President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo reminded his ranks that he has submitted the 2018 Budget Implementation List (DIPA) to the Ministers and Heads of Institutions at the end of 2017. To that end, President Jokowi requested that all Ministries/Institutions (K/L) immediately execute programs and work activities that have been planned. “Once again I want to reiterate, […]

After a trial period since 26 December 2017, Soekarno-Hatta Airport train is officially launched by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Station Tangerang, Banten on Tuesday (2/1). “By saying Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, I officially inaugurate the operation of Soekarno-Hatta Airport train this morning,” President Jokowi said as he pressed the siren button and signed the […]

  The Presidential Palace confirms that a viral message on social media about President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo’s speech telling that there are security threats from a number of groups due to the result of Jakarta’s Regional Election in 2017 is hoax. The message claims that the President delivers the speech at Senayan Stadium before one […]

Since the beginning of his office, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has determined to build Indonesia from the outskirts. Therefore, development at border areas become the focus of the President. A border should be the country’s front yard. So, it must be ‘pretty’. With the increase of economy and social infrastructures, the life of the people […]

As of November 2017, the number of international tourist arrival to Indonesia reached 12.68 million, rising by 21.84% from that of the same period last year at 10.41 million tourists. Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Suhariyanto said that 10.88 millions of those tourists arrived at 19  main entry points and  1.80 million arrived […]

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reports that in September 2017, the number of poor people (those with expenditure per capita per month below the Poverty Line) in Indonesia reached 26.58 million people (10.12 percent), or decreased by 1.19 million people compared to that of March 2017, which was 27.77 million people (10.64 percent). “Based on […]

Friday (29/12) is the last working day of 2017; the first working day of 2018 will be on Tuesday (2/1). President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo realized that some people must feel exhausted because they are sleepless and hardly ever went on holiday.

Indonesia’s geographical condition that consists of many islands with infrastructure condition that is not equally adequate poses challenges in in the distribution of fuel. Consequently, many people outside Java Island cannot purchase fuel at same price as that in Java Island. Nevertheless, such condition must be put to an end. Since President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo during the 2017 National Christmas Celebration reminded all Christians in Indonesia to never get tired of working. “Never get tired of working in God’s way. Never be tired of working on our own fields, regardless of your profession, job, or social status, whether you are a trader, a driver, a farmer, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo argued that many people who are happy if there is worrying news circulated that made us pessimistic. “This is what I am not happy the most,” President Jokowi said when closing the 2017 Indonesia Stock Exchange Trade, at the Main Hall of Indonesia Stock Exchange Building (BEI), Jakarta, Friday (29/12) afternoon. […]