The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Social Communication (MAPCOMS – Portuguese acronym) handed over, this Thursday, August 25^th, 2022, at the Government Palace, in Dili, monetary support, financed by the Public Transfer Fund, to the Rural Villages (Sucos) Community Information Centres (CICSR – Portuguese acronym) with the amount of US$ 14,700.00. 

The funds were handed over by the National Director for Information Dissemination, Estevão da Costa Belo and by the Head of Protocol, Press and Online Editing Department, Carmen Beatriz Ximenes Gonçalves, accompanied by the coordinators and managers of the CICSR and also by the technicians of the said Directorate, to the village chiefs of Rotuto, in the Municipality of Manufahi, José dos Santos, of Liça Dila, in the Municipality of Liquiça, Fernando Lobo, of Lore II, in the Municipality of Lautem, Armando de Jesus and of Dato Tolu, in the Municipality of Covalima, João Agustinho Resi.

This support aims to facilitate the activity of the centres, based on their proposals submitted through the CICSRs, to support the dissemination of rural information to the public by the media.

This initiative is part of the MAPCOMS policy to contribute to the development of the media sector, in accordance with the national programme for the freedom of the press and freedom of expression guarantee, for the dissemination of information to the public on the development, potential and actuality of rural villages (sucos).