Paulina Quintao – The November 12 Committee has worked with the government to identify the remains of 12 people killed in the Santa Cruz massacre…

Paulina Quintao – Timor-Leste has yet to introduce legislation to standardize food safety regulations for imports to the country.

World Food…

Paulina Quintao – The school feeding menu has been criticized for being poor quality and lacking nutritious food.

National MP Manuel Castro…

Concerned Brisbane Catholics have vowed to maintain pressure on the Australian government to negotiate a fair maritime boundary with our smallest…

Australians favour international law to determine Timor maritime boundary between Timor-Leste and Australia, even if that delivers Timor-Leste a…

David Webster – Digging into the archival records isn't purely academic. It can tell us why governments make the decisions they did – and suggest…

Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre on November 12, 1991. Journalists Allan Nairn and Amy Goodman were there when…

More than half those surveyed in a new poll favour setting Australia's maritime boundary with East Timor to give the new nation a greater share of…

On the 25th anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) urges the international community to commit…

Paulina Quintao – There are calls for the Health Ministry to change the medication procurement system and introduce a specific process to address…

Paulina Quintao – A newly launched integrated program is aiming to reduce malnutrition rates in the country, particularly in Aileu municipality.…

Paulina Quintao – Sixteen community groups have attended a week-long training course at Together We Help (HIAM) Health about the process of making…

Venidora Oliveira – Poverty rates in Timor-Leste have declined from 47.2% in 2007 to 30.3% in 2014, according to government data.

Deputy…

Economic activity in East Timor is expanding at a "satisfactory" pace that is expected to continue in 2017, said the International Monetary Fund (…

Venidora Oliveira – The government has been urged to establish regulations for traditional ceremonies to reduce the costs involved in funerals,…

Venidora Oliveira – MPs have approved more than $17 million for the National Parliament's 2017 budget at a plenary session.

National MP Arao…

Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan – This Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the Dili massacre, when 270 East Timorese – including Malaysian-New Zealander…

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – Thousands of families residing in Timor Leste before its independence have returned to Indonesia's West Nusa Tenggara (…

Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Health in collaboration with international agencies is developing guidelines for health personnel to help…

Venidora Oliveira – The Judicial Reform Commission has been criticized for working too slowly and failing to make any significant progress.

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Tony Moore – East Timor's former prime minister and president Dr Jose Ramos-Horta has appealed to Australia's sense of a "fair go", asking for a…

Karen J. Coates – Timor-Leste will hold elections on Oct. 29 to determine the country's next local leaders. And for the first time since this tiny…

Paulina Quintao – A total of 319 women have registered to run for suku (village) chief in the upcoming suku elections.

General Director of…

Steven Schubert – Donald Trump would provoke instability and world disorder if he becomes the US president, according to Nobel Peace Prize winner…

Lala Soares – With Hillary Clinton in the race to be the first female president of the United States and British Prime Minister Theresa May and…

Lita Aruperes, Manado, North Sulawesi – The North Sulawesi Police have uncovered an alleged charging of illegal fees in the disbursement of…

Paulina Quintao – The National Parliament (NP) has begun discussions on proposed law no. 26/III/III to combat human trafficking in the country.…

Paulina Quintao – The government through the Secretariat of State for Youth and Sport (SSYS) has allocated $120,499.25 to the November 12…

Isabel Ermelita – The Timor-Leste Health Ministry is continuing to promote the use of condoms to at-risk groups to prevent the transmission of HIV…

Journalists around the world are trying to get the prime minister of Timor-Leste (East Timor) to abandon a criminal complaint against two Timor-…

Venidora Oliveira – Minister of Defense Cirilio Cristovao said execution of the general state budget for the Defense Ministry reached 67% by mid-…

Paulina Quintao – Three-hundred women candidates in 12 municipalities, including Oecusse, have been confirmed for the upcoming suku (village)…

Paulina Quintao – Although the Education Ministry has formally included sexual health as a subject in the national curriculum, this has not yet…

Semarang, Central Java – The immigration office in Central Java has deported 51 students who had come from Timor Leste but were found staying in…

China, Macau, Timor-Leste – Timor-Leste (East Timor) is expected to grant a license for fishing in its territorial waters to Chinese company…

Lauren Roberts, Rural Reporter – Territory mango farmers are flying to Timor in a desperate attempt to recruit workers ahead of a potential labour…

Amsterdam (Reuters) – Australia and East Timor [will] aim for an agreement over the disputed maritime boundary in resource-rich waters between…

Paulina Quintao – The Deputy President of the Timor-Leste Parliamentary Women's Group (GMPTL), Albina Marcal, said many women especially in rural…

Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Education has still not created a policy to ensure school principals accept female drop-outs so that they can…

Jack Kerr for Earshot – If someone was to make an Australian version of Forrest Gump, they might look to Brian Manning's life story for…

Wendy Levy, Manahat, Timor Leste – Farmers in Timor Leste call the months from November to February "the hungry season", and this year could be…

UA: 230/16 Index: ASA 57/4957/2016 Timor-Leste

Two Timorese journalists, Raimundos Oki and Lourenco Vicente Martins,…

Elisabeth Buchan – On 19 September, Timor-Leste won a minor victory in its ongoing dispute with Australia over rights to resources in the Timor…

Thomas Ora, Dili – The Timor-Leste government has appreciated a Catholic plan to prioritize peace education in schools which is needed to heal…

Paulina Quintao – The Timor-Leste Parliamentary Women's Group (GMPTL) with other women's associations is developing a law to enforce the legal age…

Paulina Quintao – Alumni from the Timor-Leste Youth Parliament (ATLYP) are raising awareness about conflict resolution to high school students.…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – State electricity company PLN is ready to supply electricity to areas on Indonesia-Timor Leste borders by the end of…

Venidora Oliveira – The government through the Secretariat of State for Land and Property (SSLP) is planning to evict Kaikoli residents in the…

Dili, East Timor – Two East Timorese journalists are going on trial in a criminal defamation case brought by the country's prime minister that has…

Prashanth Parameswaran – As ASEAN approaches the commemoration of its 50th anniversary next year, one of the key things to watch will be the…