Ministry of Transportation has issued Circulars on guidelines for domestic and international passenger transport, extending the implementation of health protocols for domestic and international travel starting from 26 January until 8 February 2021. “Referring to the policy of the COVID-19 Task Force in overcoming the high level of transmission of COVID-19 in Indonesia, an extension […]

Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin urged the public to join hands with the Government to flatten the curve of COVID-19 transmissions. “We have to reduce the rate of virus transmission so that our health facilities are not too heavily burdened, so we have more time to respond to the virus,” the Minister said in […]

Investment realization in industrial sector grew by 26 percent, from Rp216 trillion in 2019 to Rp272.9 trillion in 2020, Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita has said. Citing data from the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), the Minister unveiled that amid COVID-19 pandemic, the industrial sector disbursed funds of Rp272.9 trillion or contributed to 33 percent […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered regional governments to connect the newly-inaugurated Kayu Agung-Palembang toll road to economic centers in the region. “I believe that the Governor and the Regent/Mayor will connect the toll road to economic centers, tourism centers, industrial centers, agricultural centers, and plantation centers,” the President said after inaugurating the Kayu Agung-Palembang toll […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called for extraordinary measures to tackle the global impacts of climate change. According to the President, enormous impacts of these changes are very real, particularly for archipelagic countries such as Indonesia. “The impacts of climate change are right before us, particularly for archipelagic countries such as Indonesia,” the President said […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday (26/1) conducted a working visit to Palembang, South Sumatra Province. President Jokowi and his entourage, including Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko, departed from Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base, Jakarta, on Presidential Aircraft at 08.25 a.m. Western Indonesian Time (WIB). Upon his arrival at Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport, Palembang, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has appealed to all Christians in Indonesia to participate in COVID-19’s free vaccination program. “I’d like to invite all Christians and board of the Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) to work with the Government in contributing to the success of vaccination program, to educate the public (about the vaccination), and to […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, on Wednesday (27/1) at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, is scheduled to get the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. “According to the schedule, the President will receive the second dose of the vaccine tomorrow, Wednesday (27/1),” Head of the Presidential Secretariat Heru Budi Hartono said in Jakarta, (26/1). For the record, […]

The National Movement for Cash Waqf launched by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo marked the beginning of a broader and modern transformation of waqf management in the country, Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has said. According to the Vice President, the transformation comes in waqf types and waqf governance reforms. For the record, a waqf is an inalienable charitable endowment under Islamic law. It […]

Sharia economy has great potential that can be further developed not only by countries with largest Muslim populations, including Indonesia, but also by other countries such as Japan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “We must seize this great opportunity by supporting the acceleration of national sharia […]