In a bid to accelerate the simplification of bureaucracy and encourage leaders of government agencies to carry out strategic and concrete steps, Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms Tjahjo Kumolo on 13 November 2019 signed Circular Number 393 of 2019 on Strategic and Concrete Steps for Bureaucracy Simplification. The Circular addresses nine strategic […]
The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has announced it will introduce their new pick-up service for prospective investors starting 1 January next year. The BKPM team will pick up the investors at the airport and take them directly to the investment locations.
The Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center (PVMBG) has reported an eruption at Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta province on Sunday (17/11) at 10:46 Western Indonesian Time (WIB). The eruption was recorded on a seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 70 mm and lasted for 155 seconds which created 1,000 meters of eruption column.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Friday welcomed the birth of his third grandchild. “I would like to announce the birth of my third grandchild named La Lembah Manah on Friday, 15 November 2019 at PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital Surakarta,” President Jokowi wrote on his twitter account @jokowi.
As many as nineteen buildings suffered from minor damage in the 7.1-magnitude quake that hit the eastern province of North Maluku on Thursday (14/11) at around 23:17 Central Indonesian Time (WITA), the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has reported. “Based on the last report I received, alhamdulillah no casualty was reported although two people were […]
As part of his working visit to Lampung Province, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Friday (15/11) inaugurated Terbanggi Besar – Pematang Panggang – Kayu Agung Trans Sumatra Toll Road spanning 189 km long. The inauguration ceremony took place at Simpang Pematang Toll Gate km 240 point in Mulya Agung Village, Simpang Pematang District, Mesuji Regency, […]
During an impromptu visit to Abdul Moeloek Hospital in Lampung province on Friday (15/11), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo found that the number of participants of insurance program held by the Social Security Provider for Health (BPJS Kesehatan) who pay their own premium is bigger than the number of participants whose premiums are fully subsidized by […]
Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto welcomed Indonesia’s achievement on a trade balance surplus of US$161.3 million in October this year. “This achievement indicates that various programs implemented by the Government are going in the right direction,” Airlangga stated at his office, Jakarta, Friday (15/11). The statement was made in response to data released […]
As part of his working visit to Lampung Province, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Friday (15/11) inaugurated the Terbanggi Besar – Pematang Panggang – Kayu Agung Trans Sumatra Toll Road at Simpang Pematang Toll Gate KM 240, Mulya Agung Village, Simpang Pematang District, Mesuji Regency, Lampung Province. The newly inaugurated toll road spans across 189 […]
The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has reported that Indonesia’s export value stood at US$14.93 billion in October 2019, increasing by 5.92 percent compared to that in September 2019 at US$14.09 billion. Meanwhile, Indonesia’s import is at US$14.77 billion in October, rising by 3.75 percent compared to that in September 2019.
