Heavy downpour which starts to frequently occur in several regions in Indonesia has caused floods and landslides in several regions. Related to this condition, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has instructed Regional Governments and Provincial Agency for Disaster Management (BPBD) to immediately lend a hand. “Flash floods and landslides hit several regions. The Regional Governments and […]

President Joko Widodo said that we are lucky living in the era of the freedom of the press where every day we are flooded with various information, opinion, and data.  “All of us can see how easy we get news and information. Sometimes a personal status in social media can be circulated as news. Some […]

The Government has decided to adopt the scheme of Government business entity cooperation (KPBU) for the oil refinery project in Bontang, East Kalimantan. The legal base for this decision is the Presidential Regulation Number 75 of 2014 on the Acceleration of the Provision of Priority Infrastructures and Presidential Regulation Number 38 of 2015 on the […]

Youth and Sports Minister (Menpora) Imam Nachrowi mentioned that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo gave his full attention to the thorough details of the organization of big events that have been planned by Ministry of Youth and Sports, particularly 2018 Asian Games. “The President’s main concern is the thorough details of the big events, especially 2018 […]

Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung asserted that the revision of the Law Number 30 of 2002 on Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) which was proposed by the House of Representatives (DPR) is now still under discussion at the Legislative Body. Therefore, the Government is still waiting for the revision draft before giving opinions regarding the possibility that […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo accompanied by Vice President Jusuf Kalla led a limited meeting on waste management into electricity, at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, on Friday (5/2) afternoon. “As a reminder, we have already discussed waste management into electricity for many times. I hope this is the last meeting, we could make a decision and […]

The Government has decided to start the development of waste-based power plant. There are seven cities as the pilot project, such as: Jakarta, Bandung, Tangerang, Semarang, Surabaya, Solo, and Makassar. “Most of them are big cities which waste production is more than 1,000 tons per day, whereas Solo is under 1,000 tons. Solo is included […]

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) informed that Indonesia’s economy grew by 5.04 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015, or the highest growth compared to other quarters in 2015: 4.73 percent in the first quarter; 4.66 percent in the second quarter; and 4.74 percent in the third quarter. Overall, economic growth in Indonesia in 2015 […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo called on Islamic figures and Islamic clerics of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) to give more emphasis on the issues of terrorism, radicalism, and drug abuse in their sermons. The President made the request to Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board (PBNU) K.H. Said Aqil Siradj, who was invited by the President to […]

President Joko Widodo instructed public relations offices in ministries as well as in non ministerial institutions to be rapid in responding and giving information. “Do not deflect information and I do not want to hear anymore that it is difficult for the people to meet Government’s public relations while it should be use to find […]