President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has reiterated the importance of physical and mental readiness before marriage to prevent stunting in children. The President delivered the statement in response to questions from journalists regarding the high rate of early marriage in a number of regions in Indonesia. “The problem of stunting has to do with preparation during […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Wednesday (01/25) ordered his Cabinet to ensure Indonesia’s preparedness to host three international sports games this year. “President Jokowi has ordered us to complete the preparation as soon as possible and I was ordered to report again to him at the end of this month,” Minister of Youth and Sports Zainuddin […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will issue a Presidential Instruction on the acceleration of the construction of regional roads. “Earlier, directly chaired by the President, we just held an internal meeting on the acceleration of the development, to be precise on the maintenance of existing roads in the regions. It was decided that there would be […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has encouraged all elements to join forces in an effort to reduce stunting rate to fourteen percent by 2024. “The target is fourteen percent in 2024. We must be able to achieve it. I am sure that through collaboration, that figure is possible to achieve as long as everyone works together,” […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Wednesday (01/25) opened the 2023 National Working Meeting on Family, Population, and Family Planning Establishment (Banggakencana) Program and Stunting Reduction at the National Population and Family Planning Board’s Auditorium in Jakarta. On that occasion, President Jokowi went on to say that all countries are competing in various sectors, while underscoring that […]

The Government urged to accelerate the ratification of Domestic Workers’ Protection Bill. Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah stated that the ratification of this bill could form the basis for managing and solving issues in employment sector, especially in protecting domestic workers. “The Domestic Workers’ Protection Law enables us to solve some issues faced by domestic […]

Ministry of Health has issued Circular Number HK.02.02/C/380/2023 on COVID-19 Second Booster Vaccination for General Public. The circular was signed by Ministry of Health’s Director General of Disease Prevention and Control Maxi Rein Rondonuwu on January 20. “As of January 24, 2023, the general public (age 18 and over) can receive the second COVID-19 booster […]

Following a proposal from Ministry of Religious Affairs to increase the cost of Hajj pilgrimage, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Tuesday (01/24), confirmed that cost of the 2023 Hajj pilgrimage was still under review. The President said that the amount proposed by Ministry of Religious Affairs is not final yet. Currently, the Government is still reviewing […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that he could not intervene in the ongoing legal proceedings in the premeditated murder case committed by a former high-ranking police officer Ferdy Sambo (FS). The President delivered the statement after being asked by a journalist regarding the request of the mother of one of the defendants, Richard Eliezer, regarding […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has emphasized that Law Number 6 of 2014 on Villages has regulated the tenure of village heads for six years and for three periods. He made the statement in response to village heads who marched in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building to voice their opinion on the extension […]