Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) continues to speed up the distribution of Cash For Work (PKT) Program to reduce unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to allocating the 2020 PKT routine program budget amounted to Rp11.44 trillion which targets 613,513 beneficiaries, the Ministry also made changes to the scheme of infrastructure […]
Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi has expressed commitment of the Indonesian Government to increase humanitarian assistance to Palestine this year. The Minister made the statement during a virtual meeting of Extraordinary Ministerial Pledging Conference for UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)— a UN agency handling […]
As a token of appreciation, the Government has announced it allocates Rp3.7 trillion of budget to provide incentives for 99,660 health workers on the front lines in handling COVID-19 patients. The incentives, which are sourced from Additional Operational Health Aid (BOK), will be gradually provided for the health workers based on the recommendations of Ministry […]
Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung on Monday (22/6) attended a working meeting with Commission 2 of the House of Representatives (DPR) overseeing home affairs. The Cabinet Secretary during the meeting reported to the House about the budget absorption of Cabinet Secretariat in the 2019 fiscal year and budget allocation of Cabinet Secretariat for the 2020 fiscal […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered his Cabinet to take preventive measures to prevent forest and peat land fires as the dry season is approaching The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has reported that 17 percent of regions in Indonesia have experienced a dry season in April, 38 percent in May, 27 percent in […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 16 June, 2020 signed Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 5 of 2020 on the National Logistics Ecosystem Management. The Instruction aims to improve performance of national logistics, investment climate, and competitiveness of the national economy. Link: (https://jdih.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/176124/Inpres_Nomor_5_Tahun_2020.pdf) Through the Presidential Instruction, the President instructs Cabinet Ministers, Cabinet Secretary, Chief of the […]
The Government has announced that state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Bio Farma can already produce up to 50,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test kits per week. According to Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy, if the company can boost the production to up to 2 million units a month, domestic demands for the […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo to step up efforts to tackle forest and land fires. Doni on Tuesday (23/6) also told reporters that the Government continues to emphasize the importance of cooperation from related stakeholdwers in all areas affected by forest and land fires, […]
The Government has announced it has launched a weather modification technology (TMC) program to create an artificial rain in anticipation of the looming drought in June and July. According to Minister of the Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya, her Ministry has conducted a study related to climate patterns and the emergence of hotspots, as well […]
The Government has announced it is redoubling efforts to mitigate, prevent, resolve, and take follow-up actions to tackle forest and land fires. According to Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD, the Government has taken preventive measures; yet, the incidents keep recurring every year. “Thus, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on […]
