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PLN Gradually Recovers Electricity Supply (0)
State-owned electricity firm PT PLN has recovered electric power to Balaraja Extra High Voltage substation in Banten Province, and furthermore it will be channeled to Suralaya steam-fueled power plant (PLTU) to gradually recover its operation to reach its capacity of 2800 MW of electricity.
In addition, power supply from Gandul Extra High Voltage substations in Depok, West Java Province, will be channeled to Muara Karang gas and steam power plant (PLTGU) to supply electricity to the Indonesian capital city, Jakarta.
Acting President Director of PLN Sripeni Inten Cahyani said here on Sunday that the power supply to Jakarta was expected to recover within three hours.
"We apologize for the inconvenience today, and currently all efforts have been made to recover the Java-Bali power system, especially in the area of West Java, Banten, and Jakarta," Cahyani said.
The company has focused on power supply to PLTGU Muara Karang and PLTGU Priok to recover the system in the capital city.
Previously, PLN has recovered the operation of hydro-generated power plant (PLTA) Saguling and PLTA Cirata which are functioned as power stabilizer, and, at the same time, supply the electricity to PLTU Suralaya through Cibinong, Depok, Gandul, Lengkok, Balaraja and Suralaya extra high voltage substations.
PLTU Suralaya is expected to return to its normal operation within six hours to normalize power system in West Java and Banten.
Blackout that affected thousands of homes and public facilities in West Java, Jakarta, and Banten was caused by several troubles in the extra high voltage 500 kV transmission of Ungaran - Pemalang.
"PLN has taken its best efforts and will have evaluation to prevent recurrence of today's incident," Cahyani said.
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February
Govt to impose tiered COVID restrictions from 9-22 Feb
Written by Nur Yasmin
Feb. 9 - The Indonesian government will enforce restrictions on community activities (PPKM) using a micro-based approach, or at the local level, from 9 February to 22 February, 2021, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, said.
The PPKM would be implemented at the neighboring unit (RT), community unit (RW), village, and sub-district levels to curb positive coronavirus cases and tame the infection curve as a precondition for the successful handling of COVID-19 and national economic recovery, he informed.
"Of course, there needs to be a more micro approach, in accordance with the President's direction, namely up to the village or sub-district level," Hartarto said at an online press conference in Jakarta on Monday.
He explained that in order for COVID-19 cases to be well-controlled, it is necessary to establish a post or guard post at the village and sub-district level that performs four functions — prevention, handling, provision of guidance, and operational support for handling COVID-19.
He said handling functions will include the 3Ts of tracing, testing, and treatment, while prevention functions will include socializing the implementation of the 3Ms (using masks, keeping distance, and washing hands), as well as limiting mobility.
The function of guidance will include enforcing discipline, imposing sanctions, persuasion of crowd restrictions, and strengthening citizen solidarity, while supporting functions will cover data, logistics, communication, and administration, he added.
The COVID control measures at the guard post would comprise four tasks: maximizing 3Ts, isolating positive patients and close contacts, limiting mobility and movement, and providing basic necessities, such as rice and masks, he informed.
“(The measures would also involve) The formation of command posts at the village and sub-district levels, which will be headed by the village head and subdistrict head, respectively," he added.
In addition, the 3Ts will be ramped up along with fulfillment of community needs, he said.
For the purpose of testing, a free antigen swab test will be carried out for communities in villages and sub-districts by the Health Ministry using health facilities and puskesmas (community health centers) in their respective areas, he explained.
Tracing will be carried out more intensively in villages and sub-districts by using village supervisory non-commissioned officers (Babinsa) or village public order officers (Bhabinkamtibmas), who have been trained as tracers by the Ministry of Health, he informed.
For treatment, there will be provision for independent isolation and centralized care at health facilities, which will be coordinated by the village or sub-district guard post, he added.
Meanwhile, the fulfillment of basic needs in the form of rice provision will be carried out for people in the red zone, while cloth masks will be provided to all village communities, he said.
