President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (9/6) observed the progress of Light Rail Transit (LRT) Jabodetabek project connecting Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, and Bekasi and took part in a trial ride from Harjamukti Station, Cibubur in West Java to Taman Mini Indonesia Indah Station, Jakarta. President Jokowi stated that the progress of the project has reached […]

Vice President Ma’ruf Amin on Tuesday (08/06) inaugurated Micro Waqf Bank (BWM) at Cipasung Islamic Boarding School, Tasikmalaya, West Java. The Micro Waqf Bank is established by the Government and the Financial Services Authority (OJK) to support the development of sharia micro-enterprises and empower surrounding communities. “[I hope that] the Micro Waqf Bank at the […]

The Community Work Training Center (BLK) must continually develop tailored vocational trainings that meet the demands of labor market and industrial sector, Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has said. “The measures and policies for development of Community BLKs need to be linked and matched with the industries around the Community BLKs,” the Vice President said in […]

Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration is committed to supporting export-oriented Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes). “We will continue to take necessary measures to create more export-oriented Village-Owned Enterprises by taking into account the available data regarding village potential,” Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Abdul Halim Iskandar said, as quoted […]

The Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) and the Indonesian National Police (Polri) are taking part in taking measures to tackle spikes in COVID-19 cases in Bangkalan regency in East Java province and the city of Kudus in Central Java province. “As we are aware that some regions are reporting a significant increase in positive cases, […]

  President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on May 11 issued six Presidential Regulations on the establishment of Islamic State Universities based on the transformation of Islamic State Institutes. The six Islamic State Institutes (IAIN) that are transformed into Islamic State Universities (UIN) include: IAIN Tulungagung, transformed into UIN Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah Tulungagung as mandated by Presidential […]

The Government has taken several measures to control the spike in COVID-19 cases following Eid al-Fitr holiday, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said. The Minister added that he has also inspected the regions that have seen COVID-19 case surge, including Kudus regency in Central Java province and Bangkalan regency in East Java province, […]

Presidential Special Staff Angkie Yudistia had an audience with Governor of Special Region of Yogyakarta Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X to discuss about COVID-19 vaccine for people with disabilities. “Based on Circular Letter of Ministry of Health in April, the Central Government urges each regional head and vaccination center to accelerate the vaccination drive. Since […]

The Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) and the Indonesian National Police (Polri) have deployed a joint team to support the enforcement of stricter micro-scale public activity restrictions (PPKM Mikro) in the regions. Chief of the Indonesian National Police Listyo Sigit Prabowo said that TNI and the National Police have also added more personnel to implement […]

The COVID-19 Handling Task Force has renewed its commitment to improving the implementation of micro-scale public activity restrictions (PPKM Mikro) to curb the disease transmission, according to Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) who also helms the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Ganip Warsito. “We’re focusing on the management improvement from upstream to downstream […]