Citizen News Service (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Integrated community health services in Timor-Leste After a two hour walk across several hills and through valleys in a mountainous part of Timor-Leste, have Paula and her four-year-old daughter Maria arrived at a simulation exercise of the integrated community health service. Driven by guilt she embarked on her tiresome journey with febrile Maria. As I watch Paula line up amongst the...
Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Isidoro V. da Costa, JRS-Timor Leste – Project Director; JRS- Asia Pacific Issue 75, PO Box 49, Sanampao Post Office, Bangkok 10406, Thailand 28/11/09 Mrs. Elisa is an old widowed woman. Her husband was a Timorese soldier during the Portuguese colonial time. When Indonesian troops invaded Timor Leste (after independence in 1975) she and her husband [...]
People Daily (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Commemorating its separation from a Portuguese colony that falls on November 28, the Timor Leste Industrial Ministry will hold an expo to promote local products from November 27 to 30, an expo organizing committee official said on Wednesday. Speaking in a press conference held in the industrial ministry premises, head of the expo's organizing committee Florentina C.P.M. Smith said that the committee...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Commemorating its separation from a Portuguese colony that falls on November 28, the Timor Leste Industrial Ministry will hold an expo to promote local products from November 27 to 30, an expo organizing committee official said on Wednesday. Speaking in a press conference held in the industrial ministry premises, head of the expo's organizing committee Florentina C.P.M. Smith said that the committee...
Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... Korea, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Japan, China, Vietnam, Solomon Islands, Myanmar, Timor-Leste, DPRK, PNG and Malaysia, participated in the dialogue. This culminated in a resolution co-sponsored by, inter alia, Australia, Fiji, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Korea, Timor-Leste and New Zealand that noted the Secretary-General’s report, observed the fruitfulness...
Susan's Aceh Adventure (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Hello from an unbearably hot and humid Dili! It is apparently supposed to be rainy season here in Timor-Leste by now, but all we have received so far is a few sprinkles of rain - hopefully the real rain will come very soon to cool off the parched earth and bring some us some real relief! The lack of rain has recently been complimented by frequent power outages. Many evenings I arrive home just...
World Streets (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
... Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor Timor-Leste, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard and Mc Donald Islands, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary,...
2009 2010International Scholarships (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... – coastal and marine areas of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea,Philippines, Timor Leste, Solomon Islands EasternHimalayas – Bhutan, Nepal Galapagos – Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) Mexico –State of Chiapas, Chihuahuan Desert , Gulf of California, Mesoamerican Reef ofMexico, Monarch Butterfly Reserve, State of Oaxaca Namibia US NorthernGreat Plains – portions...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... Cambodia, China, North Korea, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, South Korea, Timor Leste and the Philippines signed this agreement so the body can enter into contracts covering activities that'll promote sustainable development in East Asia. "The agreement will also enable PEMSEA to receive and manage contributions for such purpose," Philippine Department of Environment and Natural...
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... the Timorese people.''For us, the best outcome is development of Greater Sunrise on the shores of Timor-Leste that can underpin the overall economic and social development of the country,'' he said.He said it was expected it would cost $8 billion to $10 billion to get the project under way and that investment would drive the development of other services in the country of 1 million people.''That's...
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... Afghanistan. Other recipients were two SAF personnel who served in the United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste, while a pair facilitated logistics support for deployments in Afghanistan. Moreover, 45 Singapore Civil Defence Force officers received Overseas Service medals on Wednesday night. Forty-two were part of Operation Lionheart, involved in the search and rescue efforts after the Padang...
