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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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April
Indonesia, UN ink security cooperation pact ahead of GPDRR
Written by Nur Yasmin
The Indonesian government and the United Nations (UN) signed an agreement on security cooperation ahead of the 7th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Wednesday.
Deputy for systems and strategies at the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), Raditya Jati, said that the agreement signifies a joint collaboration to succeed the 7th GPDRR, which will be held in Bali from May 23–28, 2022.
"Collaboration between parties and commitment to work together as an integrated and solid team will become an important contribution to succeed the 7th GPDRR," he remarked in a press release issued on Wednesday.
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) will provide a legal basis for and demonstrate shared commitment toward GPDRR, as well as detail joint security operations, including anticipatory measures for potential security hazards and natural disasters, he informed.
The MoU focuses on security cooperation, which will regulate the role of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), National Police (Polri), and the United Nations Department for Safety and Security (UNDSS), Jati said.
Meanwhile, UNDSS coordinator for event security, Sassan Rahimi, lauded the support from the Indonesian government, especially in the field of security, for the upcoming GPDRR. He said the cooperation had been built since the preparations had been very good and professional.
"The GPDRR event is a very important event for the United Nations. We appreciate the help from the Indonesian government as the host for this year's GPDRR. We will fully support security cooperation to build a better world, as well as the 2022 GPDRR event," Rahimi said.
The collaboration is a part of joint disaster risk reduction measures. Each party will conduct a risk analysis, design an operation plan, identify the resources needed, and ensure that all of them are available in the area to anticipate any potential crisis.
Bali Police chief, Inspector General Putu Jayan Danu Putra, said that Polri and UNDSS will share authority over a certain area called the blue zone. Meanwhile, adjustments will be made for respective fields for areas outside the blue zone.
At the MoU signing, Jati expressed his appreciation to all parties involved in securing the GPDRR. The MoU on security cooperation was carried out by the Commander of the Defense Area Joint Command 2 (Kogabwilhan) and the UNDSS Event Security Coordinator, and signed by the Commander of the Regional Military Command IX/Udayana, Major General Sonny Apriyanto, and the Bali Police chief.
The signing of the MoU was witnessed by representatives of UNDSS, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture.
The security cooperation will be fully supported by TNI Headquarters, Police Headquarters, Kogabwilhan 2, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Presidential Security Guard (Paspamres), Presidential Military Secretariat (Setmilpres), Police Headquarters, Bali Police, and Bali Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD). (Antaranews)
April
Jokowi explains ban on CPO, cooking oil exports
Written by Nur Yasmin
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Wednesday explained why his administration has decided to ban the export of cooking oil and its raw materials, such as crude palm oil (CPO).
"I want to emphasize that for the government, the essential needs of the community are the highest priority. This is the government's consideration every time it makes a decision," he said in a video broadcast on the Presidential Secretariat’s Youtube channel.
Cooking oil exports have been banned across Indonesia, including in bonded zones, to ensure domestic availability, he explained.
"As the world's largest palm oil-producing country, it is ironic that we have difficulty in getting cooking oil," the President said.
"This ban does have a negative impact by reducing the potential of farmers' harvested crops that are not absorbed," he added.
However, Jokowi said, the purpose of the ban is to meet and make domestic supply abundant.
"I ask for the awareness of the palm oil industry to meet domestic needs, prioritize the domestic (market) first, meet the needs of the people first," the President emphasized.
Moreover, according to Jokowi, looking at the cooking oil raw material production capacity, domestic needs can actually be fulfilled easily.
"The volume of cooking oil raw materials that we produce and export is much greater than the domestic needs. There is still a very large remaining capacity if we have the intention to prioritize the people," he said.
He further assured that he will lift the ban if the domestic needs are met.
The government will ban the export of crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives, such as refined palm oil (RPO), Refined, Bleached, Deodorized Palm Olein (RBD Palm Olein), Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME), and used cooking oil, starting April 28, 2022, to reduce the price of bulk cooking oil to Rp14 thousand per liter. (Antaranews)
April
Indonesia's G20 Presidency committed to improving financing gap: govt
Written by Nur Yasmin
Indonesia is committed to building a better global health architecture by closing the health financing gap between developed and developing nations during its G20 Presidency, the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment has said.
