RUPIAH STRENGTHENS 5 POINTS TO RP9,327 ON TUESDAY
Jakarta, June 10 (ANTARA) - The rupiah slightly rose by 5 points to Rp9,327/9,330 per dollar in the Jakarta interbank spot market on Tuesday evening after it weakened in the morning, a foreign exch
GOVT MAY STOP SUBSIDY FOR COOKING OIL, SOYBEAN IN 2009
Jakarta, Jun 10 (ANTARA) - The government may discontinue its subsidy for cooking oil and soybean in 2009 as its direct cash assistance (BLT) program to compensate the poor for the recent fuel oil
NO NEED FOR IMPLEMENTING REGULATION FOR DECREE ON AHMADIYAH : MINISTER
Jakarta, June 10 (ANTARA) - Minister/State Secretary Hatta Radjasa said there was no need to issue an implementing regulation for the Joint Ministerial Decree (SKB) on Ahmadiyah because the SKB's w
NAD ASKS FOREIGN MINISTRY TO HELP 24,000 ACEHNESE IN M'SIA
Banda Aceh, June 10 (ANTARA)- The Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) provincial administration has urged the Foreign Ministry to help settle the cases of some 24,000 Acehnese in Malaysia currently fa
HUNDREDS OF HECTARES OF FORESTS IN LEUSER NATIONAL PARK CLEARED
Banda Aceh, Jun 10 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of hectares of forests within the Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) have been cleared by local people to obtain land for corn and cacao cultivation.
GOVT PREPARING POLICY ON INVESTMENT IN FOOD SECTOR
Jakarta, Jun 10 (ANTARA) - The government is preparing the adoption of a special policy on investments in the food sector to boost production of such important staples as rice, corn, soybean and
SOME 120 FOREIGN BOATS TO TAKE PART IN "SAIL INDONESIA 2008"
Kupang, E Nusa Tenggara, June 10 (ANTARA) - As many as 120 boats from many countries have been registered for participation in the international sailing rally "Sail Indonesia 2008", a source close
FORTY POLITICAL PARTIES TO CONTEST GENERAL ELECTIONS IN ACEH
Banda Aceh, June 10 (ANTARA) - A total of 40 local and national political parties are to participate in the 2009 general elections in Aceh Province to elect district-, provincial- and national-leve
KPK GRILLS PDP EXECUTIVE IN ILLEGAL BI FUNDS FLOW CASE
Jakarta, June 10 (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Tuesday questioned a Reform Democracy Party (PDP) executive board member, Sukowaluyo Minthardjo, in the case of the illega
HOUSE PASSES BILL ON SMALL-SCALE ENTERPRISES INTO LAW
Jakarta, June 10 (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives (DPR) passed into law the Bill on Micro, Medium and Middle Scale Enterprises (UMKM) at its plenary session here Tuesday.
