October 24, 2021 – Page 2 – Indonesia News Gazette

October 24, 2021

Administrative-customary villages synergy key to preserve culture

Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Abdul Halim Iskandar said harmony between administrative and customary villages is the key for the preservation of village cultural roots.

The minister, popularly known as Gus Halim, pointed out the synergy between administrative and customary village administrations of Kutuh in Badung District, Bali, as a successful harmonization.

“I see harmonious collaboration between the administrative village head and customary village head in Kutuh Village,” Halim stated during his visit to Kutuh Village on Sunday.

Villages in Indonesia must learn from the success of Kutuh Village, he noted while underlining a recurring case in other villages where relations between administrative and customary villages are not cordial.

“We lauded Kutuh Village’s amazing synergy that must be imitated by other villages,” Halim said.

Collaboration between administrative and customary village governments could be done in many sectors, including in the economic sector through the development of village-owned enterprises, the minister added.

“The collaboration would yield economic income, and the administration’s final goal to realise prosperity for the villagers would be achieved,” he said.

The administration of Kutuh Village, located in the southernmost tip of Bali Island, is performed by two village leaders locally called as “perbekel” who serve as the administrative village head, and “bendesa”, the customary village leader.

Village-owned enterprises in Kutuh Village has recorded an annual net profit of Rp14.5 billion (around US$1.015 million) from the total Rp50 billion (around US$3.5 million) of income.

Currently the village has nine business lines namely Village credit agency; Pandawa Beach tourism area; Gunung Payung Cultural Park; a paragliding facility; Kecak dance show, goods and services unit, religious service unit, transportation unit, and construction service unit.

Source: Antara News

October 24, 2021

Georgetown program honors women graduate leaders

Georgetown Program intends to honor its first women graduates who have accomplished the academic program for the empowerment of women to better meet leadership’s requirements.

“The ceremony, to be organized by Qiyadat Global in partnership with Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, will honor over 200 graduates from more than 20 countries,” a press release of Saudi Press Agency (SPA) received here, Sunday said.

The honoring ceremony will take place in Riyadh on Monday (Oct 25).

Hundreds of graduates had completed a rigorous academic program addressing leadership skills in decision-making, organizational change management, organizational performance, and interaction with stakeholders, it said.

The graduates came from a wide array of fields in private, public, and non-profit organizations.

The financial field was on top of these fields with 16 percent of graduates, followed by education 14 percent, health care 12 percent, energy 10 percent, chemicals 6 percent, then technology 5 percent, and media and communications 3.5 percent.

As for qualifications of students upon admission, they included bachelor’s degree 42 percent, masters 47 percent, Ph.D. 9 percent, and medical certificates 2 percent.

The program represents a direct and effective contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were adopted by world leaders in September 2015 and are currently managed by the United Nations to be achieved by 2030, it said.

Among these goals are education, gender equality, and sustainable economic growth, as well as decent work for all.

In all these goals, countries around the world are eager to formulate strategies targeting the development of communities while addressing a wide range of social concerns such as quality of education, universal coverage of health care, provision of social protection, and creation of job opportunities.

This partnership between Qiyadat Global in Saudi Arabia, and the reputable Georgetown University through the business school Custom Executive Education department was accredited as deep and significant, as well as in line with the history of the two parties in women empowerment.

Source: Antara News

October 24, 2021

TNI, health centre provide health service for Papua children

Indonesian soldiers of the mechanised infantry battalion 403/Wirasada Pratista border security task force collaborated with health workers from Ubrub public health centre (puskesmas) to provide health service for residents in Somografi Village, Web Sub-district, Keerom District, Papua.

Task force commander Lieutenant Colonel Inf. Ade Pribadi Siregar stated the task force has a moral imperative to ensure that children living in the border areas are healthy and receive proper nurture, while carrying out its main duty to defend the national sovereignty.

Meanwhile, the task force’s Somografi village post commander First Lieutenant Inf. RakaRegnata informed the health checks are performed to enhance children’s health and optimise child development.

“We believe the health examination will make the children more healthy and not easily being infected with many diseases,” Regnata said.

The health checks to Somografi village children were conducted by physical examination to examine the child’s body weight and height and provision of medicines, vitamins, and extra food of healthy biscuits, he revealed.

“We hope the health checks will be beneficial for the public health and suppressing stunting and malnutrition cases in the village,” Regnata remarked.

Village resident Lacerus Kwayot (49), who participated in the health examination programme, expressed his gratitude to the task force and the puskesmas team to provide the health checks for the village children.

“We express our utmost gratitude to the task force soldiers who assist us by providing health service and medicines for Somografi Village residents and children,” Kwayot stated.

Source: Antara News

October 24, 2021

Landslide kills four people in N Sumatra

A landslide hit a car carrying five people on Medan-Berastagi highway in North Sumatra province on Saturday night, leaving four people dead.

The bodies of two car passengers have been evacuated, while those of two others were still trapped in the car, Chief of the Traffic Police Unit at the Medan City Police Adjunct Senior Commissioner Sonny Siregar said.

“One person survived. He has also been evacuated,” he said.

He said the landslide occurred at 07.30 p.m. local time on Saturday night and hit a car carrying five people.

By Saturday night, the evacuation was still ongoing and several workers were removing the debris from the scene using an excavator.

“The other heavy-duty equipment is still on the way to the scene,” he said.

Source: Antara News

October 24, 2021

5.4-magnitude quake hits Bengkulu’s Enggano Island

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit Enggano Island in Bengkulu Province on Sunday morning, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported.

The epicenter of the earthquake which struck at 06.34 a.m. local time was located 71 kilometers northwest of Enggano at a depth of 11 kilometers, the agency said on its official website.

The agency said the earthquake did not have the potential to cause a tsunami.

However, it asked local residents to stay alert for aftershocks.

No injury or casualty was reported.

Source: Antara News