In a bid to achieve sustainable development goals, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati stated the importance of strengthening domestic resource mobilization (DRM) and international tax cooperation. “For the ADB (Asian Development Bank) member countries, the mobilization of domestic resources is very critical. As you can see, the need to develop, and how (member countries) […]

Indonesia’s trade balance in August 2020 experienced a surplus of US$2.3 billion, which is the third-highest achievement throughout 2020 after the trade surplus in July (US$ 3.2 billion) and February (US$ 2.5 billion), Minister of Trade Agus Suparmanto has said. “The August 2020 trade balance was a surplus of US$2.3 billion. The weakening global demand […]

The Government has announced it will continue to meet sustainable national development goals through the Village Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) program. “Village SDGs are a derivative of Presidential Regulation Number 59 of 2017 on measures to achieve the national sustainable development goals,” said Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Abdul Halim Iskandar […]

Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing expands the coverage of services of cash for work labor-intensive program to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 by conducting regular preservation of asphalt roads. The program uses rubber as the material for asphalt mix. For that reason, the Ministry has allocated Rp100 billion of budget to purchase 10,000 […]

The Government has started the third batch of wage subsidy disbursement to 3.5 million workers, Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah has said. The beneficiaries of previous disbursement were 2.5 million workers (1st batch) and 3 million workers (2nd batch). As of today, the total beneficiaries of the wage subsidy are 9 million workers or 57 […]

The National Economic Recovery (PEN) Working Committee continues to accelerate the distribution of the National Economic Recovery program, one of which is in the form of salary subsidy for non-tenured teachers, educators, and non-tenured staff at education offices in regions. According to Chairman of the Working Committee Budi Gunadi Sadikin, until 14 September 2020, salary […]

The micro-scale social restrictions, locally known as PSBM, aims to control identified clusters, spokesperson for the COVID-19 Mitigation Working Committee Wiku Adisasmito said. “Through PSBMs, we can directly control a cluster or group of cases identified in areas smaller than a regency/city, for example a district, sub-district, or neighboring unit (RT)/community unit (RW),” he said, […]

The Indonesian Government enforced International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) control for telecommunications devices such as mobile phones, handheld computers, and tablet computers (HKT). This is in accordance with Minister of Communications and Informatics Regulation Number 1 of 2020 on Control of Telecommunication Devices Connected to Cellular Mobile Networks through IMEI. “To ensure consumer protection, controlling […]

The Indonesian National Police has launched a special operation called ‘Operasi Yustisi’ in capital Jakarta to monitor public discipline in following strict health protocols. For the record, the capital re-imposed large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) policy starting Monday (14/9) to curb the spread of COVID-19 in high risk areas in the city. The National Police Head […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ordered several ministers to collaborate and closely monitor the latest COVID-19 mitigation measures in nine provinces. Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Pandjaitan, Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo, and Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto are among the ministers who are assigned to monitor […]