Items filtered by date: September 2021

DILI: The names of 600 people who will be allowed to enlist in the Timor-Leste Defence Force (FFDTL) will be announced on 15 September, the Commander and Chief Brigadier General Calisto dos Santos ’’ Coliati’’ said on Tuesday.

DILI: People living in Dili who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will no longer be exempt from home confinement restrictions as authorities struggle to stamp out infections caused by the highly infectious Delta variant of the pandemic.

DILI: Priest Martinho Gusmao  declared his candidacy on Sunday for next year’s presidential election following an official termination of his services from the church, according to a letter released by Timor-Leste’s Bishop of Baucau Dom Basilio do Nascimento.

DILI: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $135 million loan to Timor-Leste for extending the runway at the main airport in the capital Dili, the bank said on Thursday.

DILI: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $135 million loan to Timor-Leste for extending the runway at the main airport in the capital Dili, the bank said on Thursday.

DILI:Timorese authorities extended COVID-19 home confinement measures in Dili for another week and imposed a health fence in Manufahi to contain an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant.