Self sufficiency in food, including sugar, might be among the main programs of Prabowo presidency. Outgoing president Jokowi has recently revisited the old plan to build integrated food estates in Merauke, Papua. On July 23, 2024, he kicked off sugar plantation of PT Global Papua Abadi in Sermayam Indah village, Tanah Miring district.
Read MoreIt has been nearly a year since we last discussed the tradition of corruption in East Kalimantan, even though it was also a tradition for us to discuss this nearly every year for the past several years. The last discussion was towards the end of 2023 when there was a sting operation carried out by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). This year, as if to continue the tradition, the KPK came with a new investigation on a different case of alleged corruption. There has been no further explanation regarding the case in question, but the KPK has searched the residence of Awang Faroek Ishak, the former governor of the province (now NasDem politician).
Read MoreH. Jam’an Nurchotib Mansur or better known as Ustadz Yusuf Mansur has been in the public spotlight for the last few years, not because of the religious teachings he conveyed but because of the alleged problematic investments he offered. Yusuf has faced numerous lawsuits but he has avoided all of them, until June last year. The South Jakarta District Court partially granted the lawsuit filed by the victims on one of his businesses, at last. Soon after, a new lawsuit was registered to the Bogor District Court and after nearly a year of examination, last week, Yusuf lost the battle, again.
Read MoreKompas, the largest newspaper in the country, was full with advertisements from a lot of companies congratulating Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, minster of industry, who is also senior politician from Golkar Party, for an honorary PhD title from Hiroshima University, Japan.
Read MorePolice Comr. Gen. Nico Afinta, former provincial police chief (Kapolda) of East Java, has been sworn in as the new Secretary General of the Law & Human Rights Ministry, a ministry currently led by Supratman Andi Agtas, a key leader of Prabowo Subianto’s Gerindra Party. Meanwhile, the Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia, who is also the Chairman of Golkar Party, took the oath of Tri Winarno as the new Director General for Mineral and Coal (Minerba).
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