Some regions in Indonesia will suffer from drought, while heavy downpours are expected to hit several other regions, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Head Dwikorita Karnawati has said. “For example, when the dry season hits almost in most parts of southern Indonesia, the central part of Indonesia from Central Sulawesi, Maluku to northern […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday (20/7) signed Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 82 of 2020 on COVID-19 Mitigation and National Economic Recovery Team. Under the Presidential Regulation, the President commissions a policy committee and establishes a team to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and to rebuild the economy. The COVID-19 Mitigation and National Economic Recovery Team […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on ministers and heads of institutions to use the audit results of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) as a parameter of improvement, reform and changes in the management of the State Budget. “Alhamdulillah, the Central Government can maintain the ‘unqualified opinion’, the best level of audit grade from the […]
Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar paid a working visit to Riau Province, Saturday (18/7), for strengthening efforts to prevent forest and land fires permanently. After the 2015 forest and land fires, various corrective actions have been carried out, such as the increased operational work of the forest fires task force team and […]
Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi has called on MIKTA (Mexico, Indonesia, Korea, Turkey, and Australia) member countries to recover together and become stronger by synergizing recovery efforts through the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs). During the 17th MIKTA foreign ministerial level meeting held via a teleconference, Retno delivered three main issues, among […]
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and state electricity company PT PLN have been working on restoring power in North Luwu affected by flash flood and landslide. PLN has reported that, as of Friday morning (17/7), 328 units (92 percent) of the total 355 electrical substations had been successfully restored. “Efforts to accelerate the electricity […]
Following President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s order, Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono on Thursday (16/7) inspected the location of flash flood that hit Masamba District in North Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi Province. According to the Minister, Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing together with a joint team consisting of South […]
During a virtual ASEAN-China Transport Ministers Special Meeting on Thursday (16/7), Indonesian Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi addressed issue on strengthening the transportation and logistics system during COVID-19 pandemic. Transportation and logistics system arrangement have an important role to curb the virus transmission as well as to encourage economic recovery. “Indonesia encourages countries in […]
The Government has allocated Rp35.28 trillion from the National Economic Recovery (PEN) budget amounting to Rp607.65 trillion to provide subsidies for Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) and credit relaxation for Ultra-micro Financing (UMi) Program. The Government deemed it necessary to support the MSMEs since they cover 90 percent of the national economy. The program […]
Quarter 3 is a critical moment to boost the Government spending and for economic recovery, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “If we can’t increase spending in Quarter 3, don’t expect we can make it in Quarter 4. Our hope is only in Quarter 3, July, August and September,” the President said in his remarks […]
