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. […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered all relevant stakeholders to take anticipatory measures to prevent COVID-19 transmission during the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays. “As the Christmas and New Year holiday season approaches, we have learned that the cases of COVID-19 in Europe are increasing,” the President said at the Limited Cabinet Meeting on […]
Presidential Special Staffer Putri Tanjung, Sunday (21/11), held MSMEs Digital Heroes Roadshow: Educating Youth Business under the theme “Building a Creative and Impactful Business,” at El Hotel Royale, Banyuwangi regency, East Java province. The event was organized by Cabinet Secretariat in collaboration with Ministry of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises and Banyuwangi Regency Government. […]
The recently passed Harmonized Tax Law (UU HPP) includes an international tax policy regarding global tax collection assistance that allow other countries to help collect taxes from Indonesian taxpayers, Indonesian Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani said. “We can ask other countries to help collect taxes if we know that there are our taxpayers or other […]
