In a bid to anticipate surge in Omicron cases in areas outside the islands of Java and Bali, the Government has announced it continues to prepare healthcare facilities and infrastructure, medicine supply and to speed up vaccination drive. “The President in his directives has ordered measures to anticipate spike in Omicron cases outside Java and […]
Statistics Indonesia (BPS) has reported that Indonesia’s economy grew by 3.69 percent cumulatively throughout 2021, demonstrating a better performance than in 2020, which contracted by 2.07 percent. “Indonesia’s economy in the fourth quarter of 2021 grew by 1.06 percent (QoQ) and if I compare it with the fourth quarter of 2020, Indonesia’s economy grew by […]
The Government is currently completing the construction of four Integrated Border Posts (PLBN) in North Kalimantan province in order to improve national competitiveness and support equitable development. The four infrastructure projects are Long Nawang Border Post in Malinau regency and Long Midang Border Post, Labang Border Post, and Sei Pancang Border Post in Nunukan regency. […]
Following the spike in daily cases of COVID-19 due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant, Minister of Religious Affairs on February 4, 2022 issued a Circular on religious activities during pandemic. Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas signed Circular Number SE.04 of 2022 on Implementation of Worship/Religious Activities in Places of Worship during Public […]
Minister of Home Affairs Muhammad Tito Karnavian issued Instruction Number 08 of 2022 on the prevention and control of COVID-19 during the hosting of Mandalika MotoGP at the Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit, West Nusa Tenggara province, this year. The Ministry’s Director General for Regional Administration Safrizal ZA stated that the regulation aims to control […]
As the President’s Secretary in government affairs, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung is often requested to accompany President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in many occasions. The Cabinet Secretary said that he really enjoys the duty he is assuming. It is expressed by the man who is usually called Mas Pram during a dialogue with the Presidential Special […]
Indonesia’s COVID-19 positive cases continue to increase. As of Saturday (02/05), Ministry of Health recorded there were 33,729 new positive cases in the country. According to the Ministry’s COVID-19 Vaccination Spokesperson, despite the fact that Omicron variant has a faster transmission rate compared to Alpha, Beta, and Delta variants, the variant has milder symptoms and […]
In a bid to tackle illegal levies and corruption in public services sector, the Government has urged regional governments to build a one-stop integrated Public Services Mall (MPP). For the record, the MPP aims to provide fast and simple services to general public. “The MPP can avoid corruption, especially illegal levies,” Minister of Home Affairs […]
Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung and Presidential Special Staffer Putri Tanjung talked about President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s Cabinet on a newly-launched podcast from the Cabinet Secretariat. During the podcast, Pramono told Putri that President Jokowi has two secretaries, namely Minister of State Secretary and Cabinet Secretary who led two different institutions. “The President as Head of […]
The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) and Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Thursday (02/03) paid a visit to a disaster-safe school at SDN 13 Klender state elementary school in East Jakarta. SDN 13 Klender state elementary school has become a disaster-safe pilot project school for […]
