Anti cigarette campaign (Illustration).

Expenditure on cigarettes constitutes second-biggest spending in poor families

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The second-biggest expenditure of poor families in the country is on cigarettes, according to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi). "The information I have indicates that spending on cigarettes is the second-biggest expenditure of poor households. Poor families prefer spending on cigarettes rather than buying nutritious food," the head of state noted at a limited cabinet meeting held...

President Joko Widodo and First Lady Iriana sang and gave books to Ringblang Meureudu's children who were displaced by earthquake, Pidie Jaya, Aceh on Thursday (12/15).

Jokowi sings educational songs with children in Pidie Jaya

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – President Joko Widodo took time to revisit the earthquake victims in Pidie jaya, Aceh, before turning back to Jakarta after a visit in Iran, Thursday (12/15). The president, accompanied by the First Lady Iriana, greeted the children in the al Istiqomah evacuation post, Meureudu, Trienggadeng, Pidie Jaya. At the camp, the President and the First Lady...