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Jokowi wants essentials to be available at reasonable prices

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed the Ministry of Trade and related institutions to ensure that basic ...

President bans "mudik" for citizens to contain COVID-19 spread

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has officially barred all citizens from traveling to their hometowns during the Eid ...

Indonesia's food balance shows surplus for 11 commodities

Indonesia’s food balance shows a surplus of 11 commodities to meet public demand despite the UN Food and ...

Badminton player Tontowi Ahmad auctions jersey in COVID-19 fundraiser

Indonesian badminton player, Tontowi Ahmad, and two of his colleagues — Praveen Jordan and Rinov Rivaldy — ...

Industry to continue operations by following health protocol: Ministry

The Industry Ministry has ensured that the industry sector will continue its operations to maintain the supply chain to ...

Government ensures adequate food stocks until next 3-4 months

The government has made assurance of food stocks sufficing until the subsequent three to four months, Head of the Task ...

1.6 million workers laid off, forced to take unpaid leave

Some 1.6 million workers have been laid off and forced to take unpaid leave due to the novel coronavirus disease 2019 ...

Jakarta police distribute 25 tons of rice to low-income people

The Traffic Directorate of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police on Sunday distributed 25 tons of rice as assistance from the ...

Pupuk Indonesia ensures fertilizer distribution to remain unhindered

State-run fertilizer holding company PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) has made assurance that the imposition of large-scale ...

Social assistance for economically vulnerable groups amid COVID-19

The Social Affairs Ministry has readied special social assistance for economically vulnerable groups impacted by the ...

33 charged with hoarding masks, hand sanitizers

Police have filed charges against 33 persons suspected of hoarding masks and hand sanitizers for selling them at higher ...

Reprimand regions closing off roads: President tells Home Minister

President Joko Widodo on Thursday urged Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian to admonish heads of those regions that ...

Gojek launches 12 driver partner welfare programs amid corona pandemic

Application-based technology service provider company, Gojek, launched 12 driver partner welfare programs to contribute ...

MPR seeks government's attention for groups prone to COVID-19

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Bambang Soesatyo has called on the government to focus on the basic ...

Ensure all drugstores, staple food shops remain opened: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) instructed government officials across Indonesia to ensure that drugstores as well as ...