Government of Timor-Leste

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  26 of November of 20162017 General State Budget unanimously approved in generality

  Statement by the Spokesperson of the Sixth Constitutional Government on November 26th, 2016.

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  25 of November of 2016Government organizes activities to celebrate Proclamation of Independence Day

  Statement by the Spokesperson of the Sixth Constitutional Government on November 25th, 2016.

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  24 of November of 2016Government’s 2017 General State Budget presented to National Parliament

  Statement by the Spokesperson of the Sixth Constitutional Government on November 24th, 2016.

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  22 of November of 2016Council of Ministers meeting on November 22nd, 2016

  Approved:
  1 - Government Resolution approving the State's participation in a commercial company TL Cement and the draft promissory agreement to increase share capital and for the transformation of the company
  2 - Government Resolution which sets up the Technical Inter-ministerial Commission for the Management of River Basins
  3 – Strategic Business Plan for the RTTL [Radio Television Timor-Leste] for the period of 2017-2021
  4 - Decree-Law that approves the payment of one month's basic salary to the public sector
  5 - Government Decree on the additional payment to civil servants connected to the State Budget for 2017 process and the State’s accounts closing of 2016
  6 - Agreement with the Asian Development Bank for rehabilitation of municipal roads
  7 - Government Resolution on the strategic concept for the Defence and Security
  8 - Government Resolution on the subdivision of the Contract Area for Block Exploration
  9 - Government Resolution approving the operations schedule for electoral census abroad
  
  Submitted:
  1 – Final outcome of the National Census on Population and Housing of 2015

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  18 of November of 2016Number of elected female Suco Chiefs nearly doubles

  Statement by the Spokesperson of the Sixth Constitutional Government on November 18th, 2016.

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  17 of November of 2016Timor-Leste’s economic outlook positive as reforms begin to show results

  Statement by the Spokesperson of the Sixth Constitutional Government on November 17th, 2016.

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  15 of November of 2016Council of Ministers’ meeting on November 15th, 2016

  Approved:
  1 – Decree-Law that establishes the organic structure of the Tax Authority
  2 – Decree-Law that establishes the organic statute of the Customs Authority
  3 – First amendment to Decree-Law no. 6/2005, of September 14th (recognition of the Red Cross of Timor-Leste)
  4 – Draft Law on the Social Security Budget
  5 – Decree-Law establishing the system for controlling the movement of vehicles, motorcycles and mopeds and goods through land borders, when entering and leaving national territory
  6 – Signature of Protocol between the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and the Government of the People's Republic of China on sending a Chinese medical team to serve in Timor-Leste
  7 – Signing of the Cooperation Agreement between the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Cuba and the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

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  11 of November of 2016National Youth Day and Commemoration of the Santa Cruz Massacre

  Statement by the Spokesperson of the Sixth Constitutional Government on November 11th, 2016.

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