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The government is completing the final draft of its job creation bill, as part of the omnibus bill package. Amid criticism of the government’s non-transparent drafting process, several concepts still in the preliminary stages may experience overhauls, with the inclusion of business people in the deliberations.
Industry captains are again proposing an old recommendation, to suppress wages and severance pay in the omnibus bill. There is worry the move will cause rising unemployment.
The government is using various methods to curb rejection of the omnibus draft bill. Social media activists and labor organizations were approached.
Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs Secretary Susiwijono
A feud between the Board of Supervisors and Board of Directors at TVRI has culminated in the dismissal of Helmy Yahya. Even the Presidential Palace is getting involved to try and settle the matter.
The oldest television station in the country, TVRI hit its prime during Suharto’s New Order period.
ANTI corruption activists have reported Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
The defendant in the bribery case related to a Muara Enim Public Works and People’s Housing Office project allegedly had put together a “get-to-know-you fund” totaling US$35,000 for Firli Bahuri. The court did not delve into the meeting between Muara Enim Regent (non-active) Ahmad Yani and Firli.
Palangka Raya’s immigration office detained Philip Myrer Jacobson, a US journalist from the online environmental publication Mongabay, for three days, accusing him of abusing his visa.
THE bribery case of Muara Enim Regent, Ahmad Yani, has dragged in the name of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chair, Firli Bahuri, who at the time was Regional Police Chief of South Sumatera.
A sacred bathing site discovered in Jombang Regency, East Java, is believed to have been built during the reign of King Airlangga from Kahuripan Kingdom. Other artifacts predate the Majapahit era.
I am assisting my family in Bukittinggi, whose access to their house is blocked by a two-storey building directly in front of the fence.
Cartoon: Yuyun Nurrachman
Climbing Halfway to the Stars
After an investigative report by Tempo, Yasonna Laoly finally acknowledged that Harun Masiku had returned to Indonesia. An apparent conflict of interest.
Dualism of authority has triggered a protracted conflict at TVRI. The public broadcaster must be managed transparently.
The arrest of a foreign journalist has damaged Indonesia’s reputation. It is all under the guise of narrow nationalism.
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