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 […]
The Government has announced that it will implement yet another large-scale social restriction (known as PSBB) on 11-25 January in the islands of Java and Bali that have seen a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases. “The Government will impose the restrictions on 11-25 January and will continue to evaluate the measure,” Coordinating Minister […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has urged business players not to give up amid difficult circumstances following a drop in business turnover in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The most important thing is not to give up. It’s fine to have a small profit, but the businesses must keep running. Because at some point, this […]
Indonesia has secured 329.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from several vaccine manufacturers, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. Those vaccines are 3 million doses of Sinovac’s that have arrived in Indonesia plus 122.5 million more doses, 50 million doses from Novavax, 54 million doses from COVAX/Gavi, 50 million doses from AstraZeneca, and 50 million […]
The Government has distributed the first of 700 thousand doses of COVID-19 vaccines to 34 provinces for the vaccination program. “Out of 3 million vaccine doses available in the country, 700 thousand doses have been sent. We will gradually distribute all vaccines immediately,” President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said at the State Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday (5/1). […]
