President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on Indonesians to remain optimistic and not to lose hope amid any life difficulties, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the President called on the people continue to make endeavor to face the pandemic. “We must try hard to protect ourselves, our families, our brothers and sisters, as well […]

Ministry of Agriculture is ready to prepare the expansion of existing peatland for agricultural area, according to Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo. “We focus on 164,000 hectares of existing peatland at the first phase while waiting for the preparation of 250,000 – 300,000 hectares of land as planned by Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs […]

The Government has launched two mobile applications that aim to prevent and handle COVID-19, as well as to deal with public health matters. According to Minister of Villages, Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Abdul Halim Iskandar, the two mobile applications in question are the Village Against COVID-19 (Desa Melawan COVID-19 app) and e-Human Development Worker (e-HDW […]

The Government has urged Muslims to perform Eid prayers at home with their nuclear family amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to Minister of Religious Affairs Fachrul Razy, this year’s fasting month of Ramadan will be different from that in the previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while expresseing hope that the pandemic will […]

The Government’s decision to relax large-scale social restrictions order in July should be carried out gradually, Chair of COVID-19 Handling Task Force Doni Monardo has said. “The decision should also be followed by anticipatory measures in the Central Government level as well as in regional governments level,” Doni said Tuesday (12/5). According to Doni, who […]

In a bid to control sugar price, the Indonesian Government has transferred refined sugar meant for industries to the retail market. “Regarding sugar price, some of the imports are delayed because some regions in other countries impose restrictions due to lockdowns,” Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said after a limited meeting, Wednesday (13/5). […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo affirmed that supply availability and price stability in the field should be supervised. “This is the third time we have talked about the staple food issues due to matters of stock availability and price, it is important for us to continue to monitor the price stability daily, weekly,” President Jokowi said […]

President Joko “Jokowi” inspected the distribution of Cash Social Assistance to the people, at the Bogor City Post Office, West Java, on Wednesday (13/5). “Everything goes well, (the people) were maintaining safe distance in the queue, wearing masks, and cleaning hands with hand sanitizer before receiving the money,” President Jokowi said.

  The Bill of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number 1 of 2020 has been officially approved as Law by the House of Representatives (DPR) on 12 May 2020. Minister of Finance, in a press release, said that to prevent moral hazard, Article 12 (1) of the Government Regulation in Lieu of Law regulates […]

Rice stocks and food supplies are relatively safe following harvest season this month, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has ensured. According to him, price of several commodities have increased; and some have dropped. “Price of medium rice is still around Rp11,750 per kg and price of premium rice is Rp12,700 in wet markets […]