Items filtered by date: December 2023

DILI: The Ministry of Justice plans to open passport offices in United Kingdom, South Korea, and Ireland to enable Timorese living abroad renew passports without travelling to Dili, the government said on Monday.

DILI: Acute food insecurity in Timor-Leste has reached 22% this year as recent food price hikes have exacerbated existing pressures from the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict and climate change, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said.

DILI: An Executive Director of Japanese gas giant Inpex has visited Timor- and said the company was keen invest in its oil and gas sector.

DILI: A crowd of people queued at Jack’s Department store in Dili on Friday, as business people and shoppers listened to Timor-Leste’s President Jose Ramos-Horta, who inaugurated the first department store in Timor-Leste run by Fijian retail brand Jack’s Retail Ltd ,underscoring the importance of its opening to development.

DILI: Timor-Leste’s proposed 2024 budget is unlikely to have a sustainable impact on the country’s productive sectors given the absence of meaningful investment in them, Development Monitoring and Analysis Institute La’o Hamutuk said in a statement on Friday.

DILI: Julio Aparicio, the Executive Director of Timor-Leste’s Public Institute of Development Funds and Human Capital on Wednesday said it was too early to determine how the increase in Timorese citizens supported to get University degrees abroad will impact local development.

DILI: Timor-Leste’s Secretary of State for Training and Employment (SEFOPE) General Director said on Wednesday that Timorese workers can adapt to different work settings in South Korea compared to conditions  experienced locally with training and time.