"The regulation to impose restrictions on various community activities at the district and city level, which is implemented by the Governor, is a regional priority that determines the restrictions on community activities (PPKM) with a micro-based approach, or at the local level," Hartarto stated. (Antaranews)
February
Pertamina distributes aid packages to flood victims in Papua's Keerom
Written by Nur Yasmin
Feb. 8 - State-owned Pertamina-Papua and Maluku Regional Office has distributed its aid packages to flood victims currently taking refuge in Pramuka building of Arso Swakarsa neighborhood, Arso Subdistrict, Keerom District, Papua.
The aid packages comprise basic household needs, baby diapers, baby milk bottles, mattresses, pillows, and blankets, the oil and gas company's spokesperson, Edi Mangun, said in a statement that ANTARA received here Sunday.
The Pertamina caring team members coordinated with the Keerom Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) to know the real needs of those badly affected by the flooding and taking refuge in several disaster zones, he said.
Floods struck parts of Keerom District, submerging residential and office areas on February 3.
Floods inundated the Arso Swakarsa-Arso II area, Arso City, and the villages of Asyaman, Yanamaa, Walukubun, Workwana, and Pitewi.
The East Arso Police Sector office was also inundated, Deputy Chief of the Keerom Resort Police Commissioner Martha Tolau stated when contacted from Jayapura.
The police deployed personnel to help residents whose settlements were affected by flooding.
"Several police officers have been deployed to help the flood-stricken residents," she confirmed.
The flooding was triggered by incessant heavy rains that had fallen since February 2, and caused the Tami River to overflow its bank.
Various parts of Indonesia are prone to natural disasters. Within the initial two months of 2021, several hydrological disasters have occurred in the islands of Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi.
In Java Island, for instance, flash floods inundated certain areas of Semarang in Central Java following heavy rainfall showering the city from Friday to Saturday.
Landslides also hit Cihanjuang Village in Cimanggung Sub-district, Sumedang District, West Java Province, on January 9.
Meanwhile, in Sumatra Island, flash floods and a landslide damaged seven homes and broke a bridge in Wih Ni Durin Village, Syiah Utama Sub-district, Bener Meriah District, Aceh Province, following incessant heavy rains in the Gayo highland area.
In the island of Kalimantan, massive floods and landslides also hit several parts of South Kalimantan following incessant downpour on January 12.
The floods affected the districts of Banjar, Tapin, Tabalong, Balangan, and Hulu Sungai Tengah and the cities of Tanah Laut and Banjar Baru.
The massive floods, triggered by incessant heavy rains since January 12, reportedly claimed 15 lives, swamped 24,379 houses, and displaced 39,549 people. (Antaranews)
February
Indonesian soldiers in Papua help clean Mosso village's street
Written by Nur Yasmin
Feb. 8 - The Indonesia-Papua New Guinea (PNG) Border Security Task Force personnel keep upholding their unity with locals in Papua Province by initiating a street cleaning program in Mosso Village in Muara Tami Subdistrict, Jayapura city.
Several members of the task force worked along with the Mosso villagers to remove dirt and debris from the village's street this week, the task force's commander, Major Anggun Wuriyanto said here Sunday.
The soldiers who joined the community service belong to the Army Strategic Reserves Command's (Kostrad's) Raider 413 Mechanic Infantry Battalion, he said, adding that the residents looked enthusiastic to join the street cleaning program.
"We hope the street cleaning activity will be a routine program to keep Mosso Village clean and healthy," Wuriyanto said.
He encouraged the village's youths to be the frontliners of efforts to keep their village clean, healthy, and secure.
ANTARA noted that Indonesian soldiers, stationed in Papua and West Papua, have demonstrated their care for local communities.
Last month, several soldiers from the 11/MA Combat Engineering Detachment (Denzipur) assisted the construction of the Asy-Syifa Islamic boarding school in Sidomulyo Village, Semangga Subdistrict, Merauke District, Papua Province.
The army personnel's community service reflected the Indonesian Military's (TNI's) care for improving the quality of education for children in Papua, according to Asy-Syifa Islamic Boarding School Principal K.POH Ach Sholeh.
Sholeh said he was so thankful for the combat engineering detachment's personnel who had participated in building the Islamic boarding school which was developed from a Quran recitation learning center.
