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      Ameerah Haq substitutes Atul Khare

      Diario Nacional , 7 January 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
      The new United Nation’s Secretary General special representative, Ameerah Haq has arrived in Timor-Leste for substituting Mr. Atul Khare who had ended his mission in last December 2009.

    • Delta-Nova’s incident is serious one: UN Police

      Diario Nacional , 7 January 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
      Acting UN Police Commissary, Idris Ibrahin said the recent incident of shooting dead a young man named Valdir Sezar by a Timorese National Police (PNTL) officer who also wounded Francisco in Delta-Nova was serious case.

    • Japanese Govt will donate Health Ministry worth US $ 1 million

      Timor Post , 7 January 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
      General Director for Health Ministry, Agapito da Silva said the Japanese Government through UNICEF would donate Health Ministry worth US $ 1 million shortly.

    • PNTL will not tolerate criminals

      Timor Post , 7 January 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
      Timorese Police Commander, Commissary Longuinhos Monteiro said they would not tolerate those people who engaged in incident happened in Kulau and Becora of Dili.

    • State secretary for defense calls for profound investigation into F-FDTL officer assault

      Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 7 January 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
      State Secretary for Defense, Julio Thomas Pinto has called for the State Secretariat for security to launch a profound investigation into the assault to a Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) officer, as it is serious ones.

    • F-FDTL authorizes security institution to investigate assault to F-FDTL officer

      Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 7 January 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
      State Secretary for Defense, Julio Thomas Pinto said the Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) had fully given authorization the Timorese National Police (PNTL) to launch investigation into the assault to the F-FDTL officer, Antonio Soares.

    • Horta calls for people to stay away from violence

      Timor Post , 7 January 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
      President Jose Ramos Horta has called for all the Timorese people to stay away from the act of violence in 2010.

    • Case of jabbing F-FDTL officer needs to be investigated profoundly

      Diario Nacional , 7 January 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
      Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) Commander, Major General Taur Matan Ruak said it was important to launch a profound investigation into the case of assault committed by some irresponsible young gang to one of his soldiers in Kulau on January 1st.

    Pinto: “Promotion for four Colonels will happen on January 14”

    Diario Nacional , 6 January 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
    State Secretary for Defense, Julio Tomas Pinto said the Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) would promote four Colonel Rank on January 14 to manage four components of the defense force.

  • F-FDTL officers deployed around Dili city to respond to natural disaster

  • Diario Nacional , 6 January 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
    State Secretary for Defense, Julio Tomas Pinto said the climate change in the world had negatively impacted the people’s lives; therefore they deployed the Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) soldiers around the Capital of Dili to help the victims of natural disaster that might happen during the rainy season.

  • Alves: “MSS prepares money worth US $ 950 thousand for natural disaster”

    Diario Nacional , 6 January 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
    Minister for Social and Solidarity, Maria Dominggas Alves said her ministry had prepared money worth US $ 950 thousand for natural disaster in which the money was transferred from the State Secretariat for Veterans and Ex-Combatant.

  • Salsinha: “I am concerned about provisional sentence which has been over”

    Suara Timor Loro Sa’e , 6 January 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
    Ex-rebel leader Gastão Salsinha has expressed concerns over provisional sentence given to him and his men by the court, as it has been over and says this is a kind of discrimination by the judge.

  • Gusmão and Alkatiri stand condolence to Indonesia’s ex-president

    Timor Post , 6 January 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
    Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão and the ex-Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri have expressed condolences over the death of Indonesia’s ex-President Abdurahman Wahid known as Gusdur.

  • State secretary for Natural Disaster visits flood site

    Timor Post , 6 January 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
    State Secretary for Natural Disaster and Social Assistance, Jacinto Rigoberto has visited flood site in Ainaro, Same and Suai to look directly damages by the recent heavy down fall on January 1st and 2nd.

  Victim’s family urges Police to detain suspect
  Diario Nacional , 6 January 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
  Mateus de Carvalho has urged the Timorese National Police (PNTL) to detain suspects who stoned and jabbed Prime Sergeant of the Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) officer, Antonio Soares on January 1st 2010 in Kulau of Dili.

• PM Gusmão: “Development will go on well if the unity is strengthened”

  Diario Nacional , 6 January 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
  Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão said it was important for the youths to better strengthen their unity as it would emerge a positive impact on the country’s development process.

• Who is responsible for security in Dili, UN Police or PNTL?

  Diario Nacional , 4 January 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
  An unnamed source said the situation in the country was under control during 2009, but when it was about in the end of year the act of violence appeared involving the Timorese National Police (PNTL) officer, killing a young man and another one was seriously wounded.