President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo called on the people who want to use their land certificates as bank loan collateral to carefully calculate the installments. The President made the statement in his remarks during the distribution of land certificates to Bekasi residents at Jababeka Convention Center, North Cikarang district, Bekasi, West Java, Friday (25/1).

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that he discussed many things with Prof. Dr. K.H. Quraish Shihab, mainly about moderate Islam. “We discussed moderate Islam, wasatiyyat Islam,” President Jokowi told the journalists after visiting Prof. Dr. K.H. Quraish Shihab at the Bayt Alquran Islamic Boarding School, Pondok Cabe Udik, South Tangerang, Banten, Friday (25/1).

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo handed over 204 waqf land certificates for mosques, musallas, educational institutions, and Islamic boarding schools to 12 representatives of management or users of waqf land at the Al-Barkah Mosque, Bekasi, Friday (25/1). In his remarks, President Jokowi said that he has instructed Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning/Head of the National […]

As part of the working visit in Banten, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Friday (25/1) at the Army Aviation Center distributed 40,172 land certificates to residents in South Tangerang City, Banten province. In his remarks, President Jokowi said that the certificate is needed as a proof of legal rights to land ownership yet there are […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo accompanied by First Lady Ibu Iriana Joko Widodo on Friday (25/1) visited Bayt Alquran Islamic Boarding School, in Pondok Cabe Udik, South Tangerang City, Banten. President Jokowi was welcomed by the school’s leader Prof. Dr. K.H. Quraish Shihab. Both the President and the cleric had a friendly talk afterwards.

Religion is needed as the basic foundation of the country amidst the increasingly complex life, according to Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin. Lukman added that his Ministry had just finished a national working meeting attended by 72 rectors of religious colleges across the country and civil servants of Ministry of Religious Affairs.

The Government has set a target to implement free electricity connections program for underprivileged people throughout the country. For West Java Province itself, the target is to install 280 thousand free electricity connections; with 100 thousand connections have been installed. “The Government will continue to provide free electricity connections for underprivileged people in all provinces, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 17 January, 2019 signed Presidential Instruction Number 1 of 2019 on Acceleration of Development of Eleven Integrated Cross-Border Post (PLBN) and Supporting Infrastructure Facilities in Border Area (link: Presidential Instruction Number 1 of 2019). The Presidential Instruction is addressed to: 1. Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs; 2. […]

The Government through Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing continues to conduct reconstruction of public facilities and houses damaged by disasters in the provinces of West Nusa Tenggara, Central Sulawesi, Banten and Lampung. The reconstruction process is carried out by considering specific conditions of each region under the principle of “build back better”. Minister […]

Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo said that the Government still imposes a moratorium on regional expansion; thus, the Government has not been able to fulfill the request of the 314 regions proposing to become New Autonomous Regions (DOB). “The moratorium aims to rule regional expansion,” Tjahjo told reporters in Jakarta on Thursday (24/1).