The TNI was expected to keep upholding its unity with local tribal, community, and religious leaders, he added.
In showing their care for the development of human resources in Papua and West Papua, several soldiers, particularly those stationed near the Indonesia-PNG border areas, are also assigned to become voluntary teachers at schools.
Several members of the Indonesia-PNG Border Security Task Force in Merauke District, Papua Province, for instance, have adeptly shouldered this responsibility.
They have extended voluntary assistance to teachers at 12 elementary schools in the sub-districts of Sota, Neukenjerai, Eligobel, and Ulilin in Merauke District since July 2019.
They teach reading, writing, and mathematics to students, Commander of the task force at the Army Strategic Reserves Command's (Kostrad's) MR 411/PDW Infantry Battalion Major Rizky Aditya noted in a statement last year. (Antaranews)
February
Indonesia's economic growth in 2020 above average : expert staff
Written by Nur Yasmin
Feb. 8 - Indonesia's economic growth in 2020, which contracted by 2.07 percent (yoy), was above the global average, according to Kunta Wibawa Dasa Nugraha, expert staff in charge of state expenditure affairs of the Ministry of Finance.
"Although it's a minus, but the world level was minus 3.5 percent, it means we are much better than the world average. There were even countries with a minus far above 3.5 percent," he said in the Webinar on the Acceleration of Social Economy here on Sunday.
The peak of Indonesia's economic depression was minus 5.32 percent that occurred in the second quarter of 2020. It was because the government's stimulus had not been optimally accelerated, he said.
The Indonesian economy started to improve in the third quarter at minus 3.49 percent and minus 2.19 percent in the fourth quarter, thanks to the government's stimulus benefiting the public in particular.
The various stimuli provided by the government were the driving force for the Indonesian economy so that overall in 2020, its economy managed to grow at minus 2.07 percent.
Moreover, the social protection stimulus in the national economic recovery program (PEN), which has a wider coverage and better targeting, has been able to reach almost all of the 40 percent of the low income people, he noted.
The social protection stimulus was an intervention from the government in encouraging the consumption of all levels of society, he added. (Antaranews)
February
A container load of Indonesia-made furniture and home decor products was dispatched to Monterrey City, Mexico on February 1, 2021. (Antara/ Dokumentasi KBRI Mexico City)
The Indonesian Embassy and the Indonesian Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) in Mexico City have facilitated business cooperation between Indonesian and Mexican companies for export of furniture, home decor items, and textiles.
The cooperation is part of efforts taken since early this year to increase Indonesia's exports to Mexico, the Indonesian Embassy in Mexico City said in a written statement issued on Saturday.
The agreement includes cooperation to export Indonesian furniture to Mexico and market Balinese clothes and textiles to the country.
Indonesia exported a container load of furniture and home decor items to Monterrey City, Mexico, via the Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta on February 1, 2021.The products, which mostly came from West Java, will be displayed and sold at a gallery in Monterrey, which has so far sold home decor products from the United States.
On February 3, 2021, PT. Asia Garmen Internasional of Indonesia and Pareos Del Mar of Mexico inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) online on business cooperation.
Indonesian Ambassador to Mexico Cheppy T. Wartono and Director of Promotion and Image Development at the Indonesian Trade Ministry Tuti Prahastuti witnessed the signing of the MoU, the embassy informed.
Under the cooperation agreement, Pareos Del Mar will serve as a representative agent for PT. Asia Garmen Internasional’s products in Mexico//ANT
February
Malaysian PM Yassin ensures protection of Indonesian migrant workers
Written by nuke
President Joko Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin deliver a joint statement at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Friday (5/2/2021). ANTARA/Presidential Press Bureau/Lukas.
Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, during his official visit to Indonesia, has made assurance of offering protection to Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia.
"The Kingdom of Malaysia will continue to cooperate with the Government of the Republic of Indonesia to ensure that the recruitment and protection of Indonesian migrant workers are based on the law," the prime minister noted at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Friday, during a press conference with Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
"Malaysia believes that the ongoing discussions related to the protection of Indonesian domestic workers can be in line with the laws of the two countries. Hence, they can agree on an MoU (memorandum of understanding)," he remarked.
