Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Panjaitan has ordered the provincial government of Special Region of Yogyakarta to increase hospital bed conversion for COVID-19 patients as bed occupancy rate in the provice has exceeded 70 percent. “Hospital capacity is almost full. Therefore, I order provincial government and municipal governments in Special Region […]

  In a bid to speed up the distribution of social assistance in the regions, Minister of Finance has issued Regulation Number 94/PMK.07/2021 on Amendment to Finance Minister Regulation Number 17/PMK.07/2021 on Regional Transfer Funds and Village Funds to Support COVID-19 Handling. “The essence of the Regulation covers three sectors. One of which is that […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called for strengthened resilience to natural disasters since the country is exposed to a high risk of geotechnical and hydro meteorological disasters, as well as multi-hazard in which the frequency, duration, and intensity increased year after year. “As the challenges continue to increase, we have to strengthen our resilience to […]

In a bid to anticipate the needs for isolation beds and COVID-19 treatment, the Government has announced it is designating Donohudan hajj dorm in Boyolali regency in Central Java province as an emergency hospital. “We are preparing the Madinah Building for an isolation center and a COVID-19 treatment facility with 352 beds in total, consisting […]

Ministry of Home Affairs has affirmed that COVID-19 vaccination certificate is not required to receive citizenship administrative services. “Because to get the COVID-19 vaccination, the people must also have a single identity number,” said Director General of Population and Civil Registration of the Ministry Zudan Arif Fakrulloh, as quoted from the Ministry’s official website, Thursday […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo congratulated Indonesian weightlifter Rahmat Erwin Abdullah for winning the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Competing in the men’s 73 kilograms category at the Tokyo International Forum, Japan, Wednesday (28/7), Rahmat managed to record a total lift of 342 kilograms (152 kilograms in snatch lift, 190 kilograms in clean and […]

Indonesia is a country with the largest Muslim population that has potential to become the world’s largest halal producer. However, the potential has not yet been optimally utilized. Indonesia still has to import to meet the needs of domestic halal food. For the record, Indonesia spent US$ 173 billion or 12.6 percent of the world’s […]

The Government will set aside Rp 1.3 trillion for medical waste management facilities in all regions across the country following the continued increase in the number of COVID-19 medical wastes, according to Minister of the Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya. “President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has decided that the Government will allocate Rp 1.3 trillion budget […]

In a bid to revive national economy amid the pandemic, including to keep the businesses of MSMEs afloat and to curb unemployment, the Government has provided stimulus to cooperatives through the Cooperative and MSME Revolving Fund Management Agency. In the first period of 2020, the stimulus amounted to Rp1 trillion for 63 cooperatives, while in […]

In a bid to increase the capacity of medical waste treatment amid COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has announced it will develop technology for micro-scale and mobile medical waste treatment. This program aims to reduce the increasingly higher volume of medical waste. “There are several proven technologies developed to significantly increase the capacity of waste management, […]