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View all search resultsGanjar Pranowo calls on the government to control prices of essential goods amid the upcoming year-end holidays, emphasizing the role of Bulog in this task, during campaigning in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.
Without warning the Chinese government, responding to nationwide protests against the zero-COVID-19 policy, abruptly relaxed its draconian measures and as a result cases in the mainland soared through the roof. Western think tanks put the number of infections in the millions and deaths in the thousands on a daily bases.
Authorities have sounded the alarm about heavy rain that is expected to hit Jakarta on Wednesday, amid a wider threat of extreme weather that still looms over numerous provinces across the country this week and at least until Jan. 2.
Families celebrating Christmas have welcomed a return of classic holiday traditions, including church-going and family gatherings, while others have taken the opportunity to go on long-awaited vacations during the first year-end holiday season without strict public health rules since the pandemic began.
Preparations to welcome the first year-end holiday season without strict public health rules since the beginning of the pandemic are now in full swing, with the police planning to mobilize personnel to keep people safe during the festivities.
The government has urged people not to travel overseas unless necessary in a bid to protect Indonesia against the emerging Omicron variant, as the country inches closer to transitioning to the endemic phase of COVID-19.
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