The case of an electric motorcycle auction signed by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo caused a furor. The reason, the auction winner for Rp 2.5 billion apparently did not fulfill his obligation to pay for the motorbike. The man was known to be named M Nuh who at the beginning was called a businessman from Jambi. Later M Nuh turned out …

The government says the decision on organizing the 2020 pilgrimage during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic will be made June 1. Deadlines related to the certainty of Hajj 2020 are retreating from the original May 20. This was decided after President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo communicated with the King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. “I report to Mr. President, Mr. …

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said there were still asynchronous data related to social assistance (social assistance) during the coronavirus pandemic. He requested that the synchronization of the data be resolved so that the community would immediately get help. Jokowi requested that the social assistance mechanism be made more open and transparent. He asked neighbourhood (RT) and hamlet (RW) to be …

The Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) called on President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo or Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani to attend the trial related to the judicial review of Government Regulation Number 1 of 2020 concerning State Financial Policy and Financial System Stability for Handling Covid-19 Pandemic. The trial is planned to be held in the Plenary Court Room of the Constitutional …

To secure rice stocks, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has instructed to open new rice fields in Central Kalimantan. The target is that 900 thousand hectares (ha) of new rice fields will emerge. The plan was again discussed in a limited meeting that discussed foodstuffs today. There are already around 200 thousand hectares in Central Kalimantan ready to be used as …

The government plans to provide cash and production subsidies for 2.4 million poor farmers, which categorized to be poor across the country, to help them maintain their harvest and survive the COVID-19 crisis. According to Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto on Tuesday, the government will provide a monthly stipend of Rp 600,000 ($38) for the next three months in the …

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has finally decided and officially barred – after much criticism – all citizens from traveling to their hometowns or mudik during the Eid al-Fitr celebrations in a bid to curb the COVID-19 outbreak which has recorded 6,760 positive cases in Indonesia “At today’s meeting, I decided that the ban will be applied on the ‘mudik’ (Eid …

The fulfilment of food needs is very necessary during Covid-9 pandemic. A national program is being planned by the Ministry of Agriculture that procures booths, which distributes rice, similar to an automatic teller machine (ATM). By this program nearby residents can access this facility. According to Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo, that based on the calculations done by the …

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Agus Wibowo introduced on Sunday that the “large-scale social restrictions” protocol, or PSBB, will be enacted in a quantity of Indonesian areas as of these days on Monday, April 6. However, the BNPB spokesman did not point out in element involving the regions that will be subjected to the strict physical distancing rule. …

Facing an increasing number of coronavirus cases, the Indonesian governmet has expedited efforts to ready emergency hospitals and quarantine centers by constructing new buildings or reassigning existing ones, including former refugee camps and athlete hostels, against a worse-case scenario of coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission. As of April 3, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Indonesia, the world’s fourth-most populous nation …