Di Hulu Sungai Nil (part 2) - Teringat Sungai Loes di masa Kecil

Jinja, source of Nile (foto BB)

part of Nile source (foto BB)

Berdiri di pinggiran hulu sungai Nil. Diam, memandang keindahan alam. Arus sungai mengalir deras bergelombang menuju Mediterranean Sea. Saya melangkah berlahan menyusur tepi sungai sambil terus memandang jauh ke tengah sungai. Ada banyak tourist dalam dan luar negeri di sekeliling yang terlena dengan keindahan alami di hadapan mata. Semua terpana entah apa yang ada dalam pikiran mereka. Semakin banyak tourist berdatangan, saya terus diam keasyikan menikmati setiap peristiwa alam yang terjadi saat itu. 

(foto BB) Nile along the way to
Mediterranean sea

road to Bujagali, Jinja (foto BB)

Di tengah keramain dan keindahan alam ini, saya teringat akan sungai terpanjang di negeri tercintaku, Timor Leste, Sungai Loes (mota bebai/loes). Hulu sungai Loes boleh datang dari Besikama di daerah Belu, Timor Barat. Sungai Loes melewati sebagian wilayah Covalima hingga sepanjang Nunura, menyusur daerah Balibo, Cailaco, Atabae, Maubara hingga bermuara di Loes menuju laut utara. Jembatan Nunura memotong di wilayah Maliana untuk menghubungkan Balibo dan Tunubibi dan Jembatan Loes memotong di dekat muara untuk menghubungkan Atabae dan Maubara. Dua jembatan ini adalah yang terpanjang di Timor Leste memotong sungai Loes yang terpanjang itu. Teringat pula sungai Bulobu, sungai Marobo dan sungai Lauheli yang tergabung dengan sungai Loes menuju laut utara. 

Bujagali view, Jinja (foto BB)

Bujagali water fall, Jinja (foto BB)

Di masa kecilku, dari puncak gunung Gagaplau di daerah Atabai, di kala pagi buta dalam perjalanan menuju kebun (toos) di lereng gunung, selalu dimanjakan pemandangan indah sepanjang sungai Loes. Liuk-liuk sungai yang indah dengan awan-awan putih yang merayap berterbangan saat matahari terbit adalah keindahan yang selalu dikenang. Ada pula nampak gunung Darlau di wilayah Atsabe di kejauhan sana, wilayah Cailaco di dataran sepanjang persawahan Bilimau sehingga "Gou Abribu" (ribuan pohon cemara di dataran Bilimau), dan dataran luas wilayah Sare sampai ke wilayah Maubara, semua indah mempesona disaksikan dari atas lereng gunung Gagaplau. 

Bujagali water fall (foto BB)

Bujagali water fall (foto BB)

Embun pagi yang dingin sepanjang rerumputan hijau di tengah tapak meliuk turun naik menuju kebun adalah keindahan yang lain. Deretan pohon besar di antara bebatuan besar sepanjang jalan punya daya pikat sendiri. Kicaun berbagai jenis burung di pagi hari, suara monyet saling memanggil atau berkelahi di hutan belantara, kotekan ayam hutan, semua menghantar aku menuju "keta" (rumah kecil bertingkat) di pinggir kebun. 

Bujagali water fall (foto BB)

labu, pisang, avocat, jeruk dll
di jalan Jinja (foto BB)

Semua keindahan kenangan masa kecilku, sepertinya nampak jelas di hadapanku, di pinggiran hulu sungai Nil.  Benar, Sungai Loes tidak sepanjang sungai Nil, bahkan tidak sampai seperempatnya. Air dari hulu sungai Nil membutuhkan waktu tiga bulan untuk sampai ke Mediterranean Sea, setelah melewati 13 negara di Afrika dan Timur Tengah. Sepanjang sungai Nil memberikan kehidupan pada jutaan  penduduk, termasuk pamosakan pembangkit listrik tenaga air di beberapa negara. Sementara sungai Loes kini airnya semakin berkurang setiap tahun bahkan terancam kering beberapa tahun mendatang. 

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HADOMI Ó DALEN TANE Ó RAIN

Hakerek husi:Xisto Viana - Porto-Portugal

Dalen rai-na’in ita hotu nian

Dalen be moris horiuluk kedas

Ó hatene oinsá kona-ba nian

Ó rasik hatene nia hun no rohan

Ó rasik ko’alia kona-ba ó dalen

La leet hatene sá loos ba nia horik

Ema seluk la hatene nia wee-matan

Tan ne’e labele foti lia kona nian

Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Supports Sandalwood Park in Oecussi, Timor- Leste

30 August 2011, Dili, Timor- Leste – This summer marks the commencement of a critical development project in Oecussi, Timor-Leste, where the generosity of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation is making possible the creation of a Sandalwood Park and Environmental Protection Center. The Sandalwood Park, to be established in Lifau, Oecussi, has two components: a Sandalwood Park and Nursery, and an Environmental Protection Center that will be located within the Park. The Park will rest on 12 hectares of land that was generously donated by the Oecussi community.

Sandalwood trees play an important historical role in the history of Oecussi and of Timor- Leste. The Portuguese and the Dutch were attracted to the island of Timor during colonial times by its rich sandalwood forests. The “kingdom” of Oecussi was one of the centers of power for the region. Consequently, the first effective stronghold of European influence in the region was established along the north coast of the island at Lifau, now the capital of the Oecussi enclave that is geographically separated from but part of the Democratic Republic of Timor- Leste.

