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Government to distribute COVID-19 testing PCR machines to 11 provinces

The Indonesian government has imported 20 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) laboratory test machines from Roche, ...

Legislator urges government to fund evacuation of stranded Indonesians

A legislator urged the Indonesian government to offer contingency funds to finance the evacuation of Indonesian migrant ...

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 ...

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Waging war against an invisible enemy

Indonesia is currently battling an invisible, fast-moving enemy called the novel coronavirus, which has infected more ...

ADB projects economic slowdown in Indonesia in 2020 over COVID-19

The latest Asian Development Bank (ADB) report projects that Indonesia’s economy will slow down or only record a ...

Jakarta increases budget to contain COVID-19 outbreak

The Jakarta provincial government has stepped up the allocation of unpredicted budget fund by Rp2 trillion to Rp3.032 ...

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 ...

COVID-19: Jakarta governor orders identification of vulnerable groups

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has directed all chiefs of neighborhood associations (RT) and community units (RW), as ...

Global leaders pledge to contribute $4 billion for COVID-19 vaccine

World leaders committed to contributing at least US$4 billion to expedite COVID-19 vaccine and anti-virus developments, ...

G20 meeting: Indonesia offers suggestions on fighting coronavirus

The Indonesian government offered five suggestions for containing the spread of the novel coronavirus disease, or ...

APEC senior officials endorse consensus for more inclusive growth

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members will make concerted, sustained efforts in the path to achieving more ...

NGOs send open letter to President Jokowi over forest fires

Several NGOs have sent an open letter to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), urging the government to act concretely in ...

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Improving human resources to respond to global challenges

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), who has been reelected for the 2019-2024 period, is set to focus on the development of ...

Bappenas highlights key challenges faced in human resource development

Minister of National Development Planning and Chief of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Bambang ...