The Government has announced three main priorities for the allocation of village funds amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. According to Minister of Villages, Disadvantaged Regions Development, and Transmigration Abdul Halim Iskandar, the three priorities are as follows: First, prevention and control of COVID-19 outbreak in villages. Second, village cash for work programs, which are provided […]

The Central Government has prepared funds amounting to Rp110 trillion for social safety net program for low-income families in the hope of helping them fulfill their basic needs and maintaining purchasing power following COVID-19 outbreak. “The Government has increased the number of families in the Family Hope Program (PKH) from 9.2 million to 10 million […]

Amid the ongoing COVID-10 pandemic, Indonesia is projected to still manage to post a positive economic growth this year,  according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. “Economic projections for Asia from two financial institutions—the World Bank and the IMF—show that only three countries are estimated to grow above 0% or post […]

Governors, regents, and mayors may propose Large-scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) on their respective regions to Minister of Health. Regions which can be proposed for PSBB are that of high case and death of Coronavirus (COVID-19), which spread rapidly and significantly to several regions. The PSBB was regulated in Regulation of Minister of Health Number 9 […]

Ministry of Health has not approved proposals from regional heads on large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), according to Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), Doni Monardo, as Head of the Coronavirus (COBID-19) Rapid Task Force, in an online press statement on Monday (6/4). He went on to say that Minister of Health and the […]

Presiden Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has conducted evaluation for COVID-19 Task Force and highlighted several priorities. “Communication between the central government and regional governments must always be maintained, so that all of us have one vision, have one common line in overcoming the COVID-19 problems,” the President said in his remarks during an online Limited Cabinet […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday (6/4) issued new directives on handling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo – who is also Chairperson of the COVID-19 Task Force – delivered the President’s directives as follows: First, imposition of large-scale social restrictions. According to Doni, the President has […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has once again underscored the importance of cooperation between the central and regional governments in the fight against COVID-19. “Communication between central and regional governments must be maintained so that all of us have one vision and one common line in containing COVID-19,” the President said in his introductory remarks on […]

Head of COVID-19 Handling Task Force Doni Monardo has applauded measures taken by neighbourhood units (RT) and community units (RW) to contain the spread of COVID-19 in their respective regions. “Numerous RTs and RWs have carried out self-isolation for the residents. They have prepared residents’ houses, schools, village halls, village offices and other places to […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 31 March 2020 signed Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 52 of 2020 on the Development of Observation and Quarantine Facility in Handling COVID-19 or Emerging Infectious Diseases on Galang Island, Batam, Riau Islands Province. (Link: https://jdih.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/176088/Perpres_Nomor_52_Tahun_2020.pdf). In Article 1 of the Regulation, the President instructs the Ministry of Public Works and […]