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1 month ago | 
en.tempo.co | Najla Nur Fauziyah |Daniel Fajri
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The head of the Presidential Communication Office (PCO), Hasan Nasbi, acknowledges that the proposal to install a permanent stairlift in the Borobudur Temple complex is worthy of consideration. Hasan admits that the facility could provide a long-term solution, especially for people with physical limitations. "The original plan was to make the stairlift temporary," Hasan says on Wednesday, May 28, 2025.
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1 month ago | 
en.tempo.co | Najla Nur Fauziyah |Nabiila Azzahra
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The government has once again reduced the number of inmates eligible for amnesty. From the initial list of 44,000 inmates, the number has significantly reduced to around 1,000 individuals. The Director General of General Legal Administration of the Ministry of Law, Widodo, said the verification process on the inmates' backgrounds is still underway.
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1 month ago | 
en.tempo.co | Najla Nur Fauziyah |Adil Al Hasan
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The board of supervisors of the Social Security Agency (BPJS) for Employment predicts that 280 thousand workers will face layoffs in Indonesia throughout this year. The board mentioned that 24,360 workers have been terminated as of April 2025. "Estimates of potential victims of layoffs in 2025 are at around 280 thousand," said chair of the supervisory board at BPJS for Employment, Muhammad Zuhri, during a meeting with the House Commission 9 on Tuesday, May 20.
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1 month ago | 
en.tempo.co | Najla Nur Fauziyah |Adil Al Hasan
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) announced that four state-owned enterprises have failed to submit their audited financial statements for the period ending December 31, 2024. The exchange issued a second sanction in the form of a second written warning to these companies.
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1 month ago | 
en.tempo.co | Najla Nur Fauziyah |Muhammad Iqbal
TEMPO.CO, Tangerang - Several locations in Tangerang and South Tangerang, which is just outside Jakarta, were inundated by flooding due to downpours on Tuesday evening, May 13, affecting a number of road sections. The flood points include Jl. Raden Fatah, Tangerang City, which is the main connecting route between the city and South Tangerang. Some residents mentioned this location as a new flood point.
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1 month ago | 
en.tempo.co | Najla Nur Fauziyah |Adil Al Hasan
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia's Directorate General of Customs and Excise has reported tobacco excise revenue for the first quarter of 2025 at Rp55.7 trillion. This amount represents a 5.6 percent increase, driven by a shift in payments ahead of Eid, despite a 4.2 percent decline in production.
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2 months ago | 
en.tempo.co | Najla Nur Fauziyah |Adil Al Hasan
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Composite Stock Price Index (IHSG) rose by 3.74 percent last week, parked at 6,678.9 during the period of April 21 to 25. "IHSG experienced an upward movement over the week,” said the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) corporate secretary Kautsar Primadi Nurahmad in a written statement quoted on Monday, April 28, 2025. Last week, the average daily transaction frequency decreased 4.88 percent, from 1.17 million transactions to 1.11 million.
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2 months ago | 
en.tempo.co | Najla Nur Fauziyah |Adil Al Hasan
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - House Commission XI head Mukhamad Misbakhun denied that his committee had canceled the discussion on the Tax Amnesty Bill, claiming that the regulation remained a priority. “Who said it was canceled? It remains under the priority national legislation program (Prolegnas) list of Commission XI,” said the Golkar Party politician when contacted on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. The Tax Amnesty Bill was previously listed under the priority Prolegnas for 2025.
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2 months ago | 
en.tempo.co | Najla Nur Fauziyah |Adil Al Hasan
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) plunged sharply and briefly halted trading on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. The IDX Composite Index (IHSG) closed down 7.90 percent at 5,996.14, or 514.48 points lower than Monday’s close, following mounting concerns among investors over new U.S. import tariff policies announced by President Donald Trump. “The IDX Composite hit a trading halt.
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2 months ago | 
en.tempo.co | Najla Nur Fauziyah |Nabiila Azzahra
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Amnesty International Indonesia notes a growing number of death sentences being imposed in Indonesia, amid a record high execution rate in a decade last year. According to Amnesty's records, Indonesia hands down the death sentence every year; despite not carrying out any executions since 2016. In 2024, Indonesian courts sentenced at least 85 criminals to death, with the majority involved in drug cases.
