DILI: The Anti-Corruption Commission (CAC) has rejected claims the organisation was acting illegally when it confiscated “several” state vehicles being driven by public servants in a joint operation with Timor-Leste national police (PNTL) in Dili over the weekend.

DILI: Immigration staff working at the Dili airport and Indonesian land border have been accused of taking bribes of up to $400 for fast-tracking of visas, according to the Interior Minister Filomeno Paixao. Paixoa said an investigation into the “negligent” behaviour had been requested from Corruption Eradication Commission (CAC).

DILI: Members of Timor-Leste’s ruling coalition in parliament have voted not to reappoint Mari Alkatiri as President of the Oecusse Special Administrative Region (RAEOA), when his contract expires July. Speaking in National Parliament on Monday, Nunes said the decision was unanimous between the three party coalition members and that it…

DILI: The Chairman of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), Duarte Nunes, has said that the party will finalise its government cabinet nominations at an extraordinary meeting in July.

DILI: Timor-Leste must adopt a “credible fiscal strategy” and protect the country’s petroleum fund to improve economic stability, according to the International Monetary Fund. In a recent review, the IMF said that the “main challenge facing Timor-Leste was improving fiscal management,” calling for “improvements in expenditure control, greater spending efficiency,…