Day: May 16, 2023

Chuan” sends a message of encouragement to members of the Democratic Party, asking everyone of all generations to move forward to victory. from the impulse of defeat

Chuan Leekpai, former leader of the Democrat Party Send messages via LINE application to groups of the Democratic Party. Message in the form of warning, encouragement, please keep the democrat. May the potential people All generations discussed to move forward. to victory, driven by defeat in the present Don’t be shaken by the immediate current.

Reporters reported that such message Mr. Chuan sent in a group of the Democratic Party to encourage party members. and executives of the latter party The results of the election resulted in fewer MPs than expected.

Source: Thai News Agency

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry appealed to Indonesian women to be digitally literate and capable through seeking more knowledge and gaining greater expertise.”Women must increase their knowledge and expertise in terms of digitalization. In the global era such as now, digital literacy is not a choice. It is a must,” Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Bintang Puspayoga stated during an event here on Tuesday. The event was titled “Empowered Indonesian Women in Cyberspace.” Puspayoga said that one of the factors that contribute to Indonesia’s development in the future is gaining mastery over science, tech, engineering, and mathematics for the current and future generations. “Mastering science, tech, engineering, and mathematics becomes a requirement to create innovations in many aspects of life,” she remarked. Those become indispensable for development, considering automation and digitalization had grown increasingly significant and impactful in women’s lives, she pointed out. Puspayoga drew attention to the huge number of women, who pursued tertiary education in those scientific disciplines. Moreover, over 80 percent of those taking up biology and pharmacy majors are women, she noted. “Regrettably, the participation rate drops drastically once in (they work),” she pointed out. Citing data from the relevant industry, the minister said only two of 10 women chose to pursue a professional career, and only three of 10 women ended up being researchers. “Hence, efforts to improve women’s participation and leadership, particularly in cybersecurity, is no longer a mere economic and employment issue but also a gender issue,” Puspayoga noted. She cited research from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which listed some of the factors to the low rate of women’s participation in scientific fields. It said that 61 percent of women were limited by thoughts of gender stereotypes when they were seeking employment, she pointed out. Moreover, the data indicated that 50 percent of women have low interest to work in scientific fields owing to the male predominance in those areas, she concluded.

Source: Antara News Agency

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Speaker of the House of Representatives Puan Maharani stated here on Tuesday that each commission in the House focuses on various issues, problems, and the implementation of laws.One of the House commissions’ functions is supervisory, which is overseeing several issues that are of public concern, including the rise in cases of violence committed by minors. “Then, violence cases against Indonesian migrant workers,” Maharani stated during the House’s plenary meeting to open the Session V of the 2022-2023 Session Year at the Nusantara II Building, Senayan Parliament Complex. She said the commissions will also oversee legal protection for health workers, the process of promoting teachers to contract-based government employees (PPPK), and the Hajj preparations this year. The House lauded the government’s efforts in controlling and handling inflation, food prices, and availability during the Ramadhan and Eid al-Fitr period. Despite the prices of commodities still increasing, Maharani said they were within the limits of control, and the public can afford them. The House is also paying attention to extremely hot weather experienced in various parts of the world, including in Indonesia. The speaker said her side, along with the government, will take anticipatory measures to minimize the impact of extreme weather. She said extreme weather conditions can decrease air quality, cause drought, trigger forest fires, damage infrastructure, and have an adverse impact on public health. Moreover, the House drew attention to the violence committed by armed separatist terrorist groups in Papua. “The government must be able to find solutions and appropriate strategies to tackle unsafe situations and actions that threaten civilians and even cause casualties, both involving military soldiers and civilians,” Maharani remarked. Currently, the House has 11 Commissions for the 2019-2024 period.

Source: Antara News Agency

Jambi (ANTARA) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), during a visit to Talang Banjar Market, Jambi city, asked the regional government to help fund the supply of food logistics to the market through the regional budget (APBD).”For controlling staple food prices, regions can help fund their distribution from the production site to the market,” he said here on Tuesday. Inflation must continue to be controlled to maintain people’s purchasing power, he added. fter he reviewed food prices at Talang Banjar Market, he said that the prices of food, except for eggs, in the market have tended to decline. “The price of eggs went up a bit,” he said. The President asked the Jambi governor and the city mayor to keep monitoring the price of staples in the market to ensure affordability. Based on ANTARA’s monitoring of the market, the price of chicken eggs in Talang Banjar Market has reached Rp1,800 per piece, an increase of Rp200 per piece. While in Jambi, President Widodo also visited a public vocational high school (SMKN) and inspected damaged roads. He ordered clothes made by two students of SMKN 4 Jambi city during a visit to observe teaching and learning activities there. While observing a fashion class, the President became interested in students’ handmade items and asked that they be sent to the State Palace in Jakarta. In addition to the fashion class, the President also observed culinary, hospitality, beauty and spa classes, where some students were carrying out practicums. Meanwhile, the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) office of Jambi province recorded that the combined inflation of Jambi city and Muaro Bungo in April 2023 was controlled at 0.15 percent (mtm), influenced by lower food prices at the intervention of the Regional Inflation Control Team. BPS said that food prices in Jambi are generally stable, except for some commodities like rice.

Source: Antara News Agency

Local culture in Jayapura is very unique, from the dances, the handicrafts, and the villagers’ hospitality Sentani, Jayapura (ANTARA) – Jayapura Districtin Papua Provincehas vast and exotic potential for tourism, according to the Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry.Director of NusantaraTourism Marketing at the ministry Dwi Marhen Yonosaid that the tourism potential of Jayapura needs to be managed consistently in order to transform the place into one of the top tourism destinations of Indonesia. He delivered the statement in Sentani, Jayapura District, on Tuesday. “Today, we visited AseiVillage in East Sentani. This place’s main handicrafts are painting upon tree bark, which is modified into more modern items such as bags, wallets, accessories, and more,” he elaborated. Yono said that international tourists come to Indonesia because they want to observe its local cultures, and Asei residents have been consistent in maintaining their local culture to date. “Local culture in Jayapura is very unique, from the dances, the handicrafts, and the villagers’ hospitality, (all of those) are part of their charm that makes foreign tourists fall in love with Indonesia,” he added. His visit to the village was a follow-up to a directive from Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno as part of efforts to turn Jayapura villages into tourism destinations by 2024. He informed that in 2021, YoboiVillage, Jayapura, was ;/bandgtiven a tourism village award, however, it was not nominated in the next two years. Thus, he said that the ministry expects AseiVillage to win nominations so that more Papuan villages will get billing as tourism villages. For the 2024 tourism village award, his administration has urged Yoboi and Asei villages in Jayapura to participate and win. “These two villages have local cultural potentials, which are so dominant and unique, and still maintained from the past until now. Hence, they need to be encouraged to be tourism villages for 2024 (nominations),” he added.

Source: Antara News Agency