Indonesia’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) in January climbed to 52.2 from the previous 51.3, marking a recovery in the industrial sector from the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. The country’s PMI is also higher than that of the neighboring Vietnam (51.2), Thailand (49), Malaysia (48.9), ASEAN (51.4), and China (51.3). Indonesia’s improved PMI also indicated […]

In a bid to garner all inputs, suggestions and aspirations from the public as well as stakeholders in drafting Implementing Regulations for Job Creation Law, the Government has provided four main channels. The four channels are the official portal for Job Creation Law, Tim Serap Aspirasi (a team set up to accommodate aspirations on Job […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ordered his administration to be firm and consistent in the implementation of restrictions on community activities (PPKM). “The essence of PPKM is to restrict mobility, but what I see in its implementation is that we are not firm as well as inconsistent,” President Jokowi said during the limited meeting at the […]

  Presidential Spokesperson M. Fadjroel Rachman affirmed that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo received injection of China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine. “President Jokowi received the Sinovac vaccine twice because he believes that the vaccine is halal, safe and effective. The vaccine is the exact same one as the one injected into the 1.5 million medical personnel,” Fadjroel […]

Presidential Special Staffer on Communication, Fadjroel Rachman, called on all sides to combat disinformation and misinformation regarding COVID-19 and its vaccine. “In tackling that issue, I ask for a joint cooperation,” he said in a webinar titled ‘COVID-19 Vaccine; A Challenge and A Hope’, on Friday (29/1). For the public who are still questioning about […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has expressed hope that the Indonesia’s largest Islamic mass organization Nadhlatul Ulama (NU) will continue to play its role and contribute to advance Indonesia and develop global civilization. According to the President, NU has contributed for the independence of Indonesia and after the independence, the organization also helped the development of […]

As of  29 January, 405,012 health workers have received COVID-19 vaccine  and 11,287 of them has received the second dose, according to the data released by Ministry of Health. “I hope that those who have not had the first dose will get their first dose soon, and those who have had the first dose can […]

The Indonesian Government has strengthened its commitment to improve national research and innovation in a bid to realize its vision of Advanced Indonesia by 2045. At the opening the 2021 Research and Innovation National Coordination Meeting on Thursday (28/1), Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto stated that there were several strategies that need to […]

State-Owned Enterprises are ready to support the newly launched National Cash Waqf Program, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Erick Thohir has said. “In accordance with the directive of Vice President, Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises and the State- Owned Enterprises are ready to support the cash waqf program,” the Minister said during a meeting with Vice President Ma’ruf Amin in Jakarta, […]

  From the period of December 2020 to early January 2021, the Anti Investment Scam Task Force (Satgas Waspada Investasi) has found 133 illegal peer-to-peer (P2P) financial technology (fintech) providers and fourteen unlicensed business activities. According to Head of the Task Force Tongam Lumban Tobing, the Task Force, supported by thirteen ministries and other institutions, […]