East Timor could serve as model for UN mission in Libya

BY ANDREW RETTMAN

Unarmed UN-hatted police supported by African Union and Arab League soldiers as well as Nato air-lift and sea-lift capabilities is emerging as the preferred model for a post-Gaddafi peacekeeping mission in Libya.

The UN special advisor for post-conflict planning in Libya, Ian Martin, told press in Istanbul on Thursday (25 August) that he is looking to set up an "integrated advance mission" in order to restore public security, rebuild public services and help rebel leaders, the Transitional National Council (TNC), to make preparations for democratic elections.

Countdown to real independence

By Klas Lundstrom*

Blackouts remain a significant part of East Timor's capital, Dili, although Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has promised the country's thirteen districts electricity by the end of the year - a promise which Gusmao is to realise with money from the country's oil fund, a fund increasingly tainted by corruption scandals and the falling US dollar.

In front of Dili's tiny harbour, headlights illuminate the night. This is the United Nations' industrial area, protected by warning signs, barbed wire and two bored security guards. They chain smoke cigarettes, talk and watch the night traffic pass by. What do the guards protect? Containers, generators, water tanks and tractors - a surplus of logistics that nobody uses in a society that lacks roads, clean water and electricity. Instead, this equipment has ended its days here, in the transit hall of the UN.

Xanana Gusmao: Address at Dedication of 100 Houses for F-FDTL

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE 

OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER 

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF DEFENSE 

KAY RALA XANANA GUSMÃO ON THE OCCASION OF THE CEREMONY 

FOR THE DEDICATION AND DELIVERY OF THE PROJECT CONCERNING 

THE CONSTRUCTION OF 100 HOUSES FOR F-FDTL

26 August 2011 

Metinaro 

Your Excellency the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Mr Fu Yuanchong, 

Your Excellency the Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Júlio Tomás Pinto, 

Your Excellency the Chief of the Defence Force, Major-General Taur Matan Ruak, 

Distinguished guests, Officers, NCOs and Privates of F-FDTL, 

Our young Nation would never have become a sovereign and independent State without the effort and sacrifice of all those who took arms and fought against the occupier for a quarter century. F-FDTL, the successor of FALINTIL, the armed resistance against the enemy, are today modern Armed Forces, characterized by a strong spirit of discipline, a high sense of duty and patriotic pride. Despite the human and logistic limitations that unfortunately still persist, F-FDTL have a remarkable operational capability, as they have shown in the missions in which they have been involved.

Forgive and forget as Dili signs Jakarta defence pact

MARK DODD

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EAST Timor's small army will be supplied with Indonesian weapons after the signing of a ground-breaking agreement between the two countries that were once deadly enemies.

Australia has 380 military personnel in the half-island state and has a close security relationship, but some in the capital, Dili, complain that Canberra can be excessively bureaucratic in its dealings on defence.

On a recent visit to Dili, Indonesian Defence Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro and East Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, who also serves as Defence Minister, signed a memorandum of understanding covering security co-operation, including training and military logistical support.

UN Peacekeepers to Keep their Date and Withdraw after East Timor Presidential Elections in 2012

Business & Tecnology - Vinti Vaid - Monday, August 29, 2011

The United Nations will finally wind up its peacekeeping services in East Timor in 2012, and all preparations to keep within this deadline are in full swing. It was almost six years ago that the East Timor government enlisted the United Nations peacekeeping efforts in 2006, following unprecedented civil riots and factional fighting that was taking one of the youngest nations in the world to the brink of internal strife and civil war.

United Nations is involved, and United Nations security forces have been protecting the nation because of long-standing political and historical events. To understand the significance of the UN security forces finally handing over the baton to East Timor, one needs to know how the current scenario came about and how the coming date with East Timor presidential elections in 2012 is so vital to this emerging nation.

Timor's Oil: Blessing or Curse?

By Guteriano Neves 

Oil has different meanings for different societies. For developed societies like the United States, Japan, and Western Europe, oil is like an addictive drug that people only want more and more of. It enables them to go everywhere. It helps them cook and regulate the temperature of their dwellings. Without oil, people in these societies couldn’t sustain their way of life. For these reasons, many countries go to war for the sake of securing access to oil.

However, oil has different significance for developing countries whose economies heavily depend on exporting oil and gas. When oil was discovered in their territory, it was their expectation that oil exports would help to boost their domestic economy through creating jobs, improving human resources, developing the non-oil economy, building infrastructure, and funding other social services. But this has rarely come to pass.

Xanana Gusmao: Beyond EITI The Transparency Model for Timor-Leste

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE

OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRIME MINISTER KAY RALA XANANA GUSMÃO ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING SESSION OF THE REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE (EITI)

“Beyond EITI. The Transparency Model for Timor-Leste”

Dili Convention Centre

26 August 2011

Your Excellencies

Ladies and Gentlemen,

First, I would like to salute all those who have come from afar, flying over continents and oceans, to take part in this important Regional Conference. I hope all of you will have a pleasant stay. For those who are visiting Timor-Leste for the first time, may this be just the first of many visits.

Second, I must give a special salute to our dear friends from the Republic of South Sudan. Your presence here in Timor-Leste fills us with joy!

Fakta Tentang Isaac Newton

Terlahir Prematur

Isaac Newton lahir sebelum waktunya alias prematur. Ketika lahir, ia bahkan diperkirakan tidak akan bertahan karena tubuhnya yang sangat kecil.

