DILI: Three senior nominated members for Timor-Leste’s ministerial cabinet are standing in solidarity with colleagues the President of the Republic rejected for government, refusing to be sworn in.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s government has questioned the priorities of the nation’s President after it was announced he would embark on an extensive international travel program before promulgating the 2018 State Budget.
DILI: Timor-Leste faces a period of greater unity amongst political parties after the government’s 2018 State Budget gained unanimous support in parliament on Friday, according to Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak.
DILI: Dionesio Babo, the Minister for Foreign Trade and Cooperatives, has delivered a stark warning that some of Timor-Leste’s foreign-based embassies risk closure because of unpaid debts.
DILI: Oil has been discovered in four of the 12 onshore exploration wells in the south coast of Timor-Leste, according to Timor Resources Managing Director Suellen Osborne.
DILI: Households across Timor-Leste are feeling the trickle down effects of the government’s stalled program, with increasing numbers of vulnerable family’s forced to cut back on basic goods due to the economic slowdown.
DILI: The Parliamentary Reform Minister, Fidelis Mangalhaaes, has dismissed suggestions that Timor-Leste’s electricity will be turned off because of unpaid fuel bills to state power centers.
DILI: Timor-Leste police are investigating members of its Community Sector Program after an officer entered a church in Bidau Motael on Sunday wielding a gun and threatening the congregation.