The Indonesian Government on Monday (09/08) launched a risk-based online single submission (OSS) system for business licensing. “Today, we are launching a risk-based OSS. This is a highly significant reform in licensing by using an online licensing service integrated with a risk-based licensing paradigm,” said President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo during the launching ceremony. According to […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered his administration, particularly the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) and the Indonesian National Police, to quickly respond to the spike in COVID-19 cases in several regions outside the islands of Java and Bali in the past two weeks. According to the President, as of 25 July, the number of […]

  President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Friday (6/8), inaugurated Pertamina Modular Hospital in Tanjung Duren, West Jakarta which will be operated as a referral hospital for COVID-19 patients with moderate to severe symptoms. Built on a 4.2-hectare land, the hospital has a capacity of 305 beds consisting of beds at isolation wards, High Care Unit (HCU), […]

  President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, accompanied by Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Erick Thohir and President Director of state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina Nicke Widyawati, inspected and inaugurated Pertamina Modular Hospital in Tanjung Duren, West Jakarta, Friday (06/08). “I would like to express my gratitude to Minister of SOEs and Pertamina who have prepared […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Friday (06/08/2021) at Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, welcomed Environmental Activist Togu Simorangkir to discuss about environmental issues, including land concession in the area around Lake Toba in North Sumatra province. Earlier, Togu Simorangkir and his friends Anita Hutagalung and Irwandi Sirait, staged a peaceful rally nin which they have walked from the […]

The manufacturing sector serves as the main driver of national economic growth in the second quarter of 2021, according to Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang. “Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the manufacturing sector greatly contributed to Indonesia’s economic growth. With a growth of 7.07 percent in the second quarter of 2021, […]

Indonesia has recorded 7.07 percent economic growth (year-on-year) in the second quarter of 2021, the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) has announced. “If we compare the economic growth with that of second quarter last year, Indonesia’s economic growth (in the second quarter of this year) is 7.07 percent,” Head of the BPS Margo Yuwono said, Thursday (05/08). […]

Indonesia’s economic growth in the second quarter of 2021 (7.07 percent) shows that economic recovery is on the right track, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati has stated. “The second quarter shows that the economic recovery is on the right track and economic recovery strategies are correct,” the Minister said on Thursday (05/08). She also […]

Agricultural sector is one of the sectors that has seen a stable growth amid pandemic, Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo has said. “Based on our data, agriculture sector in Quarter I to IV of 2020 continued to improve and remained stable, while in Quarter I and Quarter II of 2021, both data and field […]

Indonesia has recorded its highest economic growth of 7.07 percent for the first time in the second quarter this year since the sub-prime mortgage crisis, according to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto. “In the second quarter or in April-to-June period, Indonesia’s economy has grown 7.07 percent year-on-year, which is the highest quarterly Gross […]