Medan (SIB)
Pengurus Pusat Pemuda Katolik mendesak Pemerintah Pusat dan DPR RI untuk secepatnya mengeluarkan UU (Undang-Undang) pembentukan Propinsi Tapanuli, sesuai dengan Rekomendasi Kongres XIII Pemuda Katolik 30 Agustus-2 September 2006 lalu di Kota Ambon. (more…)
*Pesan Natal 2006
Oleh: P. Metodius Sarumaha, OFM Cap.
Kita bersama merayakan hari Natal, hari kelahiran Yesus, Juruselamat Dunia. Dalam dunia yang masih diwarnai kemiskinan, ditimpa bencana alam, dilanda berbagai tindakan kekerasan dan perang, kehadiran Natal yang penuh kedamaian dan kesejukan amat kita dambakan. (more…)
Medan, (Analisa)
Proses rehabilitasi dan rekonstruksi Nias dengan bantuan dan perhatian dari dunia dan pemerintah pusat dengan anggaran yang cukup besar dikhawatirkan tidak bisa memberi manfaat yang begitu besar bagi pembangunan Nias yang baru. (more…)
“Diberkatilah engkau di antara perempuan dan diberkatilah buah rahimmu†(Lk. 1,42) (more…)
Thang D. Nguyen
22 December 2006
Two years after one of the world’s worst natural disasters, Indonesia has made some unlikely gains but corruption and red tape still leave their scars .
Sometimes a tragedy is the very thing that triggers progress. This is true in the case of Indonesia, one of the most-affected countries by the Asian tsunami that happened on Boxing Day two years ago. (more…)
Brussels, 20 December 2006 – Two years after the tsunami hit South East Asia, the European Union (EU) and the international community have successfully made the transition from providing immediate humanitarian aid to reconstruction aid: helping local authorities and communities re-establish their lives within a longer term vision – re-building homes, livelihoods and infrastructure 100% of the €123 million humanitarian aid and 96% of the €350 million in medium and long-term reconstruction pledged by the European Commission has been contracted. The first concrete results are now being seen. Full story …
