The Indonesian Government has expressed support for clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine planned for completion in January next year. “We (the research team) are planning to complete the clinical trial in January using a total of 1,620 samples. The injecting measures will then be carried out by Ministry of Health,” Head of the Research Team […]

The Government has renewed commitment to speed up tuberculosis elimination by taking all necessary measures. “Tuberculosis is one of the 10 infectious diseases that cause most deaths in the world. Its (death rate) per year is higher than that of HIV/AIDS,” President Jokowi said in his remarks during Limited Cabinet Meeting on Acceleration of Tuberculosis […]

Every rupiah and the public’s money in the state budget must be used in an accountable, transparent, and prudent manner, also make the most of it for the sake of the people’s interest, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. The President made the statement in his remarks at the submission of the audit report (LHP) […]

In a bid to facilitate the smooth distribution of goods in order to support national economic recovery during COVID-19 pandemic, the Government through Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing continues the development of infrastructure such as roads, bridges, toll roads, and national roads. Two new toll road sections will be fully operational soon, namely […]

Some regions in Indonesia will suffer from drought, while heavy downpours are expected to hit several other regions, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Head Dwikorita Karnawati has said. “For example, when the dry season hits almost in most parts of southern Indonesia, the central part of Indonesia from Central Sulawesi, Maluku to northern […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday (20/7) signed Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 82 of 2020 on COVID-19 Mitigation and National Economic Recovery Team. Under the Presidential Regulation, the President commissions a policy committee and establishes a team to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and to rebuild the economy. The COVID-19 Mitigation and National Economic Recovery Team […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on ministers and heads of institutions to use the audit results of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) as a parameter of improvement, reform and changes in the management of the State Budget. “Alhamdulillah, the Central Government can maintain the ‘unqualified opinion’, the best level of audit grade from the […]

Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar paid a working visit to Riau Province, Saturday (18/7), for strengthening efforts to prevent forest and land fires permanently. After the 2015 forest and land fires, various corrective actions have been carried out, such as the increased operational work of the forest fires task force team and […]

Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi has called on MIKTA (Mexico, Indonesia, Korea, Turkey, and Australia) member countries to recover together and become stronger by synergizing recovery efforts through the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs). During the 17th MIKTA foreign ministerial level meeting held via a teleconference, Retno delivered three main issues, among […]

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and state electricity company PT PLN have been working on restoring power in North Luwu affected by flash flood and landslide. PLN has reported that, as of Friday morning (17/7), 328 units (92 percent) of the total 355 electrical substations had been successfully restored. “Efforts to accelerate the electricity […]