President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo distributed 157 Healthy Indonesia cards (KIS), 250 Smart Indonesia Cards (KIP), 450 Kejar Paket A, B, and C (equivalent to elementary, junior and senior high schools respectively), 239 Aspiring Family Program (PKH), and Supplemental Nutrition Program (PMT) to 100 pregnant women, 100 children under five years old, and 100 school children […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said he always monitors social media to respond to people’s hopes, including when the President responded to the request for school supplies asked by elementary school students in Bengkayang Regency, West Kalimantan Province, through social media. “At that time, when I watched the video, I instantly instructed (related officials) to send […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo responded to a video of elementary school students in Bengkayang Regency, West Kalimantan Province, that went viral on social media. On that video, there are four students asking for a school bag to President Jokowi.The President then immediately sent the requested bag through his Personal Secretary. The assigned team departed last […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday at the State Palace, Jakarta, inaugurated constitutional expert Saldi Isra as new Constitutional Court (Mahkamah Konstitusional/MK) Judge for the period of 2017-2022 replacing Patrialis Akbar. The inauguration is based on Presidential Decree Number 40/P of 2017. Saldi was appointed as MK Judge after passing several selection processes conducted by […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo asserted that the Government wants all national priority infrastructure projects to be finished in 2018. “Infrastructure development cannot be delayed any longer, because once we delay it, the financing for it will be even greater. We also hope that this supports the acceleration of our economic growth,” the President said when […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo called on the immediate implementation of land and asset redistribution as well as the implementation of agrarian reforms. According to the President, everything has to be clear in terms of the redistribution procedure, the people who receive lands and assets that are re-distributed, the areas of assets and lands to be […]

Ministry of Agriculture continues to focus on increasing the production of 11 primary agricultural commodities, such as rice, corn, and soybean in order to accelerate Indonesia’s self-sufficiency in food. The statement was made by the Minister of Agriculture Amran Sulaiman during a silaturahmi (amicable gathering) with the participants of the 2017 Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI)’s  […]

In Southeast Sulawesi, economic growth in 2016 grew by 6.51 percent. This relatively high growth was supported by three main sectors, namely agriculture, forestry, and fishery that contributed 24.3 percent, followed by mining sector 19.35 percent, and construction sector 14.02 percent.These figures was revealed by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo when delivering his introductory remarks at […]

The Elections Supervisory Agency of the Republic of Indonesia (Bawaslu) for the 2012-2017 period submitted the results of the election supervision to President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, Monday (10/4). In his report, the Bawaslu delivered supervision results that have been carried out by the officials at the central, provincial, regency/city, subdistrict, […]

Although South Kalimantan Province has felt the pinch of the declining prices of commodities in the global market, the Province’s economic growth last year improved, rising into 4.38 percent from the previous 3.84 percent in 2015. The statement was made by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo in his introductory remarks before a limited cabinet meeting on […]