President Joko Jokowi Widodo on 14 May 2019 signed Presidential Regulation Number 31 of 2019 on the Distribution of Medical Specialist to achieve equitable distribution of Medical Specialist across Indonesia (link: Presidential Regulation Number 31 Of 2019). The Regulation stipulates that the Minister (who has responsibility on Government affairs in the health sector) must decide policies […]
The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has given unqualified opinion (WTP) to the 2018 Central Government Financial Report (LKPP) for the third consecutive year. That means the Governments accountability in managing the 2018 State Budget based on its financial report has complied with the government accounting standards, President Joko Jokowi Widodo said during a Submission of […]
The Ministry of Religious Affairs through Directorate General for Islamic Guidance will hold an Isbat (confirmation) deliberation to decide Eid al-Fitr or 1 Shawwal 1440H, on Monday (3/6), at the H.M. Rasjidi Auditorium of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Jalan MH. Thamrin No. 6, Jakarta. Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin is scheduled to […]
Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform Syafruddin instructed Personnel Supervisor Officer of Central and Regional Government Institutions to monitor the attendance of the State Civil Apparatus (ASN ) on Monday, 10 June 2019, following the issuance of Presidential Decree Number 13 of 2019 on Collective Leave of Civil Servants of 2019. According to […]
Head of Presidential Secretariat Heru Budi Hartono on behalf of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo visited a number of Indonesian police officers who are being treated at Kramat Jati Police Hospital following the post-election riot on 22 May. “Since we received the news that some police officers are wounded, the President immediately instructed me as Head […]
Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto has said that the Jakarta riot occurred on 22 May 2019 was planned to delegitimize election organizers, delegitimize the Government, disqualify the election winner and assassinate high-ranking officials. Wiranto added that the security forces have succeeded in preventing planned terrorist attacks during the riot and in […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday (28/5) received Syamsuri Firdaus, a qari (Quran reciter) from Bima Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province who won first place in Quran recital at the 7th International Quran Recital Competition (MTQ) on 20-25 May in Istanbul, Turkey. During the meeting at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, the President was enthusiastically hearing […]
The volume of plastic waste has significantly increased from 11% in 2005 to 15% in 2015, according to Director General of Waste, Toxic, and Hazardous Waste Management from Ministry of the Environment and Forestry Rosa Vivien Ratnawati. The waste mostly comes from food and beverage packaging, consumer goods packaging, shopping plastic bags, and other packaging […]
There is a mastermind behind the recent post-election rally on 22 May that ended in chaos, according to Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto. The Minister made the statement during a press conference in Jakarta on Tuesday (28/5) and asserted that there is mass mobilization to stage a rally in front […]
The Indonesian Government and Japanese Oil Company Inpex have reached an around-USD20-billion-agreement in the development of the giant gas field of Masela Block in the Arafuru Sea, Maluku. “Both parties have achieved a win-win solution through a revenue-sharing scheme, where the Government would receive at least 50%,” Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ignasius Jonan […]
