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Chairman of the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI), Atal S. Depari, emphasized that coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic by the mass media, should be informative and comforting to the people. As quoted by Antara News, he stated at a press conference of the Task Force for the Acceleration of COVID-19 Handling, broadcasted through the BNPB YouTube account in Jakarta, Friday that the Association will continue to tirelessly remind our fellow journalists to not be coquettish in their reporting. Depari noted that some media platforms came up with headlines that differed from the content of the reported news, with the sole intention to grab the public’s attention. Such practice of journalism is worrisome, as it could mislead people, especially those only skimming through headlines without reading the news content//ANT

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Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), Erick Thohir, on Friday said all state-owned companies are ready to implement the new normal protocols. As quoted by Antara, the minister said during a virtual discussion in Jakarta, that the government target to have the protocols prepared for SOEs was May 25, 2020, but the government ended up completing the task on May 27. The government can only imagine the scenario if it implements the new normal on June 5, but the government is not ready, that is why did designing of protocols first. He further said state-owned enterprises would need to anticipate the new normal, considering they account for a third of the national economy//ANT

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President Joko Widodo reminded the ministers and staffs to keep national strategic agendas run continuously. Amid covid-19 pandemic situation, President Jokowi explained that the national strategic agenda is important for people's life. It was conveyed by the President when opening a Limited Cabinet Meeting via video conference on Evaluating the National Strategic Program for the Recovery of the National Economic Impact of Covid-19, Friday May 29, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta. The President mentioned that the national strategic agenda does not only to involve the economic field, but also the basic things for the people, such as education, improving the quality of Human Resources and health sector.

"For example, in the field of Health, the government has a big agenda, namely reducing stunting, eradicating tuberculosis, malaria, dengue fever, HIV/AIDS, and also relating to healthy living movements which the government must continuously work on. This means the government must focus on handling and controlling COVID-19, but strategic agendas that have a major impact on people's life must not be forgotten" President said. 

Moreover, President Jokowi further asked the national strategic program that are currently running, to be focused on accelerating programs, that have a direct impact on strengthening the people’s economy and national economic recovery. Those are such as programs of land certification for the people, legalization of transmigration land, agrarian reform, social forestry, and rejuvenation of people's plantations. (Ndy//TRANS:AF)

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Spain will open gradually to tourism this summer, starting with European countries, and will ensure visitors only go to areas that have the coronavirus under control, Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said. Spain usually welcomes more than 80 million visitors each year, making it one of the most visited countries in the world, with tourism a key part of its economy. But it has been hard hit by the coronavirus crisis and wants to be cautious as it opens to visitors from Jul 1, Gonzalez Laya told Reuters. Ms Laya said, in this very atypical year of 2020, we will not be able to behave as usual. Much remains to be decided as to who will be able to travel where and on what criteria, with talks going on first with European countries on when a territory can be deemed safe, Gonzalez Laya said. Spain is considering opening its own territory gradually to foreign tourism as regions exit lockdown//Reuters/CNA