The Government has announced that the public activity restrictions (PPKM) policy in islands of Java and Bali will be extended to 6 September 2021. Given the improved COVID-19 situation in the country, the Government has also decided to adjust the PPKM level in a number of regions. “Alhamdulillah, because of the hard work of all parties, […]
The Government continues to renew its commitment to roll out social protection program (Perlinsos) for the public during the implementation of public activity restriction (PPKM), according to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto. “As many as 10 kilograms of rice [per family] has been fully distributed targeting 28.8 million families,” Airlangga said in a […]
Cabinet Secretariat’s Center for Government Translators and Interpreters Development (Pusbinter) holds Competency Test for Indonesian Government Translators and Interpreters (known as “Functional Official of Translators/Interpreters” or PFP). As many as 22 PFPs from central and regional government institutions take part in the competency test which held online from 30 August to 3 September 2021. “Alhamdulillah, thank God, […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has issued Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 4 of 2021 on Facilitation for the Implementation of the 20th National Games (PON) and the 16th National Para Games (Peparnas) in Papua. Under the Instruction, President Jokowi orders relevant stakeholders to: First, take measures in accordance with their respective duties, functions, and authorities in a […]
Indonesia on Monday (30/08) received another batch of 15.3 million doses of AstraZeneca and Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines. “Thank God, today, on 30 August 2021, we received another batch of COVID-19 vaccines. There are two types of production that arrived, namely AstraZeneca with 1.086 million doses and Sinovac with 5 million doses. Both are ready-to-use vaccines. Meanwhile, from Sinovac, there is […]
Minister of Cooperatives and MSMEs Teten Masduki has expressed commitment to continue to strengthen cooperatives as a microcredit alternative for microbusinesses. According to him, it is part of the measures to eradicate loansharking and loans from illegal cooperatives. “We are currently eyeing cooperatives. (They) can be microbusinesses’ partner in financing,” the Minister said, quoted from […]
The Government has announced that it has disbursed the 2021 wage subsidy assistance (BSU) to 2.1 million recipients. “Those who have received the assistance are those who have a bank account at state-owned banks. Next, new bank accounts will be opened for workers who haven’t had an account [at state-owned banks] yet,” Minister of Manpower […]
The Government continues to push for the optimization of the domestic component level (TKDN) in the electricity sector as an effort to substitute imported products. For this reason, Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said that various programs have been prepared, one of which is providing 9,000 free TKDN certificates. “All communities and industries need […]
The regional government of Biak Numfor regency in Papua province through the Integrated Marine and Fisheries Center (SKPT) has successfully made the first export of fishery products to neighboring Singapore. “I’d like to appreciate the effort made by Biak Numfor regional government despite the COVID-19 pandemic. We need to make the most of the fishery […]
The Government has started to take over and control assets from the obligors and debtors of Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI). As part of the measures, the Government on Friday (27/08) has taken over 49 parcels of land covering a total area of 5,291,200 square meters located in Medan, Pekanbaru, Tangerang and Bogor. “Today we […]
