East Timor Politics News

The opposition Fretilin party put forward the motion in the house of representatives Monday to protest Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's order to set free Maternus Bere on Aug. 30. The Supreme Court believes the move violated the constitution and has...

Orseck, the council president, heads the parks, public grounds and recreation committees. She is the nursing recruitment coordinator at Hackensack University Medical Center...Orseck cites health care costs that have risen 20 percent as a particular challenge during the council's budgeting...

But does President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dare to strip the power of National Police's chief of detectives? While the President was relatively quick in suspending two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officials for allegedly receiving bribes, there is no indication so...

Timor Leste should form its anti-corruption commission soon to support the economy and maintain people's trust in the half-island nation, President Jose Ramos-Horta said on Saturday. The Nobel laureate said at a military event that fighting graft was an important...

WaterAid Australia estimates more than 1000 children die from diarrhoea in East Timor each year and poor sanitation is a reason for this. Its chief executive, Adam Laidlaw, says diarrhoea rates can be cut by more than a third when...

After all, journalists enjoy no greater protection from attack than other civilians. One answer to this question must be that journalists played a crucial role in the independence struggle. Another answer is that in East Timor itself, Sander Thoenes is...