President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ordered regional governments to expand labor-intensive programs in order to strengthen people’s purchasing power and consumption. The President went on to say the people’s economy solely depends on budget allocated for state and local government expenditures. For that reason, government at city/municipality level must use the budget to adopt more labor-intensive […]

The Government will provide one million positions of contract-based government employees (PPPK) for contract teachers of all ages, according to Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Makarim. “We provide fair opportunities for all contract teachers to become government employees through the PPPK scheme. The contract teachers no longer have to wait to become the government […]

Ministry of Trade has announced its commitment to bolster economic recovery by increasing non-oil and gas exports. “To achieve the growth target of non-oil and gas exports, we must open the Indonesian market and collaborate with various countries through existing trade agreements. This is also an effort to increase the added value of each exported […]

Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin confirmed that one million medical workers have received first COVID-19 vaccine jab as of Thursday (11/2). According to him, approximately 1.3 million medical workers have visited healthcare facilities to receive the vaccine, yet some of them who have comorbidities or who are pregnant cannot be vaccinated. Thus, only 1,017,186 […]

Controlling COVID-19 transmission must be a top priority in overcoming COVID-19 pandemic, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “Controlling the spread rate of the virus must be our top priority,” the President said in his remarks during the opening of the 2021 National Conference of the Indonesia City Government Association (Apeksi), Thursday (11/02) at the […]

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned of potential extreme weather between 10 until 16 February 2021. The agency also reported that most of regions in Indonesia (96 percent of 342 seasonal zones) have entered rainy season. Since August last year, the agency has also forecast that the peak of rainy season would […]

  In a bid to improve testing and tracing efforts as part of the epidemiological investigation process and contact tracing to break the chain of COVID-19 transmission, Ministry of Health has issued Ministerial Decree Number HK.01.07/MENKES/446/2021 on the Use of Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Test in Examining COVID-19. The Decree allows the use of the rapid […]

  Ahead of Lunar New Year holiday on 12 February 2021, the Government prohibits state civil apparatus from traveling out of town and encourages them to always adhere to strict health protocols amid concerns over a potential spike in COVID-19 transmission. The measures are taken to prevent significant increase in COVID-19 cases in Indonesia since […]

Ministry of Transportation has issued several Circulars on Implementing Guidelines for Domestic and International Travel that stipulate an extension of health protocols implementation. The circulars, coming into force on 9 February 2021, are follow-ups to Circular of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Number 7 of 2021 on Extension of Travel Provisions for Domestic Travel during […]

  On the 2021 National Press Day, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said that the press must be strong and must have integrity in order to realize our nation as a victorious nation. “Strong, educated press with integrity is pivotal in order to realize our nation as a victorious and great nation” he said in his […]