DILI: Timor-Leste has dropped to amongst the bottom of the list of countries in the East Asia and Pacific region that have adopted reform to improve its business environment, in an influential World Bank Ease of Doing Business report.

DILI: Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister has vowed that his ministerial cabinet will not contain anyone who has not been cleared of corruption allegations, amid a stand-off over eight vacant positions in the government structure.

DILI: The relocation of families living on the banks of Comoro River in Dili should happen “immediately” due to high risk of the river flooding, according to the State Secretariat for Civil Protection. Alexandrina dos Reis, speaking from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Solidarity, recommended on Friday that more…

DILI: The Opposition Fretilin Party is likely to appeal the Court of Appeal’s ruling about the legality and constitutionality of amendments to the Petroleum Activities Law which opened the way for $650 million from the Petroleum Fund to be used to purchase participation in the Greater Sunrise joint venture. 

DILI: Calls for military curtailment of Martial Arts Groups’ (MAGs) activities by the National Defence Force in Timor-Leste “could do more harm than good,” Fundasaun Mahein has warned.