“Health fund is needed to improve the global response to COVID-19 and increase preparedness to face a pandemic in the future,” Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said at the 2022 CSIS Global Dialogue, accessed from Jakarta on Wednesday.
He highlighted the significance of mobilizing a sizable amount of investment to improve global health architecture as well as implement innovative financing schemes.
The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated that the world lacks the resources to prepare every country for a pandemic. This has also been evident from inequitable vaccinations, with the vaccination rate in low- and middle-income countries still low, he noted.
“Low- and middle-income countries must be encouraged to reform their health sector to meet the global target of COVID-19 vaccination, diagnosis, and treatment,” Pandjaitan said.
In addition to the health sector, the COVID-19 pandemic has also had an impact on the education sector, with an estimated 1.5 billion children finding it difficult to access education and 30 million school dropouts expected to be unable to return to school.
The World Bank has predicted that low- and middle-income countries’ educational spending will potentially fall by US$100–150 billion from the previous projection.
“The long-term economic cost of learning losses means that there will be potential losses in future productivity output,” the minister said. (Antaranews)
April
Health Ministry starts distributing Sinovac booster doses
Written by Nur Yasmin
The Health Ministry has started to gradually allocate Sinovac vaccines for the booster vaccination program to entire regions in response to a recent Supreme Court ruling.
In a short message on Tuesday, the ministry's spokesperson, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, said that the Sinovac booster allocation is being adjusted based on the availability of vaccine stocks at state-owned vaccine manufacturer PT Bio Farma's facilities.
The total number of doses available is pegged at five to seven million.
"The allocation to entire regions depends on the demand from participants there," Tarmizi informed.
The ministry is also prioritizing Sinovac vaccine allocation for the COVID-19 vaccination program targeting children aged 6–11 years and for second dose vaccinations of children aged 12 years and above.
The decision has been stipulated in the Health Ministry Circulation Letter No. SR02.06/II/266/2022 on Following Up COVID-19 Vaccination for Children Aged 6–11 Years and Sinovac Vaccine Utilization.
The utilization of Sinovac vaccines for booster vaccinations will reduce the allocation for children’s vaccination, Tarmizi informed.
"The allocation will decrease, but we will strive to add more supply through COVAX or other bilateral agreements," she said.
Earlier, the Supreme Court granted the judicial review of Presidential Regulation No. 99 of 2020 on Vaccine Procurement and Vaccination for COVID-19 Pandemic Mitigation, Article 2, proposed by the Indonesian Muslim Consumer Foundation (YKMI).
The court's decision on COVID-19 vaccines obliges the government to provide halal vaccines for Muslims.
Sinovac vaccine is one of the vaccine types in Indonesia that has been declared halal by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI).
Meanwhile, for the mutual assistance vaccination mechanism, the Sinopharm vaccine has also been declared halal by MUI.
So far, the government has obtained emergency-use authorization for six vaccines from the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM).
The vaccines comprise Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna, Janssen, and Sinopharm. (Antaranews)
April
RI includes livestock evacuation in disaster management measures
Written by Nur Yasmin
The government of Indonesia, on National Disaster Preparedness Day on Tuesday, incorporated livestock evacuation as a new and important element of disaster management efforts.
Livestock evacuation is closely related to human evacuation efforts considering that livestock are a valuable livelihood asset, therefore, preparing a livestock evacuation route, in particular, can reduce human and animal casualties as well as economic losses, according to a joint press release issued by the National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB), the Ministry of Agriculture, and FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) Representative in Indonesia.
On Tuesday, the livestock evacuation drill was made a part of activities for the first time on National Disaster Preparedness Day, which has been observed every April 26 since 2017, the statement said.
"Indonesia’s disaster preparedness has improved significantly in saving the lives of the people. However, in various disaster incidents, the human evacuation process is often hampered by the community, especially farmers who are reluctant to evacuate if they have to leave their livestock, which are valuable livelihood assets," head of BNPB, Suharyanto, said.
"This can increase the risk of fatalities and economic losses, so the government needs to develop a special strategy to handle it," he added.
