Following the rising demand for COVID-19 therapeutic drugs amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in Indonesia, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin has called on pharmaceutical industry to increase production capacity. “The increase should be about 12 times bigger. We are aware of this and have communicated with the Indonesian Pharmaceutical Company Association (GP Farmasi) […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has urged higher education institutions to provide students with knowledge and skills that are relevant with the present times. Disruption in the fourth industrial revolution (industry 4.0) and COVID-19 pandemic, according to the President, has considerably changed the needs for knowledge and skills. Much knowledge and skills have become irrelevant to […]

Indonesia on Tuesday (27/7) has received another batch of 21.2 million doses of raw materials for Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine via Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Banten Province. According to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, the arrival of bulk vaccines is the Government’s efforts to speed up the national vaccination drive. “This afternoon, we witnessed […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday (27/7) virtually launched core values and employer branding of the State Civil Apparatus (ASN) from Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java Province. The launch of the core values, that is, ​​”BerAKHLAK“aims to homogenize the core values of State Civil Apparatus in every government institution at the central and regional levels. […]

  Following the extension of Public Activity Restrictions (PPKM) Level 1-4 until 2 August 2021, COVID-19 Handling Task Force has issued a Circular Number 16 of 2021 on Requirements for Domestic Travel during COVID-19 Pandemic. “This Circular shall take effect as of 26 July 2021 until indefinite time which will later be determined based on […]

The Government has announced it continues to speed up risk-based vaccine rollout. “We are prioritizing risk-based vaccine rollout and we will provide more vaccine for provinces with high number of active cases, including Banten, Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, and Bali,” Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin said in a press conference, […]

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has announced it recorded an increase in distributing this year’s Smallholder Business Credit (KUR). The number came close to the normal pattern before COVID-19 pandemic with an average distribution of Rp21.84 trillion per month. “The increase in KUR caused by Indonesia’s economy that starts to rebuild and low interest rates, […]

Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian has issued three regulations concerning the enforcement of Public Activity Restrictions (PPKM) that has been extended from 26 July to 2 August 2021. “We have issued three Instructions of Minister of Home Affairs; Number 24, Number 25, and Number 26. The contents were drawn up by Coordinating Ministry for […]

The Indonesian Government has called for cluster-based KUR (smallholder business credit) distribution in the agricultural sector. “The Government encourages the creation of cluster-based KUR, such as KUR of rice cluster, KUR of corn cluster,” Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said in a press conference after a limited meeting on agricultural KUR loans, Monday […]

Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo pushed for Smallholder Business Credit (KUR) distribution to increase farmers’ productivity. “Until today, I think agriculture is one of the commodities that continue to develop quite well. To date, the agricultural sector has utilized Rp42.17 trillion from KUR, about 60 percent already. Last year, the amount was Rp55 trillion, […]