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 […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 8 June, 2020, signed Presidential Regulation Number 67 of 2020 on Terms and Procedures of the Awards for Respecting, Protecting and Fulfilling the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. (Link: https://jdih.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/176123/Perpres_Nomor_67_Tahun_2020.pdf) The Regulation aims to implement provisions of Article 141 of Law Number 8 of 2016 on Persons with Disabilities. According […]
The Government has announced that the construction progress of the Pidekso Dam in Central Java Province has already reached 92 percent in the first phase of its construction. According to Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono, the Government has been building dams in various regions across the country to boost food and […]
The Government through Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing supports the continuation of national environmental program of Citarum Harum by constructing several infrastructures to control pollution and damage of Citarum River Basin Area (DAS) in West Java. The support is a follow-up of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s directives which are stated in the Presidential […]
