President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo once again called on people to maintain solidarity and harmony amidst Indonesia’s diversity. Indonesia’s identity, the President added, is its diversity in culture, custom, religion, and language. “Let us maintain our unity, ukhuwah (brotherhood), and harmony among different ethnicities, religions, customs, and traditions. Once again, it is the God’s destiny for […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday (18/12) is going to inaugurate the Indonesian Islamic Museum, located close to Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School, Jombang Regency, East Java. Caretaker of Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School, KH. Salahudin Wahid, explained that the construction of the museum was funded by the State Budget amounting to Rp 30 billion, through Ministry […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is slated to pay a working visit to Jombang Regency, East Java province, on Tuesday (18/12) to launch a micro waqf bank, as well as to meet a number of Islamic scholars in the region, according to Deputy of Protocol, Press and Media of the Presidential Secretariat Bey Machmudin. Once landed […]

The Indonesian Government has decided to maintain excise duty on tobacco products (HT), including cigarettes. The provision is stipulated in Regulation of Minister of Finance Number 156/PMK.010/2018 On Amendments to Regulation of Minister of Finance Number 146/PMK.010/2017 On Tobacco Products Excise Rate.

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) warned against possibility of extreme weather, particularly in the period of 20-22 December 2018, while the slight decrease of rainfall is forecast during the Christmas holiday period (23-25 December 2018). Head of the BMKG Dwikorita Karnawati stated that heavy rain is forecast to occur in several regions from […]

Minister of Home Affairs has ordered regional governments to check damaged or invalid electronic identity card e-KTP from the period of 2011 to 2013 in the villages, sub-districts and regencies/cities. This order is stipulated in the provision number 470.13/11176/SJ on arrangement of damaged or invalid e-KTPs.

In his working visit to Jambi Province, Sunday (16/12), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo handed over 6,000 certificates of land rights to the public in the courtyard of the Jambi Governor’s office. In his report, Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning/Head of National Land Agency (BPN) Sofyan Djalil said that the prepared certificates were for 91,246 […]

President “Joko” Widodo’s success to overcome haze disaster from forest and land fires in Riau Province after making several efforts since 3 years ago is one of the reasons for bestowing the President a traditional honorary title ‘Datuk Sri Setia Amanah Negara’ from the Riau Malay Customary Institution. The President, during the Riau Community Cultural […]

After detecting a potential cyclone which has been developing since 12 December 2018 on the Indian Ocean, Tropical Cyclone Warning Center (TCWC) Jakarta informed that it has finally become a tropical cyclone on Saturday (15/12) about 1,400 km of Bengkulu, southwest of Sumatra. “The tropical cyclone named ‘Kenanga’ was formed in the TCWC Jakarta’s Area […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Sunday (16/12) at Pinus Kenali Forest Park, Jambi province, handed over 92 Social Forestry Decrees (SK) of 91,997.54 hectares of land to the residents. “The 91,000 more hectares of land are handed over to around 8,100 families, meaning that every family gets approximately 10 hectares,” the President said.