In order to make domestic industries more competitive and promote ease of doing business, the Government will soon solve the matters relating to industrial gas price which have been complained by industrialists due to its high price. Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said that, the limited meeting led by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday (24/1), […]

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said although Indonesia’s National Soccer Team (Timnas) Garuda was temporarily out of international tournaments due to a FIFA (world soccer body) ban, the Team managed to reach the final of the AFF Cup and this achievement, the President said, has encouraged the sport to rise again in Indonesia. “Therefore, the Government […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo reaffirmed his statement on the Limited Meeting on 4 October 2016, that natural gas should not only be seen as a commodity, but as a capital for development that can support national industry and stimulate competitiveness of Indonesia’s industrial products in the global market. Therefore, the President asked to carefully calculate […]

Speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia (MPR RI) Zulkifli Hasan reminded all people of Indonesia that we are brothers and sisters in diversity. “We agreed 71 years ago, we are brothers and sisters in the big family of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). Not others,” the […]

For the follow up of Presidential Regulation Number 29 of 2014, Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms Asman Abnur in a letter Number B/01/M.06/2017 dated 19 January 2017 calls on all government institutions to submit the 2016 performance report, online Self-Assessment on the Implementation of Bureaucratic Reform (PMPRB), as well as submit organizational […]

Members of the Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals Association (ICMI) led by its Chairman Jimly Asshiddiqie on Monday (23/1) at the State Palace met with President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo. ICMI Chairman Jimly Asshiddiqie said during the meeting, in addition to report the result of ICMI’s National Working Meeting (Silaknas) in December last year, they also discussed the […]

Although it is still January, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo thought that the signs of drought have appeared. Therefore, the President reminded his administration to be alert. Moreover the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has predicted that the climate in 2017 will be drier. “So, all of us must be really careful,” the President firmly […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo reminded that the cases of forest fires that occurred in 2015 has led the Government overwhelmed and the Government has done everything they can to put them out. To that end, the President hopes that all parties remain vigilant so that forest fires do not recur. “We should be grateful, as […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo calmly responded to the latest tweet of former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) regarding the rampant spread of hoaxes and also the disseminators of slander. Previously, former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono wrote on his twitter account: “Allah, the one and only God. How has the country become like this? Disseminators of […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo congratulated Donald Trump following his inauguration as the 45th President of the United States. The inauguration ceremony took place at Capitol Hill, Washington DC, the US, on Friday (20/1) local time. “I would like to congratulate President Donald Trump on his inauguration,” President Jokowi said after taking part in the Bogor […]