President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that infrastructure development is aimed at bringing benefits for the people and transportation infrastructures are expected to facilitate the mobility of goods and people. “In the end, the people will get to buy goods and services at a cheaper price,” the President said during the inauguration of Pak Kasih Tayan […]

Minister of Transportation Ignasius Jonan said that online application system used by the managements of Uber and Grab Taxi is a technology and there is nothing wrong with it. The Minister added that the same measure can also be implemented to other commercial taxis. However, Jonan reminded that despite the technology, taxi operations as a […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo gave directives to the ministers, heads of agencies, and echelon 1 officials of ministries/institutions to work in line with the regulations. “There are two priorities to be implemented by the Government in the next 5 years, namely deregulation and infrastructure development acceleration. These are our focus,” President Jokowi said when delivering […]

Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said that there are several things that have been agreed at the Limited Meeting on money laundering and tax evasion, lasted almost two hours, at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, on Monday (21/3) afternoon. First, Cabinet Secretary added, President Joko Widodo asked Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), Directorate General of […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo wants his apparatus to take concrete steps to integrate reporting system and transaction analysis with tax report. According to the President, monitoring on finance transaction will be much easier if related sides could integrate customer profile and taxpayer. “In order to execute the violation of tax crimes and money laundering well, […]

The Indonesian Government through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned Sun Weide, Minister Counselor of China’s Embassy in Jakarta, to convey protests against the actions of a Chinese coast guard vessel that reportedly had contravened law enforcement measures conducted by Indonesian authorities against a China-flagged vesselKway Fey 10078 allegedly committing illegal fishing in Indonesian […]

Thirteen military personnels who lost their lives when an Indonesian Army helicopter type Bell 412 EP No. HA-5171 crashed on Sunday (20/3) in Kasiguncu District, Poso Pesisir Subdistrict, Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi, at 5:50 p.m. Central Indonesian Time, attracted the attention of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “My deepest condolences for the death of 13 Indonesian […]

After inaugurating Surabaya-Mojokerto Toll Road Section IV at Mojokerto Regency, President Joko Widodo and his entourage, on Saturday (19/3) afternoon, headed to Sampang, Madura, to inaugurate the operation of Nipah Dam. “This Dam is intended to maintain long-term food production,” the President said. With the rapid increase of global population growth, in the future, people […]

Starting his working visit to East Java Province, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and First Lady Ibu Iriana Jokowi inaugurated the 18.47-km- Surabaya-Mojokerto (Sumo) Toll Road section 4, stretching from Krian to Mojokerto, on Saturday (19/3) afternoon, in Mojokerto Regency. Sumo Toll Road is a part of Trans Java Toll Road which consists of four sections, […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, accompanied by First Lady Ibu Iriana JokoWidodo, on Saturday (19/3) morning visited East Java Province to inaugurate two infrastructure projects, namely the Surabaya-Mojokerto Toll Road Section IV project in Mojokerto and the Nipah Dam project in Sampang Regency, Madura. Surabaya-Mojokerto toll road spans 18.47 kilometers and there is still 16.01 kilometers […]