Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing has announced it has reached the final phase of the construction of the Ogan bridge, which is one of three long bridges in Kayu Agung – Palembang (Kramasan) toll road, connecting Section I of Kayu Agung – Palembang (Kramasan) – Betung toll road with Sumatra’s east cross national […]

COVID-19 pandemic has brought many lessons in student learning, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “(The lessons) include how to stop the virus transmission and how the students manage to study at home,” President Jokowi tweeted through his official Twitter account @jokowi on Saturday (2/5) in commemoration of the National Education Day. According to the […]

In a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19 in West Java province, Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto has approved the proposal for the imposition of Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) in the province. “The proposal for Large-Scale Social Restrictions in West Java province has been approved. Residents (of the province) must obey the regulation […]

  On Thursday (30/4), as many as 179 thousand regular pilgrims and 12 thousand special pilgrims have paid off their 1441Hijri/2020AD Hajj Travel Cost (Bipih). “The payment batch one has closed this afternoon. A total of 179,584 or around  88.33% (regular) pilgrims have paid off the travel costs,” Director to Ministry of Religious Affairs for […]

In a bid to ensure welfare of the workforce amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has announced plan to draft a Government Regulation on the relaxation of employment insurance payment for companies that still employ their workers. According to Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziah, the Ministry will coordinate with relevant ministries and institutions to […]

The Government has announced it will provide the Pre-Employment Card program for Indonesian migrant workers through labor-intensive programs. As of 26 April 2020, Ministry of Manpower reported that there are 88,759 Indonesian Migrant Workers who had returned from neighboring Malaysia and Singapore as well as from Hong Kong. In May, as many as 16,812 workers […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inaugurated Muhammad Syarifuddin as the new Chief of the Supreme Court (MA) for the 2020-2025 term, at the State Palace, Jakarta, Thursday (30/4). The inauguration is based on Decree of President of the Republic of Indonesia Number 41/P of 2020 on the Honorable Discharge of Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday (30/4), inaugurated Manahan Sitompul as a Constitutional Court justice for his second term of 2020-2025, at the State Palace, Jakarta. His previous term ended on 28 April. The ceremony was begun by singing the national anthem, Indonesia Raya, and was followed by the reading of the Decision of the […]

The National Development Planning Conference (Musrenbangnas) agenda must be truly adaptive to the developing situation as what is being planned now will serve as a foundation for next year, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “We’ve made adjustments to development targets this year, such as spending reallocation and refocusing on a large scale. We shift […]

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has wrecked many sectors of the economy, including employment, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “More than one million of informal workers are on unpaid leave, 375,000 formal workers were laid off, and other 315,000 informal workers are deeply affected by the pandemic,” the President said, Thursday (30/4). For that matter, […]