Residents in Sebesi Island affected by the Sunda Strait tsunami have asked to be resettled to higher grounds, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said. “I talked with residents in Sebesi Island. They said they want to be relocated to higher ground as they are afraid to live near the shoreline,” the President told reporters after meeting […]

The Indonesian Government is about to launch disaster education program for students and community members in order to increase public awareness on disaster mitigation. “Disaster education will start in January at schools and at communities,” President Jokowi said on Wednesday (2/1) during inspecting a tsunami-hit Way Muli Village, Rajabasa District, South Lampung.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has instructed his Government to ‘do their best’ in carrying out post-disaster relief following the Sunda Strait tsunami. “I already told South Lampung Regent, Lampung Governor, Minister of Public Works and Public Housing, and National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) to immediately carry out post-disaster relief once the evacuation is completed,” the […]

During his working visit in Lampung Province on Wednesday (2/1), President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo visited patients affected by the Sunda Strait tsunami who were being treated at the dr. H. Bob Bazar Regional General Hospital in Kalianda District, South Lampung Regency.

In a bid to support the availability of infrastructure financing to speed up infrastructure development on public works and public housing field, the Government deems it necessary to strengthen and revitalize organizational structure of Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing. With this consideration, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 20 December 2018 signed Presidential Regulation […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Wednesday (2/1) visited several locations in Lampung province affected by the Sunda Strait tsunami, which hit the southern part of the province on 22 December 2018. The President also visited affected residents at the evacuation centers.

Assistant Deputy for Integrity Development and Discipline Enforcement of the State Apparatus of Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB) Bambang Dayanto, in Jakarta, Friday (28/12) conveyed that the Government, through the Personnel Supervisor Officer (PPK) and the Authorized Officer (PyB) finally imposed a Dishonorable Discharge (PTDH) sanction to 480 civil servants involved […]

Amidst turmoil in the current global economic condition, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati expressed gratitude for closing 2018 with a very good performance. “State revenues reached 100 percent, state expenditures reach 97 percent and the Primary Balance Deficit is now below 2 percent since 2012,” Sri Mulyani said at a video conference event with […]

Indonesian people must remain optimistic in 2019, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said on the 2019 New Year’s Eve at Bogor Presidential Palace, Monday (31/12). “There is no special celebration in welcoming 2019. The most important thing for next year is to remain optimistic,” President Jokowi said.

At least two people were killed and 41 people were missing after a landslide struck Sirnaresmi Village in Sukabumi, West Java, on Monday (31/12) at 17.00 Western Indonesia Time. Head of Center for Data Information and Public Relations of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said that as of Tuesday (1/1) at […]