BNPB recorded 2,800 cattle deaths and 332 human fatalities during the 2010 eruption of Mount Merapi.
Around 12.4 percent of the total economic losses of Rp4.23 trillion were reported by small and medium-sized businesses, including those in the agriculture and livestock sectors, according to BNPB.
Besides, the agency recorded at least 156 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia between 2010 and 2020, or an average of 15 eruptions a year.
Director general of livestock and animal health services of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Nasrullah, said that the ministry supports efforts to integrate livestock evacuation with disaster management.
MoA is aware that Indonesia has a high risk of volcanic disasters since this is related to more than 1.2 million Indonesians living around volcanic areas who make a living from agriculture and livestock, especially small-scale family farmers, he added.
For this reason, Nasrullah emphasized that attention also needs to be paid to livestock and they need to be handled properly in the event of a disaster.
"The Ministry of Agriculture, together with BNPB and local governments, will prepare guidelines for handling livestock during volcanic disasters, which will include arrangements for livestock evacuation and contingency plans," he informed.
"It is hoped that the guidelines will complement the evacuation guidelines for humans, so that the community can have safety guarantees in the event of a disaster, both for themselves and their livestock as the main source of livelihood for families in rural areas," Nasrullah added.
"The purpose of this guideline is to reduce risks and losses due to volcanic disasters. The government would like people living in disaster-prone areas to remain safe and prosperous," he said.
Meanwhile, representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations for Indonesia and Timor Leste, Rajendra Aryal, said that the FAO is working closely with BNPB and the Ministry of Agriculture to protect farmers from losses during volcanic disasters.
"We are providing necessary technical support according to the Sendai Framework, a global framework for disaster risk reduction, to conduct studies and develop guidelines for handling livestock, including livestock evacuation, capacity building, and response plans, that led to today’s evacuation drill," Aryal remarked.
"As the chair of the G20 and the host of the upcoming Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction that will be held in Bali this May, disaster management efforts in Indonesia can serve as an example to the world. Situated in the Ring of Fire that is prone to disasters, with its large population, good experiences from Indonesia can serve as good practices to the rest of the world," he added. (Antaranews)
April
Law Minister calls for transformation of correctional facilities
Written by Nur Yasmin
Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly here on Tuesday, asked correctional facilities in Indonesia to transform in order to create skillful and productive individuals.
"This must be done so that the people in these correctional facilities can compete once they go back into society," he added.
By having high skills and productivity, individuals trained within correctional facilities can compete at the national and global level, he elaborated.
"We cannot let convicts back into society without striving to improve their prosperity," he remarked.
The minister's call for the transformation of correctional facilities was influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has plagued the world for the last two years.
Pandemic disruptions have led to global uncertainty and affected the health and economic sectors.
"Everyone is demanded to survive amid the turbulence of the pandemic," Laoly said.
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), almost 114 million jobs were lost across the world due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The loss of jobs must be responded to accurately because there are 267,448 prisoners included within the productive age category," the minister stressed.
To this end, as one of the institutions responsible for advancing and developing human resources, correctional facilities must become more aware of the situation.
They can no longer utilize old methods in their programs, he opined.
All officials must become adaptive and innovative, including in formulating strategies to transform major challenges into opportunities, to contribute to realizing the Golden Indonesia goal by 2045.
"One of the things that can be done is by adjusting the prisoners training program with the available work opportunities," he said.
Earlier, during an online event on Monday, Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights, Omar Sharif Hiariej, had said that Indonesia's correctional system is lagging that of Western nations by 30 years. (Antaranews)
April
Business matching promotes SMEs to fulfill government's requirements
Written by Nur Yasmin
Small and medium industries were capable of meeting governmental needs through continued business matching between the industry and government, Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita stated.
Kartasasmita noted that the Industry Ministry was tasked with identifying domestic products and gauging the readiness of the domestic industry as well as pushing for the registration of domestic electronic products meeting the Domestic Content Level requirements.
The industry minister remarked that several national small and medium industries were capable of producing items required by offices and schools. Hence, the ministry elected to shop from local industries.
