DILI:Timor-Leste’s President Francisco “Lu Olo” Guterres will travel to Portugal this week to meet with the President and Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Dionísio Babo Soares said.
The three-day visit will include talks on expanding bilateral relations and signing an educational memorandum of understanding (MOU) to increase the current teacher support program.
DILI: Members of the Movement of Youth and Student (MEUJTL) union are calling for urgent changes in parliamentarian’s state vehicle use after a number of PRADO cars remain unaccountable after being sold by former ministers during the recent government change.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister has said that gaps in his Ministerial cabinet remain unresolved some two weeks after President Francisco Guterres Lu Olo refused to swear in 12 nominated candidates because of corruption investigations.
DILI: The President of National Parliament who has been at the centre of the former government’s misplaced Prado vehicle scandal has promised all vehicles will be accounted for.
DILI: Up to 250 police officers will be positioned outside national parliament on June 13 for the inauguration of the country’s eighth national parliament, amid concerns of clashes between rival opposition party supporters.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s criminal investigation police (PSIK) have arrested a Chinese man alleged to have carried out the bombing of two shipping containers suspected to carry explosive material in March 2018 off the coast of Dili.
DILI: More than 131 litres of vital white blood cells were damaged in the National Hospital of Guido Valadares (HNGV) this week, amid on-going electricity shortages in Dili.
DILI - Timor-Leste’s eighth constitutional government will be inaugurated in parliament on June 13, bringing to an end nine months of political gridlock and an unprecedented dissolved parliament.
This week the Court of Appeal passed down an outright victory to the coalition Change for Progress Alliance, or AMP.
Timor-Leste has held a series of successful and competitive elections in the last year; one for president, and two separate parliamentary elections. The country also has gone through peaceful transfers of power despite experiencing political impasse since July 2017.
DILI: Former popular Timor-Leste President Taur Matan Ruak looks set to become the eighth Prime Minister of Timor-Leste following a high profile meeting of leaders for the Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP) party on Monday.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s new coalition government will be sworn in at sacred Mount Ramelau, according to a suggestion by Khunto Party Advisor Jose dos Santos Namori Bukar.
DILI: Out going Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has called for an end to the targeting of Oecusse street vendors in Dili, amid a spate of violent attacks.
DILI: People found sharing photos of Muslim people living in Timor-Leste and labeling them as terrorists will be arrested, the head of Timor-Leste’s national police Julio Hornai said on Thursday.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s top court of appeal has dismissed the Fretilin party’s petition for a recount of votes after losing power in the May 12 general election.
Fretilin had called to have votes in four districts recounted after it suffered a heavy swing against it from voters switching to the new Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP) coalition party.