The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) Fatwa Commission has announced that the COVID-19 Sinovac vaccine is halal (permissible under Islamic law) and safe. “Regarding the halal aspect, after a long discussion of the auditor’s explanation, the Fatwa Commission has agreed that the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinovac Lifescience whose certification was submitted by state-owned pharmaceutical company […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Friday (8/1) distributed working capital assistance for micro and small businesses to 50 beneficiaries in Bogor. “COVID-19 pandemic has affected 215 countries worldwide including Indonesia. Micro and small businesses are also experiencing hard times since their income dropped sharply due to the impacts of the pandemic,” President Jokowi told MSME […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on the public to participate in COVID-19 vaccination program as an effort to achieve herd immunity. “The Government hopes 70 percent of Indonesia’s population will be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity,” the President said during the distribution of Working Capital Assistance (BMK) to micro and small businesses, Friday (8/1) […]
Holders of forest and land management rights from the Government should utilize them for productive activities, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “I will continue to check to ensure that the lands are really used for productive activities, not neglected, but continues to be developed. So that it has great benefits for our economy, for […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo distributed Decree of Recognition of Customary Forests, Social Forests, and Land Objects for Agrarian Reform (TORA), on Thursday (7/1), at the State Palace, Jakarta. “Today, 2,929 Decrees of Recognition of Social Forests covering 3,442,000 hectares of land are distributed to the people around the country. Hopefully, it can bring benefits to […]
On the inauguration of renovated Istiqlal Mosque, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that the mosque should serve as a means to empower people. “I hope the Istiqlal Mosque will not only be physically magnificent, but also be a medium for increasing our faith and piety to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala, a place for the empowerment […]
Minister of Home Affairs Muhammad Tito Karnavian on 6 January 2021 issued Instruction on the Implementation of Activity Restrictions to Control the Spread of COVID-19. “Having observed the recent development of COVID-19 pandemic, in which several countries in the world have imposed restrictions on people’s mobility, and with the new variant of the COVID-19 virus, […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday (7/11) inaugurated the newly-renovated Istiqlal Mosque. This renovation of the iconic mosque is the first since 42 years ago and cost Rp511 billion from the State Budget. “Today the renovation of Istiqlal Mosque, the pride of our nation, has been completed,” the President said, adding that after the […]
Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin, on Wednesday (6/1), confirmed that the Government is set to proceed the vaccination on the second week of January once the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) is issued by the Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM). The Government has started the distribution of 1.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ordered Ministry of National Development Planning (PPN)/the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) to reform social protection system. “Bappenas was assigned by the President to restructure this social protection system,” Minister of National Development Planning (PPN)/Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Suharso Monoarfa said at the Limited Meeting on Social […]
