The Government has announced it is prioritizing housing sector to be immediately revived as it has a huge multiplier impact on other sectors. According to Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati, the Government has set aside a budget of Rp33.1 trillion from the State Budget for the sector this year. “(The budget includes for) savings-based […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, accompanied by Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, on Wednesday (10/3), left for the Special Region of Yogyakarta for a working visit. The Indonesian-1 Presidential aircraft carrying the President and his limited entourage took off from Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base, Jakarta at around 08.00 Western Indonesian Time. Upon arrival […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (10/03) inspected COVID-19 vaccination site for religious leaders and Islamic student (santri) at the Convention Hall of Central Jawa Great Mosque in Central Java provincial capital of Semarang. On that occasion, the President expressed gratitude that this vaccination event for religious leaders and santri went well. The target recipients […]
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 […]