PM Yassin also lauded President Jokowi for facilitating the return of Indonesian migrant workers from Malaysia, who had arrived and worked through illegal channels. The Indonesian migrant laborers were returned in keeping with the framework of the recalibration program for unauthorized foreigners (PATI), who will return to Indonesia or work again in Malaysia.
The recalibration program was implemented from November 16, 2020, to June 30, 2021, by the Malaysian Immigrants Offices (JIM)/Malaysian Peninsular Manpower Office (JTKSM).
The return recalibration program opens up opportunities for migrant workers, who exceed the residence permit limit to return to their country of origin in accordance with the stipulated conditions.
The Malaysian PM explained that the labor recalibration program opens up opportunities for migrant workers, who exceed the residence permit limit, to be reinstated with a valid residence permit."I have also urged the president for cooperation to ensure that Indonesian citizens keen on working in Malaysia can enter that country through legal channels," he stated.
In connection with the Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) also expressed his gratitude to the Malaysian government.
"I express my gratitude for the cooperation in protecting Indonesian citizens in Malaysia, especially during the pandemic. I am again entrusting Indonesian citizens in Malaysia to the Malaysian government," President Jokowi remarked.
Furthermore, regarding the protection of Indonesian migrant workers, President Jokowi stressed the importance of completing the MoU on the placement and protection of Indonesian domestic workers in Malaysia//ANT
February
Solar panel on farmland is one of the models to use new and renewable energy. ANTARA/Anis Efizudin
Vice Chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission VII Eddy Soeparmo hoped new and renewable energy bill could be completed this year as targeted.
"I want the new and renewable energy bill to be completed soon. We have targeted to complete the first phase of talks in June 2021," he said in a press statement released on Saturday.
The bill is needed to increase energy mix as well as to increase environmental conservation in the country, he said.
Moreover, the government has targeted to increase new and renewable energy mix which stood at 11 percent in 2020 to 23 percent in 2025, he said.
"Looking ahead, we can no longer rely on fossil energy. As I know fossil energy can cause environmental damage and fossil energy deposit will eventually be depleted," he said.
On the other hand, Indonesia has abundant new and renewable energy resources which have not been managed optimally, he said//ANT
February
Curbing infection rates crucial to tackle COVID-19: government
Written by Nur YasminFeb. 5 - President Joko Widodo's discussion with five governors on handling the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic concluded that reducing the infection rates were paramount to successfully handling the pandemic, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated.
"Yesterday, Mr. President invited five governors to discuss about the COVID-19 pandemic. I happened to be requested to accompany him and see how we share our experiences in handling the pandemic," Sadikin remarked here on Thursday.
The invited governors are Anies Baswedan from Jakarta, Ridwan Kamil from West Java, Ganjar Pranowo from Central Java, Sultan Hamengkubuwono X from Yogyakarta, and Wayan Koster from Bali.
Sadikin affirmed that China and India were able to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Several cities in the administrative areas of the five governors are also able to tackle the pandemic.
"We conclude that the best way to handle the pandemic is reducing the infection rates," he emphasized, adding that by doing so, the burden on hospitals could be well-managed, so that they could be prepared for conducting the vaccination program.
Thus, the main mission of Indonesia's collective fight against the COVID-19 pandemic was reducing the infection rates. In this regard, several action programs were implemented, such as "Jogo Tonggo" and "resilient village", he remarked.
Action programs, such as "Jogo Tonggo" in Central Java, "resilient village", and "alert village," that were implemented in various rural areas in Indonesia were deeply rooted in Indonesia's unique culture.
"The programs are appropriate to help reduce the COVID-19 infection rates since they are implemented at the micro level, such as in families and neighborhoods," he stated.
As of February 4, 2021, Indonesia had witnessed the addition of 11,984 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the national tally to 1,111,671 cases, while the number of new recoveries reached 9,135, thereby bringing the total count of people fully recovering from coronavirus to 905,665.
Indonesia's death rate was recorded at 30,770 after 189 other people succumbed to the disease over the past 24 hours.
