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Bogor applied stringent health protocol during BLT disbursal: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) highlighted that the health protocol was diligently followed during the distribution of ...

Indonesian crews get better after mistreatment aboard Chinese vessel

A total of 14 Indonesian crew, who faced alleged mistreatment and exploitation aboard a Chinese fishing vessel, are in ...

Floods inundate eight sub-districts in North Barito, C Kalimantan

Floods triggered by the overflowing of the Barito River have submerged eight of the nine sub-districts in North Barito ...

Tourism Ministry to help MSMEs access aid programs

The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy will help MSMEs (micro, small, medium-scale enterprises) gain access to ...

Minister Budi Karya partakes in meeting after recovering from COVID-19

Minister of Transportation (Mehub) Budi Karya Sumadi, after being declared cured of COVID-19, partook in a limited ...

Jakarta's 1.2 million families receive COVID-19 food aid packages

The Indonesian government initiated the distribution of its aid packages to 1.2 million families in Jakarta currently ...

Six buildings used for quarantining Malaysia-returned migrant workers

The Social Affairs Ministry has readied six buildings in some regions to function as temporary shelters to quarantine ...

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 ...