After inaugurating Gondang Dam in Kerjo Subdistrict, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday (2/5) asserted that the Government will immediately build Jlantah Dam in the same area, and other dams on different locations. “We will continue building the dams. In the past five years, the construction of 49 dams has been […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday (2/5) has called on the public to wait for the official results from the General Elections Commission (KPU) as the sole institution with authority to recapitulate votes although the results of quick-counts of simultaneous elections had been released. “Just waiting for the official announcement of the real count from […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Thursday (2/5) inaugurated the Gondang Dam located in Karanganyar Regency, Central Java. The dam will irrigate approximately 4,680 hectares of rice fields, both in Karanganyar Regency and Sragen Regency.

Workers and employers should have equal and non-hierarchical relationship, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung has said. “A mutually beneficial relation between the workers and the employers will result in a good partnership,” Pramono Anung said during an interview at his office several days ago.

A day before May Day, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo visited PT KMK Global Sports shoe factory in Tangerang, Banten. On that occasion, President Jokowi had lunch with the company workers. “Yes, we had lunch (with the workers). (The menu) were tempeh, eggs, and vegetables. I think (the food) is nutritious,” President Jokowi told the journalists […]

Minister of Industry Airlangga Hartarto stated that Indonesia will become one of the world’s Muslim fashion centers. The statement refers to the State Global Islamic Economy report that put Indonesia as the runner up of the world’s best Muslim fashion after the United Arab Emirates.

The Government through the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) will distribute financial compensation and award certificates to the 2019 election officers who passed away or sustained injuries while on duty based on an official letter by Minister of Finance Number S-317 / MK / 02/2019. “The compensation budget request has been approved by Ministry of Finance […]

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi on Tuesday (30/4) reminded the public that Regulation of Minister of Transportation Number 12 of 2019 on the Safety and Protection of Users of Motorcycles Used for Public Interest, and Decision of Minister of Transportation Number 348 of 2019 on procedure for the determination of online-based motorcycle taxi fares […]

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reminded the public to stay alert to the possibility of heavy rains until early May 2019 due to MJO (Madden Julian Oscillation) activity in eastern Indonesia. “This causes several cyclonic circulations in the waters of Sulawesi Sea, northern part of East Java Sea and the Arafura Sea, and […]

There are three candidates that will be chosen as the new capital city and those three candidates can be in Sumatra, Sulawesi, or in Kalimantan, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has said. “We have (more than) 17,000 islands but 57 percent of the populations are concentrated in Java. As a result, the carrying capacity including water, […]