Indonesian Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani has announced that the posture of the 2021 draft State Budget must include measures to handle COVID-19 and restore the economy. In a press statement on Tuesday (28/7), the Minister address several issues, namely: First, the macro assumption was agreed in the form of range and how it affects […]
Deputy Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Budi Gunadi Sadikin as Head of the National Economic Recovery Task Force said that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo urged to speed up the absorption of economic stimulus budget. Budi further stated that to date, the Government has spent 19% of the Rp 695.2 trillion as of July 22. Thus, the […]
Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto has issued Decree number HK.01/07/MENKES/446/2020 on reimbursement procedures for hospitals treating COVID-19 cases. The new Decree stipulates the roles and functions of Ministry of Health, Social Security Agency for Healthcare (BPJS Kesehatan), local and regional health offices, and hospitals. The Decree is in line with Decree of Minister of […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo delivered his directives to Cabinet Ministers to accelerate the absorption of health sector and the disbursement of financial incentives for medical workers, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has said. The Minister made the statement during a media briefing after attending Limited Cabinet Meeting, Monday (27/7). “We will discuss the […]
The establishment of the COVID-10 Mitigation and the National Economic Recovery Committee aims to integrate health and economic policies and to make balanced and extensive responses, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “Health care is our priority. We must continue to intensify efforts to tackle the pandemic until vaccines are available and can be used […]
Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, after a virtual limited meeting, Monday (27/7), announced that the Policy Committee has formulated five programs, namely Safe Indonesia, Healthy Indonesia, Empowered Indonesia, Growing Indonesia, and Working Indonesia. The explanation of the five programs is as follows: First, Safe Indonesia, this program aims to safeguard the public from […]
In an attempt to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on his Cabinet to change people’s behavior through more effective methods. According to Head of COVID-19 Task Force Doni Monardo, the Government will enhance community-based pentahelix collaboration by emphasizing the role of local figures, including religious leaders, the communities, anthropologist, sociologist, […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday (27/7) at the State Palace inaugurated Isdianto as Governor of Riau Islands Province for the remaining term of 2016-2021. The ceremony began at the Merdeka Palace with the handover of Presidential Decree excerpt from the President to Isdianto. Afterwards, the President, the Vice President, Minister of Home affairs and […]
Based on the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) monitoring results as of 20 July 2020 or the second dasarian (10 days) of July, approximately 69 percent of the 342 Season Zone (ZOM) areas in Indonesia had entered the dry season that is in line with the dominance of the dry Australian Monsoon wind circulation […]
During the 2nd G20 Extraordinary Sherpa virtual meeting held Friday (24/7), the G20 countries agreed to renew commitment to boost cooperation on developing easily accessible and affordable vaccines and medicines, as well as on measures to speed up global economic recovery. To date, countries worldwide have taken extraordinary steps and implemented policy strategies both in […]
