Vice President Ma’ruf Amin Monday (28/06/2021) said that sky toll infrastructure would speed up equitable national development all over Indonesia, including in the eastern Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. For the record, Sky Toll Program is a concept expected to boost equitable national development, provide information and communication infrastructure, and connect all regions […]

The strategic synergy at regional, national, and international levels towards drug eradication is pivotal to tackle drug abuse faced by many countries, Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has said. According to the World Drug Report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Thursday (24/6), around 275 million people have used drugs […]

Following the issuance of Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Sinovac vaccine for children aged 12-17 years old, the Government has announced it will vaccinate children of those particular ages immediately. “We are also grateful that the BPOM (Indonesian Food and Drug Administration) has issued an emergency use authorization for the Sinovac vaccine, which is declared […]

Vice President Ma’ruf Amin urged the National Anti-Narcotics Agency (BNN) to take strategic measures to prevent and eradicate drugs abuse in Indonesia. “I have ordered the BNN that leads the Prevention and Eradication of Illicit Narcotics Trafficking and Abuse (P4GN) to take strategic measures,” the Vice President said in his introductory remarks in the 2021 […]

In a bid to restore Indonesia’s tax gap to the normal level, the Government has deemed it necessary to carry out tax reform to bring the gap closer to the international benchmark. According to Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati, the international tax gap benchmark stands at 3.6 percent, especially for countries that join the […]

  The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has announced plan to roll out mass vaccination to 15,000 people. According to General Chairman of Kadin Rosan P. Roeslani, the measure aims to support the Government’s vaccination program in a bid to achieve herd immunity amid COVID-19 pandemic. “We have reported to President Joko “Jokowi” […]

Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing is completing the final stage of Ladongi Dam construction in East Kolaka Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province. As of today, the construction progress has reached 90.28 percent and the water impounding is slated to be carried out in July 2021. Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono […]

  The Government Saturday (26/06) administered 1.31 million daily doses of COVID-19 vaccine, earlier than the target set by the President in July. “Indonesia succeeded in administering 1.3 million daily doses of COVID-19 vaccine per day yesterday. The vaccination drive is supported by the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI), the Indonesian National Police (Polri), regional […]

In a bid to speed up the development in the eastern Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua, the Government has issued Presidential Instruction Number 9 of 2020 on Acceleration of Welfare Development in Papua and West Papua Provinces and Presidential Decree Number 20 of 2020 on Integrated Coordination Team for the Acceleration of Welfare […]

In a bid to speed up COVID-19 vaccination drive and immediately achieve herd immunity, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has announced a target to inject two million doses per day in August. “Today, I am grateful that we can carry out mass vaccination across Indonesia from Sabang to Merauke, from Miangas to Rote Island. Indeed, the […]