President Joko Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday (23/4) delivered messages on Ramadan through his YouTube channel. “I invite all of us to welcome Ramadan gratefully, even though we are facing tough challenges today,” the President said. President Jokowi also said that the COVID-19 outbreak across the globe forces everyone to do fasting in a very different […]
Indonesia has pushed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to stop Israel’s formal and creeping annexation in Palestine’s West Bank amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The issue was raised during virtual UNSC Open Debate on Thursday (23/4) that discussed the latest development in Palestine and Middle East amid the outbreak. “The UNSC must affirm its position […]
The Soekarno-Hatta International Airport will be under “Terminate Operation status from 24 April 2020 to 1 June 2020, state airport company PT Angkasa Pura II reported. The status means that the Airport does not serve scheduled or unscheduled commercial flight operations to all domestic and international routes. The policy is in line with Presidential Regulation […]
The Government has announced that the first day of this year’s fasting month of Ramadan falls on Friday (24/4). “Participants in the isbat Meeting have unanimously agreed that the first day of Ramadan will fall tomorrow on Friday, 24 April, 2020,” Minister of Religious Affairs Fachrul Razi said Thursday (23/4), referring to the annual meeting […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, on 8 April, has signed the Presidential Regulation Number 58 of 2020 on Import Licensing Arrangement and Simplification. (Link: https://jdih.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/176099/Perpres_Nomor_58_Tahun_2020.PDF) It is expected that the Regulation can help to control the availability and affordability of goods as well as to maintain the continuity of industrial production process that requires raw materials and/or […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 8 April, 2020 signed Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 59 of 2020 on Amendment to Presidential Regulation Number 71 of 2015 on Determination and Storage of Staple Food and Important Goods. (Link: https://jdih.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/176100/Perpres_Nomor_59_Tahun_2020.PDF) The Regulation aims to accelerate policy making and controlling the availability of Staple Food and/or Important Goods. “The […]
To date, two provinces and 21 regencies/cities in Indonesia have imposed large-scale social restrictions (locally known as PSBB) as part of the mitigation efforts to tackle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to COVID-19 Rapid Response Task Force. The city of Surabaya and the regencies of Sidoarjo and Gresik in East Java province are among the […]
After taking into account a number of reasons, the Government has announced that the 20th PON (National Sports Week) in Papua province, which was initially planned to be held in October this year, will be rescheduled to October 2021. “One of the considerations is that the completion of the venue’s construction has to be delayed […]
Starting 1 April, 2020, the Government implemented the Supreme Court Decision Number 7/P/HUM/2020 that revokes the increase in health insurance premium of the Social Security Agency for Health (BPJS Kesehatan) for non-salaried employee (PBPU) and nonemployee (BP). The BPJS Kesehatan premiums, as of April 2020, is Rp25,500 for third-class service, Rp51,000 for second-class service, and […]
In a bid to maintain the country’s financial system stability, the Government has renewed its commitment to monitor various policy measures taken to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 outbreak. “The total amount of State Budget for handling COVID-19 outbreak is up to Rp405 trillion,” Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani told reporters after attending a […]
