DILI: The Council of Ministers approved Thursday the draft law and revised US$1.67billion general state budget for 2020. The revised budget comes after parliamentarians questioned the size of the previous US $1.96b budget-equal to the largest budget in Timor-Leste’s history - earlier this month.

DILI: Government and civil society have joined forces in a new push to gain United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) unique cultural heritage recognition for Tais, Timor-Leste’s traditional handwoven cloth.

DILI: A senior political observer from the National University of Timor-Leste, Camilo Ximenes Almeida, has called on Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak to immediately evaluate the performance of his ministerial cabinet and replace underperforming members, objecting to the prevalence of unfulfilled government promises and poor service delivery.

DILI:UK independent oil and gas exploration company Baron Oil through its subsidiary SundaGas Pty Ltd, was awarded Friday an offshore production-sharing contract by Timor-Leste’s National Petroleum Authority.

DILI: The government through the Ministry of Arts and Culture has offered to compensate people to build and preserve the indigenous sacred house (‘uma lulik’), as a part of a campaign to honour the tradition and to display the Fataluku people’s craftsmanship to international visitors.