Items filtered by date: October 2018

DILI: The President of the Republic has said stamping out the “growing” level of corruption amongst public servants was possible, but required political will and leadership, during a speech about corruption at the Centre of Studies for Peace and Development (CEPAD) in Dili on Friday.

DILI: The Timor-Leste government is to launch new tenders in 2019 for onshore oil exploration in the south of the country, as it pushes forward with plans to expand its domestic oil and gas industry.

DILI: Woodside Petroleum has flagged interest in investing in the offshore gas production part of the Greater Sunrise Joint venture in the Timor Sea but not the onshore gas plant, according to the Australian Pipeliner.

DILI: Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak has said he is committed to finding an alternative solution to finalise the outstanding nine positions within the government’s cabinet before the 2019 State Annual Budget Debate next month.

DILI: Parliamentarians will receive new vehicles, after National Parliament approved on Friday a US$2,665,000 budget to buy 65 new Mitsubishi cars.

DILI: Business owner Oscar Lima has been reelected as president of the Chamber of Commerce Timor-Leste (CCI-TL), opening the way for him to lead the private business representative body until 2022.

DILI: A parliamentary approved commission committee will audit state-funded projects across Timor-Leste before any payments are made, following a unanimous vote to implement the new system by the Council of Ministers on Wednesday.

DILI : The timing of the government’s multi-million dollar purchase of Conoco-Philips’ share in the Greater Sunrise Fields has been criticised by researchers at the think-tank Lao Hamutuk, who warned that the deal had been made amid uncertainty about the gas project’s future.

DILI:State programs could be derailed unless a standstill over the future of the government’s nine vacant cabinet positions is broken, the President of the Republic Francisco “Lú Olo” Guterres has warned.

DILI: At least 45 State projects scheduled for October 2018 payment do not have official work contracts, a Ministry of Public Works (MOP) investigation has found, as political pressure to introduce financial audits of all government-funded projects across Timor-Leste builds.