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 […]

  Ministry of Health has issued Circular Letter number HK. 02.02/I/3713/2020 on Limit on the Highest Rate of Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Test. The circular states that the highest tariff for RT-PCR test (widely known as swab test) is Rp900,000. The tariff limit applies to people who conduct the test at their own […]

  In a bid to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday (5/10) signed Presidential Regulation Number 99 of 2020 on Vaccine Procurement and Vaccination. “Accelerating the procurement of the COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination requires extraordinary steps and special arrangements,” the Government stated on the consideration of the regulation, which was promulgated […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, on Thursday (8/10), conducted a working visit to Central Kalimantan to inspect the food estate project designed to strengthen national food security. For the record, President Jokowi was scheduled to go to the area for the food estate project located in Pulang Pisau Regency to inspect the food estate project, rice […]

Productive Presidential Assistance for Micro Enterprises has been fully disbursed to 9 million beneficiaries, Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Teten Masduki has announced. “As of 6 October (2020) or about two months from the launching date, the Productive Presidential Assistance for Micro Enterprises has been disbursed 100 percent. Based on the ADB […]

Job Creation Law is expected to cut red tape and improve bureaucratic efficiency so as to push for greater job creation, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said. “As many as 3 million young people need jobs on a yearly basis. Especially in the midst of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the need for new […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo submitted 7 names of Judicial Commission (KY) member candidates for the 2020-2025 selected by the selection committee to the House of Representatives. “The President, through letter Number R.41/PRES/10/2020 dated 5 October 2020 has submitted 7 names of candidates for the 2020-2025 KY to the House of Representatives,” Minister of State Secretary […]

  In a bid to curb the COVID-19 transmission during the upcoming simultaneous regional elections to be held in 9 December, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD has called on candidate pairs to promote health protocols as part of a creative campaign to the public. “I appeal to the candidate pairs, […]

The COVID-19 vaccine is thoroughly tested before being approved and injected to human body, Spokesperson for COVID-19 Task Force Wiku Adisasmito has ensured. According to Wiku, all vaccines, including those developed by foreign companies or domestic-produced Red and White vaccine, have gone through several stages of clinical trials before they are declared safe. “The safety […]

Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo monitored the development of fishermen joint business model group for fish cultivation, capture fishery, and the marketing. On fish cultivation sector, the Ministry is developing a model project for shrimp farming in five potential regions, such as Aceh, Lampung, Cianjur, Sukamara (Central Kalimantan), and Buol (Gorontalo).