Ministry of Villages, Development of Underdeveloped Regions, and Transmigration has launched Recognition of Prior Learning program for villages. With this program, work experience from village human resources, such as village heads, village officials, village assistants, administrators of Village Owned Enterprises (BUMDesa) and Joint BUMDesa can be equated with lecture material at universities with various study […]

Central bank Bank Indonesia and Australia’s central bank Reserve Bank of Australia have renewed the Bilateral Currency Swap Arrangement (​​BCSA). “The agreement will apply for three years and may be extended upon the agreement of the two central banks,” Bank Indonesia announced on its official website, Monday (02/21). For the record, the initial swap agreement […]

The newly-inaugurated Head of National Food Agency, Arief Prasetyo Adi, expressed commitment to enhance synergy and collaboration with stakeholders in food sector. The statement was made after his inauguration as Head of the National Food Agency, led by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, at the State Palace, Jakarta, Monday (02/21). “We will involve various parties such […]

G20 member countries have agreed to roll out two pillars of international tax principles namely taxation in the digital sector and global minimum taxation in 2023, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati has announced. “The first and the second pillars have been agreed upon and will be enforced as an effective policy in 2023,” the […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Monday (2/21) inaugurated Andi Widjajanto as Governor of the National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) and Arief Prasetyo Adi as Head of the National Food Agency (BPN) at the State Palace in Jakarta. The inauguration of Andi Widjajanto was based on the Presidential Decree Number 21/P of 2022 on the Inauguration of Governor […]

Search and rescue services must be agile and fast to save every human life in any situation, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “Anywhere, in any situation, every individual must be saved from risks of disaster and other emergencies. The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) must be present quickly to provide assistance. Every second […]

Based on the research done by Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s Research and Development Unit (Lemigas), the combustion efficiency of dimethyl ether (DME) is better than the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Thus, DME deserves to be an alternative fuel for energy substitution program in Indonesia, according to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif, […]

The Anti Investment Scam Task Force (SWI) has called the public to be aware of unregistered binary options and brokers that not registered with Ministry of Trade’s Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency (Bappebti). “Online trading activities carried out by binary options are illegal since the nature of their activities are gambling, no goods are traded. […]

The Government has provided a hotline for COVID-19 patients who have not received free telemedicine service from Ministry of Health. The hotline can be reached via Ministry of Health’s WhatsApp on 081110500567, email at sertifikat@pedulilindungi.id, and call center on 119 ext. 9. The free telemedicine service can be accessed by those who have taken PCR/antigen […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has issued Government Regulation Number 8 of 2022 on Coordination for Organizing Hajj. The Regulation, which can be accessed on the Cabinet Secretariat website, was signed by the President on February 9, 2022. The Regulation is part of the implementation of provisions of Law Number 8 of 2019 on Organizing of […]