Following the announcement of the Constitutional Court regarding the final ruling on Presidential Election result dispute case, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on Indonesians to unite. . “Now that the presidential election has come to an end, let us unite again as brothers and sisters of the same country. Regardless of our ethnicities and […]

Minister of Communications and Informatics Rudiantara and Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Al-Swaha signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen digital economic cooperation, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday (4/7). “We are committed to making this collaboration not just an MoU, but an MoA, a Memorandum of Action,” Rudiantara said.

The Government has expressed commitment to support the construction of Tanjung Pulisan Tourism Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Likupang, North Minahasa, North Sulawesi province. “(We are) ready to support to set anything necessary,” President Jokowi told reporters while inspecting the special zone on Thursday (4/7).

The Government aims to develop tourism in North Sulawesi to boost economic growth in the region, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “The central government provides support in road development, coastal area development, and in expanding airport terminal to accommodate six million passengers, from the existing capacity of two million passengers,” President Jokowi said in […]

The Government aims to reduce stunting rate to below 20% in 2024 through several programs and actions. “The strategy is by promoting direct actions (nutrition-specific interventions) and indirect actions (nutrition-sensitive interventions),” said Deputy for Equity and Human Development of the Office of Vice President, Bambang Widianto during a technical meeting for the Acceleration of Stunting […]

In a bid to implement provisions on Export Revenues from Natural Resources Business Activities, the Government deems it necessary to issue a Regulation of Minister of Finance on Tariffs for Administrative Sanctions in the Forms of Fines for Violation of Provisions on Export Revenues from Natural Resources Business Activities. In this regard, Indonesian Minister of […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo accompanied by First Lady Ibu Iriana Joko Widodo on Thursday (4/7) paid a working visit to North Sulawesi. The President and his entourage departed at 07.30 a.m. Western Indonesian Time from Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base Jakarta to Sam Ratulangi Airport, North Sulawesi, using the Indonesian-1 Presidential Aircraft. The Presidential Secretariat’s […]

The Government has announced it will expand Sam Ratulangi international airport in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province. The expansion project is scheduled to begin in September and end in October. “We will expand the airport’s terminal as well as the runaway,” President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo told reporters during his working visit to the […]

Based on monitoring results of Rainless Day (HTH) as of 30 June 2019, several areas in Indonesia in Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara islands will suffer long to extreme drought in the upcoming months, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has predicted. Deputy of Climatology of the BMKG Herizal in a press release on […]

Indonesia’s bright economic outlook amidst dynamics of the global economy has resulted in the country’s favorable investment climate, Governor of central bank Bank Indonesia Perry Warjiyo has said. “To strengthen Indonesia’s macroeconomic stability and economic growth, including development of four potential investment sectors, BI continues to carry out a policy mix and synergizes with the […]