President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 26 February 2020 signed Presidential Regulation Number 36 of 2020 on the Development of Job Skills through the Pre-Employment Card Program. The Regulation aims to expand employment opportunities, increase workforce productivity and competitiveness as well as to develop workforce competencies. (Link: https://jdih.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/176058/Perpres_Nomor_36_Tahun_2020.pdf) The Pre-Employment Card Program, according to the Regulation, […]

The Indonesian Government is currently facing challenges on how to educate its people to avoid panic while at the same time keep themselves safe amidst the threat of the coronavirus. “The purpose of the health check carried by the Government is to respond to the current health emergency in the public, not a therapy for […]

Two patients tested positive for Covid-19 are in stable conditions and show good improvements,  President Director of Sulianti Saroso Infectious Diseases Hospital  Mohammad Syahril has said. “The first patient did indeed get a referral from a private hospital and was treated there for 5 days with high fever, cough, runny nose, and shortness of breath, […]

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) has decided to postpone electricity tariff adjustment until June 2020. “It was based on various economic considerations. Currently, the Corona issue, like it or not, will lead to a less encouraging economy,” Director General of Electricity Rida Mulyana said in Jakarta, Wednesday (4/3). The postponement, he said, is […]

The operation of sea toll aims to reduce price disparities – both between regions and between islands – and cut high logistics costs, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said. “I’ve learned that shipping costs of logistics between regions are still high,” the President said in his introduction in a limited meeting on the Accelerated Sea Toll […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 28 February 2020 signed Presidential Instruction Number 2 of 2020 on the National Action Plan for Prevention and Eradication of Narcotic Abuse and Illegal Distribution of Narcotic and Narcotic Precursor (P4GN). The Instruction aims to strengthen efforts to prevent and eradicate narcotic abuse and illegal distribution of narcotic and narcotic […]

The Indonesian Government sets a target to boosting its oil lifting to 1 million barrel a day in 2030, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif has announced. “The Government has taken measures to increase oil production, among others, by maintaining level of production in the existing fields as well as by conducting a […]

The Government proposes the omnibus law to keep up with higher global economic pressure due to Corona virus and US-China trade war, according to Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung. “One of the key factors for economic growth is investment. To attract investment, our bureaucracy cannot be rigid and complex. Therefore, the Government proposes the omnibus law […]

The Government seeks to expand the “Sea Toll” Program to bring more benefit for the people, the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut B. Pandjaitan has said. “The Government will also provide more tax allowance and tax holiday for industries that are built in the eastern part of Indonesia to meet the needs […]

The Indonesian Government is to issue travel restrictions policy which will come into effect on Sunday 8 March 2020 at 00.00 Western Indonesian Time (GMT +7) and affirmed its commitment to monitor the report of development of coronavirus (Covid-19) from the World Health Organization (WHO). “Based on report from the WHO, there is a significant […]