The pandemic situation in Blitar city, East Java province has remained under control during the implementation of public activity restrictions (PPKM) level 1 from 5 to 18 October 2021, according to Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. “The evaluation results of Blitar city show highly positive results. Since entering level 1, […]

  Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian on Monday (18/10) has signed Instruction Number 53 of 2021 on Public Activity Restrictions (PPKM) Level 4, Level 3, Level 2, and Level 1 in the Islands of Java and Bali. The Instruction reads that no more regencies/cities implement PPKM Level 4. From 19 October until 1 November […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Tuesday (19/10) headed to North Kalimantan province for a working visit. The President took off from Halim Perdana Kusuma air force base in East Jakarta with a limited entourage onboard Indonesia-1 Presidential Aircraft at around 07.30 Western Indonesia time. Shortly after arriving at Anang Busra Air Force Base in Tarakan city, […]

Indonesia has a strong commitment as part of the solution to climate change, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has stated. The President made the statement when receiving Executive Vice President of European Union’s Green Deal Frans Timmermans, at the Merdeka Palace, Monday (18/10). “As one of the owners of the largest forests and mangrove ecosystems, Indonesia […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo received courtesy call from Malaysian Foreign Affairs Minister Saifuddin Abdullah at the Merdeka Palace, Monday (18/10). On this occasion, the President was accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno LP Marsudi and Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung. In the meeting, the President said that Malaysia is Indonesia’s neighbor and he reminded the […]

Following the improvement in the recent COVID-19 development in the country, the Indonesian Government has once again made several adjustments to the public activity restriction (PPKM) in the islands of Java-Bali from 19 October to 1 November 2021. Child playgrounds in malls/shopping centers are now allowed to open in Level 2 regencies/cities. “We require that […]

Although the pandemic situation in Indonesia is currently improving, the Government said it continues to stay vigilant of the potential rise in COVID-19 cases, especially during the Christmas and New Year holidays. The statement was made by Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto. Previously, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in a limited meeting on evaluation […]

The Government has announced it is targeting 208.27 million people to be vaccinated in a bid to achieve herd immunity as a measure to tackle COVID-19 pandemic. “President Joko Widodo ordered us to speed up national vaccination drive, especially in provincial capitals with low vaccination coverage such as in densely populated cities and in areas […]

In a bid to control the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has extended the implementation of Activity Restrictions (PPKM). “The PPKM extension has been approved by the President. For areas outside the islands of Java and Bali, [the PPKM] will be implemented from October 19 to November 8, with evaluation carried out every week,” Coordinating Minister […]

Vice President Ma’ruf Amin led a coordination meeting to discuss measures against extreme poverty in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province, Sunday (17/10), in the provincial capital of Kupang. This meeting was organized at the end point of a series of working visits by the Vice President to seven priority provinces of tackling extreme poverty this […]