Kulon Progo Regent of Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY) Hasto Wardoyo is expected to fill the position of Head of the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) that has been vacant for months. “He holds a Doctoral Degree and has great communication skills, meaning that he can educate the public particularly on family planning program,” […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Monday (13/5) is slated to inaugurate the operation of Section 1 until Section 3 of Pandaan-Malang toll road in East Java. “We hope that the construction of Pandaan-Malang toll road as a whole can be completed faster. Starting tomorrow, we will operate sections 1 to 3 of the toll road […]

Governor of East Java Khofifah Indar Parawansa expressed hope that the newly-inaugurated section 1, 2, and 3 of Pandaan- Malang toll road will ease traffic ahead of this year’s Eid Day. She also thanked President Joko “Jokowi” Jokowi for inaugurating the sections, which have been scheduled to be operated during this year’s mudik (annual exodus […]

In response to a death threat from a rally participant, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo stated he was not disturbed by the threat. According to the President, he has handed over the case to the police.

Fuel supplies to meet demands from travellers of this year’s mudik (an annual exodus ahead of Eid Day) season along the Trans Java toll road are safe, according to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ignasius Jonan. However, Jonan urged the travelers who travel with private four-wheel vehicles to have their vehicles refueled before entering […]

In a bid to provide convenience ahead of this year’s mudik (an annual exodus ahead of Eid al Fitr), the Government starts to operate toll roads connecting Bakauheni in Lampung and Palembang in South Sumatra. Previously, President Jokowi has already inaugurated the opening of the Bakauheni-Terbanggi Besar toll road last March. “Toll roads connecting Terbanggi […]

In a bid to anticipate traffic density ahead of the 2019 Eid al-Fitr, Ministry of Transportation will impose an odd-even license plate policy on vehicles crossing from Merak in Cilegon, Banten to Bakauheni in Lampung on a ferry. In a Circular Number AP.201/1/3/DRJD/2019 which was signed by the Ministry’s Director General for Sea Transportation Budi […]

Hajj and Umrah pilgrims from eastern part of West Java will depart from Kertajati Airport, Majalengka, West Java, this year. “We hope that (the decision) would reduce the (airport) activities at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport,” Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi said after a Coordination Meeting on Hajj and Umrah which included Coordinating Ministry for Maritime […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Friday (10/5) attended Iftar dinner at the official residence of Speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) in Jakarta. On the occasion, President Jokowi was sitting together with other guests, including Vice President Jusuf Kalla, Speaker of the MPR Zulkifli Hasan, Chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR) Bambang Soesatyo, […]

The Indonesian Government has called for an immediate cessation of the construction of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. “The continuing expansion of illegal settlements by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories is unacceptable,” Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi said on Thursday (9/5).