The Indonesian government has been grappling to win the battle against the global pandemic of COVID-19 since it announced the country's first confirmed cases on March 2, 2020.
The government has not only enforced the public activity restriction policy in the Java and Bali Islands since January 11, 2021, but also conducted a national vaccination program that commenced on January 13, 2021.
Since January 26, 2021, Indonesia's COVID-19 infection rate had exceeded one million cases following President Widodo’s official announcement of the country's first COVID-19 cases in March. (Antaranews)
February
Government drafts strategies to strengthen COVID-19 handling
Written by Nur Yasmin
Feb. 5 - The Indonesian government is formulating strategies to strengthen COVID-19 handling, deputy chief of the COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery Committee (KPC-PEN), Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, has said.
The strategies include launching a massive campaign on health protocols, developing a central isolation facility, accelerating the vaccination program, and limiting mobility, he added.
“We have to improve the strategy on COVID-19 handling to increase public discipline,” Pandjaitan, who is also the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, said here during an online discussion on COVID-19 handling on Thursday.
The government, he said, has three primary targets in the fight against COVID-19 — reduce daily cases, lower mortality rate, and increase recovery rate.
The first strategy is encouraging change in public behavior through a massive health protocol campaign, and aggressive tracing and testing, the minister informed.
"We hope that dissemination of information and the campaign can be conducted massively involving various institutions, such as the Religious Affairs Ministry and the Education and Culture Ministry," he said.
The next strategy is developing a central isolation facility, Pandjaitan said.
"The use of Wisma Atlet in Greater Jakarta is the right policy, hence we can use it as an isolation center, reduce family clusters, and help overwhelmed hospitals," he stated.
The government is also encouraging provinces with the highest number of positive cases to provide a central isolation facility, he revealed.
"We will improve the management of medical treatment by ensuring adequate hospital capacity, medicines and health care equipment," he said.
Yet another strategy, he added, is accelerating the COVID-19 vaccination program, under which vaccines are being administered to medical workers, public service officers, vulnerable groups, and in priority regions with high positivity rates.
"Vaccination is still ongoing, we are targeting to reach 70 percent of herd immunity in 12 months," Pandjaitan stressed.
Reducing mobility is also crucial to control coronavirus transmission, he noted.
"Based on our experience, it will need mobility reduction of more than 30 percent to control the cases," he said.
Meanwhile, head of the Indonesian Epidemiology Association (PAEI), Hariadi Wibisono, said the source of most of the COVID-19 positive cases could not be detected.
"Therefore, we need to intensify the 3T moves — testing, tracing and treatment," he remarked.
The government should provide affordable and accessible COVID-19 testing and tracing that involves all elements of the society, he said. (Antaranews)
February
Minister optimistic of Indonesian BUMN becoming global preference
Written by Nur Yasmin
Feb. 5 - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir expressed hope that Indonesian BUMN companies would emerge as a global preference.
"I also hope that many more Indonesian state-owned companies would become preferences in the global business, taking into account the fact that competition is now open," Thohir noted in Jakarta, Thursday.
The BUMN minister commended the inclusion of Mandiri, BNI, and BRI into the Forbes ranking list along with Telkom.
"From the start, we, at the Ministry of BUMN, were keen that the transformation we conducted was based on the three aspects of accountability, transparency, and professionalism," he emphasized.
During the journey of transformation, Thohir expressed belief that the BUMN group should also be based on focus laid on its business as well as its long-term strategic plan after the COVID-19 pandemic.
"In accordance with the Ministry of BUMN’s roadmap, we also hope that BUMNs would go global," Minister Thohir stated.
Four BUMN -- PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, and PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk -- were included on the list of the world's largest public companies in the 2019 version of the business magazine Forbes.
Forbes released a list of the two thousand largest global public companies in the world in 2019. The companies selected are spread across 61 countries, with the criteria for the largest global public company referring to the size of market capitalization, sales or revenue, profit, and assets in 2018.
The international community’s recognition and praises for the performance of these BUMNs demonstrates the seriousness of BUMNs to unwaveringly realize their long-term vision as service providers and deliver optimal performance. (Antaranews)
