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 […]

Presidential Special Staffer Angkie Yudistia on Saturday (5/6) began her working visit to Special Region of Yogyakarta Province and will have an audience with the  Governor of Yogyakarta Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X to discuss the COVID-19 vaccination for persons with disabilities in the province. “On Monday (7/6), we will discuss with Governor of Yogyakarta regarding […]

Presidential Special Staffer Angkie Yudistia on Saturday (5/6) held a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) adopting tittle “The Future Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises for Persons with Disabilities that are Based on Creative Economy and Adaptive to COVID-19 Pandemic”, at the Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta. The FGD aims at helping Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) […]

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 […]