DILI: The Ministry of Social Solidarity has made available 900 tonnes of subsidised rice for rice-growing farming families in districts where crops were destroyed last year, as national rice prices soar by up to 50 per cent.

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: Dionesio Babo, the Minister for Foreign Trade and Cooperatives, has delivered a stark warning that some of Timor-Leste’s foreign-based embassies risk closure because of unpaid debts.

Dili: The Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP) government has secured USD$1.2 million to construct a heavy duty road from Dili to Tibar, a transport link it says is critical to improving the flow of goods in and out of the county.

DILI: The parliament has approved a proposal from the government in the Petroleum Fund money-raising during which to finance government activities during July and August for a total of 140 million USD.