Venidora Oliveira – National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) members are using service weapons to hunt animals, according to Member of…
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December 22, 2014
Estevao Nuno – Member of Parliament Eladio Faculto has criticized the government for using force to move on fish and coconut vendors at the…
December 21, 2014
Yoseph Kelen, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo says that the facilities along the nation's border with Timor Leste should be improved,…
December 19, 2014
Venidora Oliveira – The community of Cova in the sub-district of Balibo within Bobonara has not had electricity from the time of…
Paulina Quintao – The government must ban the import of cigarettes into Timor-Leste for the health of its people, says Member of Parliament Eladio…
Paulina Quintao – Member of Parliament Antoninho Bianco has warned citizens that providing false information to receive more than one voting card…
Paulina Quintao – Timorese visiting sex workers are neglecting to use condoms to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS.
National Commission to…
December 18, 2014
Luke Buckmaster – Director Robert Connolly's 2009 expose Balibo is based on the true story of Australian journalists the Balibo Five, who were…
December 17, 2014
Armandina Moniz, Dili (Notisias Online/Pacific Media Watch) – Timor-Leste's Court of Appeal has once again delivered a judgment…
December 15, 2014
Paulina Quintao – Member of Parliament Antoninho Bianco has criticized the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE)…
Paulina Quintao – The Education Ministry's declaration that six districts are free from illiteracy is incorrect as it does not take into account…
The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) is concerned that recent events in Timor-Leste weaken the country's hard-won constitutional…
Paulina Quintao – National Member of Parliament MP Bendita Magno wants to know why midwives at the Fatubolu Health post in Hatulia sub-district,…
Paulina Quintao – Analytical skills and critical thinking will be the focus of the new primary school curriculum to be introduced by the Education…
Venidora Oliveira – Non-government organization (NGO) Haburas asks the government to explain why it is not doing more to promote local products…
Dili – Timor-Leste's efforts to reduce the prevalence of domestic gender-based violence through criminalization and prosecution, already hampered…
December 10, 2014
Venidora Oliveira – Member of Parliament Estanislau da Silva has criticized the government for its failure to attract major investors to Timor-…
Paulina Quintao – Seventeen children are currently living with their mothers at Women's Forum Communication Timor-Leste emergency accommodation,…
December 7, 2014
The Government says it will not carry out its own inquiry into the killings of five journalists from Australia and New Zealand in Balibo, East…
December 1, 2014
Paulina Quintao – Deputy Human Rights Ombudsman Silverio Baptista Pinto has appealed to all people to respect the rights of those suffering from…
November 28, 2014
Pierre-Richard Prosper – The recent news that Timor-Leste's parliament voted to terminate contracts of the international judges it has relied upon…
November 27, 2014
Paulina Quintao – A lack of mental health professionals is making it difficult for Timorese mental health patients to access care.
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November 26, 2014
Tom Allard – The shock decision by East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao to expel foreign judges and advisers from the country appeared to be…
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Gabriela Knaul on Tuesday urged the government of East Timor to reconsider the…
November 24, 2014
Paulina Quintao – Alleged victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse are being forced to live for years at shelter homes as they await an…
Paulina Quintao – An absence of opportunities for promotion and the appointment of staff to roles unrelated to their qualifications has led to…
Martinha Gusmao – The Education Ministry, through the National University of Timor Lorosa'e, has signed a memorandum of understanding with…
November 21, 2014
Paulina Quintao – Educators are using classroom time to conduct business activities, according to Timor-Leste Coalition for Education (TLCE)…
Paulina Quintao – Spanish NGO Paz y Desarrolo (Peace and Development) has been working to improve knowledge of the electoral process and gender…
Paulina Quintao – CAUCUS is providing training for female members of political parties in Aileu, Ermera and Liquisa in preparation for them to…
November 19, 2014
Paulina Quintao – The State Secretariat for the Promotion of Equality (SEPI) is working with the Alola Foundation to provide human rights training…
Paulina Quintao – The government does not have a coherent policy for the treatment of those suffering from mental illnesses, says Member of…
Paulina Quintao – Member of Parliament Manuel de Castro Pereira has demanded answers from the Health Ministry regarding its management of…
Paulina Quintao – Limited finances are preventing the National University of Timor Lorosa'e's (UNTL) Gender Studies Centre from conducting…
November 17, 2014
Paulina Quintao – The National Commission for Combating HIV/AIDS in Timor-Leste (CNCS-TL) is working with its Indonesian counterpart in border…
Philip Dorling – The Federal Court is to hear a "top secret" appeal by the Australian government aimed at suppressing information from a…
Paulina Quintao – Tobacco advertising has once again come under fire in Parliament.
Member of Parliament Josefa Alvares Pereira Soares said…
November 15, 2014
An Australian nun is calling on the Abbott government to finally settle the maritime border with East Timor so the tiny nation can get on with…
November 14, 2014
Dili – East Timor is facing an uncertain future as resistance hero Xanana Gusmao prepares to step down as prime minister after helping hold the…
November 13, 2014
Bronwen Reed and Sophie McNeill – The extraordinary generosity of ABC viewers – including an anonymous donation of $200,000 – has stunned the…
November 11, 2014
Venidora Oliveira – A lack of adequate transportation is severely affecting the efficiency of the Criminal Investigation Service (SIK).
SIK…
Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Justice and National Parliament have made a commitment to change the penal code to specifically outlaw incest.…
Online campaign group GetUp! have produced a television commercial about Australia short-changing East Timor out of billions of dollars in oil and…
November 10, 2014
Paulina Quintao – Prohibitive repair costs mean six ambulances will remain out of action, according to national director of hospital support…
Paulina Quintao – More than 100 cases of domestic violence have been left pending in the Public Ministry due to the alleged victims'…
Paulina Quintao – Gender studies should be offered by tertiary education providers, according to National University of Timor Lorosa'e…
Paulina Quintao – Residents of 244 Timor-Leste sukus do not have access to health services in their villages.
Member of…
November 6, 2014
Paulina Quintao – The Secretariat of State for Vocational Training, Policy and Employment (SEPFOPE) registered 198 complaints regarding labour…
Aaron Sheldrick – Australia's Woodside Petroleum is in talks with East Timor on building an onshore gas plant, potentially removing one of the…
Martinha Gusmao – The National University of Timor-Lorosa'e (UNTL) donated $200 to student society AKHANA in support of their march…




