Minister of Villages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Abdul Halim Iskandar has said that the 2021 Village Funds will be used for COVID-19 handling in villages that impose the micro-scale public activity restrictions (PPKM Mikro). The Minister made the statement on Tuesday (9/3) during the 2021 National Coordination Meeting on Disaster Management adopting a theme “Resilience […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday (9/3) at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, received seven members of Homicide Control Team (TP3) on shooting case of six members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI). In that meeting, the TP3 told the President that there is a strong indication of a gross human rights violation in the shooting […]

Cabinet Secretariat has won two awards at the 2020 Announcement of Public Service Provider Appreciation and Evaluation for Ministries/Government Agencies and the 2020 Appreciation Announcement of Public Service Facilities and Infrastructure for Vulnerable Groups. The presentation ceremony was held on Tuesday (09/03/2021) at the Ritz-Carlton Ballroom in capital Jakarta. The event was held by Ministry […]

As part of the COVID-19 vaccination program in Indonesia, three types of COVID-19 vaccine have obtained an emergency user authorization (EUA), an official permit from the Food and Drugs Monitoring Agency (BPOM). Those three types of vaccine are CoronaVac vaccine by Sinovac, COVID-19 vaccine by state-owned pharmaceutical holding firm PT. Bio Farma and the most […]

The Government has decided to extend the enforcement of micro-scale public activity restrictions (PPKM Mikro) for two weeks, from 9 to 22 March 2021. The decision is made following effective results of PPKM Mikro in curbing the spread of COVID-19. In addition, the Government has also decided to expand the implementation of micro-scale PPKM stage […]

Authorized COVID-19 vaccination is effective in preventing coronavirus variants, according to Spokesperson of the National COVID-19 Vaccination of Health Ministry Siti Nadia Tarmidzi. “So far there have been neither researches nor scientific evidence that show the COVID-19 vaccines around the globe that have been produced and injected could not protect us from this new variant […]

  President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, on 21 December 2020, has signed Presidential Regulation Number 118 of 2020 on the Procurement of Industrial Technology through the Turnkey Project. The issuance of the Regulation aims to implement the provisions of Article 39 paragraph (3) of Law Number 3 of 2014 on Industry which has been amended by […]

Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms (PANRB) has issued Circular Number 6 of 2021 on Intercity Travel Activity Restrictions for State Civil Apparatus (ASN) during Isra Miraj Nabi Muhammad SAW (Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad) and Nyepi Tahun Baru Saka 1943 (Balinese Day of Silence and New Year​ 1943) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Misinformation and disinformation pose as challenges in the digital age where people can easily obtain information and voice their criticism through digital platforms, Presidential Spokesperson and Special Staffer on Communication, Fadjroel Rachman has said. “Major challenges we are facing today are not criticism, but misinformation and disinformation instead. The problem is that misinformation and disinformation […]

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, on behalf of the Government, has decided that there will be no electricity tariff hike for 13 non-subsidized customer groups from 1 April to 30 June 2021. The Ministry’s Electricity Director Rida Mulyana, on Monday (8/3), said that the Ministry will continue to encourage the State-owned Electricity Company PT […]