Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said to the public that the country must return to where it was, the country must not turn its back on the sea anymore because our country’s future lies in the oceans. “The President will even tell and encourage people to build houses facing the […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo reminded regional officials to work on sustainable prevention of forest and land fires. They should not in haste when the fires happened, moreover, this year’s El Nino lasts longer. “I remind the officials at provinces and regencies, Military Command (Kodam), Regional Police (Polda) levels, from upperclass to lowerclass to get ready […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that there are five important aspects that the government, be it the central government, provincial governments, regency governments and city governments, have to pay attention to namely economic growth; unemployment rate, poverty level, inflation and Gini coefficient ratio. According to the President, hard work and efforts made by the government […]

Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung asserted that additional tasks given by the President to several ministers to become intercountries liaison shall not overlap with the task of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, because the Minister of Foreign Affairs is still responsible for foreign coordination. “The additional tasks emphasize more on investment, permits, business and others,” Pramono […]

Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said that it is the Air Force Chief of Staff (KSAU) Air Marshal Agus Supriatna who proposed the plan to buy three helicopters for VVIP (Very Very Important Person) that will also be used by the President. This proposal has been included in the strategic plans of the Air Force for […]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi argued, the appointment of 12 ministers who got an additional task from the President Joko Widodo to be a liaison between countries is intended to ensure the implementation of the investment coming from abroad. According to the Minister of Foreign, a lot of foreign investments, which eventually are difficult […]

Indonesian government confers Star Services to Toshihiro Nikai, chairman of the Japanese Parliamentary League, which is considered to be very deserving in enhancing cooperation relations between Indonesia – Japan. President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) presented conferment Star Services to Toshihiro Nikai, at the State Palace, Jakarta, Monday (23/11) afternoon. Toshihiro Nakai, which is also the leader […]

In the plenary cabinet meeting held at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, on Monday (23/11) afternoon, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has decided to provide an additional assignment to some ministers as a liaison for each country in case there are problems related to investment, licensing, or the matters concerning the related country. Cabinet […]

President Joko Widodo received the courtesy call of Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Teo Chee Hean, at the State Palace, Jakarta, on Tuesday (24/11) afternoon. Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi explained that several issues were discussed on that meeting. First, the meeting reaffirmed that Indonesia and Singapore are very important partners because Singapore is […]

President Joko Widodo handed-over productivity award “the 2015 Pramakarya Award” to 22 Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (UMKM), at the State Palace, Jakarta, on Tuesday (24/11). Minister of Manpower M. Hanif Dhakiri, in his report to the President, stated that the 22 enterprises that receive the award have high productivity and good performance as well […]