Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing and the toll road business entity (BUJT) are currently completing the construction of Kuala Tanjung–Tebing Tinggi–Parapat Toll Road. The 143.25-kilometer toll road is expected to boost connectivity in North Sumatra Province, especially to facilitate tourists’ access from North Sumatra provincial capital Medan to the Lake Toba Super Priority […]

The Government has expressed optimism that the public will comply with the provisions in Emergency Activity Restrictions (Emergency PPKM) as an effort to combat COVID-19 pandemic. “As of this afternoon, reports from on the ground monitoring show that the implementation of the Emergency PPKM is running smoothly, in line with Instruction of Minister of Home […]

The Government has set the highest retail price for COVID-19 drugs amid the surge in COVID-19 cases. The decision was stipulated in Minister of Health Decree Number HK.01.07/MENKES/4826 of 2021 on Highest Retail Price for Medicines during COVID-19 Pandemic Period. The move also came after reports of some people who take advantage of the current […]

Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah has ordered companies and workers / labors to comply with the Government’s policy on Emergency Public Activity Restrictions (PPKM Darurat) applied in the islands of Java and Bali from 3-20 July 2021. The Minister also ordered manpower supervisors at the Central Government and regional governments to assist the COVOD-19 Task […]

  Ministry of Transportation on Friday (2/7) has issued a Circular on Implementation Guidelines for Domestic Travel by Public Transportation for land, sea, air, and rail transportation during the emergency public activity restriction (PPKM Darurat) in the islands of Java and Bali from 3 to 20 July 2021. The Circular was issued in response to […]

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati has unveiled the Government policy regarding the State Budget in support of the implementation of Emergency Activity Restrictions (Emergency PPKM). Sri said that the Government has extended the cash transfer program (BST) for two months for the people affected by the implementation of the Emergency PPKM. For the record, […]

  Based on the survey results released by HIS Markit, Indonesia’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for June 2021 was still in the expansion zone at 53.5, indicating that the country’s manufacturing industry is considered expansive. “We need to be grateful that the manufacturing industry sector is still considered expansive. This means that the business […]

In a bid to improve the performance of Indonesia’s bureaucracy, Vice President Ma’ruf Amin urged remaining government agencies to quickly simplify their bureaucracy As the Chairperson of the National Bureaucratic Reform Steering Committee, the Vice President ordered Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms, the National Civil Service Agency (BKN), the State Administration Agency […]

COVID-19 Handling Task Force has issued Circular Number 14 of 2021 on Requirements for Domestic Travel during COVID-19 Pandemic to enforce stricter health protocols on travelers during the pandemic. This Circular shall take effect as of 3 July 2021 until indefinite time which will later be determined based on the latest situation on the ground. […]

In a bid to suppress the COVID-19 transmission, the Government has announced it will implement Emergency Public Activity Restrictions (PPKM Darurat) to take effect from 3 to 20 July 2021, coupled with the acceleration and expansion of social assistance. According to Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy, his office has coordinated with […]