Internal affairs minister Tjahjo Kumolo, who is also politician from PDI-P, admitted all political parties within the ruling coalition seeks possible pairing of their cadre with President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo in 2019 election following decision from VP Jusuf Kalla not to entering the race. We’re talking about names to be tipped by Golkar, National Awakening Party (PKB), United Development Party (PPP), NasDem, Hanura, and the National Mandate Party (PAN).
Read MoreNational Police will declare status of media mogul and politician Hary Tanoesoedibjo in an alleged threat to Yulianto, the head of the subdirectorate for special crimes investigation of the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), next week. The statement effectively denied earlier statement from Attorney General HM Prasetyo suggesting Hary’s status as crime suspect in the case.
Read MoreGiving out land title to citizens all over the country has been new ritual in President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo’s visits to areas all over the country in the past few months. The President believes land title, which was very expensive to get, is key component of the equity policy. He keeps telling public that only 37% of Indonesian land was under valid title, and, accordingly, demands acceleration of the issuance of land title in the coming years.
Read MoreLike the previous week, President Jokowi visited three Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) this week. They are Al-Ihya Ulumudin in Cilacap, Miftahul Huda in Kroya (Cilacap), and Darussalam in Banyumas, all in Central Java province. The president continued a safari to remind public about Indonesia’s diversity of ethnic, religious, languages, and universal values of Islam.
Read MoreQatar Airways’ operations to and from its Doha hub are running smoothly, with the vast majority of flights operating as scheduled. In the past week, the award-winning global airline has flown approximately 1,200 flights...
Read MoreIndonesia’s 10-year government bond yields are currently around 6.89%, or the highest among Asian nations. Indonesia indeed saw its credit ratings being upgraded to investment grade status by Standard & Poor’s...
Read MoreThe South Jakarta District Court received and registered three civil lawsuits against PT Herbalife Indonesia filed by its members in May 2017. The lawsuits were filed under allegation of tort and the members demanded hundreds of millions of Rupiah in compensation from Herbalife. What happened?
Read MoreProperty development Ciputra Development (CTRA) booked marketing sales of Rp2.63 trillion in Jan-May 2017 period, grew by 18% from the same period of last year. For this year the Company targets to book marketing sales of Rp8.5...
Read MoreThe central bank (Bank Indonesia) said maintained banking industry resilience and stable financial markets continued to support a solid financial system. In April 2017, credit growth in April 2017 stood at 9.5% (yoy), up from...
Read MoreThe central bank (Bank Indonesia/BI) said the rupiah remained relatively stable, tracking a moderate appreciatory trend in line with the maintained influx of foreign capital in May 2017. Point-to-point, the rupiah strengthened...
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