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Tue. 13 of July of 2021, 11:02h Prime Minister and American Ambassador lay the foundation stone for rehabilitation of Baucau Aerodrome The Prime Minister, Taur Matan Ruak, accompanied by the United States (U.S.) Ambassador, Kevin Blackstone, performed the symbolic laying of the foundation stone for the rehabilitation of the Baucau Aerodrome, on July 12th, 2021. The rehabilitation of the Baucau Aerodrome is ...more -
Mon. 12 of July of 2021, 17:15h Vice Prime Minister visits CPLP headquarters The Vice Prime Minister, José Maria dos Reis, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Adaljiza Magno, visited the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) Headquarters, in Lisbon, where they were received by the Executive Secretary of the CPLP, ...more -
Mon. 12 of July of 2021, 16:42h Government decides six priorities and a US$ 1.5 billion budget ceiling for the GSB 2022 In the National Seminar "Budgetary Days for the 2022 General State Budget", the Government of Timor-Leste identified 6 (six) important areas that will be the priorities for the Government in fiscal year 2022. The 6 priority areas are: (i) Social Capital (Education, Vocational Training and ...more -
Mon. 12 of July of 2021, 10:20h Second doses of Sinovac vaccine started being administered today On July 12th, 2021, in a ceremony held at the CUAT (Chinese Merchants Union Association in Timor Leste) headquarters, in Hudi-Laran, Dili city, began the distribution of the second dose of the Sinovac vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These vaccines are part of a batch of one ...more -
Thu. 08 of July of 2021, 16:04h Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers met with the Country Director of OXFAM Timor-Leste The Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Fidelis Manuel Leite Magalhães, met, on July 8th, 2021, with the Country Director of OXFAM in Timor Leste, Fausto (Nino) Belo Ximenes and his technical team, at the Government Palace, in Dili. During the meeting, ...more -
Thu. 08 of July of 2021, 15:10h Timor-Leste received today 40 thousand more vaccines from Australia A batch of 40,000 additional AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines arrived today, July 8th, 2021, from Australia. In total, Australia has already supplied 175,000 vaccines to Timor-Leste. Australia has committed to provide Timor-Leste with sufficient doses of COVID-19 vaccines for the 80% of ...more -
Wed. 07 of July of 2021, 16:46h Council of Ministers approves extraordinary assistance for the integration in the labour market The Council of Ministers approved, at the meeting on July 7th 2021, a draft Decree-Law for the creation of extraordinary assistance for the integration into the labour market for beneficiaries of “cash for work” programmes, presented by the Minister of Finance, Rui Augusto ...more -
Tue. 06 of July of 2021, 16:38h National Parliament overall approves the Law Proposal on the General State Budget Framework and Public Financial Management The Law Proposal on the State Budget Framework and Public Financial Management was overall approved by the National Parliament, in the plenary session of July 6th, 2021, with 37 votes in favour, 12 against and 11 abstentions. This draft Law proposes a new framework for the ...more
