DILI: A crowd of people queued at Jack’s Department store in Dili on Friday, as business people and shoppers listened to Timor-Leste’s President Jose Ramos-Horta, who inaugurated the first department store in Timor-Leste run by Fijian retail brand Jack’s Retail Ltd ,underscoring the importance of its opening to development.

DILI: Julio Aparicio, the Executive Director of Timor-Leste’s Public Institute of Development Funds and Human Capital on Wednesday said it was too early to determine how the increase in Timorese citizens supported to get University degrees abroad will impact local development.

DILI: Timor-Leste on Tuesday gave approval for its energy partners Australia’s Woodside Energy and Japan’s Oska Gas to start work on a concept study for the development of the Greater Sunrise Gas field.

DILI: On the protected shore of the Timor Sea at Kasait Liquica tens of baby green sea turtles are waiting in plastic tubs to be released into the wild.

DILI: The El Niño weather pattern that can trigger drought in Timor-Leste is increasingly likely to return until early 2024, hitting production of key foods such as rice, vegetables and fruits.