The 2020 State Budget Draft must be formulated to improve competitiveness in the face of a rapidly-changing global economy, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said. “We have to formulate the 2020 State Budget Draft to adapt to the dynamic global environment to ensure healthy (economy), maintain responsiveness, strengthen competitiveness, and boost economic growth,” the President […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday (15/7) sent a letter to Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) recommending amnesty for Baiq Nuril. Nuril – a non-tenured female teacher at SMAN 7 Mataram senior high school in West Nusa Tenggara – was sentenced to six months in prison and Rp500 million in fines for recording […]

As many as 963 villages, 556 sub-districts, and 79 districts are affected by this year’s long drought, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has reported. “Regions affected by the drought are the islands of Java and Bali, West Nusa Tenggara province, and East Nusa Tenggara province,” said BNPB Doni Monardo on Monday (15/7).

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered his Cabinet, heads of institutions, and governors to take immediate measures to mitigate long drought that is gripping several regions across the archipelago. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has previously reported that that this year will see a drier dry season that will culminate between August and […]

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 […]