President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo instructed his cabinet ministers to focus on increasing added value of sea toll program for regional economy. “I noted that sea transportation only accounts for 0.3% of our overall GDP,” President Jokowi stated at a limited meeting on the Acceleration of Sea Toll Program at the Presidential Office, Jakarta, Thursday (5/3). […]

Indonesian Government has added 37 more hospitals to handle cases of COVID-19 virus, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy has said. According to Muhadjir, there were 100 appointed hospitals before the addition. The total number of hospitals has increased to 137, he said, adding that some private-owned hospitals have offered their services […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo calls for accelerated poverty alleviation to be carried out in a consolidated and integrated manner. “We know that based on Central Statistics Agency (BPS) data, we have managed to reduce poverty rate from 11.22% in 2015 to 9.22% in September 2019. This below 10 percent figure is great achievement, but our […]

Secretary of the Directorate General for Disease Control and Prevention of Ministry of Health, who is also a newly-appointed spokesperson for coronavirus-related matters, Achmad Yurianto said that Covid-19 virus needs living cell to survive, as parasite needs living plant to survive. “Parasite can survive if the tree survives. Once the tree is dead, the parasite […]

The 2020 Working Meeting of Ministry of Trade is set to focus on procedure relaxation and acceleration in order to ease the licensing process in trade sector, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “We will discuss business licensing procedures. Convoluted and burdensome procedures should be trimmed,” President Jokowi said in his remarks at the 2020 […]

Global economy faces a more serious challenge since trade war shows no signs of abating and the outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19) is also affecting the economy, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “Trade war has not been resolved, yet corona virus outbreak worsens the global economy and politics,” President Jokowi said in his directives at […]

Democracy often solves various problems in the country, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung has said. “Problems related to ethnicity, religion, and other sensitive issues are the things that make our democracy more mature,” Pramono said in Jakarta, Wednesday (4/3).

The Government will review cashless social assistance program and update data on low-income family, Minister of Social Affairs Juliari P. Batubara has said. There are three major Indonesia’s welfare programs in the form of cashless card, namely Family Hope Program (PKH), Non-Cash Food Assistance (BPNT) or Nine Staple Foods Program, and Smart Indonesia Program (PIP).

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide support to Indonesia as Indonesia is a shareholder country that also has a large contribution to the ADB, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said. “The ADB is committed to continuing to help Indonesia in education sector, accelerated investment, and sustainability,” the Coordinating Minister answers reporters’ questions, […]

The Government will use the best efforts to handle the coronavirus cases and prevent the outbreak, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said. “Yesterday I have stated that that there were two patients who had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, which we now refer to as Case 1 and Case 2. The Government has also tracked […]