DILI: Protests over a proposed criminal defamation law spread to the University of Timor-Leste on Monday as critics said the government was pushing an agenda that was in conflict with the country’s freedom of expression rights.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s Minister of Parliament and Communication Francisco Zeronimo on Monday warned any attempt by government media officer’s to block journalists accessing government Ministers would do lasting damage to the public’s right to receive information.
DILI: Major General of Timor-Leste Defence Force Lere Anan Timur has called for an end to character sledging by politicians on social media.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s Council of Ministers replaced President of the Oecusse Special Administrative Region (RAEOA) Jose Luis Guterres (Lugu) on Wednesday.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s government has made payments of $100 a month to families across the country that lost income during the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, Armanda Berta, the Vice Prime Minister and the Minister for Social Solidarity and Inclusion (MSSI) said.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak said on Thursday he would present the 2020 general budget in September and parliament would vote on it in October.
DILI: Police said on Wednesday they arrested three people who were allegedly provoking a coup and general violence in the country.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s political powerhouse, the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), returned to parliament on Tuesday ending their refusal participate in debates under the new Speaker of the House.
DILI: The lack of progress on the Oé-Cusse Development project must prompt a rethink of the capacity of its President Jose Luis Gutteres, Fretilin’s Fabio de Oliver has said.
DILI: Timor-Leste rounded out its fourth week of no new COVID-19 cases, the health authority reported.
DILI: President of the Republic Francisco Guterres Lu-Olo has sworn in eight new members of government on Friday, in a ceremony at the Presidential Palace.
DILI: The Major General of Timor-Leste Defence Force, Lere Anan Timur, has called on the nation’s veterans to stand behind its leaders, saying any political rift could stoke discrimination between supporters from different parties.
DILI: Timor-Leste is behind on its promised subsidy payments to households, hurting families that have lost income under the coronavirus pandemic.
DILI: Five members from the National Congress for Reconstruction (CNRT) party resigned from Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak’s Cabinet on Monday, less than 24 hours after their leader Xanana Gusmao announced the party would not continue in government and would move to opposition.