President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that since tourism sector generates foreign exchange, this sector must be given ample opportunities to attract investment particulary for regions that have received serious attention from domestic as well as foreign tourists. “I have talked about the 10 New Bali but our focus now is to develop several areas first, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed his appreciation to all regional leaders and members of the inflation control team – both at the central government level and at regional governments level – for their roles in controlling inflation under 4 percent. “In 2015, inflation was at 3.35 percent, in 2016 it was at 3.0 percent, and […]

Village funds is expected to bring equality to every region across Indonesia, and there will be no inequality between villages and cities, as well as regions in western, central, and eastern part of  Indonesia. The statement was enunciated by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in Enhancement of the Capacity of Village Administration and Village Community Institution […]

During his working visit to Yogyakarta province, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (25/7) visited the newly-rehabilitated Kranggan traditional market. “This traditional market has been rehabilitated, but I also received a suggestion from Head of the Market Agency to rehabilitate another traditional market in Prawirotaman. We will probably rehabilitate the market as well. God willing, we […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi” Widodo said that complaints regarding the difficulty to formulate a spending report (SPJ) of Village Funds will be forwarded to Minister of Finance. “We will evaluate it. This is what I want to discuss with Minister of Finance,” the President told reporters after delivering a briefing at the 2018 Village Governance Capacity […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed his gratitude to all village apparatus, as well as the officers of Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) and Indonesian National Police (Polri) who secured simultaneous regional elections (pilkada) last month. This was enunciated by the President at an event “Enhancing the Capacity of Village Administration and Village Community Institution of […]

Starting the second day of Thematic Forum of the Government Public Relations Coordination Agency (Bakohumas) organized by Ministry of Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration (Kemendes PDTT), Secretary General of the Ministry Anwar Sanusi said that Village Facilitator is established to provide partners for the community in order to manifest the mandate of the law. “One of the approaches […]

Leaders of the Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) led by its Chairman Abhan on Tuesday (24/7) met with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo at Bogor Presidential Palace to report the results of the supervision during the 2018 Simultaneous Regional Election last month. “(The report includes) the results of supervision, progress of election-related dispute petitions to the Constitutional […]

Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs Saifuddin Abdullah on Monday (23/7) met with Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno L.P. Marsudi to discuss several issues, including finalizing border negotiations, protection for Indonesian citizens and migrant workers, and efforts to fight discrimination against palm oil products. It was the first official visit of the Malaysian Minister since […]

The Government has planned to allocate the Family Hope Program (PKH) budget of Rp31 trillion for the 2019 fiscal year. Previously, the budget for the 2018 fiscal year was Rp17 trillion for 10 million families of PKH recipients. “In 2019, according to the President’s directives, it has been proposed that the PKH budget will be […]