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.
Dili: The Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP) government has secured USD$1.2 million to construct a heavy duty road from Dili to Tibar, a transport link it says is critical to improving the flow of goods in and out of the county.
DILI: Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has rejected suggestions of bullying against Timor-Leste in oil and gas negotiations and says its time to “revitalise” the friendship during her visit to Timor-Leste.