On March 22-24, 2022, the ministry had conducted business matching between ministries, agencies, and regional governments with associations and industrial companies in the Nusa Dua area, Bali.
The event was conducted in accordance with Presidential Instruction Number 2 of 2022 on expediting usage of domestic products and products of Micro, Small Business, and Cooperatives as part of the Proudly Made in Indonesia National Movement.
Minister Kartasasmita deemed business matching as an important measure to grow the political will of government officials and state-owned enterprises to increase the purchase of domestic products.
Director General of Small, Medium, and Multifarious Industries (IKMA) at the Industry Ministry, Reni Yanita, highlighted that among the most sought-after or high-demand products during business matching, as listed on dashboard.kemenperin.go.id/bisma, included infrastructure packages, buildings, food, vehicles, laptops, and furniture.
Yanita opined that the challenge posed for including the furniture commodity into the e-catalog was the absence of sufficient demand. In order to address this matter, furniture companies must ready several images for better visualizations and list detail of the specifications of customized items, such as cabinets, meeting tables, and work desks.
Her administration maintains coordination with the stakeholders to identify the expenditure needs of ministries, agencies, and regional governments, which could be met by small and medium enterprises. In addition to furniture, there were agricultural devices, clothing, and machinery.
They also encouraged small and medium industries to immediately partake in the Electronic Procurement Service, National Public Procurement Agency sectoral catalog, and Procurement Defense, so that their products could be bought by ministries, agencies, and local governments.
"Currently, small and medium industries' products have been listed into four categories of the National Public Procurement Agency Sectoral Catalog: electrical devices, other machine tools, appropriate technology machinery or equipment, and hand tools," he remarked.
On the other hand, the potential products in the food and beverage sector were processed foods, milk, simplicia, and herbal drinks.
Apart from that, there were also various industrial products, such as educational toys, sports equipment, stationery, drawing and painting tools, cleaning supplies, clothing and leather products from small and medium enterprises, such as batik, apparel, footwear and bags, personal protective equipment, and goodie bags. As for chemical and craft products that could potentially be ordered, the goods include hand sanitizers, disinfectants, and craft products for home decor.
“Main products, such as medical devices, agricultural machinery and food processing, as well as agricultural or plantation tools with large demand, are also expected to be met by domestic industries, especially by small and medium enterprises. Small and medium industries can also supply needs for building, hospital, school lighting, road lighting, medical devices, local software, and industrial 4.0 innovation products," she stated.
Yanita expected that the enterprises producing sought-after goods would be able to utilize this opportunity by continuously improving product quality and business capabilities, given that the government seeks to buy the required items from small and medium industries.
"We continue to conduct programs to increase human resource competence, product quality development, standardization, facilitation of machinery and equipment, and open access to promotions and markets, so that SMEs can meet (the needs of) domestic and foreign markets in a competitive manner," Yanita remarked.
The industry ministry also participated in the second phase of business matching on April 11-21, 2022, which was hosted by the Cooperatives and Small, Medium Enterprises Ministry, by including business actors under guidance of the Director General of Small, Medium, and Multifarious Industries in the showcase of their own agricultural equipment and heavy equipment products. It also involved 32 companies assisted by the Directorate of Machinery Industry and Agricultural Machinery Equipment of the Directorate General of Steel, Machinery, Transportation, and Electronics at the Industry Ministry.
The ongoing implementation of business matching has pushed up the value of the commitment that has increased to reach Rp220.80 trillion as of April 25, 2022, as shown by dashboard.kemenperin.go.id/bisma.
The commitment value consists of 34,123 packages of domestic products and involves 6,579 companies that created domestic products. The business matching is set to be completed on May 31, 2022, with a total commitment of Rp500 trillion. (Antaranews)
April
164,023,683 people fully vaccinated against COVID-19: ministry
Written by Nur Yasmin
The Ministry of Health has reported that 164,023,683 Indonesians have received the complete dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Monday.
According to a press statement released by the ministry, the total number of citizens who have received the two vaccine doses increased by 69,653 on Monday.
The number of first dose recipients climbed up by 46,039. Hence, the total number of recipients stood at 198,946,361.
