Although COVID-19 daily confirmed cases in six provinces have exceeded the peak of Delta variant, the Government has managed to keep Bed Occupancy Rate (BOR) under control, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said. “There are six provinces and 37 regencies/municipalities that exceeded (COVID-19 confirmed cases) the peak of Delta variant. The provinces are […]
The Government has announced it continues to make adjustment to the implementation of restrictions on public activities (PPKM) by maintaining balance between health and economic sectors. “We continue to monitor the latest development at hospitals and [adjustment is made] by prioritizing health aspects,” Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said in […]
The Indonesian Government has announced that it extends public activity restrictions (PPKM) in regions outside the islands of Java and Bali from 15 to 28 February. “The criteria (on the implementation of PPKM level) are based on the assessment level of the pandemic situation, be it community transmission, including numbers of cases, deaths, hospitalizations, and […]
The Government is currently implementing old-age benefits (JHT) and unemployment benefits (JKP) programs to protect workers, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has stated. “The JHT is designed as a long-term program to ensure the availability of funds for workers when they are no longer productive due to (entering) retirement age, having permanent total […]
The issuance of three presidential regulations on interregional zoning plan of Java Sea, Sulawesi Sea, and Tomini Bay in Sulawesi will create a significant impact on investment in marine and fishery sectors, which will boost national economic growth, according to Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono. The Minister stated that zoning plans […]
In a bid to provide legal assurance to the public on every traded crypto asset, Ministry of Trade’s Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency (Bappebti) has tightened supervision of crypto-asset trading. According to Acting Head of Bappebti Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana, every crypto asset product must be registered with the agency and any type of crypto asset […]
In a bid to curb transmission of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, the Government urged related sides to intensify testing, tracing, tracking measures, and speed up vaccination drive. As of Thursday (02/10), around 400,000 samples have been processed through the lab daily. The Ministry of Health also recorded that the national Bed Occupancy Rate (BOR) […]
In a bid to rejuvenate post-pandemic learning system, Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Nadiem Anwar Makarim has announced plans to roll out the Merdeka Curriculum and Merdeka Mengajar app. Nevertheless, education units are free to determine one of three curricula to be implemented, namely the 2013 Curriculum, the Emergency Curriculum (2013 Curriculum simplified), […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has underscored that Indonesia is proud to be one of the countries at the forefront in marine protection. “We are committed to achieving the target of marine conservation areas covering an area of 32.5 million hectares by 2030. In 2021, we managed to protect an area of 28.1 million hectares or […]
The Government-borne luxury tax (PPnBM DTP) for four-wheeled vehicles has provided a stimulus for the improvement of supporting industries, especially the transport manufacturing industry, according to Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita. “In 2021, the non-oil and gas processing industry grew 3.67 percent. Several sub-sectors grew above national economic growth, one of which was the […]
