Altough Typhoon Mangkhut has moved away from the Indonesian territory since several days ago, the super typhoon has impacted weather in Indonesia as it is indicated by an attenuation of air mass movement from Australia to Indonesia, according to Deputy for Metereology Division of the Meteorology, Geophysics and Climatology Agency (BMKG) Mulyono R. Prabowo. “We […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo asserted that he signed a Presidential Regulation that allows the use of regional tobacco excise duty to help address the deficit suffered by the Healthcare Security Provider Body (BPJS Kesehatan) because it is mandated by the Law. “Yes, it has already been issued. The Law has mandated that 50 percent of […]

Newly -inaugurated West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Governor Zulkieflimansyah and Deputy Governor Sitti Rohmi Djalilah have stressed that their administration will give a top priority for post-quake reconstruction and rehabilitation measures in quake-hit Lombok and ensures that the measures will be implemented in a proper and smooth manner. “We will immediately coordinate and discuss the issue […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asks the new West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Governor and Deputy Governor, Zulkieflimansyah and Sitti Rohmi Djalilah who have just been inaugurated at the Merdeka Palace, in Jakarta, to start their works immediately. “There are a lot of problems that should be handled, such as rehabilitation and reconstruction of the quake-affected victims’ […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, on Wednesday (19/9) at the State Palace, officially inaugurated new West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Governor Zulkieflimansyah and his Deputy Governor Sitti Rohmi Djalilah, replacing former Governor Tuan Guru Bajang (TGB) Zainul Majdi and his Deputy Muhammad Amin whose term ended on 17 September 2018. The inauguration of West Nusa Tenggara Governor […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo criticized some people who often waste their energy with unnecessary things, for example by using social media almost every day to mock others, to insult others, to slander others, or to spread hoax. “Don’t waste our energy with unnecessary things like that,” the President said in his remarks at the opening […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo reminded the public to always maintain unity, harmony and brotherhood because with all these three things Indonesian can continue to be united in diversity. The diversity, according to the President, is a gift from God.

Although the figure for energy subsidies has increased following rising global oil prices, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ignasius Jonan estimates that state revenues from the oil and gas sector will increase. Even, the country’s balance sheet is predicted to experience a surplus of Rp91.4 trillion. This surplus projection is derived from the difference […]

Bank Indonesia (BI) noted that Indonesia’s trade deficit shows a decreasing trend. It is indicated by the decifit in August 2018 which declined from US$2.01 billion in the previous month to US$1.02 billion. “The improvement is possible due to non-oil and gas trade balance surplus,”  Bank Indonesia (BI) Executive Director for Communications Agusman said in his […]

In order to improve services as well as to support national logistics system to be more efficient and competitive, Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing has decided to implement an integrated payment system on Jakarta Outer Ring Road (JORR). “We continue to disseminate this policy before it takes effect by the end of September […]