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To cope with the pepper price drop in Bangka Belitung province, currently, warehouse receipt team of the province is conducting a number of efforts in helping farmers to stabilize pepper prices through warehouse receipt program. The breakthrough program of the regional government of Bangka Belitung to stabilize the pepper prices, continues to be introduced among the people especially the pepper farmers who still do not know the program. Spices council of Bangka Belitung, Irman said in Bangka Belitung on Sunday (22/4/2018) that in warehouse receipt, the farmers can entrusted their pepper at the warehouse and the farmers get receipt in return. The receipt can be used to take money at the banks which have cooperation with the team with the amount 75 percent of the pepper which is entrusted. Later, if the pepper prices at the market have stabilized, the farmers can sell their goods in accordance to the market price.

The Words ‘art’ and ‘culture’ are two words that cannot be separated. Because currently art has typical culture and vice versa, every culture has priceless art. This was stated by chairman of selection independent commission of Central Aceh, Marwansyah in his speech at Art and Culture event in the art building of Takengon on Saturday (21/4). Marwansyah at front of leaders of political parties of 2019 general election participants who attended the event, said that diversity of the culture in Indonesia could strengthen brotherhood in the diversity of people, because art and culture is universal and comprehensive in relation to aesthetics. Marwansyah said, the wealth of art and culture could therefore become media to achieve the ideals of national unity.

Governor of Aceh, Irwandi Yusuf and Deputy Governor of Aceh, Nova Iriansyah keep monitoring the second day of handling Rohingya refugees in Bireuen on Friday (20/4/2018). On their first day, they arrived in Kuala. Then they instructed head of social office of Aceh, Alhudri and Aceh Disaster Management Agency, T Ahmad Dadek to quickly go to Bireuen on that day. Until the second day, the Governor and Deputy Governor of Aceh kept monitoring their condition at the field. They asked to serve the refugees well. This was stated by acting head of Aceh Disaster Management Agency Ahmad Dadek, on Sunday (22/4). Ahmad Dadek said the aid from the government of Aceh, social office and Aceh Disaster Management Agency, was handed over to deputy regent of Bireuen, Muzakkar A Gani on the first day of the refugees stranded in Aceh. That was Mosaic of the Archipelago.