As a part of the working visits in Bengkulu, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Friday (15/2) distributed waqf (religious endowment) land certificates to mosque administrators, funeral administrators, Muhammadiyah education facilities administrators, and schools with a total area of 29,672 meter square. The distribution ceremony took place at Baitul Izzah Mosque in Bengkulu City, Bengkulu.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo clarified three defamatory allegations against him after he remained silence for the past four years. “Let me clear the allegations,” the President said in the Opening of the 51st Muhammadiyah’s Tanwir (enlightenment) Meeting, at Balai Raya Semarak, Bengkulu Regional Government’s Building, on Friday (15/2).

The Indonesian Government in the last four and half years has been paying attention to infrastructure development to reduce gap with the neighboring countries, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “We are behind our neighboring countries (in terms of infrastructure development),” the President said in his remarks at the opening of the 51st Tanwir Conference […]

Indonesia ranks number 25 out of 131 countries globally in exploration and production (E&P) which refers to investment attractiveness to oil and gas exploration and production in 2018, according to Petroleum Economics and Policy Solutions’ (PEPS) report. The ranks also put Indonesia in the top list among ASEAN countries.

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi praised a Flag Carrier Garuda Indonesia Group for reducing airplane ticket prices for all routes by 20%. “I appreciate Garuda for lowering its tariff, in line with the agreement of INACA (Indonesia National Air Carriers Association) to provide an affordable (flight) price,” Budi said in Jakarta, Thursday (14/2).

Indonesian Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi targets Jakarta’s Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) to be operational in early March 2019. The MRT will operate from the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle MRT Station to the Lebak Bulus MRT Station.

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Puan Maharani on Thursday (14/2) met with Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen at Peace Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. During the meeting, Puan expressed gratitude for humanitarian assistance from the Cambodian Government for Tsunami victims in Central Sulawesi and for condolence message over Sunda Strait Tsunami disaster.

The newly-inaugurated East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa said she has prepared programs during her first 99 days in office. “(We will do) a response acceleration through a system called CETAR (stands for fast and responsive),” Khofifah said on Wednesday (13/2) after her inauguration as East Java Governor at the State Palace.

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Wednesday (13/2) at the State Palace inaugurated five new Indonesian ambassadors to friendly countries. This inauguration is held based on Presidential Decree Number 17/P of 2019 on the Appointment of Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia stipulated in Jakarta, 12 February 2019.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo received credentials from eleven Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Indonesia, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Wednesday (13/2). Accompanied by each country’s national anthem, the eleven Ambassadors in turn arrived at the courtyard of the Presidential Palace. Subsequently, they submitted the Letter of Credence to President Jokowi.