The government relaunched its website recently. It looks like all the main government ministries and departments now have a at least a reasonably workable website. The government's main website is powered by WordPress. If you go to http://timor-leste.gov.tl/wp-admin you get a log-in page. The theme is custom designed from what I can tell, and it was done by a Portuguese …
Mar 30, 2010
Bye bye, Motion
On Saturday night we bid farewell to pretty much the only nightclub in Dili that is ever worth going to. Motion Bar will close its doors on Wednesday and with that we leave behind a lot of history in Dili in terms of the people who have run the place and the people who have been there. I went to …
Mar 30, 2010
Another mystery illness
I don't know what it is with me these past few months, but I seem to be getting sick a lot more than normal. This latest illness was the worst yet. I was in Suai district doing a short training course at the media centre there when I began feeling ill. My throat was hurting, my body aching and my …
Mar 29, 2010
Minister of Tourism, shut up your mouth
This is a translation of a Diario story about Gil Alves, East Timor's Minister of Tourism, Commerce and Industry. It's the funniest thing I've read for ages. Members of the National Parliament have asked the Minister of Tourism, Commerce and Industry to shut his mouth up and not make nonsensical statements. MP Rui Menezes of Democratic Party (PD) said, "It's …
Mar 19, 2010
GNR allegedly manhandle pregnant Timorese lady
From Timor Post: Lourenca Lelan and Antonio Varrela from Komoro Sub-district in Dili had accused the United Nations Police from the GNR unit of physical assault against them during a protest of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in front of the Ministry of Social Solidarity in Dili, Thursday. "The Portuguese police pulled me from behind and told me to go home …