DILI: Timor-Leste’s Director General of Tourism, Aquilino Santos Caeiro, was among the three people killed in a traffic accident in Lakkubar Manatutu on Saturday, when a tree fell across the road hitting the car.
DILI: Timorese University students studying in Cape Verde say they have been left homeless and now fear for their safety, after being evicted from student residence for not being able to pay their expenses.
DILI – Timor-Leste’s head of defense, Lere Anan Timur, has called for a future of experience leading the country, dismissing the rise of young politicians as lacking political maturity.
DILI: Former Minister for Public Works Domingos Cairo will be jailed for three and half year for abuse of power for awarding a lucrative road construction contract outside official tender process.
DILI: The head of Timor-Leste’s defense force has warned of renegade exploitation of Timor-Leste’s unique marine world, saying the country’s navy had “no capacity” to control fishing operations due to poor resources.
DILI: Rui Maria De Araujo has come out in support of gay rights and gender orientation choice, publishing a video during Timor-Leste’s first gay pride march last week that called for acceptance of all people.
DILI – Two escaped convicts from a Bali jail were hiding out in Dili’s luxurious hotel Novu Turismo when Timor-Leste police arrested them on Thursday morning.
DILI: The Timor-Leste Central Bank has issued a warning to people not to invest in an online business venture, Talk Fusion, with the United States-based company increasingly pushing into the local market.
TIBAR: Xanana Gusmao has lashed out at the Secretary State of Land and Property Jaime Xavier for authorising houses to be built on an industrial area in Tibar.
DILI: National Police have called on political party leaders to instill peace amongst their supporters and not block roads during supporter rallies, saying people had a right to not be disturbed during the up-coming parliamentary election campaign.