DILI: At least 305 people, mostly children and people with underlying medical conditions, have been diagnosed with acute respiratory infection in Dili’s Bairo Pite medical clinic over the past month, presenting with sinus and difficulties breathing.
DILI: Health centres in Dili started their prevention campaign against Dengue on Wednesday, as case numbers continue to surge months after an influx of the mosquito-borne virus was first detected.
Two journalists have been summoned by the National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) after publishing two articles on a minister’s request to dismiss Gastão Pereira, the Director of Internal Intelligence at the National Intelligence Service (NIS). The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Timor-Leste Press Union (TLPU), in condemning the summons and urging the authorities to cease targeting journalists and safeguard press freedom.
DILI: A sombre wreath-laying ceremony was held in Dili on Sunday to honour the 47th anniversary of five Australian journalised who lost their lives in Balibo, Timor-Leste.
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.