Indonesia Daily Coronavirus Cases Hit New Milestone of 6,000

Jakarta. Indonesia reached a new milestone in daily number of coronavirus cases after adding 6,267 new cases on Sunday, the third time it broke its own daily record during the past week alone. The country now has a total of 534,266 cases amid a dramatic ...

Islamist Terrorists Kill Four Salvation Army Members in C. Sulawesi, Manhunt Launched

Jakarta. The National Police and Indonesia Military has launched an operation to hunt down an Islamist terror group East Indonesia Mujahidin, or MIT, hiding in a forest in Sigi, Central Sulawesi, after the terrorist allegedly killed a Christian family in ...

Indonesia Claims Covid Cold Chain Nears Completion as New Cases Pass 5,000 Again

Jakarta. The National Covid-19 Task Force claimed on Saturday that the preparation for the distribution network of vaccines against coronavirus is almost complete, as the surge in newly cases continues. Indonesia has recorded 5,418 new cases of ...

Jokowi Gives Blessing to Put Garuda Indonesia Under Tourism Holding

Jakarta. President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has approved a plan to put seven state-owned enterprises, including the flagship carrier Garuda Indonesia under a new holding entity in an attempt to boost the aviation and tourism industry in the country, a ...

Jadipandai Provides ‘Entertaining’ Learning Platform

Jakarta. Management consultancy firm Priority Banking School has launched a free education application which it claims is a mixture of entertainment and digital learning. The app, JadiPandai.com, is a collaboration of content providers specializing in ...

All Three Cimahi Mayors End Up as Graft Suspects

Jakarta. The town of Cimahi in West Java has been led by three mayors since it got a municipal status in 2002 -- all the three are now convicts or a suspect of corruption. Ajay Muhammad Priatna was the latest Cimahi mayor to be arrested by the Corruption ...

Indonesia Daily Covid Deaths, Confirmed Cases Hit New Record

Jakarta. Indonesia reported the highest single-day rise of both coronavirus-related deaths and newly confirmed cases on Friday as the surge continued in line with improving testing capacity. The country has recorded 5,828 cases in the last 24 hours, ...

Cargill Announces $100m Fresh Investment in East Java Sweetener Factory

Jakarta. American food and giant Cargill has invested $100 million in its Indonesian subsidiary Sorini Agro Asia Corporindo to expand a sweetener factory in Pandaan, East Java, the company said on Friday. Cargill will build a corn wet mill factory and a ...

We Never Intend to Establish New Palm Oil Plantations: Gapki

Jakarta. Indonesian palm oil companies have pledged not to open new palm oil plantations as they come to terms with the government's decision to put a moratorium two years ago but hoped the landmark omnibus law would help unlock two million hectares of ...