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 […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 16 October 2018 signed Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 96 of 2018 on Requirements and Procedures for Population Registration and Civil Registration (link: Perpres Nomor 96 Tahun 2018). According to the Regulation, the population registration service consists of: a. recording population data; b. issuance of Family Card; c. issuance of KTP-el […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo strongly protested Saudi Arabia for carrying out execution of an Indonesian Migrant Worker (TKI) Tuti Tursilawati on Monday (29/10), without prior notice to the Indonesian Government and officials. “The Government has also called Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs and protested the execution,” President Jokowi told reporters at the opening of […]

The prevalence of blindness among Indonesian children today reaches 4 percent, or equals 1.4 million people. As a whole, prevalence of blindness and vision impairment in the country especially the one caused by cataract, glaucoma, and other causes also remain high.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday (30/10) conducted a blusukan (impromptu visit) to Bogor Traditional Market in the neighboring city of Bogor to check the commodities prices and ensure their stability. “Given that this year’s inflation is below 3.5 percent, it means prices of commodities are stable. I want to check it myself,” the President […]

In the wake of the Lion Air JT 610 crash, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that Low Cost Carrier (LCC) airlines exist in many countries. The most important thing, according to the President, is improving passenger safety management. The statement was made by the President when answering questions from the journalists on the relation between […]

In the wake of Lion Air flight JT-610 crash, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday inspected the evacuation command post at the Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) 2 in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta. The President also saw firsthand the findings of the evacuation process near the crash site including the aircraft’s debris and goods presumed […]