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President Jokowi accompanied by Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung, Minister of Youth and Sports Imam Nahrawi and Chairman of Steering Committee (SC) Maruarar Sirait, handed the President Cup to the Persija Jakarta football team after beating Bali United 3-0 in the final of the 2018 President Cup football tournament at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Saturday evening, February 17, 2018. The President shook hands with all players and coach Persija Jakarta.

In the final match witnessed by 70,255 spectators, Persija Jakarta's three goals were created by Marko Simic in the 20th minute and in the first half of injury time, which was 47 minutes. One other goal was scored by Novri Setiawan in the 62nd minute.

With the victory, Persija was the first winner to get cash prize of Rp3.3 billion. Bali United as the second winner received Rp2.2 billion and Sriwijaya FC got Rp1.1 billion after beating PSMS Medan with a score of 4-0 in third place.

In addition to the President's Cup champions, on the same occasion a number of awards were also presented as a form of appreciation during the President Cup tournament. They were for Best Supporters, Best Referees, Top Scorers, Best Young Players of Fairplay Team, and Best Player. (Ndy/( biro pers )

The trading policy issued by the President of the United State of America. Donald Trump drew the attention because it carries “America First’ agenda which is considered to be a protectionist policy. In addition, the policy is also considered to be detrimental to many countries that have made the United States as the export destination country. Nevertheless, the Indonesian Ambassador to the United States in Washington DC, Budi Bowoleksono believes that the trade potential in the US is still widely open, He said, the potential was still wide open as Indonesia is also an important market for the US trading, especially related to information technology products

“But we believe that trading potency of both countries is still widely open. Besides, Indonesia is an important market for America, especially information technology products because Indonesia has 262 million populations. American market is also very important for Indonesia. Indonesia exports many products such as fishery products, footwear, and chemical products,” Budi Bowoleksono told media at the Foreign Ministry, Jakarta, recently.

Budi Bowoleksono added that currently the United States is focusing on trading policy on surplus and deficit issues. The country is introducing a new concept in trading called fair and reciprocal trade which is different from the previous concept, fair trade. Fair and reciprocal trade is a trade concept that promotes justice and reciprocity with a primary focus on surplus and deficit. This concept has a broad meaning, not just about competitive trade like the concept of fair trade but also mutual beneficial trade. (VOI/Rezha/ALIKA /AHM)

Yogyakarta Tourism Office is intensively promoting new tourist destinations. The effort is to increase the visits of domestic and overseas tourists to the area this year. Yogyakarta Tourism Head Aris Riyanta, on Saturday (17/2) admitted almost every year the number of new tourist destinations both culinary and nature tourism, increases in Yogyakarta. He hoped, the emergence of the new destinations, provide many options for tourists who want to visit Yogyakarta. According to him, in addition to various exhibition events in the country, the promotion of new tourist destinations will among others be prioritized in every visit to Asian and European countries. (republika)

Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia, Rusdi Kirana, stated that it is time for Indonesia to do a temporary moratorium on sending Indonesian Migrant Workers.  He added Moratorium should be done, to give opportunities to restructure employment administration process, so that in the future there will be no adverse incident harming the Indonesian Migrant Workers in Malaysia, especially workers at the informal sector such as household assistants.

“The moratorium is very important, not for good, only temporary, but in the meantime what has to be done for us is restructuring. We have employment administration process there. If the incident like Adelina's happen again, it will harm the good name of Indonesia, as well as the good name of Malaysia, and the relationship of these two countries will not be good. I'm sure Malaysian officials are really angry with this incident,” Rusdi Kirana said to the media at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of RI, Jakarta, recently.

In connection with the death of Indonesian Migrant Workers from East Nusa Tenggara, Adelina Jemirah, in Penang, Malaysia, Rusdi Kirana stated that he will continue to seek to get all her rights and justice in the legal process. So far, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia still continues to provide assistance to Adelina. An investigation conducted on two suspects was conducted using article 302 of the Malaysian Penal Code on Planned Murder with capital punishment // (VOI/Rezha/AHM)