Government of Timor-Leste

Media Releases

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  23 of March of 2022Meeting of the Council of Ministers on March 23rd, 2022

  Approved:
  
  1 - material resources and financial incentives for community leaders;
  
  2 - Air Services Agreement between the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and the United Arab Emirates;
  
  3 - first amendment to the financial contribution agreement for development objectives between the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and the United States of America, through the USAID agency;
  
  4 - supplementary payment to employees, agents and contractors of the National Press of Timor-Leste, I.P. assigned to the printing of ballots for the President of the Republic election;
  
  5 - Government's Legislative Plan for 2022.
  
  
  Analysed:
  
  1 - policy options regarding human resources management issues in the Public Administration;
  
  2 - existing national and international private investment proposals in the telecommunications sector, for the connection of the fibre optic cable to Timor-Leste.

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  22 of March of 2022National holidays in 2022

  The public holidays with a fixed date and variable date for 2022, determined by the Law n.10/2005 of 10th of August

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• 17 of March of 2022Day Off on the 18th March 2022

  day off on the 18th March due to the first round of the Presidential Election

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  16 of March of 2022Meeting of the Council of Ministers on March 16th, 2022

  Approved:
  
  1 - first amendment to the Decree-Law No. 26/2021, of November 26th, on the exceptional and temporary measures of sanitary surveillance in response to the pandemic of the COVID-19 disease;
  
  2 - new Legal Regime of Procurement, public contracts and respective violations;
  
  3 - agreement between the Government of Timor-Leste and the g7+;
  
  4 - agreements between the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and the Kingdoms of Cambodia and Thailand for visa exemption for holders of diplomatic and service passports.
  
  
  Analysed:
  
  1 - Government's legislative plan for 2022.

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• 15 of March of 2022Vote of Condolences for the Death of Father José Alves Martins

  Vote of Condolences for the Death of Father José Alves Martins, Jesuit missionary, on March 14th, 2022, at the Vila Franca de Xira Hospital, in Portugal

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• 11 of March of 2022Congratulations Message on the election of Yoon Suk-yeol as President of the Republic of Korea

  Congratulations Message on the election of Yoon Suk-yeol as President of the Republic of Korea

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  09 of March of 2022Meeting of the Council of Ministers on March 9th, 2022

  Approved
  
  1 - second amendment to Law number 10/2004, of November 24th, Law of the Health System;
  
  2 - National Day of the Tais;
  
  3 - first amendment to Decree-Law No. 12/2018, of April 25th, on the extraordinary allowance to members of the Election Administration Bodies;
  
  4 - Municipal Administrator of Ataúro;
  
  5 - procurement procedure of an International Public Tender, for the awarding of a public contract for the construction of a new building for the Manatuto Municipal Administration;
  
  6 - creation of the 112 number, as the single national emergency number;
  
  7 - participation in the World Expo 2025, which will be held in OSAKA;
  
  8 - donation of one million five hundred thousand US dollars to the United Nations World Food Program to be used in humanitarian aid to the Ukrainian people.
  
  
  Analysed:
  1 - new Procurement and Public Contracts Legal Regime;
  
  2 - Schedule of projects financed by the Infrastructure Fund, the respective evaluation process and the priorities and budget projections for 2023.

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• 28 of February of 2022Day Off on March 2nd for the celebration of “Ash Wednesday”

  Day-off is granted on March 2nd, 2022, throughout the day

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