The Indonesian Government has announced that it will test the implementation of Level 1 public activity restrictions (PPKM) in Blitar city, East Java province. “[Blitar City] has met the WHO indicator requirements. Its vaccination target for dose one vaccination had reached 70 percent and that aiming at the elderly had reached 60 percent,” Coordinating Minister […]

Budget realization of the National Economic Recovery (PEN) program for social protection cluster until 1 October 2021 reached Rp117.3 trillion, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has announced. “The budget realization of social protection cluster is 62.9 percent [of the ceiling] or Rp117.3 trillion,” said Airlangga in a statement after a limited ,meeting on […]

The Government continues to monitor limited face-to-face learning (PTM) through active surveillance and strict health protocols to prevent new COVID-19 clusters in education units, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said. “We believe that all students in Indonesia must conduct PTM learning immediately to avoid students missing the opportunities to study directly from their […]

The Government has continued to speed up the national vaccination program in order to achieve herd immunity in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. “We exceeded two million jabs per day in September,” Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin said in his press statement after an online limited meeting on public activity restriction (PPKM) evaluation, Monday (04/10). […]

In line with the improvement in COVID-19 situation in Indonesia, the number of regions that implement level 4 activity restrictions (PPKM) continues to decline. “The PPKM outside the islands of Java and Bali is extended for the next two weeks, from 5 to 18 [October]. The number of regions implementing [level 4 PPKM] is six […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has concluded a four-day working visit to provinces of Papua and West Papua and returned to Jakarta on Monday (04/10). The President and his entourage arrived at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base, Jakarta, at 15.20 Western Indonesia Time, after departing from Domine Eduard Osok International Airport, Sorong city, at 14.00 Eastern […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Monday (04/10) expressed optimism that the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua will become a major producer of agricultural commodities in eastern Indonesia. “West Papua province has a great potential to become a major producer of agricultural commodities in eastern Indonesia. There are even thousand hectares of maize field and seven […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday (04/10) started his working visit in West Papua province by visiting Klamesen Subdistrict, Sorong regency, to plant corn seeds. Afterwards, the President is scheduled to inspect the COVID-19 vaccination for students, general public, and the elderly at the Special Raider Battalion 762/VYS Building, East Sorong district, Sorong city. The […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Monday (04/10) inspected the COVID-19 vaccination for students, general public, and the elderly held at the Special Raider Battalion 762/VYS Building, East Sorong district, Sorong city, West Papua province. On that occasion, the President expressed appreciation for the enthusiasm shown by the people of West Papua when participating in the COVID-19 […]

The Government has announced it is speeding up the construction of Cileunyi-Sumedang-Dawuan (Cisumdawu) toll road in West Java province. The construction of the toll road is targeted for completion by the beginning of 2022. “After inspecting the construction, I am optimistic that Cisumdawu Toll Road will be in operation in 2022,” Coordinating Minister for Investment […]