President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday (3/2) inspected rehabilitation of landslide-affected areas in Harkat Village, Sukajaya Subdistrict, Bogor Regency, West Java. The rehabilitation including construction of gabion wall as sediment barriers was conducted by Ministry of Environment and Forestry.
Minister of Communication and Informatics Johnny G. Plate stated that as of Monday, 3 February 2020, as many as 54 hoaxes about Novel Coronavirus were found on social media and instant messaging platform. “The monitoring results of the AIS Team of Ministry of Communication and Informatics showed that 54 hoaxes related to Novel Coronavirus have […]
In a bid to improve environmental protection, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo stated the importance of vetiver grass planting. “So, this vetiver we planted, the function is to prevent its surrounding land to become critical. This is due to the roots which can reach up to 3-4 meters in length,” the President stated during the Simultaneous […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo sent his deepest condolences for the passing of Salahuddin “Gus Sholah” Wahid. ”On behalf of the Government and all Indonesian people, I extend my deepest condolences over the passing of Kyai Salahuddin Wahid this evening at 8:55 p.m. at Harapan Kita Hospital,” President Jokowi said at the deceased’s residence, Jakarta, Monday […]
Salahuddin Wahid (better known as Gus Sholah)—a prominent Muslim scholar from Nahdlatul Ulama—passed away at age 77 on Sunday (2/2) evening. “Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun (We belong to God and to God we shall return). I just received the news that Kyai Salahuddin Wahid has passed away,” President Jokowi stated in his Twitter account, […]
The Government, through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, seeks to intensify “coal to Dimethyl Ether (DME)” project in a bid to increase the added value of coal and reduce Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) imports. The DME project is also included in a top priority programs for mineral and coal investment in the […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi has said that Indonesian citizens in several cities in Province of Hubei, China had headed for Wuhan City. “In total, our citizens are spread across five cities,” Retno said before the Evacuation Team at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Saturday (1/2).
In a bid to improve transportation connectivity in the country, the Government set to continue the development of Raja Haji Abdullah Airport and Malarko Port on Tanjung Balai Karimun, Riau Islands. “I am instructed by the President to continue transportation infrastructure development in those frontier, outermost and least developed regions often referred to as 3T […]
Indonesia is temporarily suspend flights to and from mainland China starting Wednesday (5/2) at 12 p.m. local Indonesia time, Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi has announced. “All foreigners arriving from mainland China and have been there for 14 days are temporarily not permitted to enter and transit in Indonesia,” the Minister said during […]
As many as 243 Indonesians who are evacuated from Wuhan in China’s Hubei Province, has landed safely in Natuna Island. “They will be under quarantine for 14 days. Other than them, members of the evacuation team will also be quarantined,” Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi said to reporters on Sunday (2/2).
