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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 ...

COVID-19: Southeast Maluku to restrict public movement at night

Security agencies in Southeast Maluku District, Maluku Province, will intensify patrols in the district's capital, ...

Coronavirus curfew imposed in Indonesia's Aceh province until May 29

The Aceh Regional Leadership Communication Forum (Forkopimda) has voiced its support for the imposition of a two-month ...

Government endeavors to stabilize prices of basic necessities

The Indonesian government is channeling efforts to stabilize the prices of basic necessities in the face of the ...

Bank Indonesia: Inflation under control in March at 0.11 percent

Bank Indonesia (BI) said the inflation rate until the third week of March, 2020 had remained under control at 0.11 ...

Indonesia curbs flight services to and imports from Timor Leste

Indonesia has temporarily restricted its flight services to Timor Leste and imports from that country since Friday to ...

Central, local governments must reallocate budget for corona handling

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given instructions to central and local governments to curtail budget allocation for ...