September 27, 2025 | 08:55 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top 3 news on Saturday, September 27, 2025. Here are the highlights: Indonesian Govt to Require Companies to Report Job Vacancies Starting 2026; "Java Man" Comes Home: Netherlands Returns Fossil Collection to Indonesia in Historic Move; and Indonesia's BGN Apologizes After Free Nutritious Meals Sicken 6,000 Children.
The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today:
1. Indonesian Govt to Require Companies to Report Job Vacancies Starting 2026
The Indonesian Manpower Ministry will enforce mandatory reporting of job vacancies for all companies starting in 2026. This policy applies to private companies, SOEs, and regional-owned enterprises, and the reporting will be done through the "Karirhub" (career hub) channel on the ministry's SIAPkerja platform.
"Currently, it is still in the advisory stage. But next year, we will firmly enforce it; it's time to make it mandatory," said the Head of the Labor Market Center of the Manpower Ministry, Surya Lukita Warman, during a media briefing at the ministry's Manpower Market building, Jakarta, on Friday, September 26, 2025.
Surya stated that the provision is based on Presidential Regulation Number 57 of 2023 concerning Mandatory Reporting of Job Vacancies (WLLP). The regulation requires employers to report their labor needs and how they place workers.
2. "Java Man" Comes Home: Netherlands Returns Fossil Collection to Indonesia in Historic Move
After a long wait, the government of the Netherlands has finally returned theDubois collection, including the fossil of Homo erectus (formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus) to Indonesia. The ancient human fossil, known as "Java Man," was discovered by Dutch anatomist Eugène Dubois in Trinil, Ngawi, Central Java in 1891 and has since been kept in a museum in the Netherlands.
Dutch Minister of Education, Culture, and Science Gouke Moes symbolically handed over the collection to Indonesian Minister of Culture Fadli Zon on Friday, September 26, 2025, at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Netherlands.
According to Fadli Zon, this repatriation restores Indonesia's sovereignty and a strategic victory after more than a century of knowledge about the origin of humans being separated from its homeland.
3. Indonesia's BGN Apologizes After Free Nutritious Meals Sicken 6,000 Children
Nanik S. Dayeng, the deputy head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), has apologized for the numerous cases of mass food poisoning in the free nutritious meal program. To date, over 6,000 children are suspected of food poisoning after consuming the state-sanctioned free meal at school.
"This is our fault as the organizer, and we ought to do a complete overhaul," she said in a press conference, quoted from the agency's Instagram live on Friday, September 26, 2025.
Nanik cried while delivering the apology, stating "One live, one sick child, is our responsibility."
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Experts Identify Salmonella and Bacillus Cereus in Free Nutritious Meal Poisoning Probe
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To ensure the cause, it is recommended that laboratories in Indonesia conduct more comprehensive testing in accordance with WHO guidelines.
Prabowo Visits His Grandparents' Graves During Netherlands Visit
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Indonesian President Prabowo made a bilateral visit to the Netherlands after attending the 80th United Nations General Assembly in the U.S.
Prabowo Says Dutch King Will Return 30,000 Indonesian Artifacts
2 jam lalu
The agreement to return artifacts was made when President Prabowo met with King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima at Huis ten Bosch Palace.
Prabowo to Summon BGN Chief Over Free Nutritious Meal Poisoning Cases
3 jam lalu
President Prabowo Subianto has reminded not to politicize the issue of food poisoning related to the free nutritious meal program.
Indonesian Finance Ministry to Audit Funding for Free Nutritious Meal Program
6 jam lalu
Finance Minister Purbaya said the ministry's officials will randomly check the free nutritious meal programme at 20 locations.
BGN Deputy Rejects Politician's Request for Control Over Free Meal Kitchens
7 jam lalu
The Deputy Director of BGN asserts that there will be no political interests served in the MBG program as it concerns children's health.
Nutrition Expert Urges Principals, Kitchen Heads to Taste MBG Meals Before Students Eat
10 jam lalu
Nutrition expert urged schools to act as the first line of defense, with principals and SPPG heads tasting MBG meals before distribution.
Indonesia's BGN to Cut Factory Products from Free Meal Program, Milk Still Allowed
12 jam lalu
BGN stressed that the program should fulfill its original purpose: to support local economies rather than benefit large food conglomerates.
Manpower Ministry Reveals 7 Most Wanted Jobs in Indonesia for 2025
12 jam lalu
Indonesia's Ministry of Manpower reports sales and marketing roles as the most in-demand jobs in 2025, with 72,511 openings nationwide.
"Java Man" Comes Home: Netherlands Returns Fossil Collection to Indonesia in Historic Move
22 jam lalu
The Netherlands is returning the Homo erectus or Java Man fossil to Indonesia unconditionally.
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