Leste’s economy is forecast to contract by 6.8 percent in 2020 – the sharpest fall since the country’s independence in 2002 – due to the impact of COVID-19 and delays in the approval of the 2020 state …
detail – country office to Indonesia and Timor-Leste
Director Indonesia & Timor-Leste / Acting head of the KAS office in Malaysia …
Pacific funding boost to come at a cost
A $305 million boost to help Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste deal with the impacts of COVID-19 has been welcomed by foreign aid groups, but they say it should not come at the cost of helping …
‘Step down in Southeast Asia’: DFAT still working on foreign aid plan
The Morrison government committed $304.7 million in new funding over two years for Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste in Tuesday’s budget, but it will not technically count as foreign aid.
WFP Timor-Leste Country Brief, September 2020
Net Funding Requirement (NFR). • Timor-Leste registered one new case of COVID-19 on 28 September 2020. As a result, the Government of Timor-Leste declared another thirty day State of Emergency. • WFP …
U.S. Navy Seabees Finish Construction of Schoolhouse in Timor-Leste
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, Detail Timor-Leste Public Affairs BAUCAU, Timor-Leste – U.S. Navy Seabees deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3’s Detail Timor-Leste …
Australia is set to spend $500M buying an ‘advance purchase’ of a COVID-19 vaccine to help its neighbours bounce back – while NO money has changed hands securing life-saving …
The plan will be rolled out over three years to help countries, like Timor-Leste to Australia’s north, achieve full virus immunisation coverage. ‘A fast, safe vaccine rollout in the Pacific and …
Covid-19 and the Alignment of Timor-Leste’s Aviation and Tourism Strategies
Leste’s aviation sector was at an embryonic stage of development, and the shortcomings of its aviation sector were recognized as constraints on the development of tourism. Yet the fact is that …
A Flight Path to Recovery for Tourism in Timor-Leste
Leste’s natural beauty should be a magnet for tourists and a much-needed boost to the economy, but costly airfares, inadequate airports, and Covid-19 have kept this goal out of reach. A report from …
ASEAN Wrap: Boeung Ket FC crowned Cambodian champions, Cup glory for Timor-Leste’s Lalenok
League title in dramatic fashion after scoring deep into stoppage time on the final day of the season to secure the point they needed to stay ahead of second-placed Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC.