The 2022 State Revenue and Expenditure Budget prioritizes six policies, with the main focus remaining COVID-19 control, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has stated. “We will focus on six main policies. First, to continue to control COVID-19 while still prioritizing the health sector,” he said at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Monday.
The Law and Human Rights Ministry has enacted a temporary ban on the entry of citizens and travelers from some countries to Indonesia citing concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19. “The Directorate General of Immigration refuses entry to foreigners who have stopped or lived in South Africa, Botswana, Angola,
An eruption accompanied by emission of boiling water was reported in the southern part of the Ile Werung mountain complex, Lembata District, East Nusa Tenggara Province, the Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center (PVBMG) informed on Monday. “This incident has caused a rise in sea level,” a volcano observer, Wilson Wuri Wutun,
Regional Representatives Council (DPD RI) Speaker La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti said he is keen to strengthen the council’s institutional function as Indonesia’s decentralized democracy guarantees regions to have a say in law-making processes. “DPD RI has a strategic role in synchronizing interests of the central and regional governments. We have also petitioned
The government will update the list of foreign nationals allowed to enter Indonesia in response to the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno, has said. The new variant has been reported to have spread to Hong Kong and Belgium, he noted.
The general election and regional head election (pilkada) will be held for the first time in the same year, 2024. In its process, the general election will be held at the start or in the middle of the year followed by the pilkada at the end of 2024. Reflecting on