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 […]

  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 […]