Inequality level in terms of expenditure among Indonesians as measured by Gini Ratio in March 2019 was recorded at 0.382, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has reported. “This figure decreased by 0.002 points compared to Gini Ratio in September 2018 recorded at 0.384, and decreased by 0.007 points compared to that in March 2018 recorded […]

The Government is set to inaugurate three new dams and begin the construction of nine new dams this year. “In 2019, as many as nine new dams (constructions) will be auctioned to meet the Government’s target,” Director General of Water Resources of Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing Hari Suprayogi said in Jakarta.

Home Affairs Ministry has appointed Riau Deputy Governor Isdianto as acting governor of Riau Islands province, replacing Nurdin Basirun, who has been named as suspect in a bribery case. The Ministry’s Secretary General Hadi Prabowo on Saturday (13/7) handed over letter of appointment to Hadi. The appointment is based on a decree number 121.21/6344/Sekjen dated […]

Through its agrarian reforms and social forestry program, the Government provides land, access to capital, markets, and skills needed to be managed by cooperatives, Coordinating Minister for the Economy Darmin Nasution has said. In addition, cooperatives can be granted ownership rights to land or 35-year management permits for forest areas, he added.

The Government continues to collect the remaining debt of oil and gas company PT Lapindo Brantas Inc (LBI)/Minarak Lapindo Jaya (MLJ) since the debt has exceeded its due date. “The total outstanding of LBI/MLJ are Rp1,763,724,747,342.44 (including debt interest and penalties),” Ministry of Finance’s Director General of State Assets Isa Rachmatarwata  said in Jakarta, Friday […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has finally met with his challenger in the 2019 Presidential Election Prabowo Subianto for the first time since the election. “The meeting with Bapak Prabowo Subianto this morning is a meeting with a best friend,” President Jokowi said at Senayan MRT Station on Saturday (13/07), after riding MRT with Prabowo from […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his challenger in the 2019 Presidential Election Prabowo Subianto will continue to maintain communication and visit each other, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung has said. “There will be more meetings between them with no special terms,” Pramono said in Jakarta, Saturday (13/7).

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his contender Prabowo Subianto on Saturday (13/7) shook hands and hugged each other warmly in a widely anticipated meeting. They met at Jakarta MRT Station in South Jakarta on Saturday (13/7) before riding MRT line.

Student orientation program is expected to strengthen characters of new students in preventing spread of harmful ideologies against Pancasila and the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia, Minister of Education and Culture Muhajir Effendy has said. The program is usually held on the first day of school and this year sees first day of […]

Products of Indonesian micro small and medium enterprises (MSME) still have great market potential, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. Nevertheless, the President reminded MSMEs players to avoid mass market in their competition and to enter the niche market such as market for handicraft products because Indonesian products will lose the competition with products from […]