Members of the National Economic and Industry Committee (KEIN), led by its Chairman Soetrisno Bachir, on Tuesday (7/6), met with President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo at the Merdeka Palace to report the results of its strategic studies on economic and industry issues and to give recommendations to the Government to reach a 7 percent economic growth.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, on Tuesday at the office of the Ministry of Finance, told 1,768 echelon 2 officials of ministries and institutions to work in line with the regulations. In his previous working meeting with echelon 1 officials, the President mentioned that ministers, heads of agencies, echelon 1 officials, and echelon 2 officials, both […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has yet to give an instruction about candidates of the Indonesian National Police Chief to replace Police Chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti who will enter his retirement period, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said. “It is the President’s authority. Even though the President has requested for the opinions from several sides including his […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo believes that national strategic projects will bring added values to development in the regions because those projects are carried out in all over Indonesia such as Sumatera, Java, Kalimantan, Bali, Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua. Therefore, the President instructs his administration to stay focused so that those priority programs that […]

Chairman of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) on Monday (6/6) at the State Palace, Jakarta, submitted the financial audit reports on the 2015 Central Government Financial Report (LKPP) to President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo. According to the BPK, 56 government institutions received “unqualified opinion”, 26 received a “qualified opinion”, and 4 received “disclaimer opinion”.

The Government has no plan to lay off millions of civil servants as reported by the media recently, Vice President Jusuf Kalla announced on Friday. According to Kalla, the Government will instead implement the ‘civil servant negative growth’ policy. “We won’t abruptly discharge them. There will be no layoffs.Civil servants cannot be laid off. It […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Friday (3/6), inaugurated 100 Mega Watt (MW) Gorontalo Gas Engine Power Plant project located in Meleo Village, Gorontalo Province, as part of the Government’s 35,000 MW electricity program to meet people’s demand. We must meet the electricity needs as soon as possible; hence, the Government promulgated a Presidential Regulation on […]

As the transition period for online application-based taxi set by the Government has ended, the Government  issued a number of strict requirements for the owner(s) or driver(s) of online application-based taxi to continue operating. There are three requirements that the drivers must comply. First, they are required to possess Class A licenses for sedan and […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Thursday (2/6) led a groundbreaking ceremony of 100 MW Mobile Power Plant project and inaugurated Ketapang steam-fuelled power plant (PLTU) that produces 20 MW of electricity in Mempawah, West Kalimantan. “I want to see the progress of this mobile power plant project that we expect can be completed in September,” President Jokowi […]

Indonesia has many energy resources and besides coal, the country also has renewable, geothermal, hydropower, wave power, wind power, and solar cells energies; therefore, Indonesia does not need yet to develop a nuclear power plant (PTLN), President Jokowi said. “We are blessed with abundant resources, thus we do not need to develop a PLTN yet. […]