As part of his working visit in East Java province, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Friday (12/17) inaugurated Ngawi Big Market in Ngawi regency. “Thank God, this afternoon we could witness that [the construction of] Ngawi Big Market has been completed and is ready for public use,” President Jokowi said. For the record, the market was […]

Cabinet Secretariat’s organization for wives of state officials (Dharma Wanita Persatuan/DWP), Friday (12/17), held a webinar adopting a theme “Improving Indonesian Women’s Resilience through Mental Health and Recovery of Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises”. The theme was in line with concern of Cabinet Secretariat’s DWP on its 22nd Anniversary on 17 December 2021, namely awareness […]

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati has announced that the 2021 State Budget deficit is forecast to be  between 5.1 to 5.4 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to her, the figure is lower that of the 2021 State Budget target, which is 5.7 percent of the GDP. “This year, the budget is forecast […]

Developing superior human resources is one of national priority programs to realize an advanced Indonesia, according to Vice President Ma’ruf Amin. According to him, the Government continues to implement a number of programs, including programs in the field of employment to achieve the goal. Thus, he added, it is important to improve the competency and […]

Following his working visit to Blora regency in Central Java province, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Friday (12/17) continued the working visit to Ngawi regency in the neighboring East Java province. The President arrived at Wedya Graha Pavilion in the regency at around 11.30 western Indonesian time and went to Baiturrahman Great Mosque located 400 meters […]

Upon arrival at Ngloram airport in Blora regency, Central Java province, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and First Lady Ibu Iriana Joko Widodo Friday (12/17) took their time to visit SMEs booths at the airport’s holding room. On that occasion, President Jokowi bought a customized jacket with mythical eagle Garuda and typical Blora’s pattern worth Rp350,000, […]

In a series of his working visit to Central Java province, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Friday (12/17) inaugurated Ngloram Airport in Blora regency. “Thank God, this morning we can see that [the construction of]  Ngloram Airport, which is located in Cepu district, Blora regency, Central Java province,  has been completed and is ready to be […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Friday (12/17) left for Central Java and East Java provinces from Jakarta for a working visit. The President, First Lady Ibu Iriana and the entourage departed from Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base using a special ATR 72-600 aircraft at around 07.00 Western Indonesian Time (WIB). Upon his arrival at Ngloram Airport […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has urged the people to be vigilant of the Omicron variant as the first case of this new COVID-19 variant has been reported on Indonesian soil. “What we must do now is to join hands to prevent the Omicron variant from spreading in the country. We must prevent local transmissions,” the […]

Indonesia managed to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic faster than the 1997-1998 crisis, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said. “If you look at it and compare it to the situation when Indonesia faced the crisis in 97-98, it took four years to restore our economy to pre-crisis GDP level. For this COVID-19 [pandemic], […]