As part of his working visits to West Sumatra Province, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (7/2) inspected the implementation of Labor Intensive Program in Dharmasraya Regency. The program includes the Accelerated Irrigation System Program (P3-TGAI) and the Stimulant Assistance for Self-Help Housing Development (Improving the Quality of Houses Categorized as Unfit for Living).

1,700,00 land certificates should have been issued and handed over to the West Sumatra community, but until now it was only 700,000 certificates. President announced it during the land certificates distribution in Dharmasraya Sport Centre, West Sumatra, on Wednesday (7/2) afternoon.

Head of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Dwikorita Karnawati said that many regions in Indonesia are currently still experiencing rainy season. This condition, she said, is caused by quite a strong west wind since January and it is forecasted that until March many regions in Indonesia will still experience the peak of rainy […]

Several Priority Actions Plans (Quick Wins) are to be intensified as a follow up to a Plenary Meeting of the National Committee for Sharia Finance, including the development of halal or sharia industries and real sectors. “Because Indonesia is a market of halal products. Surprisingly, the world’s largest Muslim fashion exporter is China, Indonesia is […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo stated, being rich in natural resources does not guarantee a nation to be successful. He exemplified, many developed countries have infertile land, no mining, no oil, and no gas. “In fact, being rich in natural resources would pamper us, cut off fighting spirit, make us weak, and does not stimulate innovation […]

When delivering his directives at the 2018 National Coordination Meeting of Forest and Land Fires at the State Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday (6/2) morning, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo also mentioned the 2018 Asian Games to be held in Jakarta and Palembang next August. “Do not let the moment be destroyed by haze, forest and land fires […]

During a courtesy call with Indonesian President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo at the Merdeka Palace, on Tuesday (6/2) United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein applauds Indonesia’s role in resolving the Rohingya refugee issue. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Indonesian Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna H. Laoly said: “Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed his appreciation to the Task Force of Forest and Land Fire Management (Karhutla) for the significant progress it has made in handling forest and land fires in the last two years (2016-2017). “There’s a very significant drop in hotspots from 21,929 hotspots in 2015 to 3,915 hotspots in 2016. In […]

The Government this year instructs state-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina to distribute 25,000 starter packs of 3 kilogram LPG canister along with a converter kit for small fishermen in 18 regions. Decree of Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Number 294 K/10/MEM of 2018 states that as of 26 January 2018 Pertamina is […]

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported that Indonesia’s economic growth last year reached 5.07 percent, higher than that in 2016 at 5.03 percent. The 2017 economic growth figure is event the highest since 2014. The BPS data also shows that economic growth during the first year of the Administration of President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo and […]