President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that taking part in the Tax Amnesty program is a right, not an obligation. According to the President, if it is obligatory, all the citizens are obliged to take part in it. “Taking part in the Tax Amnesty program is a right,” President Jokowi told reporters at the opening of […]

The development in digital technology makes us live in a world without barriers and physical limitations. Countries which are geographically separated can be connected in one world now, namely internet world, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said. “We must consider the benefits and power of digital technology as our golden opportunity, particularly for  people who are […]

Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya admitted that she understands if the people living in fire-prone regions are fed up with the smoke. However, the Minister ensures, the Government will not stand still and will work hard as well as nonstop to overcome forest and land fires that currently happen in some areas. “I […]

Directorate General for Taxation and Ministry of Finance should respond to public concern regarding the implementation of tax amnesty program, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said. However, Pramono asserted that the tax amnesty program shall be carried out because President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo have stepped into that matter. Responding to public concerns, Pramono said that the […]

In an effort to control and secure the 2016 Revised State Budget, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on 26 August 2016 signed a Presidential Instruction Number 8 of 2016 on Austerity Measures in the  Spending of Ministries/Institutions in the 2016 Revised State Budget. The Instruction is given to: 1. Ministers of the Working Cabinet; 2. Chief […]

Sunday (28/8) was the second time of  Presidential Security Details’ (Paspampres) changing of the guards’ ceremony opens to public. The ceremony, which was held at the front yard of the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, has attracted public attention, not only those who exercised at the National Monument (Monas), but also the motorists passing by the road […]

Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo confirmed that the site to check e-KTP is not an official site of the Government. “The Ministry of Home Affairs never creates the site. At the moment, collaborating with the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, we are investigating this issue,” Tjahjo said, in Jakarta, on Saturday (27/8). The last […]

The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that 138 out of 177 Indonesian citizens who were arrested by the Philippine authorities have been relocated to the Indonesian Embassy in Manila, Philippines, according to official Twitter account of the Ministry on Friday (26/8). The relocation of those Indonesian citizens was done on Thursday evening (25/8) and […]

From 256 million of Indonesian people, 22 million of them, who live both in the villages or cities, have yet to record their data to issue electronic identity cards (e-KTP), Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo said. Therefore, the Minister asked Population and Civil Registration Agency (Dukcapil) to be more active in creating wider access […]

The number of laid-off workers in Indonesia has dropped by 7,24 percent in the first semester of 2016 compared to that of last year, according to data of the Ministry of Manpower. Based on the data from Directorate General of Industrial Relations and Workers Social Security of the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, the number […]