The result of the survey of Statistics Indonesia (BPS) stated that in March 2017, the number of Indonesians living in poverty reached 27.77 million people (10.64 percent) or grew by 6,900 people compared to September 2016 (27.76 million people). Therefore, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo asked all ministries/institutions to make efforts to reduce poverty rate. Moreover, […]

Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung considered the growth of the Indonesian Government debt is relatively small. He reminded the public that three years ago, precisely at the end of 2014, Indonesian Government debt reached Rp2,604.93 trillion. Meanwhile, in April 2017, the Government debt grew to Rp3,667.41 trillion. “Every year, we pay the debt of Rp250 trillion. […]

President  Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo reminded his Working Cabinet Ministers to be careful in issuing a Ministerial Regulation (Permen).  The President also told his ministers to calculate and take some time before issuing those Regulations. “We have to communicate with the people and the stakeholders first so those Ministerial Regulations will not hinder the business world […]

The development of Trans Sumatra Toll Road connecting Pekanbaru-Dumai whose construction began six months ago has entered the land clearing and land acquisition process. “The land acquisition process is 47% finished,” said President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo after visiting the construction site of the Toll Road in Pekanbaru on Sunday (23/7).

To anticipate rapid changes, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo asked all universities, in particular universities under PP Muhammadiyah, especially Ahmad Dahlan University in Yogyakarta, to prepare themselves. “Don’t be lulled by our routine activities that make us unable to create breakthroughs,” President Jokowi said when giving a lecture at the Campus of Ahmad Dahlan University, Bantul, […]

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in coordination with the Governmental Public Relations Coordination Board (Bakohumas) of Ministry of Communication and Informatics held a Thematic Forum adopting a theme “Right Targeted Electricity Subsidy Policy For A Just Energy”, at Margo Hotel, Depok, West Java, on 20 to 22 July 2017. During the discussion session, Head […]

After leading a limited meeting on the Evaluation on Implementation of National Strategic Projects and Priority Programs in Papua Province, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, accompanied by Vice President Jusuf Kalla, led a limited meeting on the Evaluation on Implementation of National Strategic Projects and Priority Programs in West Papua Province, at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, […]

The Government, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said, has long studied and examined as well as asked input from a lot of people, including ulemas, before making a decision to revoke legal entity status of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) and also to disband this organization, “The decision is as has been announced today,” the President said […]

Acting Director General for Information and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Niniek Kun Naryatie asserted that there are times when diplomacy is a very exclusive job done only by diplomats. “Diplomats were once the noble, the descendants of aristocrats, or aristocrats themselves. Diplomacy has elite impression that can only be done in […]

The Government, through the Ministry of Transportation, continues to carry out assimilation process between online transportation services with the conventional ones in order to manage them well. This statement was conveyed by Minister of Transporation Budi Karya Sumadi when responding to the journalists’ questions after a Limited Meeting on Online Transportation Management, Tuesday (18/7) at […]