Ahead of this year’s Christmas and New Year holidays, COVID-19 National Working Committee has called on regional leaders to protect their respective regions by ensuring the health of year-end travelers. “(They can do so) by implementing health screening measure approved by the WHO (World Health Organization), namely antigen swab test,” Spokesperson of the Committee […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on the public to participate in a mass COVID-19 vaccination program that will be implemented by the Government. “All citizens can participate in the vaccination. I hope nobody will refuse to be vaccinated,” the President said during the handover of Working Capital Assistance to micro and small businesses at […]

Bureaucratic reforms should be realized through digital transformation in public services coupled with a mindset change, Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has said. “This is necessary. We should not only change public services online or use digital applications, but we should also couple it with a behavior change,” the Vice President said in his remarks at […]

The Government has announced the issuance of Government Regulation Number 73 of 2020 (PP 73/2020) on the Initial Capital of Investment Management Institutions and Government Regulation Number 74 of 2020 (PP 74/2020) on Investment Management Institutions as implementing regulations for the Job Creation Law. According to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, the regulations […]

Minister of Villages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Abdul Halim Iskandar has urged all village heads to immediately accelerate the use of the remaining Village Funds until the end of December this year . “As of 15 December, 98% of the 2020 State Budget ceiling has been used amounting to Rp71.190 trillion,” Abdul Halim said in […]

Despite the pandemic, the target on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must not be lowered, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “This challenge should not dampen our enthusiasm and should not lower our SDGs target. We’ve to find new ways, we’ve to find new breakthroughs so that we can take a leap in achieving the SDGs […]

  The Indonesian Government issued Government Regulation Number 74 of 2020 on Investment Management Institution. The regulation was signed by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 14 December 2020. The Investment Management Institution (LPI) referred to in the regulation means an institution that is given special authority (sui generis) pertaining to managing Central Government Investment as […]

  Cabinet Secretariat has implemented strict health protocols to all guests visiting the office to prevent and reduce the COVID-19 transmission around the office premises, according to Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Administrative Affairs Farid Utomo. “Every guest who will visit Cabinet Secretariat office is required to present a non-reactive COVID-19 rapid test result or a […]

Indonesia’s monthly trade balance has once again recorded a surplus in November, reaching USD2.61 billion, Minister of Trade Agus Suparmanto has said. According to Agus, this achievement continues the trend of trade balance surplus that has been recorded since May this year. “Although the surplus has decreased compared to that of October at USD3.58 billion, […]

The Commemoration of the 2020 International Anti-Corruption Day (Harkodia) is expected to raise awareness and determination from all elements of the nation so that corruption will not be considered as a culture but rather as a latent danger that can hinder the realization of the country’s purposes, Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli […]