President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on 7 June 2016 signed a Presidential Instruction Number 5 of 2016 on the Land and Building Acquisition Taxes (BPHTB) and Building Permit (IMB) for Low-Income Housing (MBR) to quickly meet the house needs for low-income housing according to National Program of Developing Million House. The Presidential Instruction serves the purpose […]

The Government must be focused on three points in developing Natuna Islands: developing fishing industry, developing oil and gas industry, and boosting security. Those three measures need to be accelerated, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said. The statement was made by the President in a limited meeting on Natuna Islands Economic Potentials Development on Wednesday (29/6), […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo says that the Government already knows areas that are prone to smuggling of illegal goods and three measures are to be taken to address the issue: prevention, monitoring, and law enforcement. “We have to limit the activities of the smugglers. In areas that are most vulnerable to smuggling, we have to […]

The Task Force (Satgas) 115 for Eradicating Illegal Fishing must continue their works for eradicating illegal fishing cases, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said. We must have the consistency to show those illegal fishermen that Indonesia is extremely serious to tackle illegal fishing, the President added. The statements were made by the President in his directive […]

Tax Amnesty which was passed by the House of Representatives on Tuesday (28/6) needs to be disseminated to all sides that still keep their money abroad. The statement was delivered by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo after a communal fast-breaking with thousands of orphans and disabled people on Tuesday (28/6) at the Bogor Presidential Palace. “I […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that producing, distributing, and marketing fake vaccines is an extraordinary crime and the President calls for tough punishment for those involved in such crime. The President made the statement during a iftar (fast-breaking) with thousands of orphans and the disabled at the Bogor Presidential Palace on Tuesday (28/6). “This is […]

Task Force (Satgas) must accelerate and make economic policies more effective, particularly those which are focused on the deregulation packages. The statement was made by Vice President Jusuf Kalla in his directive in a meeting on Tuesday (28/6) at the office of Coordinating Ministry for the Economy, Jakarta. The Vice President also warned the Task […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ believes territorial integrity is and will always be important to be maintained as an early detection of national threats. The President made the statement during a communal fast-breaking with families of Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) personnels on Monday (27/6), at the Plaza of Indonesian National Defence Forces headquarters (Mabes TNI), in […]

The Indonesian Ministry of Health ‘is absolutely against and condemns’ the production and distribution of fake vaccines that pose danger to health, Ministry of Health Nila Farid Moeloek said in a press conference in Jakarta on Saturday (25/6). Nila also said that her Ministry implements vaccination program at a national level and the availability and […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo thanked the Constitutional Court for solving the 2015 simultaneous regional elections’ disputes correctly so there will be no problem that would potentially affect the government’s stability. “The President said that the measures taken by the Constitutional Court in the simultaneous regional elections’ disputes can be taken again in the next simultaneous […]