The Government has announced that the new policy to provide COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 12-17 years aims to protect Indonesian children. “The policy is made in response to the increasing number of transmissions and cases of COVID-19 among children in Indonesia,” Minister of Women Empowerment and Child Protection Bintang Puspayoga said as quoted by […]

The Government has announced it will deploy 421 units of base transceiver stations (BTS) in East Nusa Tenggara province. The telecommunications network construction is one of the Government’s endeavors to improve digital connectivity across Indonesia, including in the frontier, outermost, and underdeveloped regions. “There are 421 BTS in 421 villages to be completed this year […]

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 […]