Hampir Menjadi Petani

Newton terlahir di keluarga petani. Ketika menginjak usia 17 tahun, ibu Isaac Newton bersikeras agar ia menjadi petani. Jika bukan karena pamannya, ia tidak akan pernah kuliah di Universitas Cambridge.

Ó Firaku, Ha’u Kaladi

Hakerek hosi : Xisto Viana - Estuda iha Faculdade de Letras-Universidade do Porto-Portugal

 Hanorin-na’in iha Universidade Timor Lorosa’e - Porto, 13 de Agosto de 2011

Horiuluk bei’ala sira otas

Husik hela lia-menon ba ita bei-oan

Imi temi firaku ka maluk kaladi

Hodi hadomi malu liután

Firaku no kaladi, ne’e lia-murak

Nu’udar lia-abut lisan rai ne’e

Ó temi sorin-balun, ha’u temi sorin-seluk

Ita rua maun-alin ka’ut ida de’it

Diskursu PR Ramos Horta Iha Serimonia Atu Rekonhese Funu Nain Husi Frente Armada Resistensia Timor Nian

DISKURSU HUSI ESELENSIA PRESIDENTE REPUBLIKA DR. JOSÉ RAMOS-HORTA PREMIU NOBEL BA PÁS (1996) IHA ANIVERSARIU FALINTIL NIAN BA DALA 36 SERIMONIA ATU REKONHESE FUNU NAIN HUSI FRENTE ARMADA RESISTENSIA TIMOR NIAN 

Dili, 20 Agostu 2011 

Nai Ulun Uma Fukun Timor nian (Senhor Presidente Parlamentu Nasional) 

Senhor Primeiru Ministru 

Senhor Xefe Estadu Maior General F-FDTL 

Veteranus Luta Libertasaun Nasional 

Militares Falintil-FDTL 

Ilustres konvidadus 

Eselensias 

Ho laran kmanek maka, iha aniversariu ba dala tolu nulu resin nen Falintil nian hau ata presidi serimonia nebe ita nia rai fo sasin publiku ba rekonhesimentu no hatudu ita nia gratidaun ba funu nain Frente Armada Resistensia Timor nian. Frente Armada nebe iha tinan rua nulu resin hat nia laran hatutan ahi liberdade ita nia rai nian, sai nudar ahi oan ida nebe ho segredu lakan wain iha ita nia povu nia futar fuan. Frente Armada maka fo moris ba frente resistensia sira seluk, hanesan : 

– Frente Diplomatika nebe ne-neik maibe konkista, husi tinan ba tinan, apoiu no simpatia ba ita nia luta husi rai seluk iha mundu, ba nesesidade atu rona no respeita direitu ba autodeterminasaun Timor oan sira nian; 

– Frente klandestina nebe habelar resistensia husi foho ba knua sira, ba vila no sidade, lori halu ita nia resistensia sai diversifikadu liu tan hodi nune fo’o presaun ba forsa okupantes sira; 

World Bank Managing Director Sri Mulyani Indrawati Praises Timor-Leste for improved Transparency

Dili. August 26, 2011. World Bank managing Director, Sri Mulyani Inndrawati yestaerday, congratulated the Government of Timor-Leste for improving transparency and accountability in the management of its natural resources. Timor-Leste has secured compliance with the Extractive Industries Transparancy Initiative (EITI) which commits governments to disclosing the revenues They earn from oil, gas and mining, and his holding the first regional Conference for the Asua-Pacific. 

'This import initiave gives Timor-Leste the opportunity to manage its precious oil revenues for the future security and propsperity of its people, and it is a mark of the progress Timor-Leste has achieved that it was admitted to the EITI", said Sri Mulyani. 

Xanana Gusmao on Telecommunications Liberalisation

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRIME MINISTER KAY RALA XANANA GUSMÃO AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY OF TIMOR-LESTE REGARDING 

Telecommunications Liberalisation

Díli

18 August 2011

Your Excellencies

Ladies and gentlemen,

The Timor-Leste Chamber of Commerce and Industry plays an important role in our country’s ongoing development by representing the interests of an extensive and influential membership from our business sector.

Our economy is growing rapidly, benefiting from substantial investment in the physical infrastructure we need – roads, bridges, electricity, water and waste among others.

We are also investing in our human infrastructure – improving our population’s access to health services and education. These are all essential foundations for developing a thriving business sector – one that brings better products and services to our people, creates jobs and opportunities for all segments of our society.

RI – Timor Leste Sepakati Peningkatan Kerjasama Pertahanan

Oleh:  Madiwibo

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Untuk meningkatkan dan memperluas hubungan bilateral dan hubungan persahabatan, Pemerintah Republik Indonesia dan Pemerintah Republik Demokratik Timor Leste (RDTL) menyepakati kerjasama pertahanan dan keamanan. Kesepakatan kedua negara tersebut ditandai oleh penandatanganan nota kesepahaman (MoU) di bidang penguatan hubungan pertahanan kedua negara dalam forum Bilateral kedua negara, Jumat (19/8), di Kantor Kementerian RDTL.

