Indonesia on Thursday (09/02) received another batch of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine. “The exact number is 1,195,340 doses of vaccine. I express my gratitude for the support and cooperation of all stakeholders who made the vaccine arrival possible,” Vice Minister of Health Dante Saksono Harbuwono said in a press conference welcoming the arrival of the vaccine. […]
In a bid to ensure the fairness of basic competency selection test for civil servant candidates (CPNS) which begins today, Thursday (02/09), Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms Tjahjo Kumolo has warned test takers to be wary of the so-called middleman. “There must be so-called middleman (in the test) every year. Be cautious!” […]
Cabinet Secretariat through the Deputy for Human Development and Culture Affairs held a virtual Focus Group Discussion (FGD) with the theme “Optimizing Data Utilization for Policy-Making in Human Development and Culture Affairs” on Wednesday (31/8). According to Deputy to Cabinet Secretary for Human Development and Culture Affairs Yuli Harsono, the accurate and reliable data is […]
The Government has announced that the 2022 Non-physical Special Allocation Fund (DAK Nonfisik) in education sector will focus on four policies. The four policies are as follows: First, the distribution of the School Operational Assistance (BOS), Educational Operational Assistance (BOP) for Early Childhood Education (PAUD), and BOP for Degree Equalization (Packet A, B, C) will […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo received Letters of Credence from four new Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of friendly countries, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Wednesday (01/09), marking the official start of their ambassadorial duties in Indonesia. The credentials submission was started with a welcoming ceremony for the Ambassadors at the front yard of the Palace. On […]
The Government and Commission XI of the Indonesian House of Representatives has agreed on the Basic Macroeconomic Assumptions on the State Budget Bill for Fiscal Year 2022. The agreed amount of economic growth is 5.2-5.5 percent (year on year), an inflation rate of three percent, the rupiah exchange rate of Rp 14,350/USD and the 10-Year […]
Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian urged regional governments to strengthen internal supervision through improvement of quality and quantity of the Government Internal Supervisory Apparatus (APIP). “It is important to strengthen the APIP. In term of the quality, it can be done through technical trainings,” Tito said at the opening of the National Coordination Meeting of […]
Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) has distributed infrastructure, facilities, and utilities (PSU) assistance amounting to Rp3.6 billion to Papua Province, this year. The assistance is used for the neighborhood road construction of 395 subsidized housing units in Jayapura Regency, Jayapura City, and Merauke Regency. The assistance is part of the Government’s commitment […]
Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology is focusing the 2022 physical special allocation fund (DAK) on education to support three policies, namely education access and service quality improvement, assistance for regional governments through education facility and infrastructure fulfilment, and education facility and infrastructure quality improvement in supporting high-quality learning. “In 2022, physical DAK will […]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Investment/the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) have agreed to strengthen cooperation to increase investment in Indonesia. Thus on Tuesday (31/08), Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno L.P. Marsudi and Minister of Investment/Chairman of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Implementation of […]
