Government of Timor-Leste

Media Releases

• 30 of July of 2025Meeting of the Council of Ministers on July 30th 2025

  Approved
  
  ✅ 1 - Vote of congratulations for the organisation and participation in the CPLP XII Sports Games 2025;
  
  
  ✅ 2 - Commemorations of the 50th anniversary of FALINTIL;
  
  
  ✅ 3 - Composition of the Political Review Committee for the 2026 General State Budget;
  
  
  ✅ 4 - Establishment of the National Development Bank of Timor-Leste, S.A.;
  
  
  ✅ 5 - Expenditure and opening of the respective procurement procedures for the implementation of four road infrastructure rehabilitation projects in the municipalities of Bobonaro, Ermera and Liquiçá;
  
  
  ✅ 6 - Martial Arts Legal Framework; and
  
  
  ✅ 7 - Conditional Health and Nutrition Subsidy for Pregnant Women, Breastfeeding Women, and Children Aged 0 to 3 Years in Situations of Social Vulnerability.
  
  
  Analysed:
  
  ➡️ 1 - Final report on internal audits of public administration services.

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• 28 of July of 2025Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers on July 28th, 2025, and 2nd Interministerial Coordination Meeting on Timor-Leste's Accession to ASEAN

  The Council of Ministers met in the Noble Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in Dili and approved a draft Government Resolution calling on the Kingdom of Thailand and the Kingdom of Cambodia to immediately cease all hostilities and take concrete measures to prevent the escalation of the ongoing conflict, which has already caused unnecessary loss of life, destruction of property and displacement of populations.

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• 25 of July of 2025Meeting of the Council of Ministers on July 25th 2025

  Approved:
  
  ✅ 1 - Authorisation to negotiate the terms of a State guarantee for the development of a solar photovoltaic power plant;
  
  ✅ 2 - General Regime for the Financial System and Banking Activity; and
  
  ✅ 3 - Roadmap for the Establishment of the Supreme Court of Justice.
  
  
  Analyzed:
  
  ➡️ 1 - East Timor Trading Group's investment plan for the construction of an industrial and commercial zone; and
  
  ➡️ 2 - National Action Plan against Human Trafficking.

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• 16 of July of 2025Meeting of the Council of Ministers on July 16th 2025

  Approved:
  
  1. Access and Admission to Higher Education;
  
  2. Availability and dedication allowance for the XII CPLP Sports Games 2025 in Timor-Leste.
  
  
  Analysed:
  
  1. Preliminary report by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

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• 15 of July of 2025Government Congratulates Civil Servants on National Civil Service Day

  The IX Constitutional Government congratulates all civil servants on the celebration of National Civil Service Day, a date established by Government Resolution 22/2015 of July 15th. The purpose of creating this event was to recognize the essential role of the Civil Service in pursuing the public interest, respecting the legitimate rights and interests of citizens and institutions, and the commitment to bringing services closer to the people, as established in the Constitution of the Republic.

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• 09 of July of 2025Meeting of the Council of Ministers on July 9th 2025

  Approved:
  
  1 - creation of the Polytechnic Institute of Timor-Leste; and
  
  
  2 - restructure the State's indirect administration.

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• 02 of July of 2025Circular on Rabies Disease

  Therefore, in order to prevent and mitigate rabies, so that the disease does not spread to other municipalities that are currently still free, the Secretary of State for Livestock (SEPE), together with the Ministry of Health (MS), the Ministry of State Administration (MAE), through the Secretary of State for Toponymy and Urban Organization Affairs (SEATOU) are working with the Presidents of Municipal Authorities (PAM), with local authorities, community leaders and religious leaders, and with security institutions (Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL), Falintil - Forças da Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL)) to monitor and pay attention to this issue, in order to prevent and mitigate the rabies outbreak.

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• 02 of July of 2025Meeting of the Council of Ministers on July 2nd 2025

  Approved:
  
  ✅ 1 - Authorisation of expenditure and the opening of the respective procurement procedures for project management consulting services for the supervision of the design and construction of the Zumalai–Natarbora highway.
  
  Analysed:
  
  ➡️ 1 - Presentation on the status of activities in the oil and mineral resources sector.

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