President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Tuesday (23/11) drove a tractor to plant corn seeds with local farmers in Jeneponto regency, South Sulawesi province. “Today, I can drive a tractor by myself and it is easy. I was briefly taught by Minister of Agriculture,” the President said after testing out the tractor. The President arrived at the […]

The newly-inaugurated Karalloe Dam in Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi is expected to provide direct benefits to the surrounding communities. “Prior to the dam construction, we—especially in Jeneponto—have had a shortage of water for irrigation and now we are very proud that we can have enough water,” a local rice farmer Nurham said Tuesday (23/11). Furthermore, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Tuesday (23/11) inaugurated Karalloe Dam in Tompobulu District, Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi Province. “[The construction of] Karalloe Dam costs a budget of Rp1.27 trillion. Today, alhamdulillah, it has been completed and ready to be inaugurated,” President said in his remarks. The dam that has capacity of 40.53 million cubic meter and […]

Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas Monday (22/11) discussed umrah (nonmandatory Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca that can be performed at any time of the year) for Indonesian pilgrims with Saudi Arabian Minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq F. Al-Rabiah in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. According to Yaqut, the discussion with Saudi Arabian hajj and […]

Minister of Home Affairs Muhammad Tito Karnavian called on regional governments to speed up the realization of the regional budget expenditure in the 2021 fiscal year. According to Tito, more than Rp700 trillion sourced from the Central Government’s budget is transferred to regional governments and regional governments also have fiscal space both from regional income […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Tuesday (23/11) headed to South Sulawesi province for a working visit accompanied by Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto. The President took off at 07.30 Western Indonesia time onboard the Indonesia-1 Presidential Aircraft from Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in Jakarta. Shortly upon arrival at Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in […]

Indonesia has a great strength and potential in renewable energy sector. The country is able to generate 418 Gigawatts from renewable energy sources including hydropower, geothermal, wind, solar panel, biofuel, and ocean current. The statement was made by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo when delivering his remarks at the Opening of the 10th Indonesia’s New and […]

In a bid to ensure that the spike in cases will not occur in the coming Christmas and New Year, the Government continues to observe the development of COVID-19 cases, Minister of Health Budi G. Sadikin has announced. “We are observing the pandemic situation in all regencies/cities in Indonesia and everything is still good, so […]

The Government continues to accelerate the realization of equal access to eco-friendly electricity to all layers of society in Indonesia. It could be seen in electrification ratio in the third quarter of 2021 which reached 99.40 percent and a promising growth in ratio of new and renewable energy power plants. “In the third quarter this […]

The implementation of the public activity restrictions (PPKM) outside Java and Bali islands will be continued for two weeks starting from 23 November to 6 December 2021, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has announced. During this period, the Government listed vaccination rate as a parameter for determining the level of PPKM in regencies/cities. […]