 2020, rescued over five million people ...

Indonesia's Gini ratio rises to 0.385

Indonesia’s Gini ratio, a statistical measure used for gauging economic inequality in a population, rose slightly ...

Number of poor Indonesians rose by 2.76 million amid pandemic

The number of Indonesians living in poverty rose by 2.76 million to reach 27.55 million of the population in September ...

Hungary welcomes selection of Roatex for Indonesian e-toll project

The Hungarian government, through its embassy in Jakarta, has welcomed the selection of Hungarian company Roatex Zrt by ...

KKSP-Papua praises prompt handling of 'racism' case

Papua’s South Sulawesi Family Harmony (KKSS) has praised the central and provincial governments' prompt ...

Police detain Hanura politician Ambroncius Nababan

A day after he was named a suspect for allegedly posting racist remarks against a noted Papuan human rights defender on ...

Ambroncius Nababan named suspect after posting racist content: police

Indonesian police’s cybercrime investigators have named People’s Conscience Party (Hanura) politician ...