Penandatanganan MoU dilakukan oleh Menhan Purnomo Yusgiantoro bersama Menhan Republik Demokratik Timor Leste Xanana Gusmao, dan disaksikan oleh, Menteri Perdagangan RI, Mari E. Pangestu, Staf Ahli Menhan Bidang Politik, Prof. Dr. Susanto Zuhdi M. Hum, Tim Pakar Manajemen Kemhan, Silmy Karim, Dirkersin Ditjen Strahan Kemhan, Brigjen TNI Wahyu Suhendar, Kapuskom Publik, Brigjen TNI Hartind Asrin. Selain itu terdapat staf perwakilan dari Kemendag, Dirjen Kerjasama Perdagangan Internasional, Gusmardi Gusmai, dan Direktur Kerjasama Bilateral, Pradyawati.

Xanana Gusmao: Speech on occasion of reception for Minister of Defence of Indonesia

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE

OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRIME MINISTER KAY RALA XANANA GUSMÃO ON THE OCCASION OF THE RECEPTION FOR THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE OF INDONESIA, MR PURNOMO YUSGIANTORO

19 August 2011

Hotel Timor

Dili

Your Excellency, the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr Purnomo Yusgiantoro,

Distinguished guests,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Your visit,  distinguished  Minister, particularly on a  date so  full of symbolism  in affirming Timor-Leste as a sovereign and independent State, fills us with gratitude, and represents another important step in the strengthening bonds of friendship between our two peoples.

Satu Hari di Hulu Sungai Nil - The Source of the Nile River

(foto: BB) rerumputan hijau sepanjang
perjalanan menuju hulu sungai Nil

(foto: BB) tugu di pintu masuk hulu
sungai Nil, North Uganda

30 Juli 2011, hari yang bahagia. Pemandangan indah memanjakan mata sepanjang perjalanan menuju Sumber Mata Air Sungai Nil, the Source of the Nile River. Hujan lebat menemani di tengah perjalanan kian menambah keindahan pemandangan alam sekitar. Ada rerumputan hijau terbentang luas sejauh mata memandang, ada pula hutan terlindung dengan pohon-pohon besar berumur ratusan tahun, dan tentu saja melewati deretan bukit berbukit serta dataran luas yang indah mengesangkan, melukiskan keindahan sang pencipta.

“Estado Frágil” no “Fratura Sociológica”: Teoria ka Ideologia?

Hanoin Ruma Husi FORUM MAUBISSE – parte II

Martinho G. da Silva Gusmão*

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Ita rona bebeik liafuan “estado frágil”, “state-building”, “peacebuilding” nst. Tópico ida ne’e mos mosu iha FM-1 no FM-2, maski la hetan debate maka’as. Maibe, too ohin loron la iha justificação husi aspecto epistemologia no teoria social ka teoria política. Hodi dehan ho liafuan seluk, conceito “estado frágil” sai liu hanesan insinuação política no la’os teoria política. Nudar insinuação política, conceito ida ne’e mosu deit iha “relatório” (ONU, Banco Mundial, ka ONG internacional) no pesquisa regional hodi obriga aan atu halo conclusão universal. Tan sa? Ohin loron, mundo internacional hasoru problema boot wainhira Portugal no Grécia husu “bail-out” tan la agoenta ho situação financial no economia. Espanha no Itália tama iha “alarm” emergência. Seidauk hotu, Europa hahu tama oituan iha violência rasial (Inglaterra, Fransa, Áustria, nst). Agora, EUA fuan fekit maka’as atu oinsa mak resolve sira nia tusan be butuk rai loos no husu atu halo retificação atu resolve lalais. Pergunta simples deit: tan sa UE–EUA la tama iha “estado failhado” no “frágil” nia laran, maski iha risku laran?

Husi "Revolução" Ba "Evolução" Too "Involução": Hateke ba Makaer-ukun Foinsae Sira

Hanoin Ruma Husi FORUM MAUBISSE (FM) – parte 1

Martinho G. da Silva Gusmão*

Molok atu tama ba referendum 1999, Igreja Católica liu husi Dom Carlos F.X. Belo, SDB no Dom Basílio do Nascimento halibur politiku nain sira iha Dare I (1998) no Dare II (Jakarta, 1999). Evento ida ne’e organiza husi Comissão da Justiça e Paz, Diocese Dili. Hateke ba eleição geral 2012, dala ida tan Uma Kreda liu husi Dom Basílio do Nascimento (ho presença Dom Norberto Amaral no Dom Alberto Ricardo) lidera makaer-ukun sira atu hamosu Maubisse I (2010) no Maubisse II (Palácio Nobre, Lahane 2011). Iha biban ida ne’e, Comissão da Justiça e Paz Diocese de Baucau mak sai facilitador, hamutuk ho sarani leigo sira ne’ebe professional no intelektual.

Foti husi filosofo Blaise Pascal, Dom Basílio do Nascimento ne’ebe kaer processo FM dehan katak “Nos ombros dos velhos, vemos mais longe” (husi katuas sira nia kbaas leten, ita hateke dook liu tan). Maski nune’e, ema balun hateten katak liafuan “katuas” ka “fuk mutin” la dun diak. Diak liu hateten “geração 1975” hodi compara ho “geração actual”, “geração potencial” ka “geração emergente”.

