President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered his Cabinet to focus on handling COVID-19 cases in 12 districts/cities that have seen the highest number of cases. Those 12 districts/cities that have more than 1,000 active cases and have contributed 30 percent of the total national active cases are Central Jakarta, West Jakarta, East Jakarta, North Jakarta, […]

In a bid to improve evaluation system of education, Ministry of Education and Culture issued a National Assessment policy, designed not only as a substitute for national exams and national standard school exams but as a marker of a paradigm shift in educational evaluation, Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Makarim said in a statement […]

  Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA), together with Ministry of Health and the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, has designed a family health protocol guidance aimed at preventing and controlling COVID-19 transmission in families. For the record, family cluster is one of three clusters which become the main source of COVID-19 transmission. “The […]

Ministry of Industry has announced it is formulating strategies to push for the production of industrial-grade salt in the country. The need for industrial salt is projected to continue to rise every year. “The need for salt in 2020 will reach 4.4 million tons, with 84% of this figure being for the needs of the […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asserted that Job Creation Law will not recentralize authorities of regional governments to the Central Government. The President went on to say that permits of doing business and its supervision are still the authorities of regional governments based on Norms, Standards, Procedures, and Criteria (NPSC) stipulated by the Central Government. “It […]

Coordinating Government for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD, on behalf of the Government, delivered the Government’s statements in responding to the latest political and security conditions after the House of Representatives passed the Job Creation Law. The statement signed by Mahfud MD, Minister of Home Affairs Muhammad Tito Karnavian, the National Intelligence Agency […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has stated that the controversy surrounding the Law on Job Creation was due to disinformation and hoaxes that are spread through social media. For that reason, the President on Friday (9/10) delivered a press statement to counter those disinformation to the general public. According to the President, the Omnibus Law on […]

  The Job Creation Omnibus bill that has been passed into Law is expected to improve the lives of workers, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “It also aims to improve livelihoods for their families,” President Jokowi said at Bogor Presidential Palace, Friday (9/10). According to the President, the Job Creation Law has three objectives, […]

Budget realization of the National Economic Recovery budget (PEN) as of September 2020 has risen to Rp318.5 trillion from the allocated ceiling of Rp695.2 trillion, Chairperson of the National Economic Recovery Task Force Budi Gunadi Sadikin has announced. According to Budi, the distribution of the PEN assistance has increased quite significantly towards the end of […]

  In a bid to develop Indonesia from border areas, Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing renewed its commitment to develop road and bridge infrastructure in borders of Kalimantan, Papua, and East Nusa Tenggara. The development also aims to strengthen regions and villages, open access to remote areas, cut costs, and improve people’s quality […]