Indonesia Friday (30/07) received another batch of 1.5 million doses of ready-to-use Sinopharm vaccine. “The vaccine we received today is part of the Gotong Royong vaccination program,” Deputy Minister of State-Owned Enterprises I Pahala Mansury told the press while welcoming the arrival of the vaccine at Soekarno-Hatta airport in Banten province. Pahala expressed hope that the […]

Indonesia will commemorate its 76th Anniversary of Independence Day next month under the theme “A Resilient Indonesia, An Advancing Indonesia”. In order to liven up Independece Day, the Government has carried out several events and festivals in welcoming the commemoration of the Anniversary of Indonesian Independence Day since 2017, according to Minister of State Secretary Pratikno on Friday (30/7/2021). However, Pratikno added, this year’s celebration is quite different and simple considering Indonesia is […]

  Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms Tjahjo Kumolo has issued Decisionof Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms on Passing Score of Basic Competency Test (SKD) for Civil Servant Candidates of the 2021 Fiscal Year to ensure that the candidates meet the required competency standard. According to the Ministry’s Acting Assistant […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Friday (30/07) at the Merdeka Palace symbolically handed over the 2021 Productive Presidential Aid for Micro and Small Enterprises players to twenty representatives from across Indonesia. “In 2021, we will distribute this Productive Presidential Aid worth Rp15.3 trillion to12.8 million micro and small enterprises players throughout the country. We began the […]

  In a bid to reduce poverty rate, cost index, and to realize equitable infrastructure development in Indonesia, the Government continues to affirm its commitment to develop improved infrastructures in the provinces of Papua and West Papua. For that reasons, Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing made some breakthroughs to build more integrated and […]

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 […]