Items filtered by date: February 2019

DILI: People living in Timor-Leste could have a fourth telecommunication option after Timorese consortium Ceslink presented a proposal to the government to become the nation’s largest telecom operator.

DILI: Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak led by example as he took part in a rubbish clean-up at Lecideire on Friday in the opening day of Timor-Leste’s new national service program.

DILI: Timor-Leste’s Deputy Finance Minister has pushed into the country’s simmering political row over the $650 million payment for holdings in the Greater Sunrise gas project, saying the amount would be paid by March 18.

DILI: The Ministry of Public Works (MOP) has opened a multi-million-dollar tender for implementation of a national clean water and road project, it was announced on Tuesday.

DILI: The cost of rice is forecast to continue to rise in some rural areas after the effects of heavy rain has cut transport of basic goods pushing up prices by 30%.

DILI: Three organizations signed partnership agreements with the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Tourism For All project Wednesday at a forum co-hosted by the U.S. Embassy and the Timor-Leste Secretary of State for Vocational Training and Employment.  

DILI: Police and military patrols of Timorese communities are to be stepped up amid heightened concern about risk of criminal activity, Timor-Leste’s Minister of Defence and Security has said.

DILI:  Timor-Leste has failed to maintain its improving ranking in a global measure of government corruption, dropping back three scores in 2018 after making steady progress until 2016.

DILI: The President of the Republic has delivered a clear warning to the ruling coalition government to “adopt more adequate public polices” and “execute them more rigorously,” or risk Timor-Leste’s economic security.

DILI: The ruling coalition government’s revised US$1.48 General State Budget Law for 2019 has been promulgated by the President of the Republic, setting up the major economic program for the next 12 months.