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 […]

Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) has announced its aim to provide housing financing assistance for 222,876 units for FY 2021. “The Government is committed to providing decent housing for low-income people (MBR). We hope that we can improve the quality of life of the beneficiaries by having a more decent, healthier, and […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ordered the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) to coordinate the implementation of stunting reduction program in Indonesia. “(The President) has decided that BKKBN will lead the stunting handling program,” Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy said at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, Monday (25/01). The President also […]

  Minister of Home Affairs Muhammad Tito Karnavian on 22 January 2021 has issued Instruction Number 2 of 2021 on the Extension of Public Activity Restrictions to Control the Spread of COVID-19. In the first dictum of the Instruction, the Minister instructs all Governors in the islands of Java and Bali to impose public activity […]