The Government has announced that it has canceled hajj pilgrimage for Indonesian pilgrims for a second year in a row due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. The policy is stipulated in Decree of Minister of Religious Affairs Number 660 of 2021 on Cancellation of Hajj Pilgrims Departure for 1442 Hijri/2021 Hajj Pilgrimage. The Decree […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has issued Presidential Decree Number 11 of 2021 on the Task Force for Investment Acceleration on 4 May 2021. The Presidential Decree aims to boost investment and improve the country’s ease of doing business in order to encourage economic growth and provide employment opportunities. To that end, it is […]
Ministry of Manpower continues to enhance the competencies of Indonesia’s human resources through its work training centers (BLK). “Ministry of Manpower is committed to maintaining, developing, and improving the competencies of human resources in Indonesia through training held at BLKs and Community BLKs,” Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah said in Jakarta, Saturday (05/06). According to […]
Surakarta City Government renewed its commitment to speeding up the implementation of COVID-19 vaccination for persons with disabilities, Mayor of Surakarta Gibran Rakabuming Raka has stated. “COVID-19 vaccination [for persons with disabilities] is in progress and we will continue the vaccination because it is part of our priority,” Gibran said during a meeting with Presidential […]
The Indonesian Government has established a Task Force tasked to resolve the issue of state collection rights for the Bank of Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) Funds. The establishment of the task is based on Presidential Decree Number 6 of 2021. For the record, the BLBI case is one of the biggest unresolved corruption scandals […]
Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing continues to conduct rehabilitation and reconstruction of damaged buildings and public facilities due to an earthquake in West Sulawesi last January. To date, the physical progress of rehabilitation has reached 54.53 percent with a total of 52 buildings. The rehabilitation and reconstruction activities are a follow-up plan to […]
Governor of Central Java Ganjar Pranowo on Wednesday (2/6) announced that the regional government of Central Java will start rolling out COVID-19 vaccines to persons with disabilities. “We must give access to them (persons with disabilities). We have provided general access for disabled persons, yet access to vaccination is way more important. I told Angkie […]
Indonesian products should dominate the world halal market given the country has the world’s largest Muslim population, Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has said. “Indonesia has a huge market potential for Muslim products. The Government hopes that Indonesia can become the world’s largest producer and exporter of halal products,” he said when opening the 2021 Indonesia […]
The role of research and innovation must be encouraged for the development of Indonesia’s sharia economy, according to Vice President Ma’ruf Amin. “The Government will continue to support industry and research and development sectors to synergize and collaborate, particularly on economic issues and sharia finance,” VP said during a meeting with Head of the National […]
The Government has once again canceled hajj pilgrimage (annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca) for Indonesian pilgrims this year over concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, the move is taken for the sake of the health and safety of the pilgrims. “Because the pandemic is not over […]
