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Greater Jakarta to receive staple food aid on April 20

The government’s social assistance, in the form of staple food, will be distributed to vulnerable residents ...

Returning migrant workers testing negative for COVID-19 sent home

The Social Affairs Ministry sent home 51 of the 144 migrant workers deported by Malaysia after they tested negative for ...

Depok opens soup kitchen during social distancing over coronavirus

The Task Force for the Acceleration of COVID-19 Response’s Disaster Mitigation Team of Depok City, is working on ...

Health Ministry regulations will apply for PSSB: task force

During the implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), the regulations issued by the Ministry of Health, ...

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 ...

Indonesian Govt to intensify labor-intensive infrastructure projects

The Indonesian government will intensify manpower-intensive infrastructure projects in different parts of Indonesia to ...

Greater Jakarta's middle-, lower-class segments to receive food aid

The Finance Ministry confirmed that the middle and lower classes in Greater Jakarta or Jabodetabek will receive central ...

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 ...

Jokowi orders prompt distribution of social safety net allowance

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed that social safety net funds, amounting to Rp110 trillion, be immediately ...

Disbursal of COVID-19 social assistance to be right on target

President Joko Widodo emphasized that social assistance to overcome the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic should be ...

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Economic stimulus, social safety get priority as slowdown looms

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, declared by the WHO as a pandemic, has wreaked havoc on the global economy ...

32,192 Indonesian migrant workers return from COVID-19-hit nations

- as the chair of Task Force for Acceleration of COVID-19 Handling -- in handling Indonesian migrant workers, who were ...

Jokowi instructs ministries to apply social safety net program

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed relevant ministries and institutions to implement a social safety net ...

Jokowi leaves for Solo upon receiving news of mother's demise

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) flew to his hometown in Solo immediately after receiving news his mother Sujiatmi ...

Ministry ensures deported migrant workers from Malaysia healthy

The Social Affairs Ministry has made assurance of the 114 Indonesian migrant workers deported from Malaysia to Riau ...