DILI: Senior representatives from Osaka Gas Japan and Australia arrived in Dili on Wednesday to meet Timor-Leste’s Minister for Petroleum and Minerals, as Timor-Leste pushes for progress on the long-stalled Greater Sunrise Gas Project in the Timor-Sea, according to a government filing.
DILI: The Vera Cruz Community Health Centre on Friday said it needed supplementary food for its malnutrition program to help hundreds of children in Timor-Leste meet basic nutrition levels, amid a supply shortfall.
ERMERA: Japan is supporting the training up of tens of health staff across Ermera in an effort to reduce the number of women who die in childbirth, one of several maternal, reproductive and child health projects lead by Japanese NGO ‘Frontline’ in partnership with Ermera Municipality of Health Department.
DILI: Even as more Timorese graduate with medical qualifications, the number of doctors and surgeons trained to provide specialised treatment is limited – but the director of the country’s national hospital in Dili seeks to change this.
DILI: Brunei Darussalam’s Ambassador to Timor-Leste Abel Guterres said on Tuesday his country would recruit more than 20.000 Timorese to fill employment gaps, as part of a new bilateral government employment program.
DILI: European Union’s Ambassador to Timor-Leste Marc Fiedrich on Monday pledged more aid to improve access to clean water across the country, responding to on-going efforts from Timor-Leste government and international agencies to recognise citizen’s rights to water.
DILI: Despite some progress, many Timorese are not preventing themselves from passing on or being transmitted the HIV virus, the Ministry of Health said on Friday.
DILI: The Indian Minister of State for External Affairs has travelled to Timor-Leste for official meetings with leaders, his office said, describing the visit as the first high level visit from India to Timor-Leste since 2018.
DILI: Efforts to increase the women’s quota in Timor-Leste’s decision-making bodies will be strengthened this week when Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Justice in partnership with United Nations Development Programme and State Secretariat for Equality launch a new program to support women into legal careers.
DILI: Timor-Leste’s earnest sports ambitions have long stood in contrast to its major multi-sport achievements but sporting officials say the tiny half island has stirred at the Asian Para Asian Games.
DILI: United Kingdom’s Minister for the Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, said she will hold a series of meetings with government officials and launch a UK-UNICEF program to combat child malnutrition late last week, the first official visit from a UK minister since Timor-Leste gained independence in 2002.
DILI: Timor-Leste and Australia concluded its annual joint military exercise involving more than 230 military personnel from five countries on Friday, in a show of force and unity and amongst countries in the Indo-Pacific.
DILI: Fundasaun Mahein, a Timorese security watchdog, published the call for political cartoons as part of a new cartoon competition in a statement on Friday.
BEIJING: Timor-Leste and China said they have upgraded bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership, potentially giving Beijing more influence in the region, and enabling Timor-Leste to pursue possible joint oil and gas exploration.