The implementation of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement will bring benefits to Indonesian business players to boost export of their products, Minister of Trade Agus Suparmanto has said, Tuesday (1/12). “Our business players, either small or big, can get benefits from the implementation of RCEP agreement. They can export their products to RCEP participating […]

  In a bid to prevent new COVID-19 clusters, the Indonesian Government has officially decided to cut three days of the 2020 collective leaves. The decision was stated in the Joint Decree of Minister of Religious Affairs, Minister of Manpower, and Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform Number 744/2020, 05/2020, and 06/2020 on […]

Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Anwar Makarim has launched health protocol campaigns to tackle COVID-19 in 77 regional languages in Indonesia. According to the Minister, the move aims to disseminate the information to the public in languages that are easily understood. “The messages conveyed by the Government to follow health protocols still need to […]

President Jokowi ordered his administration to concentrate on the 2020 budget realization with the year nearing its end. “In relation to the 2020 budget realization, it is only about three weeks left. So, I instruct everyone to concentrate on the budget realization,” President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said during the Plenary Cabinet Session, at the State […]

In a bid to support the 2.5 million millennial farmers program initiated by Ministry of Agriculture, Special Staffer to the President Billy Mambrasar had a meeting with the Petani Muda Keren (Cool Young Farmers/PMK) community in Gobleg Village, Buleleng Regency, Bali Province, Monday (30/11/). This program aims at supporting national food security. According to the […]

Regional heads are the authorized person to control the spread of COVID-19 in their respective regions, according to Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian. To that end, the Minister called on regional heads to take more strict and serious measures in imposing health protocols since the number of daily confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased by […]

  Minister of Religious Affairs on 30 November 2020 issued Circular on Guidelines for Christmas Prayers and Services during COVID-19 Pandemic. “The Circular is issued as guidelines for Christians who will hold Christmas prayers and services in their respective places of worship while following health protocols, especially in the context of preventing the spread of […]

The Government has decided to cut this year’s year-end holiday, which was initially four days from 28-31 December to only one day on 31 December. The decision came following President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s directive to curb the COVID-19 transmission. Based on the latest data, there was a significant spike of COVID-19 active cases after long […]

The Government is very optimistic in its extensive efforts in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in the country based on a number of indicators. “Having seen various indicators, we are actually very optimistic about tackling COVID-19. If a slight increase persists, I will definitely give a strong warning because we don’t want this to continue to […]

Minister of Home Affairs should urge regional heads to take full control in handling COVID-19 and economic recovery in their respective regions, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “I order Minister of Home Affairs to remind the governors, regents, and mayors to take full control in handling the pandemic and economic issues in their respective […]