Mathias Hariyadi

The newspaper’s editors admit it is "a dramatic, but necessary step". The country is in recession and the publication accumulates losses. The expenditure on salaries must go from 75 to 30% of the total. The staff will be reduced to 50-60 units. The publishing crisis in Asia.

The companies Sinovac Biotech and Sinopharm will provide the basics for the drug. Some 1,620 Indonesian volunteers are being tested. Since July, China has been testing the vaccine on medical staff and border officials. With millions of citizens vaccinated, the government of Joko "Jokowi" Widodo hopes to jumpstart the economy.

The novel coronavirus pandemic sunk the economy of the "land of the Gods". Losses in tourism are greater than those that followed the 2002 terror attack. Rapid tests are planned at the airport. For one resident, it will take “at least four, five years to return to normal”. Many Australians are still stranded on the island.

Indonesian independence from the Netherlands was proclaimed on 17 August 1945. Government officials take part in the flag raising ceremony dressed in traditional garments to emphasise the country’s cultural pluralism. No other public ceremony or traditional games and shows were held. For Card Suharyo, social justice is still the main concern of the Catholic Church.

The victims, who were guests of a Sunni family, were taking part in Midodareni prayers. Three people were injured, including a 15-year-old boy. The police failed to prevent the attack. For the extremists, a Shia ritual was taking place. Indonesia’s main Islamic organisation slammed the act of intolerance.

Unlike previous years in which priestly ordinations attracted thousands of parishioners and dozens of family members, only a selected few attended the event yesterday.

The prelate is in isolation but in good conditions. The vicar general and two other Capuchin friars were also positive. Episcopal staff are under observation.

AsiaNews spoke to Sister Laurentina, of the congregation of Divine Providence in East Nusa Tenggara province where two underage victims of human trafficking were saved and cared for seven months. In the end, they went home refusing to pursue their studies. Charity is stronger than “desolation and distress".

The 16 postulants come from several dioceses across the nation, including the archdiocese of Pontianak, the diocese of Sanggau - both in the province of western Kalimantan - and the diocese of Malang in the province of East Java.

The bishop died today in Saint Elisabeth Semarang. It is relatively unknown that he has also found ways to find financial sources from foreign donors to help a Muslim scholar obtain a postgraduate diploma. Not only in Islamic studies but also in other social sciences.

The incident was reported to the police. The parish priest and bishop of the diocese of Bogor want transparency in publically reporting this sexual scandal within the Church and the perpetrator brought to justice.

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) objects to the process, "carried out secretly" amid the “great silence” due to COVID-19, without any public debate.