“Heresiologia” no “Seitas”: Hanesan Na’an Resto iha Profeta nia Nihan Ku’ak Laran (Hanoin oan Ruma ba Dr. Matias no Dr. Silvério husi UNTL)

Martinho G. da Silva Gusmão *)

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Timor Post halo entrevista ho Dr. Matias Guilherme no Dr. Silvério dos Santos Soares no publika ho titulo “Igreja Persiza Hakbesik Aan ba Sarani Sira” (Kinta, 28 Jullu 2011: 14). Hare husi titulo, ita hanoin katak Sarani sira mak terus no mate mohu, tan ne’e Igreja precisa hakbesik aan ba sira atu fo tulun. Maibe, afinal “seitas no religião foun” barak mak tama iha Timor Leste nune’e Igreja Católica precisa halo dialogo ho sira. Hau fiar katak, titulo (judul) no conteúdo (isi) la han malu – la iha lógica. La’os Sr. Matias no Sr. Silvério nia sala, tan jornalista sira mak hakarak hakerek nune’e. Tuir ha unia hare, se religião foun no Seitas mak mak sobu Sarani sira, tan sa mak Igreja tenki ulun moras ho sira? Sarani sira iha dever no direito atu halo reagem – ou, halo defesa ba ninia fiar no tradição. Ponto. La iha dialogo ho ema ne’ebe hakarak sobu no estraga paz no unidade nacional no Igreja.

Maski nune’e, iha hanoin lubuk ida mak bolu hau nia atenção: (1) “Religião foun no seitas”; (2) kritika hasoru Igreja; no “dialogo” ho religião sira seluk.

(1) Religião Foun no Seitas

Quase hanesan ona commom sense, katak, presença husi grupo Visão Cristão, Testemunha Jehova, no seitas lubuk ida (dehan katak, liu ona 19 iha Timor Leste) sai ona hanesan religião foun. Common sense ne’e mosu tan Povo Timor Leste loro-loron hasoru grupo ki’ik ida mak bidu tun bidu sae iha kintu kantu atu hanorin kona ba Jesus Cristo, Bíblia no buat seluk tan, maibe la hanesan ho buat ne’ebe Igreja Católica hanorin. Tan ne’e sira bolu “religião foun”.

Maibe, wainhira cientista sira hanesan Dr. Matias no Dr. Silvério mos hanoin katak Testemunha Jehova no Visão Cristão hanesan religião foun hotu, então problema sai oinseluk ona. Iha scientific ethos – matenek nain sira simu tiha common sense, maibe sira tenki halo esplikasaun ne’ebe naruk no klean atu ita bele kumprende.

1942 - Darwin, Timor and Japan

On Feb 19th 1942 Japan bombed Darwin and invaded Timor, on the same day and days after.

In Darwin the city is preparing to commemorate on February 19th 2012 the 70th anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin.   This was a big event for Darwin, and many people died, ships were sunk, and planes destroyed.

I doubt that in East Timor there is much awareness that this will also be the 70th anniversary of the invasion or shall we say the occupation of Timor.   This should also be commemorated in Dili as an important historic event in the life of the city and country.

Planeamentu ba Dezenvolvimentu Nasional Timor-Leste: Quo Vadis?*

Hosi Augusto S. Barreto**

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Kestaun planeamentu nasional to’o ohin loron sei kontinua sai nuudar asuntu ida importante iha diskursu ka debate entre ema polítiku na’in sira, akadémiku sira, sosiedade sivil sira, funsionariu públiku senior sira to’o ema públiku baibain sira. Foin lalais fó sai iha media konaba aprezentasaun PEDN 2030 iha Perlementu Nasional (PN). Maski PEDN ne’e hetan duni aprovasaun maibe Fretelin no PUN walk out. Membru PN hosi bloku kolegasaun AMP aprova no parte opozisaun sente katak iha presaun tanba tempu atu diskuti badak liu, la urjenti atu halo lalais aprovasaun ba PEDN 2030. Situasaun ne’e hamosu pergunta bo’ot ida: tanbasa polítiku na’in sira gosta atu halo debate, defisil atu hetan konkordansia ba asuntu importantisímu ida ne’e? Lia-fuan seluk bele dehan nusa mak PEDN ida ema hein hela kleur tiha ona no konsidera di’ak ba dezenvolvimentu nasional, invez hetan apoiu hotu, maibe balun sei laran todan? Iha polítika diferensia hirak ne’e baibain. Maibe diskordansia temin iha leten tuir hakerek na’in nia observasaun la’os kestaun huun, la’os PEDN 2030 de’it mak sai problema. Politik na’in sira konsentra liu atu hetan apoiu hodi aprova ka la aprova PEND 2030. Padahal PEDN ne’e foin mak hanesan komponenti ida hosi sistema no prosesu planeamentu nasional tomak. Dokumentu PDN 2002 (iha ne’e habadak ba PDN1) kleur tiha ona fó hatene ba ita katak planeamentu ba futuru ne’e hanesan prosesu kontinuu ida. Planu ba dezenvolvimentu nasional ne’e foin hanesan hakat ida dahuluk hosi prosesu planeamentu ida estruturadu. (Planning for the future is an ongoing concern, and the national Development Plan is only the beginning of a structured planning process). Problema loloos mak durante tinan sia nia laran Governu hirak ka’er ukun seidauk halo jestaun planeamentu ho efikaz ho efisiente. 

