President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inspected the development of swamp reclamation project in Tahai Baru, Pulang Pisau Regency, Central Kalimantan Province, Thursday (9/7). Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono told President Jokowi that project which has a total budget allocation of Rp9.8 billion is aimed at rehabilitating irrigation network to improve its function […]

Minister of Health has issued Decree Number HK.01.07/MENKES/392/2020 to simplify procedures for financial incentives and death benefits payment for health workers treating COVID-19 cases. The new Decree stipulates that verification process for financial incentives for health workers is as follows: First, provincial and local governments are granted authority to conduct the verification. The verification result […]

Everyone should share a similar ‘feeling’ in responding to the pandemic together with the crisis that follows, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “As many as 215 countries are experiencing the same crisis nowadays. We share the same problem,” President Jokowi said in Central Kalimantan province, Thursday (9/7). The President cited an example of an […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday (9/7) arrived in Central Kalimantan province to conduct a series of working visits. Upon arrival at Tjilik Riwut Airport in Palangka Raya City, President Jokowi was scheduled to depart for Kapuas Regency on the Indonesian Air Force’s Super Puma helicopter to inspect the Primary irrigation channel at Technical Services […]

The Government has announced it will temporarily stop recruitment of new civil servants this year. According to Minister of State Apparatus and Bureaucratic Reforms Tjahjo Kumolo, the decision was made due to the delay of the civil servant recruitment process last year following the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government this year will focus on the selection […]

The Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) on 5 July 2020 officially came into force. “The CEPA was signed on 4 March 2019 and ratified through Law Number 1 of 2020 on 28 February 2020,” Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi said Thursday (9/7). The IA-CEPA, according to the Minister, covers not only trade […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered his Cabinet Ministers to accelerate Government spending to boost economic growth. “I am monitoring Ministries’ spending on a daily basis because the third quarter is important. Once it can generate economic growth, the fourth quarter will be easier and next year, God willing, will be easier,” the President said […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (8/7) asked young officer candidates of the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) and the Indonesian National Police (Polri) to be eager to learn, be more adaptive, and be innovative. “You are the future leaders who will face tougher global competition. I am sure that you are very ready to […]

The Government has announced that it will provide additional new working capital loans to revive the country’s economy through the National Economic Recovery Program (PEN), according to Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati. The Minister made the statement during the launching of working capital loan guarantees for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the […]