
Bogor, 15/5 (Antara) - Indonesia needs an institution which has a strong authority and can take a quick decision when food resilience is being threatened, Soetarto Alimoeso, the president director of state logistics board Bulog, has said.
"With its present position, we (Bulog) receive too many instructions," Soetarto said in a discussion on the development of food institutions in Indonesia, particularly after the revision of the law on food here on...
Bogor, 7/5 (Antara) - Bogor Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has begun preparing several steps in anticipation of the upcoming dry season.
"In anticipation of dry season, we have coordinated with a number of stakeholders, such as Bogor's clean water supply company (PDAM), the local government, and Indonesian Red Cross (PMI)," Logistics Section Chief of Bogor BPBD Budi Aksomo said here on Tuesday.
He explained, Bogor BPBD will cooperate with Tirta...
Bogor, 7/5 (Antara) - A researcher from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) has found a hormone that could accelerate fish growth two to three time faster.
"We have found and developed a stimulant that could speed up fish growth two to three times faster," Dr Alimuddin said here on Tuesday.
The hormone is produced through bacteria, Alimuddin said in a press statement.
He said Indonesian has a variety of expensive fish species but grow...
Sukabumi, 6/5 (Antara) - Mount Halimun-Salak National Park (TNGHS) Monitoring Agency has allowed Sukhoi company to survey and evacuate the fuselage of Sukhoi Superjet 100 that crashed a year ago in Mount Salak, Bogor, West Java Province.
"We have announced the survey permit to Sukhoi Company for evacuating the fuselage. However, we want to know how the company can evacuate the aircraft," said Chief of TNGHS Agus Priambudi to Antara here, Monday.
Priambudi...
Bogor, 2/5 (Antara) - The Bogor city police in West Java have questioned a number of witnesses in the falsification of banknotes worth Rp1.2 trillion.
"One of the witnesses is identified by his initial as D. He has been questioned about where the money came from," chief of the city police Adj. Snr. Comr. Bahtiar Ujang Purnama said here on Thursday.
The police have named Nuriyah a suspect in the case, he said.
D told the police investigators that...
Bogor, 25/4 (Antara) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) here on Thursday questioned Deputy Regent of Bogor, Karyawan Faturachman over bribery case in the arrangement of license permit for construction of luxurious cemetery site.
"He comes as witness for five suspects in the case," KPK's Chief of Information Affairs Priharsa Nugraha said on Thursday.
Earlier the anti-graft commission had named five suspects in the cemetery bribe case...
Bogor, 11/4 (Antara) - Indonesian Agriculture Minister Suswono has signed a regulation to restrict import of poultry from China to prevent the spread of H7N9 avian flu that killed several people in China.
"I have signed the letter banning poultry import from China into Indonesia. It's just for temporary," Minister Suswono said here on Thursday.
Indonesia will reopen its door for poultry imports when China is successful in dealing with the new bird flu...
Bekasi, 5/4 (Antara) - The Education Council of Bekasi urged teachers to actively learn the new 2013 curriculum in order to understand and be ready to implement it in the next academic year.
Head of Bekasi Education Council Adhy Firdaus said there was no excuse for a teacher to not be ready to face a change.
Teachers, who understand less the curriculum, were required to collect information by any available source about the course of study.
"It is not...
Sukabumi, 3/4 (Antara) - Social Affairs Minister Salim Assegaf Al Jufri has promised to speed up the improvement of Sukabumi people's welfare, particularly for those who live in remote areas with scanty access to transportation.
"The Sukabumi district, West Java, has abundant natural resources but the local people have yet to exploit them optimally. Therefore we will make every effort to exploit the resources to speed up the welfare of people in remote areas,"...
Bogor, 11/5 (Antara) - Ketua Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) Muliaman D Hadad mengatakan, (Sekolah Tinggi Ekonomi Islam (STEI) Tazkia ...
Bogor, 18/5 (Antara) - Menteri Sosial Salim Segaf Al Jufri meresmikan berdirinya Rumah Sakit Ibu dan Anak (RSIA) Ummi yang terleta ...