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House of Representatives backs government regulation on COVID-19

The House of Representatives' Budget Committee has voiced its support for the Government Regulation in Lieu of the ...

Police intensify patrol to preserve public order amid pandemic

Police have intensified security patrols to preserve peace and order following the implementation of large-scale social ...

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 ...

Ministry distributes 56,125 aid packages to COVID-19-affected families

The Public Works and Public Housing Ministry began the distribution of 56,125 aid packages through its offices across ...

Problems of food crisis, energy resilience looming over Indonesia

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has thrown strong light on some problems pertaining to food crisis, energy resilience, ...

President implements five schemes for MSME protection amid pandemic

President Joko Widodo has implemented five schemes under a program to protect MSMEs and aid their financial recovery, ...

President outlines plan to exempt MSMEs from income tax for six months

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has confirmed a plan to exempt micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with an annual ...

COVID-19 will push up Indonesia's poverty rate: VP

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has predicted the country's poverty rate would increase amid the COVID-19 ...

Weekend Stories

Paying of zakat during Ramadhan changes slightly amid coronavirus

In Indonesia, a country with the world’s largest Muslim population, silence shrouds most mosques and other ...

Weekend Stories

Solace for those performing tarawih in solitude amid pandemic

After he has taken iftar, or the evening meal, which is eaten for breaking the Ramadhan fast, and he hears the nearby ...

ADB grants US$1.5 bln to support Indonesia's COVID-19 response

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$1.5-billion budget support for Indonesia to help the nation deal ...

Kupang policeman donates first salary to help corona-affected families

A low-ranking policeman in East Nusa Tenggara Province has donated his first salary — Rp7.8 million — for ...

Foreign debt is within safe limit: Bank Indonesia

Indonesia’s foreign debt, which stood at US$407.5 billion in February, 2020, remains within the safe limit as ...

Opinion

Stranded far from home: the protection of Indonesian migrant workers

*Hana Naufanita is a research intern at the Jakarta-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies ...

1,000 COVID-19 affected families in Ambon receive aid

The local government in Ambon, the capital of Maluku Province, on Monday distributed aid packages to around one ...