The ministry also noted that the number of third dose recipients increased by 159,988, taking the total to 35,165,470.
In addition to announcing the latest data on first, second, and third dose vaccine recipients, the ministry also published the vaccination target of 208,265,720 people.
Further, on Monday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Indonesia jumped by 317.
The province that contributed the most cases was Jakarta, with 101 cases.
West Java and Banten were next, with 54 and 33 additional cases, respectively.
They were followed by Central Java and East Java, each of which added 25 cases.
Meanwhile, the number of patients who recovered from COVID-19 increased by 4,664 nationwide.
The highest number of recovered patients was recorded in West Java at 3,320.
This was followed by West Java with 255 recoveries, Central Java with 251 recoveries, Gorontalo with 175 recoveries, and Banten with 159 recoveries.
Meanwhile, the number of patients who died of COVID-19 increased by 33.
East Java recorded the highest number of fatalities at 9.
Nationally, the number of active cases declined by 4,380, taking the total number to 13,251.
The number of specimens examined stood at 119,757, with the positivity rate recorded at 0.68 percent. (Antaranews)
April
Gov"t extends PPKM outside Java, Bali until May 9
Written by Nur Yasmin
The government has extended public activity restrictions (PPKM) in areas outside Java and Bali until May 9, 2022, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has informed.
"The government has decided to extend PPKM for another 14 days, starting from April 26 to May 9, 2022," Hartarto said in a written statement on Monday.
The enforcement of PPKM outside Java and Bali is based on the COVID-19 pandemic situation covering the number of positive cases, deaths, in patients, as well as the response capacity comprising testing, tracing, and treatment.
It is also based on the second dose vaccination rate of at least 45 percent and the first dose elderly vaccination rate of at least 60 percent.
PPKM in districts or cities that do not meet the threshold will be raised by one level, except districts or cities with a population of less than 200 thousand and confirmed cases of less than 2 out of every 100 thousand people.
Based on the evaluation of the COVID-19 situation, as of April 23, 2022, the number of active cases, deaths, and in-patients remained low at level 1 or the lowest level, with the positivity and mortality rates in 27 provinces outside Java and Bali staying at level 1.
However, 14 provinces have limited response capacity as the testing or tracing capacity falls in the category of "moderate" in 10 provinces and “sufficient" in 3 provinces.
Of the 386 districts or cities outside Java and Bali, as of April 26, 2022, the number of districts or cities with level 1 PPKM will rise to 131 from 84, while the number of districts or cities with level 2 PPKM will decline to 216 from 259, and the number of districts or cities whose PPKM level has dropped will reach 39 from 43.
Right now, no districts or cities are implementing level 4 PPK. (Antaranews
April
UNSC must stop Israeli violence against Palestinians: House Speaker
Written by Nur Yasmin
House Speaker Puan Maharani has asked the Indonesian Government to urge the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to be more active to stop Israeli violence against Palestinians.
The government must continue to take concrete actions to help the Palestinian people, she said in a statement here on Sunday.
"Indonesia can push the UN Security Council to take more active stance to stop violence in Palestine," Maharani said.
The commitment to support and fight for Palestinian independence from Israeli occupation had been voiced during the Asia and Africa Summit held in Bandung on 18–24 April 1955.
She recalled that her grandfather, Indonesia's first President Soekarno in his opening remarks during the Asia-Africa Conference 67 years ago had urged that the Asia and African countries must support the struggles for independence of those remained colonized in the two continents.
The Asian and African delegates had agreed to support Palestine's independence and asked for immediate implementation of the UN resolutions on Palestine.
However, until now the Palestine remains occupied and the people is discriminated and suffering violence by occupying Israeli forces.
Hence, Puan Maharani reminded the 29 member countries of the Asia and Africa Conference, including Indonesia, to fulfill their promise to help the Palestinian people in the struggle for independence.
Independence is the right of every nation in the world and there should be no more colonization by one nation against another, especially in the modern era like today, she stressed.
"The liberation of Palestine from Israel's oppression will forever remain a debt to be repaid by Indonesia and other Asia-Africa Conference's participating countries that had pledged in Bandung," she said. (Antaranews)