DILI: The Deputy Finance Minister Sara Lobo has confirmed a $296 million budget pool to cover State expenses, as parliament seeks approval of its 2019 General State Budget.

DILI: A speech by the Petroleum Fund Consultative Council in National Parliament aimed at clarifying the State’s multi-million-dollar energy project plans was cut short early Tuesday with Xanana Gusmao, Timor-Leste’s Chief oil and gas negotiation, claiming members of the Fretilin opposition party were playing politics with national plans.