No sweet home for amnesty

Viriya P. Singgih, Grace D. Amianti and Prima Wirayani The Jakarta Post- Jakarta. Against the government’s expectations, the amount of funds repatriated under the tax amnesty remains low and experts point to the unappealing investment options onshore as the main...

Minister Tjahjo: Election Bill will be Finalized This Week

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Interior Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said the election bill will soon be finalized. “It will be finalized and submitted to the President this week,” he said on Tuesday at his office. Tjahjo believes that the bill will be concluded before the House...

Jokowi’s second year: maintaining growth momentum

Ayomi Amindoni The Jakarta Post – Jakarta. In the first two years of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla’s administration, Indonesia has managed to maintain economic growth thanks to its prudent fiscal policy, a...

Imports in September down 8.78 percent: BPS

Jakarta (ANTARA News) – The value of imports in September, which amounted to US$11.30 billion, has dropped by 8.78 percent compared with the previous month, which was US$12.38 billion, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) has said. “Indonesias imports in...