President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to continue restoring peat land in seven provinces, namely: in Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, and Papua Provinces. In consistent with the establishment of the Peat Land Restoration Agency (BRG) at the beginning of 2016, according to the President, the Government has […]

In a bid to improve public services, the Government feels the urge to add the number of priority infrastructures, to strengthen the Committee for Acceleration of Priority Infrastructure Development (KPIP), and to accelerate Procurement of Government Goods/ Services to support the acceleration of priority infrastructure delivery.

President Jokowi stressed that the use of natural resources such as mineral and coal must be carefully calculated. Although Indonesia currently has the 10th largest mineral and coal reserves in the world, it has to be remembered that the reserves are predicted to be used up in the next 83 years, the President said. “The […]

The Governor of Bank Indonesia (BI) Agus D. W. Martowardojo reaffirmed that the newly lauched Rupiah banknotes do not contain the forbidden symbol hammer and sickle. It was extended by the Governor to respond the information and interpretation that spread in the community. Rumour says Rupiah contain the forbidden symbol. “Some people think that the […]

In order to improve and build the nation’s character by implementing Mental Revolution referring to the values ??of integrity, work ethic, and gotong royong (mutual cooperation) to build a dignified, modern, advanced, and prosperous nation’s culture based on Pancasila (Five Principles), President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on December 6, 2016 has issued a Presidential Instruction (Inpres) […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo affirmed that the raising of the Free Papua Movements (OPM)’s flag by an individual at the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Melbourne, Australia on Friday (6/1), was a purely criminal act. “It is Australia’s domestic affairs and it was a criminal act. It has nothing to do with […]

Continuing his working visit in Batang, Central Java, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo inspected the construction of Batang-Semarang toll road Section I on Monday (9/1) morning. In this inspection, the President said that since 1996, when he was the Mayor of Solo, the project cannot be completed. Nonetheless, now, based on the reports from Minister of […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo pays an impromptu visit or ‘blusukan’ to Plaza Pekalongan located at Jalan Nusantara, Pekalongan, Central Java, on Sunday (8/1) evening after making a series of working visit. Arrived at about 8 pm Western Indonesian Time, President Jokowi immediately went to several corners of the plaza. The President was enthusiastically greeted by […]

The Government promised that the extended Merak-Jakarta toll road in Ngaliyan, Semarang, would be operated during this year’s mudik (an annual exodus ahead of Eid al-Fitr) season. Last year, the Java toll road was only connected until the East Brebes toll exit. Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono said that the three […]

The Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI) needs unity and NKRI is undisputed, said President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo during the celebration of the birthday of Prophet Muhammad PBUH (Mawlid an-Nabi) held at Kanzus Sholawat Building in Pekalongan on Sunday (81). On that occasion, President Jokowi also gave his appreciation to local cleric Muhammad […]