Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi has urged passengers traveling on a ferry from Sumatra Island to Java Island to take a mandatory rapid antigen test. “We call on Lampung Provincial Government and the COVID-19 Task Force in Lampung led by Regional Police Chief (Kapolda) to continually check health documents of each […]
Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms Tjahjo Kumolo suggested the dismissal of State Civil Apparatus (ASN) involved in illegal sale of COVID-19 vaccines in North Sumatra. “These civil servants must receive appropriate punishment if proven guilty. I suggested their dismissal,” the Minister said in Jakarta, Saturday (22/5). The three civil servants have been […]
COVID-19 pandemic can only be controlled and handled globally if all countries can fully recover from the spread of COVID-19, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. The President also called on world leaders to take concrete steps to address vaccine gap in order to facilitate fair and equitable access for all countries. “No one is […]
Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati Thursday (20/05) delivered the Government’s Introduction and Statement on the Macroeconomic Framework and Principles of Fiscal Policy (KEM-PPKF) in the fiscal year of 2022 before the 18th House of Representatives Plenary Meeting in Jakarta. “The 2020 fiscal policy focuses on Economic Recovery and Structural Reform that goes hand in hand with the Government’s 2022 working […]
Ahead of Vesak Day 2565 on 27 May 2021, Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas issued Circular Number 11 of 2021 on guidelines for Vesak Day prayers during COVID-19 pandemic. “The guidelines were issued to provide security to the Buddhists observing Puja Bhakti and Dharmasanti rituals during Vesak Day 2565,” the Minister said on […]
Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno LP Marsudi attended the United Nations General Assembly’s 67th Plenary Meeting, Thursday (20/05) at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters, the United States. The participants of the Plenary Session discussed 37 items on agenda regarding the situation in the Middle East and 38 items on agenda regarding Palestinian issues. “This […]
The Government Thursday (20/05) kicked off the groundbreaking of Southeast Asia’s largest glass company PT KCC Glass Indonesia. The company is located at Batang Integrated Industrial Zone (KIT) in Central Java province. “On 30 June 30 2020 we, together with the President, opened the zone and on 20 May 2021 or eleven months afterwards, the […]
On the commemoration of this year’s National Awakening Day, Thursday (20/05), Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo, accompanied by Special Staffer to the President Billy Mambrasar, launched West Papua Province Millennial Farmers Program, held at Swiss-Belhotel, Manokwari, West Papua Province. Ministry of Agriculture is committed to the launch of the program in West Papua. Previously, […]
In a bid to speed up COVID-19 vaccination and achieve herd immunity, the Government has launched the mutual cooperation (gotong royong) vaccination program by involving corporations to cover vaccination cost for employees. “The mutual cooperation vaccine program aims to speed up achieving herd immunity. The program is a manifestation of burden sharing between corporations and […]
In commemoration of the 2021 National Awakening Day, on Thursday (20/5), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has launched the National Digital Literacy Program to accelerate digital transformation, particularly, development of human resources in the digital field. “I hope this movement will continue to grow so that it can encourage various initiatives in other places, to carry […]
