In a bid to boost investment, ease business licensing and simplify regulations on investment, the Government has announced plans to draft an omnibus law that will amend several laws seen as slowing the issuance of business licenses, Coordinating Minister for the Economy Darmin Nasution has said. The draft is expected to be completed next month, […]
As many as 991 civil servants – locally known as ASN – have been found to have violated the principle of neutrality during elections this year, the National Civil Servant Agency (BKN) has reported. The agency stated that from the period of January 2018 to June 2019, 299 civil servants were given sanctions, with 179 […]
In the midst of global economic slowdown, many countries are slipping into recession, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has said. President Jokowi also said that the Government must race against time to simplify the regulations that hamper investment. “Today, we need to make progress; please do not talk about similar issues that we have discussed in […]
President Joko ”Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (25/9) at the State Palace, Jakarta inaugurated Dedy Ermansyah as Deputy Governor of Bengkulu for the remaining term of 2016-2021. After the inauguration, the newly-appointed Deputy Governor stated that he will support and strive for the success of programs initiated by Governor of Bengkulu, Rohidin Mersyah.
In a bid to protect farmers’ income, the Government has decided to postpone levy on Crude Palm Oil (CPO) and its derivative products. “The President has instructed to postpone the levy because it seems that the price (of CPO) will go down. New levy will be imposed if there is certainty that price will increase,” […]
The Government of Indonesia and the Government of Japan on Tuesday (24/9) signed a Summary Record on the Java North Line Upgrading Project to follow up Jakarta-Surabaya semi high-speed railway project in Indonesian capital Jakarta. The Summary Record – which was signed by Minister of Economic Affairs Embassy of Japan Tadayuki Miyashita and Ministry of […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has pledged to accommodate aspirations of farmers regarding the issues of agrarian reforms, land redistribution, social forestry and transmigration communities. The President made the statement during a meeting with eight representatives of farmers on Tuesday (24/9) at the Merdeka Palace following a rally staged by them in front of the Palace. […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 6 September, 2019 signed Government Regulation (PP) Number 50 of 2019 on Implementation of Children Protection Coordination to implement the provisions of Article 73A paragraph (3) of Law Number 35 of 2014 on Amendments to Law Number 23 of 2002 on Children Protection. The Regulation states that the Implementation of […]
The Government is extremely concerned about policies carried out in Papua and call for holistic and humanistic approaches to resolve problems in the province. The statement was made by Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko when he along with Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo received representatives of Papua and West Papua’s Regional House of Representatives […]
Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo on Monday (23/9) has said that out of 328,724 hectares of land and forest fires in 2019, 99 percent are caused by humans. “80 percent of the scorched land eventually converted into plantations,” Doni said in his remarks at Coordination Meeting on the handling of […]
