Peoples wealth declaration, at the moment, reaches only Rp9.27 trillion. The President said that it is because the people with bigger assets are still waiting two Minister of Finance Regulations (PMK) that have just issued by the Minister of Finance. So, the Government has issued the Regulation but it does not accomodate the tax payers […]
President Joko Jokowi Widodo said that many countries are now experiencing economic instability. Some countries post a declining economic growth by 4 percent, some have minus growth (minus 3, minus 0.97) and even Indonesias neighboring countries are experiencing negative economic growth by 1 1.5 percent. What are the consequences? Almost all countries are now […]
Indonesia’s Olympic Contingent secured its first medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games through a weightlifter Sri Wahyuni who won a silver medal in the womens 48 kg weightlifting category on Saturday (6/8) local time, or Sunday Indonesian time. Indonesias first medal in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games brought joy and […]
After President Joko Widodos meeting with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta (5/8), Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi said that in the meeting, both Presidents majorly discussed the efforts to enhance economic cooperation. Both Presidents have agreed to restart joint economic commission meeting next year. This commission has not held […]
President Joko Jokowi Widodo has urged regional leaders governors, regents, mayors to pay more attention to inflation rate. Economic growth is indeed important and so is inflation rate, the President stated. The President made the statement in his remarks at the 7th National Coordinating Meeting (Rakornas) held at Grand Sahid Jaya Hotel, Jakarta, […]
President Joko Jokowi Widodo instructed governors, regents, and mayors to start spending the regional budget (APBD), be it provincial, regencies, or cities budget as early as possible or in January. Spend the budget as early as possible because it will increase the flow of money and improve economic growth in cities, regencies, or provinces, President […]
President Joko Widodos meeting with President of Guinea Alpha Condé, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Wednesday (3/8) afternoon, discussed a number of bilateral issues and the potential to establish cooperation in several sectors, such as economy, investment, and human resources development. President of Guinea and President Joko Widodo have agreed to start capacity development […]
The visit of the Prime Minister of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickramasinghe and his spouse Mrs. Maithree Wickramasinghe to the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, was used by President Joko Widodo to offer superior products made by Indonesian workers, i.e. passenger trains manufactured by PT INKA, Madiun. Passenger trains from PT INKA have been […]
President Joko Widodo received a courtesy call from Minister of Finance and Trade of Qatar Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Tuesday (2/8) afternoon. The bilateral meeting discussed the efforts to increase investment and trade cooperation, parcitularly in investment sector. As one of countries that has the highest Sovereign […]
President Joko Widodo admitted that moslem community nowadays must face big challenges, for example, high rate of unemployment particularly in young people who cannot integrate with others. We are not strong enough in social media as well as technology, thus, we will not win perception competition, the President said when delivering a remarks at the […]
