President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday (9/7) arrived in Central Kalimantan province to conduct a series of working visits. Upon arrival at Tjilik Riwut Airport in Palangka Raya City, President Jokowi was scheduled to depart for Kapuas Regency on the Indonesian Air Force’s Super Puma helicopter to inspect the Primary irrigation channel at Technical Services […]
The Government has announced it will temporarily stop recruitment of new civil servants this year. According to Minister of State Apparatus and Bureaucratic Reforms Tjahjo Kumolo, the decision was made due to the delay of the civil servant recruitment process last year following the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government this year will focus on the selection […]
The Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) on 5 July 2020 officially came into force. “The CEPA was signed on 4 March 2019 and ratified through Law Number 1 of 2020 on 28 February 2020,” Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi said Thursday (9/7). The IA-CEPA, according to the Minister, covers not only trade […]
President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo): Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Good afternoon, May peace be upon us all. Distinguished Ministers attending this event, Presidential Chief of Staff, Head of the National Task Force, Distinguished Governor and Deputy Governor of Central Kalimantan, Regional Leadership Communication Forum (Forkopimda), Regents and Mayors attending this […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered his Cabinet Ministers to accelerate Government spending to boost economic growth. “I am monitoring Ministries’ spending on a daily basis because the third quarter is important. Once it can generate economic growth, the fourth quarter will be easier and next year, God willing, will be easier,” the President said […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (8/7) asked young officer candidates of the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) and the Indonesian National Police (Polri) to be eager to learn, be more adaptive, and be innovative. “You are the future leaders who will face tougher global competition. I am sure that you are very ready to […]
The Government has announced that it will provide additional new working capital loans to revive the country’s economy through the National Economic Recovery Program (PEN), according to Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati. The Minister made the statement during the launching of working capital loan guarantees for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the […]
The world is experiencing a crisis, particularly health and economic crises, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said. For this reason, the President Jokowi said he had ordered his Cabinet Ministers to have a sense of crisis and work even harder. “Amid these conditions, we must work harder and faster. For example, I want a ministerial regulation […]
The Government has taken extraordinary measures to overcome economic problems amid COVID-19 pandemic, speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Bambang Soesatyo has said. “(The Government) has had an agreement with (central bank) Bank Indonesia to provide zero interest rate for health care and social sector and 3.3 percent interest rate for MSMEs. I think […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo reminded young officer candidates of the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) and Indonesian National Police (Polri) to always uphold the state ideology Pancasila, the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia, and the country’s motto Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity). “Be consistent at realizing goals of the country, have strong […]
