President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered Government apparatus to take anticipatory measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during the upcoming public holidays at the end of October. “We had an experience with public holidays one and a half months ago, after which there was a relatively high increase (in COVID-19 cases). We need to […]

Special Staffer to the President Billy Mambrasar represents Indonesia at the 2020 Y20 Youth Summit held on 15 to 18 October 2020, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The summit is a youth forum aimed at providing recommendations for policy formulation to leaders of the G20 countries. In a written statement released on Saturday (17/10), Billy said […]

Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture as the leading Government agency to handle stunting cases has announced measures to reduce stunting cases in Southwest Sumba District in the eastern Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. For the record, the district is listed in the 100 priority districts for handling stunting as babies and toddlers […]

  The current La Nina phenomenon that occurred in the Pacific is predicted to cause an increase in accumulated precipitation in Indonesia by 20-40%, Head of the BMKG (Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency) Dwikorita Karnawati said. A release by the BMKG, Saturday (17/10), stated that La Nina which occurs in the early rainy season has […]

The Government is preparing the vaccination of COVID-19 including the procurement of locally-developed COVID-19 vaccine “Merah Putih” and other COVID-19 vaccine developed under cooperation with other countries. Vice President Ma’ruf Amin said that the Government has been involving the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) in facing the pandemic. The council’s fatwas are used as a guidance […]

The Government continues to make fiscal and monetary policies as well as other policies to restore the national economy during COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said. “We are aware that we need extraordinary measures such as fiscal deficit and monetary policies. But we must not rely solely on the two instruments, […]

After 3-week boot camp (23 September-9 October 2020) that involved practitioners and professionals in the digital technology, including Facebook, Grab Indonesia, Studio Yord, Tiktok Indonesia, and Recap Indonesia, the jury of the MSMEs Digital Heroes has selected digital innovators qualified for the top 20. The assessment criteria include vision and mission, business model, team work, […]

The performance of Indonesia’s manufacturing industry has seen a positive outlook in the third quarter of this year albeit remains under heavy pressure due to COVID-19 pandemic, according to Minister of Industry Agus Guwimang Kartasasmita. Data from the Prompt Manufacturing Index-Bank Indonesia (PMI-BI) shows that the country’s manufacturing index in the third quarter of this […]

The Government has renewed its commitment to speed up internet access at healthcare facilities across the country in charge of tackling COVID-19 cases. According to Minister of Communication and Informatics Johnny G. Plate, the move aims to expand and improve the quality of telecommunication infrastructure in the health sector in support of handling COVID-19 and […]

Indonesia will host the 2022 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) forum which aims to increase disaster risk reduction efforts through communication and coordination between stakeholders. “This forum will also use as an opportunity to share experiences in formulating strategic guidelines for the implementation of a global disaster risk reduction framework,” said Head of […]