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Malalak is a sub-district in Agam Regency, West Sumatra Province, which is directly adjacent to Padang Pariaman. Malalak can be an alternative location for a vacation because it has a variety of amazing natural charms, one of which is Langkuik Tinggi Waterfall. This waterfall is often a stopover for local residents after activities in the fields to refresh themselves. Because, the flow of the waterfall and the cool air feels very refreshing to the body.

The Langkuik Tinggi waterfall is in the Nyiur area, South Malalak. It takes approximately 30 to 45 minutes from Bukittinggi or about 3 hours from Padang by motor vehicles. It's easy to find the location of this waterfall, because the post is on the side of the road. Arriving at the Langkuik Tinggi tourism object, you can park your car in the available parking lot. The parking ticket price is Rp 5,000. Then, you also have to pay an entrance ticket of Rp 5,000 per person. Before entering, you must first register yourself at the post. Here, you will be offered tour guide services. There is no special tariff for tour guide fees, depending on your willingness to give. From the post to the waterfall location, you have to walk for about 1 hour. You will pass through green rice fields and forests. The terrain is quite extreme because the road will be a bit slippery if it rains. To get to the first waterfall, you have to go along the river.

Langkuik Tinggi waterfall has 5 waterfalls. From one waterfall to another the distance is quite close. Arriving at the first waterfall, you will be amazed to see the swift falling water. This waterfall is so heavy that the splash of a waterfall on the rocks will wet you if you stand or take pictures around the location of this waterfall. After being satisfied to take pictures at this waterfall, you can rush to the second waterfall by crossing the river which is quite swift. In this second waterfall, you can swim, because the water is not too heavy and the pool is not too deep. Here you can take a short break before heading to the third, fourth and fifth waterfalls. These three places are close to the distance from the second waterfall, approximately 20 minutes. At the third, fourth and fifth waterfalls, you can also swim, take pictures and enjoy the beauty of the three waterfalls. Because there is no restaurant in this tourism area, we recommend that you bring your own food supplies. You can enjoy your food while enjoying the beauty of the Langkuik Tinggi waterfall.

One piece of little news in the long weekends circulated that the police are looking for a Sampang resident who published hoaxes or fake news on his social media accounts. It said that in Lar Village, Sampang, Madura, East Java, there was a bloody riot which resulted in many victims. Maybe, this can be considered little news because the perpetrator is not a public figure and the location of the incident is not in a big city. However, what is interesting is that law enforcement for spreading fake news has actually reached remote areas in Indonesia.

The spread of hoaxes can have a troubling impact. So, it is necessary to carry out strict law enforcement. In addition, the perpetrator is said to have spread fake news that has gone viral on social media more than once.

Law enforcement against the perpetrator who spread fake news should be strictly enforced. In the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic today, there is a tendency for people to increasingly rely on social media for information, even with a very high level of trust. It seems as if anyone could upload any content very easily and then spread it and could be read by everyone. This is, of course, a new challenge for law enforcers because very often, the contents are things that are disturbing to the community.

The circulation of hoaxes, misinformation and disinformation is not easy to stop. In the last three years, the number of hoaxes spread across various platforms in Indonesia has continued to grow significantly.

It is necessary to raise awareness among people to be more careful in spreading any content or information on social media. In a country with a very large geographical location with a population of diverse ethnicities and backgrounds, such as Indonesia, the impact of hoaxes or fake news can indeed be very detrimental. Therefore, education about healthy and useful contents needs to be continuously provided in order to form a wise culture in social media.

Indonesian Ambassador to Japan, Heri Akhmadi inaugurated the Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) Super Tanker Ship 'PERTAMINA PRIDE' at the Ariake Japan Marine United Shipyard, Kumamoto on Tuesday (9/2). As Quoted by niindo.com, Ambassador Heri Akhmadi explained that the existence of this VLCC will play an important role to support the fulfillment of transportation needs for Free-On-Board Crude Cargo as raw material for refineries. This is very important to secure the national energy supply.

Ambassador Heri Akhmadi further noted that the existence of the Pertamina Pride Super tanker would be an important part of Pertamina's business in the future. At the inauguration, Ambassador Heri was accompanied by his wife, Nuning Akhmadi, Coordinator of Economic Functions of the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo, Rima Cempaka and Head of Pertamina East Asia, Made Adi Putra. Meanwhile, this was also attended virtually by Deputy Minister of State-Owned Enterprises, Pahala Nugraha Mansuri, President Director of PT Pertamina, Nicke Widyawati and Pertamina's Board of Directors and Board of Commissioners.

The Pertamina Pride VLCC vessel has a crude oil carrying capacity of as total as 324,995 cubic meters or around 2.04 million barrels. This ship is a crude oil tanker of single screw driven and single deck. The total length of the ship reaches 330 meters or about 3 times the size of a soccer field with a depth of 29.35 meters.  Besides, Ambassador Heri Akhmadi also added that the building of the ship, which took approximately 18 months, was a form of concrete cooperation between Indonesia and Japan.   The VLCC will be operated by Sub-holding Shipping Pertamina. It is hoped that this ship can become one of the main supporters to further advance Indonesia's role in the international shipping industry.

This tourism attraction offers a beautiful natural environment and cave exploration for you who like adventure. This tourism spot is located in Batu Jonjong village, Bahorok sub- district, Langkat Regency, North Sumatra Province. Therefore, Batu Katak tourism location is indeed not far from Binjai. Even, Binjai is an alternative route that can be used to reach Batu Katak tourism. To reach this tourism spot takes about two to three hours by motor vehicles from Medan City, with the route Medan-Pinang Baris-Binjai-Bahorok. To enter this tourism attraction, you pay an entrance ticket of Rp. 3,000 per person and a parking ticket of Rp. 10,000 for a car and Rp. 5000 for a motorcycle.

Batu Katak tourism destination is included in the Gunung Leuser National Park area. Thus, if you enter this tourism area, you will feel the cool air with views of shady trees and high hills.  You can also walk around to see various kinds of fauna and flora. Some of the flora that can be seen are like the Amorphophallus titanum carcass and various types of orchids. While for fauna, if you are lucky, you can see gibbons, Sumatran orangutans, Sumatran forest goats, up to monkeys and monkeys with long tail.

For you who like adventure, you can trace the cave at Batu Katak. Some of the caves that can be explored are Jodoh , Pupuk Mentar, Air, Batu Rijal , Pintu Angin and Mbeli  Caves. While being in the cave, you can see the magnificent views of stalactites and stalagmites and the river that flows inside the cave.  Apart from tracing the cave, you can also soak in natural baths, do rafting in the river. For you who like adrenaline-pumping activities, the manager also provides a variety of challenging game rides. One of the quite popular rides is flying fox. This ride will make you hang on a rope with a height of 5 meters to 8 meters.