President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo promises to raise remuneration of civil servants working for Ministry of Agrarian and Spatial Planning (ATR)/ National Land Agency (BPN) as a token of the Government’s appreciation, even though he has not received the proposal yet. The statement was made by the President to respond to the report of Minister of […]

Ministry of Communication and Informatics has identified 175 hoaxes circulated in the internet and social media in January 2019. The highest number of hoax content was found on 22 January 2019 with 11 content. Acting Head of Public Relations Bureau of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, Ferdinandus Setu, in his press release on Tuesday […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (6/2) received members of the Indonesian Sugarcane Farmers Association (APTRI) at the State Palace, Jakarta. On that occasion, the sugarcane farmers asked the President to raise sugar purchase price from the farmers to Rp10,500 per kilogram from the current price at Rp9,700 per kilogram.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed his appreciation for the Islamic Student Association (HMI)’s role which has produced numerous young intellectuals, while keep upholding Islamic teachings and Indonesian values. “These are positive aspects of the HMI cadres that I have long-admired ,” said the President when attending the 72nd anniversary of the HMI and Syukuran (a […]

Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna H. Laoly signed a Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the Swiss Confederation at Bernerhof Bern, on Monday (4/2). The Indonesia-Swiss Confederation MLA agreement is the 10th MLA agreement signed by the Government of Indonesia (after the MLA agreement with the ASEAN, Australia, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo sent a Chinese Lunar New Year 2570 greeting to those celebrating it on the President’s official Instagram account @jokowi. “May the new year bring us a strong brotherhood and an abundance of joy, love, and peace,” President Jokowi said.

The Indonesian Government appreciates measure taken by Head of the Personnel Supervisor Officer (PPK) for dishonorably discharging state civil apparatus (ASN) and civil servants (PNS) implicated in corruption, according to Head of the National Civil Service Agency (BKN) Bima Aria Wibisana said at a press conference in Surabaya, East Java, Thursday (31/1). Bima admitted that […]

Ministry of Religious Affairs on behalf of the Government and the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission VIII have agreed on the Hajj Pilgrimage Cost (BPIH) for 1440 Hijr calender or 2019, which is set at Rp35,235,602. The agreement on BPIH was signed by Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin and the Speakers of Commission […]

The Government ensures that it will immediately raise salaries for village facilitators (PLD) in 2019, according to Minister of Village, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Eko Putro Sandjojo. “The increase is made at the request of President Joko Widodo who considered that the village facilitator’s salaries are too low,” the Minister said during dissemination […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will summon Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms to determine the status of Non-Tenured Farmer Facilitators (THL TBPP) who have worked for about 13 years. “I think the experience (of the facilitators) is very important to assist farmers in order to improve our agricultural productivity,” President Jokowi told the […]