President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that his statements delivered on many occasions are based on data from Government Ministries and Institutions. “My statements are based on data from Government Ministries. You may check (the data),” the President told journalists in Pandeglang, Banten, Monday (18/2).

The Government continues to ensure that educating communities in the village, especially the children, in disaster preparedness can go according to the plan. According to the President, Indonesia is prone to disasters due to the country’s geographic position in the Pacific ring of fire and no one knows when the disaster will come.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo urged the land certificates’ recipients to use the certificate wisely. “For example, do not sell or mortgage it for consumption expenditure. If you want to use it as collateral, please recalculate the amount of loan and the interest first,” the President said when distributing land certificates at Maulana Yudha Tigaraksa Field, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo called for immediate reconstruction and rehabilitation of houses affected by Tsunami in Pandeglang, Banten. Therefore, the President has instructed Head of National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) to address this matter as soon as possible.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo paid a working visit to Pandeglang, Banten Province to review disaster management at Panimbang Jaya 1 Elementary School and to attend Disaster Preparedness Team (Tagana) Briefing. The President arrived at the location at 9 a.m. and inspected the disaster management training received by the students. Afterwards, the President had a conversation […]

Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono has expressed the Government’s commitment to improve infrastructure and facilities in four tourism strategic areas (KSPN), namely Lake Toba, Borobudur Temple, Labuan Bajo, and Mandalika. Those four tourism strategic areas are part of the Twelve National Tourism Strategic Area (KSPN) known as “the New Bali”.

Coordinator of Special Staff to the President Teten Masduki said that President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo is not angry on Bukalapak CEO Achmad Zaky’s controversial tweet. “The President is not angry and accepts his (Zaky) apology,” Teten told reporters after accompanying President Jokowi in a meeting with Zaky at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Saturday (16/2). The […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo meets with CEO of Bukalapak Achmad Zaky at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Saturday (16/2). After the meeting, Zaky said that he apologized to the President for his tweet on Government research fund. He also praised the President who has personally invited him to the palace.

The Government encourages Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to enter online market, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “We want to encourage our MSMEs to enter online marketplace,” the President told the journalists after a meeting with CEO of Bukalapak Achmad Zaky at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Saturday (16/2).

State-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina has lowered the price of avtur (aviation fuel) starting Saturday (16/2) at 00.00 Western Indonesian Time. The high price of avtur has been blamed for the hike price of domestic flights recently.