Humanities of the Week: Regular Social Assistance Disbursed in April Until Easter Commemoration
Jakarta (ANTARA) - A number of humanities news items from the past week that have attracted significant reader attention and are still worth following this morning, ranging from the disbursement of regular social assistance in April to Easter commemorations at Jakarta Cathedral. These news items can be revisited in the following summary.
- Ministry of Social Affairs: Regular Social Assistance for Q2 Disbursed in Second Week of April
The Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) has confirmed that the distribution of regular social assistance under the Family Hope Programme and Non-Cash Food Assistance (BPNT) for the second quarter will begin in the second week of April 2026.
Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf, when met in Jakarta on Wednesday, stated that the acceleration of this distribution is supported by the updating of beneficiary data based on the National Socio-Economic Single Data (DTSEN) by the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), which has been received earlier than in previous periods.
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Deputy Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Sony Sonjaya stated that the Free Nutritious Meals Programme (MBG) has the potential to become the main driver of transformation in the national livestock sector.
In a statement from Jakarta on Monday, Sony mentioned that the government is directly funding the procurement of food raw materials, including livestock products such as milk, meat, and eggs, used in every kitchen or Nutrition Fulfilment Service Unit (SPPG) through the MBG scheme.
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Minister of Basic and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen) Abdul Mu’ti emphasised that the work-from-home policy is not due to a crisis but rather a consideration for living frugally.
“In line with the President’s directive, (the WFH policy) is to cultivate frugal living and good habits so that all available energy resources can be used for the best purposes,” he said after the Halal Bihalal event of the Muhammadiyah Regency of Pekalongan on Friday.
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The Sulawesi Earthquake Study Centre (PSGS) revealed that the magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurring on Thursday at 06:48 WITA in the Maluku Sea reflects the complexity of the Double Subduction Zone.
“Based on the analysis of the earthquake source mechanism (moment tensor) from USGS and BMKG, this earthquake is interpreted as an oblique-reverse fault (a combination of thrust and strike-slip fault) occurring within the plate (intraslab), not on the main inter-plate contact plane,” said PSG Director Ardy Arsyad in a press release on Thursday.
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Jakarta Cathedral invites the faithful to love the environment and Nusantara textiles in commemoration of Easter 2026.
Public Relations of the Archdiocese of Jakarta and Jakarta Cathedral Church Susyana Suwadie said that this year’s Easter celebration at the Cathedral Church takes the theme from the fifth basic direction of the Archdiocese of Jakarta, namely concern for the integrity of creation.
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