DILI: Former Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos Horta has urged Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak to include influential leaders such as Xanana Gusmao and church heads in COVID-19 prevention work, amid the country’s growing surge in coronavirus infections.

DILI: Climate change has contributed to extreme weather conditions that triggered the worst flooding in the Timor-Leste capital and nearby districts in 40 years, Oxfam Timor-Leste’s Associate Country Director Annie Sloman said on Monday.

Dili: Timor-Leste confirmed its first death from COVID-19, the government said, adding the 44 year-old female victim had various comorbidities.

DILI:Young children working on the streets of Dili may be at risk of contracting tuberculosis (TB) because of the poor conditions they live in, after a 14 year-old boy selling eggs was found severely ill in Dili, the Child’s Rights Commission said on Monday.

DILI: Timor-Leste’s Foreign Minister Adaljiza Magno has expressed confidence that the country will soon be accepted as a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and it’s ready to contribute to the grouping’s economic strengths and security role in the region.