Tempat Diam Logika

Ermalindus A. Sonbay

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Ibn Sina (foto google)

Kalau Juergen Habermas pernah menelorkan perlawanan terhadap ide pre-supposive rational, mengenai rasionalitas yang diarahkan untuk kepentingan tertentu, maka filosof Muslim yang banyak menjadi penasihat raja-raja di Timur Tengah, Ibn Sina berhasil menyajikan sajian khas Asia dalam ramuan akali yang tak terbantahkan. Logika. Ibn Sina memainkan logika dalam sebuah ‘kebebasan’ menggunakan logika dalam keluasan, bukan memenjarakannya dalam kepentingan tertentu hanya untuk meloloskan nilai. Logika menurut Ibn Sina adalah bukan sekadar proses penalaran yang diracik dalam adonan silogisme, melainkan logika yang terarah pada sebuah keluasan. Logika adalah keluasan itu sendiri yang membentuk di dalamnya keteraturan demi keteraturan bagi otonomi alam pikiran yang bertanggung jawab.

Keterarahan pada keluasan dengan struktur logis tertentu, haruslah dimaknai sebagai daya yang mengondisikan peluang bagi kontinuitas otonomi logika, karena logika bukan saja dikondisikan oleh manuver dan evolusi dari dalam, tetapi juga kondisi eksternal yang turut memberi warna dan bentuk bagi logika. Jika Aristoteles menekankan pentingnya materi ketimbang forma yang ideal untuk melawan ‘dunia ide’ Plato, maka Ibn Sina memberi ruang yang lebih seimbang terhadap pertemuan materi dan forma. Media logika dipakainya untuk mendamaikan perdebatan lama antara Plato dan Aristoteles. Orientasi dan objektivitas yang diramu hal-hal eksternal dipadu dengan subjektivitas dan disposisi internal.

Irish Aid Programme in Timor Leste 2010-2013

Background Note

Timor-Leste is situated in South East Asia at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago. It is one of the world's youngest nations, having attained formal independence in May 2002, after over four hundred years as a Portuguese colony, twenty four years of Indonesian occupation and two years of administration by the United Nations. Timor-Leste has already made good progress in its short history but remains a fragile post-conflict state and the least developed country in Asia. It still faces significant development challenges: extreme poverty, high population growth, low skills and education levels, lack of capacity in the public sector, low levels of service delivery in health and education and a weak judicial system. Unemployment is widespread, infrastructure is poor and private investment is minimal.

Growing petroleum revenues, if managed effectively, could fast-track Timor-Leste's development. Poverty has increased significantly since independence with about 40% of the Timorese population living below the basic needs poverty line of less than a dollar a day. Nearly 80% of the poor, nationally, depend on the agricultural sector for their livelihood.

Since independence, Timor-Leste, with international support, has made considerable progress in putting government structures in place. An improved climate of stability and security has brought in the recent years a burst of economic growth and optimism in the capital Dili in 2010. The International Stabilisation Force, currently made up of troops from Australia and New Zealand and supported by UN Police, is expected to fully draw down by the end of 2012.

DESAFIOS DESENVOLVIMENTO BA TIMOR LESTE

Husi : Vicente Mau Bocy ( Observador Politico)

Foti husi  klik iha ne'e

Hato Bui Cari - Atabae

Synopsys:

Antes tama ba esbosu desafios desenvolvimento, antes de tudo ita tenke hatene uluk, knar ka responsabilidade desenvolvimento iha se-se nia responsabilidade. Tuir TL nia Konstituisaun, Partido politico ka Aliansa partidos politicos nebe forma Governo maka iha responsabilidade ba assunto ida ne.

Nune, politica ba desenvolvimento assenta ba policy (kebijakan) governo nebe kaer ukun. Kapasidade membros do Governo atu elabora planos, tuir prioridades, exekuta orsamento ho efisiencia no eficaz, boa governasaun, sistema judicial ida kredivel, alokasaun rekursos atu responde populasaun sira nia susar, governasaun ida livre ka izento husi KKN, ita bele dehan governo ida ne, kompetente duni, no votantes sira kontente ho Partido ida nebe sira hili. Se lae, eleisaun tuir mai votantes sira vota ba Partido seluk, tanba Partido nebe kaer governo la tau matan ka fo atensaun ba votantes sira nia susar no terus.

Staring down Climate Change in Timor-Leste

Abilio da Fonseca is a driven man. The PhD candidate and Timor-Leste citizen wants one thing above anything else, and that is to contribute to helping the island nation and its one million- plus population to prosper. But prosperity will never come unless the world’s youngest democracy can repel the newest threat to its shores.

Raised in a fishing village where lives depend on the resources of the sea, Abilio is a young man fighting a new peril that is snapping at his nation – climate change.

Born in a small village in the sub-district of Tutuala, in eastern Timor-Leste Island, Abilio’s family of nine brothers and sisters survived by subsistence farming and fishing. A keen interest in marine life and passion for improving the lives of his people saw Abilio study at the Fisheries High School in Aquaculture in Indonesia before completing an undergraduate degree in fisheries and aquaculture at Hasanuddin University, Indonesia.

Enaknya Menjadi Laki-Laki

Jadi laki-laki itu enak. Dan menyenangkan. Rekan blogger yang berjenis kelamin laki-laki pasti tahu hal ini. Ada banyak ‘kelebihan’ dan ‘keuntungan’ menjadi laki-laki. Bahkan di pergaulan, laki-laki kerap diuntungkan, terutama menyangkut bagaimana tanggapan orang banyak.

Lalu, apa sih enaknya menjadi laki-laki? Berikut beberapa fakta yang membuktikan bagaimana enaknya menjadi laki-laki.

Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on 'sentimental journey'

Kennedy Space Center (CNN) -- Space shuttle Atlantis lifted off Friday morning on the final mission of America's 30-year shuttle program, a thunderously poignant moment that drew people from around the world to watch.

Some of the thousands of onlookers chanted "U.S.A." Others shed tears as Atlantis roared aloft atop its powerful rockets on what a NASA commentator called a "sentimental journey into history."

"Godspeed, Atlantis," read a sign held up by a saluting member of the ground crew whose job it was to seal the shuttle's hatch for the last time.

Inside the launch control room, even normally sober engineers acknowledged choking up. Launch Director Mike Leinbach threw his arm around a colleague and said, as they watched the shuttle ascend, "We'll never see that again."

Misi dengan Sistem Penyelamatan Istimewa

Pesawat ulang alik Atlantis bersiap
menyambut peluncuran terakhirnya
yg direncanakan Jumat (8/7/11) dari
Ken nedy Space Center, Florida, AS.

Pesawat ulang alik Atlantis bakal diluncurkan terakhir kalinya hari ini Jumat (8/7/2011) pukul 11.26 EDT atau sekitar pukul 22.30 WIB. Chris Ferguson, Dough Hurley, Sandra Magnus dan Rex Walheim akan menjadi astronot pelaksana misi tersebut. Mereka akan membawa muatan yang terdiri dari logistik, bahan penelitian dan termasuk iPhone 4.

Karena menjadi peluncuran terakhir pesawat ulang alik NASA, maka sistem penyelamatan dalam misi Atlantis kali ini istimewa. Sebabnya, NASA sudah tak punya pesawat ulang alik lain yang bisa dipakai jika Atlantis nanti mengalami kerusakan dan tak bisa kembali ke Bumi. "Karena tak ada cadangan pesawat ulang alik, kita harus bergantung pada opsi alternatif sehingga astronot bisa kembali, yaitu lewat rotasi normal pesawat Soyuz (milik Rusia) yang datang mengirimkan kru baru," kata Ferguson yang kali ini bertindak sebagai komandan misi.

Lancamento do Plano Estrategico de Desenvolvimento (PED) na Reuniao de Timor-Leste com os Parceiros de Desenvolvimento

Click iha ne'e to access full document of Timor-Leste Strategic Development Plan.

O Plano Estratégico de Desenvolvimento para Timor-Leste de 2011 a 2030 será lançado a 12 de Julho, o primeiro dia da Reunião de Timor-Leste com os Parceiros de Desenvolvimento (RTLPD), no Centro de Convenções de Díli. O plano, que estabelece o rumo do desenvolvimento de Timor-Leste ao longo dos próximos 20 anos, resulta de pesquisas, estudos, reflexões e consultas abrangentes por parte do Governo de Timor-Leste, dos intervenientes no país e do Povo.

Em 2010 S. Exa. o Primeiro-Ministro Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão atravessou o país, visitando pessoalmente cada um dos 65 sub-distritos de Timor-Leste com o intuito de discutir as oportunidades e desafios que se deparam à nação, realizando reuniões abertas para uma consulta inclusiva dos cidadãos de Timor-Leste. Desde o início foi considerado essencial que o PED fosse um plano timorense para o povo timorense; um plano “pertencente ao país” e cuja implementação fosse “liderada pelo país.”

Rapat Pembahasan Rekomendasi Komisi Kebenaran dan Persahabatan, Indonesia - Timor Leste

Senin, 23 Mei 2011

Jakarta : Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, didampingi Wapres Boediono, memimpin rapat kabinet terbatas bidang Polhukam di kantor Presiden, Senin (23/5) siang. Agenda utama rapat adalah laporan dari Menko Polhukam Djoko Suyanto atas implementasi dari rekomendasi Komisi Kebenaran dan Persahabatan (KKP) Indonesia – Timor Leste. 

"Kedua negara dan pemerintah bersepakat untuk menyelesaikan masalah bilateral di waktu yang lalu sebagai akuntabilitas sejarah seraya mengukuhkan persahabatan, kerjasama, dan hubungan baik ke depan maka kita telah membentuk Komisi Kebenaran dan Persahabatan," kata Presiden dalam pengantar rapat. 

"Yang Penting Bersih..." - Revolusi Harus Ekstrim

Tidak ada revolusi yang setengah-setengah. Tidak ada revolusi dengan perhitungan untung rugi. Tidak ada revolusi dengan kepura-puraan dan Revolusi adalah jiwa sesungguhnya dari dunia ini. Jangan pernah hidup di dunia yang setengah-setengah (Yang ini dari CHE). Jangan termakan janji muluk surga! Juga jangan takutkan kebengisan neraka. Siapa yang sudah pernah ke SURGA atau NERAKA dan kembali selamat ke dunia ini? Hiduplah sebagai manusia yang berevolusi, tidak peduli apa kata yang lain. Selama masih bisa berjalan dan masih mau berjalan, berjalanlah sebagai manusia. Sungguh-sungguh sebagai manusia. Jangan biarkan uang, posisi, jabatan dan kemegahan yang hanya merupakan imitasi surgawi merayumu untuk berhenti!

