Category: Government

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Public Works and Public Housing Ministry has targeted to complete the construction of four dams by end of December 2020 to support national food and water resilience. Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono said in a statement here on Sunday, Indonesia’s water potential has reached 2.7 trillion cubic meters per year. However, of the total volume only 691 billion cubic meters have been used, some 222 billion cubic meters of it were used for households, animal husbandry, fish farm, and irrigation. The country…

Jakarta House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani urged the government to engage in peaceful diplomacy to resolve the conflict in Intan Jaya district, Papua, arguing that humanity needs to be prioritized in addressing issues on Papuan land.“[The g…

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian government gauged that supplies of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine will be available by November 2020 in line with the production capacities of China’s several vaccine producers cooperating with Indone…

Banda Aceh, Aceh (ANTARA) – A legislator has appealed to the Aceh provincial administration to seek solutions to human-wildlife conflicts that repeatedly occur in the province’s several areas.”The human-elephant conflict, for instance, still occurs. So…

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Vice President Ma’ruf Amin said the government is targeting to increase the number of micro business beneficiaries receiving Productive Presidential Assistance (Banpres) to 20 million by next year.“Our (government) target of up to 15…

Jakarta Minister of Manpower, Ida Fauziyah, has said that the process of drafting the omnibus bill on job creation involved public participation via engagement with trade unions, employers, and academics.“The government confirms once again that the pro…