DILI: A speech by the Petroleum Fund Consultative Council in National Parliament aimed at clarifying the State’s multi-million-dollar energy project plans was cut short early Tuesday with Xanana Gusmao, Timor-Leste’s Chief oil and gas negotiation, claiming members of the Fretilin opposition party were playing politics with national plans.

DILI: Growing numbers of people are putting their health at risk by buying pharmaceutical drugs through Chinese traders with Mandarin language instructions they cannot understand, Aderito Hugo Da Costa, a member of the Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) party has said. Da Costa raised the concern about the trend, which…

DILI: Former Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos Horta has urged the ruling coalition in parliament to listen to ideas and embrace opposition and civil society voice during a speech at the Presidential Palace in Dili on Tuesday.

DILI: Timor-Leste opposition party Fretilin has accused the government of "not having competence for administration" after the coalition parties in parliament called for a one-week postponement of the 2019 state budget hearings on Friday.

DILI: The Timor-Leste government is to launch new tenders in 2019 for onshore oil exploration in the south of the country, as it pushes forward with plans to expand its domestic oil and gas industry.