Friday, January 6, 2023

1) West Papua Govt asks people to anticipate 2023 food crisis

 


2) Papuan students yet to receive scholarship money for tuition fees and living expenses

3) Kaimana Govt seeks to discipline teachers and health workers 

4) Weapons export permits granted by Defence to send lethal technology to accused human rights violators


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https://en.jubi.id/west-papua-govt-asks-people-to-anticipate-2023-food-crisis/

1) West Papua Govt asks people to anticipate 2023 food crisis   

News Desk - West Papua 6 January 2023

Manokwari, Jubi – The West Papua Provincial Government asked the entire community to anticipate a food crisis in 2023 as had been warned by President Joko Widodo and the Minister of Home Affairs.

Acting Governor of West Papua Paulus Waterpauw said that the world crisis, especially on food, could be faced by optimizing land and yards to grow food crops.

“The land is a gift from God. Don’t sell it. Better make the most of it to face the multidimensional crisis that may occur this year. The president has reminded that continuously too,” said Paulus Waterpauw in Manokwari on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.

He said people in West Papua must be alert to face all possible crises especially food due to the war between Ukraine and Russia.

Paulus said, if the crisis continues, there is a possibility that food exports can no longer be carried out so that people need to prepare land planted with crops that can be consumed and harvested in a short time.

The West Papua Provincial Government is preparing regulations to encourage people to utilize idle land.

Paulus said his party had been strengthening millennial groups so that they can continue to work through a number of assistance that had been provided in 2022.

In 2023, the West Papua Provincial Government scheduled alignment programs through activities to increase people’s purchasing power in the face of inflation. (*)

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https://en.jubi.id/papuan-students-yet-to-receive-scholarship-money-for-tuition-fees-and-living-expenses/

2) Papuan students yet to receive scholarship money for tuition fees and living expenses


News Desk - BPSDM Papua Scholarship 6 January 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – A number of Papuan students who participate in the scholarship programs have not yet received payment of tuition fees and living expenses as of Thursday, January 5, 2023. The students are currently studying in the United States, Russia, New Zealand and Indonesia. Some scholarship recipients have been working or use personal funds to pay for their education.

Chairman of the Papuan Scholarship Student Parents Representative Association, Nerius Eli Ayomi, said that there were at least 17 Papuan students who have not received living expenses from the Papua Human Resources Development Agency (BPSDM), 16 of which are studying in the United States and one in New Zealand.

According to Ayomi, there are 15 undergraduate students and two graduate students. The total value of living expenses that have not been paid by BPSDM Papua to the 17 students from January to September 2022 is USD 227,000.

Ayomi said some students had to live in their friends’ apartments, and some had to survive by relying on an allowance from their parents. He said his party was trying to meet with BPSDM Papua to discuss the matter. “We plan to meet next Monday, on January 9,” he said.

Similar problems are also experienced by Papuan scholarship recipients studying in Russia. Chairman of the Papuan Student Association in Russia Yosep Iyai said that three of the 15 Papuan students in Russia have also not received money for tuition fees and living expenses.

Iyai said the unpaid tuition fees and living expenses were from September to December 2022, with the value of Rp 10 and 16 million per month.

“Usually Rp 16 million for the students handled by BPSDM. And those handled by the Papua Language Institute are given Rp 10 million per month,” Iyai told Jubi on Thursday.


Iyai admitted that sometimes scholarship payments did not run smoothly so that Papuan students in Russia had to work to cover living expenses.

“We Papuan students in Russia do not always receive our scholarship money regularly. Some are delayed so that we have to communicate with BPSDM for weeks before it is disbursed. Therefore, we work. If we don’t work, we may drop out of college and return to Papua,” he said.

One of the parents of the students, Trisna Mara, said that her daughter, Hesty Mara, had not received living expenses from January to December 2022. Hesty has been studying undergraduate psychology at the Ohio State University in the United States since January 2021.

Trisna admitted that she had to find her own way to meet her child’s living expenses in the United States. According to her, oftentimes Hesty only eats once a day. “To save money, she only eats once a day,” Trisna told Jubi on Thursday.

One of the students, Senalince “Lince” Mara, admitted that she had not been paid tuition fees and living expenses by BPSDM Papua from January to December 2022. Lince is currently pursuing a doctoral study in Civic Education at the Indonesian Education University, West Java. “Tuition fees and living expenses have not been paid,” Lince told Jubi on Thursday.

Lince said she had to use her personal money to pay tuition fees and meet living expenses. She said she had reported the problem by bringing her complete student documents to BPSDM but until now, the BPSDM Papua has yet to send her the money.

Head of the BPSDM Papua Aryoko Rumaropen told Jubi on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, that there were indeed tuition fees and living expenses for Papuan scholarship recipients that had not been paid because the budget had run out. “The budget has run out,” Rumaropen told Jubi. (*)


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3) Kaimana Govt seeks to discipline teachers and health workers 
News Desk - Teachers 6 January 2023

Kaimana, Jubi – The Kaimana Regency Administration seeks to discipline teachers and health workers who are often negligent in carrying out their duties, says Kaimana Regent Freddy Thie based on a working visit to seven regencies in 2022 in which he received many complaints from residents about teachers and health workers who were rarely on duty.

“In almost every village I visited, people always complained about education and health services. People report that teachers and health workers are rarely on duty,” he said when contacted from Manokwari on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.

“Apparently this is a classic problem in our regency that has never been resolved for a very long time,” Freddy Thie added.

The former businessman said he was concerned when he learned about the condition of education and health services in rural and coastal areas.

“The education of our children in the villages is not going well. They have months off because their teachers go back to the city even though they receive a salary from the government every month,” said Freddy.

He argued that the phenomenon of state civil apparatus (ASN) neglecting their duties did not only occur in villages far from the city center. Even in Kaimana City, there are still government employees who neglect their duties.

“There are still ASNs and contract workers who come to the office just to fill in attendance, and there are those who never come to work for months,” said Freddy.


Therefore, he said, the Kaimana Government is trying to discipline all state civil apparatus and government employees to optimize the delivery of community services.

“We are committed that in 2023 we will enforce disciplinary rules on those unruly civil servants and contract workers,” he said.

After conducting a Christmas Safari in Teluk Etna some time ago, the regent ordered Kaimana Regional Secretary Donald R Wakum to immediately follow up on reports and complaints from residents about teachers and health workers who were often absent.

“I immediately told the secretary to record all the names of irresponsible teachers and health workers. There must be a letter of reprimand. But if they are still stubborn, we will take firm action, either by withholding salary or dismissal,” said the Kaimana Regent. (*)

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4) Weapons export permits granted by Defence to send lethal technology to accused human rights violators

The Defence Department has granted dozens of weapons export permits over the past two years to nations accused of mass human rights violations and war crimes.

The ABC can reveal approval is routinely given for Australian-made lethal technology to be sent to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia, but the federal government insists careful consideration has been given to each decision.

Official figures from Defence confirm 200 permits for "military or dual-use" exports were issued in total for the three nations between 2021 and 2022, although during the same period thousands of approvals were also given to countries such as the US and New Zealand…………..


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