Minister of Manpower Hanif Dhakiri on Friday (2/11) at Bogor Presidential Palace said that there are 26 provinces that have submitted reports on Provincial Minimum Wages (Upah Minimum Provinsi–UMP), while other 8 provinces have announced the UMP amount but have not submitted the reports yet.

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati said, according to the Law approved by the Government and the House of Representative (DPR RI), funds are to be allocated to urban villages or usually called Urban Village Funds amounting to 3 trillion rupiah in 2019. “The distribution process to urban villages will be through General Purpose Grant […]

On Friday (2/11), Secretary to Minister of State Secretary Setya Utama opened a series of activities to commemorate the 47th Anniversary of KORPRI (Indonesian Civil Servants Corp) at the Ministry of State Secretariat and Cabinet Secretariat. “By saying Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, I oficially open the commemoration of the 47th Anniversary of KORPRI at the Institution of the […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inaugurated the opening of The Telkom Hub area at Gatot Subroto road, Jakarta, on Thursday (11/1). In a bid to make Indonesia a supportive country for innovation, President Jokowi, in his opening remarks, welcomed the development and revamp of the Telkom  Group (state-owned telecommunications company) office area, which is named The […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that the fourth industrial revolution, popularly known as Industry 4.0, particularly the development of information technology has brought new challenges in our social morality and the world as well. The President cited an example of the phenomenon of the emergence of non-editorial media, which made every citizen able to become […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo received Minister of Economy and Energy of the Federal Republic of Germany Peter Altmaier, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Thursday (1/11) to discuss advantages of both nations’ industries. In the meeting, Minister Altmaier acknowledged that his nation is very strong in the industrial internet or Business to Business (B to B) […]

The House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (DPR RI) has approved the 2019 State Budget Bill (RUU APBN) to become the 2019 State Budget at a plenary meeting in Jakarta on Wednesday (31/10). The plenary meeting agreed on several basic macroeconomic assumptions for the 2019 State Budget, namely: 5.3% economic growth; 3.5% inflation; […]

The search team coordinated by the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) has located and retrieved one of the black boxes from Lion Air flight JT610 that crashed into the Java Sea near Karawang, Bekasi, West Java, on Thursday (1/11). “Alhamdulillah,one of the black boxes has been located; below is the footage of the process […]

To support the ongoing investigation process by the National Transportation Safety Commission (KNKT), Ministry of Transportation has ordered the removal of Lion Air’s technical director. “Today, we will replace Lion Air technical director, as well as the technicians who greenlighted the flight,” Budi told reporters in Jakarta on Wednesday (31/10). As for the sanctions to […]

The ongoing infrastructure development carried out by the Government is a big job to take Indonesia to the advanced, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo firmly said. The infrastructure development won’t have instant impact, President Jokowi said at the opening of the 2018 Indonesia Construction Exhibition and Indonesia Infrastructure Week 2018, and the Acceleration of Construction Manpower […]