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.
DILI: Timor-Leste officials and United States government agency Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) representatives will sign a $484 million five-year support agreement on 19 July that is aimed at reducing poverty in Timor-Leste through economic growth.
DILI: The Timor-Leste government welcomed the decision announced Thursday by the Australian Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus, to discontinue the prosecution of Bernard Collaery, four years after he was accused of divulging confidential information about Australia's alleged spying operation in Timor-Leste.
DILI:Timor-Leste’s Council of Ministers has approved the appointment of Roberto da Costa Pacheco as member of the Government in the Superior Council of the Judiciary for a term of four years.
DILI: The Japanese government has announced more money to help Timor-Leste rehabilitate infrastructure damaged by flood water that swept across the country earlier this year.
DILI: Timor-Leste officials have confirmed details of National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction leader Xanana Gusmao’s trip to Europe as President of the Republic Jose Ramos-Horta’s representative at global meetings in Brussels, Lisbon, and London.
DILI: Timor-Leste will remain on guard against COVID-19 with the continuation of temporary health surveillance measures extending to 19 November, citing health risks from a surge in the Omicron coronavirus variant globally.
Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta has asked the Court of Appeal to review the general budget, stressing the importance of prioritising funds for people most affected by natural disasters and the global economic slow-down.
DILI: Some medical staff at the Guido Valadares National Hospital (HNGV) in Dili allegedly abandoned their work during working hours to take up new positions at a private clinic leaving the hospital short-staffed.
DILI: Australian company Timor Resources will drill three more exploration wells onshore in Timor-Leste after claiming to have “certified” 24.2 million barrels of oil and 1.3 billion cubic feet of gas reserves from its first two onshore wells, Energy Voice reported.
Pope Francis has confirmed 21 new cardinals to the highest rank of the Catholic Church hierarchy, including the first Timorese to hold the position.