XANANA GUSMAO PERNAH AKAN DIBUNUH

Diambil dari blog Akhmad Kusaeni yang diposting pada tanggal 18 Desember 2007. Sebuah ungkapan sejarah yang penuh makna, membuktikan bahwa tanah sakral Timor Leste melindungi pemimpin yang berjuang dengan hati demi kemerdekaan negaranya, sehingga di saat yang paling sulit, antara hidup dan mati, ada keputusan untuk terus membiarkannya hidup dalam ketakberdayaan. Siapa sangka dalam ketidakberdayaan itu, justru muncul kekuatan di balik penjara yang terus memimpin perjuangan hingga mencapai kemerdekaan melalui jajak pendapat. 

Telusuri ungkapan sejarah berikut, mengenai mati atau hidupnya nasib seorang Kay Rala Xanana.

Oleh Akhmad Kusaeni

Jakarta, 21/12 (ANTARA) – Sebuah keputusan pada saat genting bisa membuat sejarah. Kalau saja Xanana Gusmao saat tertangkap tahun 1992 jadi dieksekusi, mungkin saja Timor Timur tidak pernah lepas dari Indonesia dan “gembong Gerakan Pengacau Keamanan Fretilin” itu tidak menjadi Presiden Timor Leste seperti sekarang ini.

Video Penangkapan Xanana Gusmao, 20 November 1992 - Bapak Pembebasan Timor Leste - Pahlawan Sesungguhnya

Video penangkapan pemimpin pembebasan bangsa Timor Leste Kay Rala Xanana oleh pasukan khusus 'kopasus' Indonesia pada tanggal 20 November 1992. Mark Davis dari SBS Dateline yang mempublikasikan melalui YouTube pada tanggal 23 Mei 2011.

Tentu saja, penangkapan ini adalah kesuksesan luar biasa yang diraih oleh pasukan khusus Indonesia, dalam masa singkat panglima TNI waktu itu Tri Sutrisno langsung terbang ke Dili menemui Kay Rala Xanana.

Tri Sutrisno tidak berhasil meyakinkan Kay Rala Xanana dengan penjelasan proses Integrasi Timor Timur ke dalam Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia. Xanana tetap teguh pada prinsipnya dengan mengatakan kepada Tri Sutrisno "Xanana bisa mati hari ini, bisa distrom dengan listrik, bisa dipukul. diikat,... tetapi apa kata dunia". Tri Sutrisno pun memerintahkan Xanana untuk merenung dan bekerja sama dalam mencari para gerilyawan yang lain di hutan. 

Indonesia boleh berbagga saat itu, tetapi strategi perjuangan seorang Xanana tidak berhenti  sampai di situ. Dari balik dinding tua penjara Cipinang Jakarta, dialah pemimpin tertinggi perjuangan kemerdekaan Timor Leste. Xanana terus mengendalikan Front Bersenjata yang bergerilya di hutan, Front diplomatik yang terus mengiternasionalisi masalah Timor Leste serta Front Klandestin yang bergerak di tengah musuh dan di seluruh dunia. 

Kemerdekaan adalah harga mati, dan kemerdekaan itu telah diraih melalui referendum. Xanana pun tidak berhenti sampai di sini, dia terus berjuang untuk membebaskan rakyatnya dari lilitan kemiskinan dan keterbelakangan. Perjuangan itu terus berlanjut, Kay Rala Xanana tidak kenal lelah,... inilah PAHLAWAN SESUNGGUHNYA... 

Speech by His Excellency Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao on Occasion of Swearing-in of New Civil Servants

1 July 2011

GMT Gymnasium

Dili

Excellencies,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Today is an extremely important landmark for Public Administration in our young State. I will even dare to say it is the most significant one since we achieved Independence.

From the time it entered into office, this Government focused on making decisions to promptly ensure a professional and efficient Civil Service, with dignified and fair working conditions for everyone.

And so, we strived to correct a practice that started with the United Nations Administration, which was the coexistence of two categories of Public Administration workers: the Administration officers, commonly known as temporary workers, and the civil servants, who are the permanent workers.

Ukun Rasik Aan To’o Haluha Aan

Jose Belo, Jornalista Tempo Semanal (Photo The Age)

KALAN ida, loron rua nolu, fulan Maiu, tinan rihun rua sanulu resin ida, iha palasiu Governu nia oin, ema lubun bo’ot halibur aan hodi asiste programa sunu paixon. Aktividade ida ne’e, hodi selebra aniversariu restaurasaun independencia TL ba dala sia. Ahi lakan. Tarutu, haburas lalehan nia klaran.

Tarutu hirak ne’e, doko ha’u nia neon hakarak atu ba palasiu Governu nia oin hodi halo kontente matan. Maibe, maluk ida dehan festa 20 de Maiu ne’e hanesan meus ida hodi gasta osan wainhira Timor oan sira hahu ka finjidu haluha ema sira ne’ebé fó ninia aan tomak ba obra ukun rasik aan.

Inilah Rahasia Terbesar Merkurius

Oleh Billy A Banggawan

Merkurius menjadi planet terdekat matahari. Planet ini menjadi planet yang sulit dipelajari selama beradab-abad. Namun kini rahasia terbesarnya berhasil dikuak.

Nyatanya, hanya dua pesawat luar angkasa yang pernah berhasil mengunjungi Merkurius. Yakni, Mariner 10 NASA pada pertengahan 1970an dan kini Messenger (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry dan Ranging) yang telah mencoba tiga kali terbang ke planet itu sejak 2008 yang akhirnya berhasil masuk orbit Merkurius pada Maret ini.

Misi Messenger mampu menjawab banyak misteri yang menyelubungi Merkurius, termasuk teka-teka berikut.