Items filtered by date: December 2019

DILI: The Council of Ministers approved Thursday the draft law and revised US$1.67billion general state budget for 2020.

The revised budget comes after parliamentarians questioned the size of the previous US $1.96b budget-equal to the largest budget in Timor-Leste’s history - earlier this month.

DILI: Fretilin’s Deputy Chief, Miranda Branco, has called for radical overhaul of the power sector maintenance to ensure access to stable electricity supply for households and businesses.

DILI: Government and civil society have joined forces in a new push to gain United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) unique cultural heritage recognition for Tais, Timor-Leste’s traditional handwoven cloth.

DILI: Timor-Leste’s independence hero and prominent political figure, Xanana Gusmão could be poised to become Timor-Leste’s eighth Prime Minister amid a major government restructure, according to sources.

DILI: A senior political observer from the National University of Timor-Leste, Camilo Ximenes Almeida, has called on Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak to immediately evaluate the performance of his ministerial cabinet and replace underperforming members, objecting to the prevalence of unfulfilled government promises and poor service delivery.