The Government is drafting an affirmative policy for education sector, in particular Islamic boarding schools and religious education amid COVID-19 pandemic. According to Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy, Islamic schools and religious education do need attention from the Government, not only on the management of  distance learning amid the  pandemic, but […]

The National Civil Service Agency (BKN) has ensured that starting Monday, 8 June 2020 (08.20 Western Indonesian Time), prospective cadets/praja/students of state-run schools can register on this following portal: https://dikdin.bkn.go.id. This registration is carried out in accordance with the provisions contained in Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Letter number B/435/M.SM.01.00/2020. “Registration will be closed […]

The Government has announced it will continue to build supporting infrastructure and address social aspects in areas affected by the Sidoarjo mudflow. For the record, the mudflow is located around 30 km to the south of East Java province capital of Surabaya. Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing through the Sidoarjo Mud Flow Control […]

  The Government through Ministry of Transportation is preparing a new transportation system that upholds hygienic and humanitarian values to adapt to the new normal. “To face the new normal, health and economic aspects must become priority. Therefore, we must develop transportation system that is hygienic and less contact, which will be a solution and […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has urged the people to regularly do exercise to stay healthy and strengthen the immunity system especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “By exercising, our immunity can improve and we can have better health. Thus, I’d like to personally invite the public to exercise and improve our health and immunity,” the President […]

The Indonesia Defense Forces (TNI) and the National Police (Polri) have expressed readiness to support implementation of the new normal protocols. Both institutions have also announced they have deployed their personnel to help the Government disseminate the new normal protocols and to remind the public to follow the health protocol on a daily basis. “The […]

Indonesia is committed to helping coffee farmers across the globe face challenges amid the COVID-19 crisis, especially during the country’s chairmanship of the International Coffee Organization (ICO). Director General of International Trade Negotiations at Ministry of Trade Iman Pambagyo, who is also Chairperson of the International Coffee Organization, made the statement during the 126th International […]

The Indonesian Government through Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing provides Housing Finance Liquidity Facility (FLPP) in order to help low-income people (MBR) to access home-ownership loans (KPR). Director-General of Infrastructure Financing for the Ministry Eko Djoeli Heripoerwanto said that the Government has issued Government Regulation Number 25 of 2020 on the public housing […]

The Government has announced that twelve state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to be listed in the National Economic Recovery Programs (PEN) are those in good financial condition but are hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ministry of Finance has also unveiled criteria for SOEs eligible to receive the stimulus, among others, those with a major influence on […]

Regions with a declining rate of COVID-19 cases will be categorized as “green zones” through coordination between regents or mayors with various community leaders, Chief of the COVID-19 National Task Force Doni Monardo has said. “There are stages that must be passed through by regional heads, including coordination and consultation with religious leaders, epidemiologists, and […]