President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo affirmed that supply availability and price stability in the field should be supervised. “This is the third time we have talked about the staple food issues due to matters of stock availability and price, it is important for us to continue to monitor the price stability daily, weekly,” President Jokowi said […]
President Joko “Jokowi” inspected the distribution of Cash Social Assistance to the people, at the Bogor City Post Office, West Java, on Wednesday (13/5). “Everything goes well, (the people) were maintaining safe distance in the queue, wearing masks, and cleaning hands with hand sanitizer before receiving the money,” President Jokowi said.
The Bill of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number 1 of 2020 has been officially approved as Law by the House of Representatives (DPR) on 12 May 2020. Minister of Finance, in a press release, said that to prevent moral hazard, Article 12 (1) of the Government Regulation in Lieu of Law regulates […]
Rice stocks and food supplies are relatively safe following harvest season this month, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has ensured. According to him, price of several commodities have increased; and some have dropped. “Price of medium rice is still around Rp11,750 per kg and price of premium rice is Rp12,700 in wet markets […]
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Distinguished Vice President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished Ministers and Governors. This morning, we evaluate of the implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB). We are aware that four provinces and 72 municipalities and regencies have implemented the PSBB. I also note that there are other provinces or municipalities/regencies that have […]
The Regional Government of West Sumatra, with the support from regents and mayors have been carrying out COVID-19 test, track, as well as providing isolation, and treatment for the patients in the mitigation of the pandemic, according to Governor of West Sumatra Irwan Prayitno. “In West Sumatra, there are 299 positive cases of COVID-19. The […]
President Joko Jokowi” Widodo delivered directives related to the evaluation of the implementation of the Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB). The directives, delivered during the Limited Cabinet Meeting on Tuesday (12/5), are as follows: First, the President ordered a detailed evaluation in provinces, cities and regencies on the rise or drop in new positive cases, both […]
Global volatility has begun to subside last month, according to Indonesian Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani. Sri Mulyani, who is also chairperson of the Financial System Stability Committee (KSSK), also noted that China’s economy has shown recovery following a deep contraction in the first quarter this year due to the pandemic. China’s Purchasing Managers’ Index […]
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Distinguished Vice President, Ministers, and Head of Institutions. This morning I’d like to address some issues, including speciment testing, the handling of Indonesian migrant workers arrival, and acceleration of production of medical equipment and COVID-19 medicine. First, regarding total improvement on capacity and speed of PCR testing. I received a […]
The Government has announced the result of the implementation of large-scale social restriction (PSBB). “We are announcing the evaluation of the PSBB so that each region can get the pluses and minuses of the PSBB implementation in order to make improvements,” Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo said in his press […]
