TATOLI Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste

DILI, 07 November 2019 (TATOLI) – Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak said his government "must work hard" to turn around its image among the business community. Speaking after meeting with President Francisco Guterres Lú Olo, the PM admitted business conditions need to improve. "This is not easy because...

DILI, 07 November 2019 (TATOLI) - The Timor-Leste government has signed on to loans worth a total of $US 457.5m, a parliamentary meeting has heard. Sitalina Maria das Dores Amaral Tilman from United Public-Private Partnerships (UPPP) fronted the 2020 Budget hearings at the National Parliament...

DILI, 07 November 2019 (TATOLI) - Timor-Leste's Defence and Interior Minister, Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus, has joined international counterparts at a major conference in Melbourne, Australia, aimed at tackling terrorism financing. Mr Paixão said smaller countries such as Timor-Leste have been invited to the 'No...

DILI, 04 November 2019 (TATOLI) – There are now more sim cards registered in Timor-Leste than people in the country, according to the National Communications Authority. ANC President João Olívio Freitas said the figure comes from customers of the three major sim card providers: Timor Telcom, Telemor...

DILI, 05 November 2019 (TATOLI) - Timor-Leste's National Petroleum and Minerals Authority (ANPM) said it's been approached by "one or two" companies interested in exploring for minerals at 18 new sites released for public tender. The tenders -- comprised of seven onshore and 11 off-shore...

DILI, 31 October 2019 (TATOLI) - Police in Baucau District are reporting a significant spike in the number of domestic violence cases reported at Venilale -- some of which are related to land disputes. Timor-Leste's National Police (PNTL) Commander Sebastião Freitas said there have now been...

DILI, 31 October 2019 (TATOLI) - Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines has completed its first flight from Singapore to Timor-Leste. The Airbus A319 touched down at Dili's Nicolau Lobato International Airport this morning, and was greeted with a water salute on the tarmac. Timor's Minister of Transport...

BALIBO, 16 October 2019 (TATOLI) -- Timor’s press council, and the government secretary for state media, have used the anniversary of the killing of five foreign journalists to take aim at the latest scourge to media freedom: misinformation and so-called 'fake news'. The comments came...

DILI, 24 October 2019 (TATOLI) - A senior Pentagon official has told Timor-Leste's President Francisco Guterres Lu Olo there is some room to improve Defense ties between the two countries. In his first visit to the country, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Southeast Asia, Chris...

DILI, 24 October 2019 (TATOLI) -- The Timor Leste-based g7+ group of countries says it remains hopeful of earning a greater say in UN General Assembly (UNGA) deliberations, after formally requesting observer status. Debate to include the 20-member g7+ as observers at the New York-based...