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Indonesian army building 8 homes for poor in Sorong

Indonesian army personnel are building eight livable houses for poor households in Kamlin village of Wemak ...

Bulog to prioritize absorbing domestically produced rice over imports

National Logistics Agency (Bulog) President Director Budi Waseso affirmed that his agency had accorded priority to ...

Lawmaker urges government to assess strategy for handling Papua rebels

A lawmaker urged Indonesia's government to improve its strategy to handle armed criminal groups in Papua Province ...

5 repatriated Aceh fishermen allowed to go home: Panglima Laot

Five Acehnese fishermen, who were repatriated from India recently, have tested negative for COVID-19 and will return ...

Social Ministry ensures quick disaster responses

Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini has ensured quick responses in handling the impact of natural disasters that ...

Nova Iriansyah confirmed as Aceh governor

Indonesian Home Minister Tito Karnavian on Thursday formally appointed Nova Iriansyah as the governor of Aceh until ...

Governor Nova Iriansyah expected to boost Acehnese people's welfare

Aceh's Legislative Assembly (DPRA) member, Teuku Raja Keumangan, sought Governor Nova Iriansyah’s all-out ...

Investors' suggestion of new bill on enviro, labor issues declined

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahendra Siregar, on Friday, declined the suggestion of some 59 investors on the ...

Govt's Rp293-trillion social safety net cluster funds to reduce burden

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) shed light on the government’s disbursal of social safety net cluster funds of ...

Home improvement program has reached 70 percent of target: govt

Implementation of the government program for home improvement and re-construction, or called the Self-help Housing ...

Indonesia's poverty rate to touch 11.5 percent amid COVID-19: VP

Indonesia's poverty rate would likely rise to 11.5 percent by 2020-end in the event of no significant flattening of ...

Govt committed to strengthening social protection: President

The government is committed to strengthening social protection and food security, President Joko Widodo stressed while ...

Government should continue COVID-19 relief programs in Gorontalo

The Gorontalo Utara District's Legislative Body has requested the government to continue its COVID-19 relief ...

Govt to facilitate rehabilitation of 305 child sexual abuse victims

The Social Affairs Ministry will aid the social rehabilitation of 305 child victims in the sexual abuse and ...

Govt's intervention to curb increase in poor population: Bappenas

Governmental intervention to disburse social assistance amid the COVID-19 pandemic will curb the increase in the poor ...