President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has expressed his deepest condolences over the death of several people in a riot that erupted in the city of Wamena in the Indonesian eastern province of Papua. “33 people have died there,” President Jokowi told reporters at Bogor Presidential Palace in West Java, Monday (30/9).
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo stated that the security forces have been able to control the situation in the city of Wamena, the capital of Jayawijaya Regency in Papua, and urged the people not to leave the city. For the record, a deadly riot occured in Wamena which has killed more than 30 people while thousand […]
Minister of Education and Culture Muhadjir Effendy on 27 September 2019 issued Circular Number 9 of 2019 on Prevention of Student Involvement in Demonstrations with Potential Violence. The Circular is addressed to Regional leaders, including Governors, Regents/Mayors and Heads of education offices in Provinces and Regencies/Municipalities in Indonesia. “We must protect our students from various […]
A number of musicians are planning to organize a musical event called “Musik Untuk Republik (Music for Republic)” on 18-20 October 2019 at Cibubur Camping Ground. “The point is, we are all unite here, upholding the unity of Indonesia and its diversity. (Through this event) We would like to deliver message to the people of […]
The Government has announced it will provide state capital participation for state-owned construction company PT Hutama Karya to strengthen the company’s capital structure and business capacity. The state capital participation is also needed to assist the company’s task to accelerate toll road construction in the island of Sumatra.
Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda Indonesia has opened a new route from the city of Manado in Indonesia’s eastern province of North Sulawesi to Davao city in southern Philippines. The decision was made a follow-up on the Indonesia-Philippines Air Transport Agreement signed on 24 March 1972 and the MoU on Expansion of Air Linkages between Brunei […]
Commemorating the National Railway Day, the State Railway Company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) on Saturday, 28 September, 2019 in Bandung, West Java, officially launched the Special Train for its customers. The launching ceremony was attended by, among others, Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi. The Special Train is a Diesel Train (KRD) which consists […]
Final round of the Cabinet Secretary Futsal Cup was hold on Saturday (28/9) at the Bung Karno Stadium (GBK) Complex, Jakarta and attended by Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung. Laskar Samiroso (Human Resources Bureau and Bureaucratic Reform Bureau) won first place in the competition, defeating Best Keurencana FC (Financial Planning Bureau and General Bureau) with a […]
Coordinating Minister for the Economy Darmin Nasution – who is also Chairman of the Batam Free Trade Zone and Free Port Area (KPBPB) – on Friday (27/9) in Jakarta inaugurated incumbent Batam Mayor Muhammad Rudi as Head of the Batam Free Trade Zone and Free Trade Zone Management Agency (BP Batam). Deputy to BP Batam […]
Deputy for Geophysics of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Muhammad Sadly has denied the circulating news on the possibility of a major earthquake and tsunami that will hit in Ambon, Piru Bay, and Saparua. Citing a monitoring report of the BMKG, Sadly said that up to 27 September 2019 (10:00 Western Indonesian Time/WIB), […]
