Day: May 1, 2022

An armed criminal separatist group attacked security personnel securing services at Okbibab Protestant Church in Pegunungan Bintang District , Papua Province on Sunday morning.

Chief of the Pegunungan Bintang District Police Adjunct Senior Commissioner Cahyo Sukarnito confirmed the attack which occurred at 10:45 a,m, local time.

The armed criminal group attacked the security personnel from two directions and injured one military officer and a police officer.

The two security personnel who were injured are Chief Brigadier Vanny Putra Perdana who is a member of Damai Cartenz Task Force and non-commissioned officer Willy John who is a member of the task force of the battalion infantry 431/SSP of the district military command.

The two victims were flown to Jayapura aboard a National Police helicopter for further treatment.

The perpetrators of attack are still unknown.

“We prioritize the evacuation of the two victims until paramedics handle them,” he said.

Source: Antara News

National Coordinator of the People’s Coalition for Food Sovereignty Said Abdullah urged G20 countries to consider the importance of food security after bombardment of impacts from current events.

“The pandemic, coupled with the Russia-Ukraine war should make us aware of it. This situation has impacted the state of food security of each country significantly,” Abdullah said in a written statement received here on Sunday.

According to him, Indonesia should no longer depend on the global food market when other countries were expediting efforts to improve their capability.

He believed that the current food issues, such as from stocks of soybeans, cooking oil, and wheat which experienced contraction, also put economic, socio-political situation at risk.

“The pandemic situation is getting worse with the chaos of (war between) Russia and Ukraine. We know that both countries are exporters of food and raw materials for fertilizers. The most recent report from the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition, FAO in 2022 showed that at least 30 countries are impacted directly due to this war,” he informed.

Apart from impacting the 30 countries, the war also drastically changed stock and price. The effects will be tangible to all importing countries, including Indonesia, which is one of the largest importers of wheat at global scope.

Thus he deemed it important for Indonesia to pursue the diversification of food production at the village to national level, in order to reduce dependency on the global food market, as well as the importance of building a more resilient and sovereign food system.

He also pointed out the necessity of improving existing social protection system, especially in relation to food security, particularly for the lower socio-economic class, as well as increasing support for farmers to improve their living standards with a complete investment package.

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati had called for the need to address the risk of food security crisis as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war. She delivered the appeal at the Tackling Food Insecurity event, which was part of the 2022 IMF-WBG Spring Meetings in Washington D.C., Tuesday, April 19,

She stated that the war and everything which entailed it were considered to have triggered an increase in the price of energy and food commodities.

Head of the Agricultural and Food Research Organization of the National Research and Innovation Agency Puji Lestari said that the G20 Indonesia presidency was an important opportunity to encourage international cooperation to build a sustainable world food security system.

“The goal of developing a sustainable food system is to create a world without hunger,” she said in a written statement received here on Friday, April 8.

To create global food security in a sustainable manner, countries must work hand in hand to ensure trade and food distribution can run well in order to face the crisis.

Source: Antara News

PT Angkasa Pura II informed that there were less passenger activities at Soekarno-Hatta Airport on the day prior the celebration of 2022 Eid al-Fitr compared to the previous day.

“Our observation today, on D-1, the (amount of crowd) has slightly declined compared to its peak during D-3 and D-2,” President Director of PT Angkasa Pura II Muhammad Awaluddin said d at the Eid al-Fitr Transport Command Post at Terminal 1B, Soekarno-Hatta Airport, here on Sunday.

He stated that there were some 900 flights on D-1 at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, with the number of passengers reached around 125,000 people.

“The peak was on D-3, at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, in which there were 1,054 flights with approximately 141,000 passengers,” he explained.

Awaluddin said that from April 22, 2022 to May 1, 2022, or the day before Eid, the situation at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport was under control.

“We thank you for the (extensive) collaboration of all stakeholders at the airport such as airlines, airnav, customs, immigration, quarantine, the National Defense Force and the Police. This is thanks to collective collaboration as directed by the State-Owned Enterprises Ministry and the Transportation Ministry,” he remarked.

He expressed his company’s commitment to consistently maintaining security and comfort at Soekarno-Hatta Airport.

Awaluddin said that air transportation has three advantages in accommodating high demand, such as during the Eid exodus period.

First, flexibility, in which prospective passengers can choose the date and time of departure and the airline that suits their needs.

Second, air transportation has a capacity which can be adjusted according to demand. If demand is high, the company, as the airport operator, will coordinate with the stakeholders to increase capacity through additional flight mechanisms, flight slot arrangements, extension of airport operating hours, and so on.

And third is the extension of connectivity. Air transportation connects every province in Indonesia.

“On aerial route, we can travel from one city to another in a short span of time. In an archipelago country like Indonesia, air transportation is the most efficient and effective mode,” he concluded.

Source: Antara News

President Joko Widodo and Iriana Joko Widodo wished everyone a Happy Eid Al-Fitr 1443 Hijri.

“With all humility, my family and I wish you a Happy Eid Al-Fitr 1443 Hijri. Please forgive our (wrongdoings), (we beg for forgiveness truly and wholeheartedly),” President Jokowi said in a video broadcasted on the Presidential Secretariat’s Youtube channel on Sunday.

The statement was seconded by the First Lady.

Both expressed their joy, because this year, people could partake in an exodus, to gather with their families in their hometowns.

“Thank God, in this year’s Eid, we are able to gather with family, meet parents, and relatives in our hometown,” the President stated.

On April 2, 2022, the President announced that the government would allow people to go home this year, under condition that they had completed vaccine requirements and followed the health protocols.

The government has set collective leave on April 29 and May 4 to 6, 2022. This means that people had vacation time on April 29 to May 8, 2022.

The Religious Affairs Ministry has announced that the 1st Eid al-Fitr day falls on Monday (May 2, 2022).

The decision was taken following the isbat meeting on Sunday evening (May 1, 2022).

Source: Antara News