The Government has announced it will start distributing social assistance simultaneously in early January next year to strengthen people’s purchasing power, increase public consumption, and speed up economic recovery, according to Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy. “The plan is to provide assistance simultaneously in early January. In early January, we hope […]

The Government has announced it will next year will continue to boost disbursement of Smallholder Business Credit (KUR) in order to support Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) to increase national economic growth and to materialize economic equity. The statement was made by Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto on Monday (28/12). “In speeding […]

The Government has announced it will gradually give COVID-19 vaccine to the public. “The first group to be vaccinated is medical staff in the upcoming one to three months. There are 1.3 millions of medical staff in 34 provinces who serve as the frontier in fighting against COVID-19 pandemic,” Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin […]

Ministry of Social Affairs has announced it will prepare a comprehensive reporting system of the beneficiaries of social assistance programs in order to prevent misappropriation of funds. “Besides disbursing the social assistance, we’ll monitor the report of the beneficiaries. I hope there will be no misappropriation since we’ll receive report every time the aid is […]

The Government has announced it is preparing measures to anticipate a surge in the spread of the COVID-19 post year-end holidays. “We want to ensure that all health infrastructures in all major cities with high infection rates are ready and we’ll work hard on this year’s holiday to ensure that they are ready,” said Minister […]

The Indonesian Government has announced it will start distributing social assistance to beneficiaries early next year. “This morning we will discuss preparation for the distribution of social assistance in 2021,” President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said in his remarks during a Limited Cabinet Meeting at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday (29/12). According to the President, […]

  The Government has announced it will provide COVID-19 vaccine for Indonesian people through five schemes. “The Government makes its best effort to ensure that we can secure the doses needed,” Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin said in a press conference at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, Tuesday (29/12). In a bid to achieve herd […]

Indonesia has announced it will temporarily close its borders to foreign citizens due to the emergence of a new variant of the corona virus, Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno LP Marsudi has said. “The Limited Cabinet Meeting on 28 December 2020 decided to temporarily close, I repeat, to temporarily close our borders from 1 to […]

  In a bid to introduce protective measures to curb COVID-19 transmission from imported cases, Ministry of Transportation has issued Circular Number 24 of 2020 which regulates requirements for foreigners’ entry during Christmas 2020 and New Year 2021 holidays. “The Circular is issued to follow up amendment to circular of COVID-19 National Working Committee Number […]

In a bid to support the national water and food security program, Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing has built 18 new dams since 2015 to increase the volume of water reservoir in Indonesia. “We need new water reservoirs. In the rainy season the water will be stored in dams and will be used […]