DILI: The Timor-Leste National Parliament won a controversial expenditure vote on its efforts to upgrade members cars on Monday, as it pushes to get the package approved before a year-end 2023 budget deadline.
DILI: Former President of Timor-Leste Francisco ‘Lu Olo’ Guterres is in a strong and ‘stable’ condition in a hospital in Malaysia, the government said on Tuesday.
DILI: The Asian development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday it has approved a loan of up to $127 million for a water project in Dili, a much-needed boost for its strained water infrastructure.
DILI: Vatican Deputy Secretary of State Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra on Tuesday inaugurated a new Vatican embassy in Dili in an effort to strengthen ties with Timor-Leste.
DILI: Bolloré Ports, Timor-Leste’s authorities at the new Tibar Port, has disclosed that its customs and handling systems responded well during an operational trial of two vessels from Singapore earlier this week.
DILI: Improving Timor-Leste’s exclusive breastfeeding levels could prevent over 320 child deaths, researchers have found, as Timor-Leste’s health experts push for better awareness of the health benefits of breastfeeding for nursing mothers .
DILI: Timor-Leste police and defence force on Tuesday started a joint week-long surveillance operation throughout Timor-Leste, amid worsening martial arts gang violence that threatens the country’s state of security.
DILI: Thousands of Timorese have gathered for a large-scale thanksgiving mass in Tasi Tolu, led by the country’s first cardinal Dom Virgilio do Carmo da Silva.
DILI: Australia’s top diplomat used a visit to Dili on Thursday to warn the nation against going into “unsustainable debt” to the Chinese on a major gas project.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s Parliamentary Affairs and Social Communication Ministry on Thursday said it supports rural Sucos in strengthening the management of media in regional areas, amid attempts to improve access to information across the country.
DILI: Timorese authorities say police are investigating three Indonesian and one Timorese citizen on suspicion of cybercrime, including online loan fraud.
DILI: Timorese woke up on Saturday to the news of retired Indonesian general Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono surprise Presidential honour award, sparking a backlash as the former general is accused of being a main actor in Indonesia’s brutal occupation of Timor-Leste.
DILI: Democratic Party Leader Mariano Asanami Sabino is seeking an independent investigation into the case of Colyn Hiher, an Australian who claims to have lost a $60,000 investment with the City Café in Dili.
DILI: Officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Socio-Cultural Community have finished a fact-finding mission of Timor-Leste, marking another step in the country’s slow progress to accession into the South Asian block.