President Joko Jokowi Widodo on Friday (24/8) at the State Palace, Jakarta, appointed Chairman of the Golkar Party, Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, as Minister of Social Affairs. Agus replaced Idrus Marham, who resigned from his position due to his legal issues with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
President Joko Jokowi Widodo said he appreciated Idrus Marhams decision to resign from his post as Minister of Social Affairs because the latter wanted to focus on his issue with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). I appreciate Idruss commitment to face legal issues he is implicated in, the President told the press after the inauguration […]
President Joko Jokowi Widodo on 23 August 2018 signed Presidential Instruction Number 5 of 2018 on Acceleration of Post-Quake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in West Lombok, North Lombok, Central Lombok, East Lombok, Mataram, and other affected areas in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province in order to accelerate post-quake rehabilitation and reconstruction in Lombok as well as […]
Indonesian Paragliding team has secured the second gold medal after Jafro Megawanto won in accuracy (for mens landing) in the competition held at Gunung Mas, Puncak, Cianjur, West Java Province, Thursday (23/8). Jafro earned 27 points, outperforming the other 32 contestants, including Thailand’s athlete Jirasak Witeetham who ranked second with 47 points,and South Koreas Chulso […]
President Joko Jokowi Widodo accompanied by Minister of State Secretary Pratikno, Minister of Education and Culture Muhadjir Effendy, and Coordinator of Special Staff to the President Teten Masduki visited the office of Central Executive Board (PP) of Muhammadiyah, in Jalan Menteng Raya, Jakarta, on Thursday (23/8). On that occasion, President Jokowi handed over his sacrificial […]
President Joko Jokowi confirmed that national handling of the impact of the earthquake that rocked Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) has been done by the Central Government together with the Provincial and Districts Governments. We are still in the early stages, in the administration process related to the delivery of assistance for the heavily, […]
The Indonesian Government has disbursed Rp985.8 billion for emergency humanitarian aid in the wake of Lombok quake, according to Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati. The amount consists of Rp557.7 billion from the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) and Rp428.1 billion from ministries/institutions, the Minister posted in her Facebook fanpage from Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara […]
Indonesia dominates the sports climbing by bagging a gold medal and a silver medal in womens event and a bronze medal in the mens event, in the competition held at JSC Sport Climbing, Palembang, South Sumatera Province, Thursday (23/8). Indonesias woman rock climber Aries Susanti Rahayu clinched a gold medal, making it the nations 8th […]
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has released a report about the rising number of hotspots as the dry season continues to hit a number of regions in Indonesia. Certain regions are seeing an increase in hotspots, including the provinces of West Kalimantan (798 points), Central Kalimantan (226 points), Jambi (19 points) and South […]
President Joko Jokowi Widodo expressed happiness over Indonesia’s paragliding athlete Jafro Megawanto who secured the gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games in the individual landing accuracy number at Gunung Mas, Puncak, West Java, Thursday (23/8). According to the President, before becoming a paragliding athlete, Jafro Megawanto was in charge of folding and tidying the […]
