In an effort to control and secure the 2016 Revised State Budget, President Joko Jokowi Widodo on 26 August 2016 signed a Presidential Instruction Number 8 of 2016 on Austerity Measures in the Spending of Ministries/Institutions in the 2016 Revised State Budget. The Instruction is given to: 1. Ministers of the Working Cabinet; 2. Chief […]
Sunday (28/8) was the second time of Presidential Security Details (Paspampres) changing of the guards ceremony opens to public. The ceremony, which was held at the front yard of the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, has attracted public attention, not only those who exercised at the National Monument (Monas), but also the motorists passing by the road […]
Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo confirmed that the site to check e-KTP is not an official site of the Government. The Ministry of Home Affairs never creates the site. At the moment, collaborating with the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, we are investigating this issue, Tjahjo said, in Jakarta, on Saturday (27/8). The last […]
The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that 138 out of 177 Indonesian citizens who were arrested by the Philippine authorities have been relocated to the Indonesian Embassy in Manila, Philippines, according to official Twitter account of the Ministry on Friday (26/8). The relocation of those Indonesian citizens was done on Thursday evening (25/8) and […]
From 256 million of Indonesian people, 22 million of them, who live both in the villages or cities, have yet to record their data to issue electronic identity cards (e-KTP), Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo said. Therefore, the Minister asked Population and Civil Registration Agency (Dukcapil) to be more active in creating wider access […]
The number of laid-off workers in Indonesia has dropped by 7,24 percent in the first semester of 2016 compared to that of last year, according to data of the Ministry of Manpower. Based on the data from Directorate General of Industrial Relations and Workers Social Security of the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, the number […]
In a bid to implement the One Million House Program as the manifestation of the second point of the Governments Nawacita (nine priority programs of Jokowi-JK Administration), the Government on Wednesday (24/8) announced the 13thEconomic Policy Package on Low-Income Housing. This economic policy package will improve access for the people to buy houses, said Coordinating […]
President Joko Jokowi Widodo has given a target for Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency Sofyan Djalil to accelerate the certification of land on a large scale. Therefore, the President suggested the Minister to cooperate with the regional governments at provincial and regency/city levels. Try to focus only on one, two, or three […]
On behalf of all Indonesian people, and the Government, President Joko Jokowi Widodo congratulated and thanked all Indonesian athletes for their struggles at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. The President considered that the Indonesian contingent has fought and given their best results. We won 2 medals (one silver and one bronze) in the […]
President Joko Jokowi Widodo has instructed Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs to collect all forms relating to permits. We know that those forms are the source of complicated permit procedure that can actually be made more simple. The long procedures are the result of a complex permit, Cabinet Secretary […]
