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The Indonesian government has unblocked PayPal and give Indonesians until Friday, 5 August, to access and withdraw their money.
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Both Indigo Aditya Nugroho and Baim Wong have announced that they are pulling their respective trademark filings for Citayam Fashion Week after public outrage in the last few days as well as pressure from government officials.
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Pertamina’s Plumpang depot in North Jakarta, which supplies 20% of the country’s fuel supply, starting catching fire around 8pm tonight. 18 fire trucks are on location to fight the flames megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2023/03/0…
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Meeting President Jokowi at the Bogor Palace, Philippines President Marcos Jr said that he looked around Jakarta and it “feels like home” even though he’s never been here.
We’re not sure we can take that as a compliment 🤣🤣🤣
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105 million Indonesians vaccinated, 61 million completely vaccinated.
Cases: 4,233,014 (+915)
Recoveries: 4,070,807 (+1,408)
Deaths: 142,889 (+41)
Active cases: 19,318 (-534)
Vax 1: 105,464,686 (+1,155,984)
Vax 2: 61,397,055 (+974,982)
Vax 3: 1,052,705 (+7,307)
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Mahfud MD Today said if you happen to have funds from illegal online loan sharks, you’re not obligated to pay. You can file a report to the police and be protected from the debt collectors.
Right. Protected by whom? They don’t exactly protect nor serve, these days 👀
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According to data gathered by PWC, Indonesia has the highest personal income tax rate in Southeast Asia, equal first with Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Malaysia is at 30% and Singapore 22%.
Meanwhile our public facilities and services …
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Indonesian civil servants, get ready to become military reservists!
According to the latest letter from the Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform (yeah, that’s a thing), eligible civil servants will be drafted into a three month military reserve program.
Good luck
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Oh wow... 244 new cases and active cases now <10k.
Oh no... just over 500k jabs
Cases: 4,248,409 (+244)
Recoveries: 4,095,078 (+1,283)
Deaths: 143,557 (+12)
Active cases: 9,774 (-1,051)
Vax 1: 125,394,487 (+288,524)
Vax 2: 79,212,475 (+218,312)
Vax 3: 1,167,214 (+823)
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Nothing like waking up on Sunday morning and seeing yet another Indonesian state owned enterprise customer data being sold online.
How’s that data privacy legislation going in the DPR? twitter.com/nuicemedia/sta…
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Net zero active cases today, first time. Total vax is just over the week’s average
Cases: 4,253,098 (+393)
Recoveries: 4,101,216 (+379)
Deaths: 143,728 (+14)
Active cases: 8,154 (-)
Vax 1: 134,025,009 (+622,958)
Vax 2: 88,760,197 (+800,800)
Vax 3: 1,203,857 (+267)
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Everyone is always impressed with Japanese crowds at international events cleaning and picking up all the trash that everyone else left behind but nobody wants to follow their lead. twitter.com/detikcom/statu…
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What in the world is going on with the vaccination numbers these past few days?
Cases: 5,630,096 (+40,920)
Recoveries: 4,944,237 (+42,935)
Deaths: 149,036 (+376)
Active cases: 536,823 (-2,391)
Vax 1: 190,977,514 (+680)
Vax 2: 144,506,997 (+1,191)
Vax 3: 10,216,285 (+1,680)
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The government has lowered the maximum price for real time PCR tests (max 24hr) to Rp 275k for Java-Bali and Rp300k everywhere else. The decision came as the government mulls on making PCR tests mandatory for all intercity travels.
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Domestic travel: no more antigen/PCR tests for fully vaccinated travelers 🎉🎉
Sports event capacities: level 4 25%, level 3 50%, level 2 75%, level 1 100%. Mandatory full vaccinations for all attendees and spectators 🎉🎉
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Active cases now under 20k. Death toll lowest since June 2020.
Cases: 4,232,099 (+1,053)
Recoveries: 4,069,399 (+1,715)
Deaths: 142,848 (+37)
Active cases: 19,852 (-699)
Vax 1: 104,308,702 (+1,622,855)
Vax 2: 60,422,073 (+1,010,575)
Vax 3: 1,045,398 (+11,257)
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A Boston woman had an ibuprofen tablet in one hand and an AirPod in the other. Two seconds later her AirPod wasn’t in her hand. During her next phone call, the person on the other end of the line heard sounds from inside her stomach.
The AirPod did eventually make an exit.
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Mandatory quarantine for overseas arrival to Indonesia will be extended to 10 days instead of seven from Friday, 3 December, and it applies to Indonesians as well as foreigners.