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. […]

Today’s inauguration of 184 Mega Watt (MW) Arun Gas Engine Power Plant (PLTMG) in Lhokseumawe, Aceh, is expected to revive Special Economic Zone (KEK) and industrial zones in Lhokseumawe, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said. “The big industries such as Kertas Kraft Aceh, Iskandar Muda Fertilizer, Asean Aceh Fertilizer (AAF), and cement factories must be revived,” […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Wednesday (1/6) led a groundbreaking ceremony of six mobile power plants in Sumatera. Those six power plants are centered at Air Anyir steam-fuelled power plant (PLTU) located in Merwang Subdistrict, Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Province. In his remarks at the inauguration ceremony, President Jokowi said that when he visited the […]

Indonesia with its national motto Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity) can be an example for other countries in the efforts to promote tolerance amidst new challenges and the new world order. During his working visit to the United States, and several countries in Europe, the Middle East, as well as Asia, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Tuesday (31/5) inaugurated the first Indonesian outlet of United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based retail major, LuLu Hypermarket, in Cakung, East Jakarta. The store is expected to be the gateway for Indonesian tropical fruits to enter the Middle Eastern market. “I hope not only big enterprises that reap benefits from LuLu, but […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has asked Norway to accelerate the implementation of the scheme to mitigate climate change called Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus (REDD+). Relations between Indonesia and Norway are in good condition and Norway is one of Indonesia’s main partners, President Jokowi added. President Jokowi made the statement during a […]