Serie “esclarecimento eleitoral” (2) “Critérios de eleições”: Sura Voto, Fahe Cadeira, Ida Hira?

)* Martinho G. da Silva Gusmão

Pergunta ne’ebe mosu bebeik – “cadeira ida nia folin hira?” Analista lubuk ida mak koko atu hatan, balun dehan 8,000, ka 9,000 ka 10,000 ka 15,000 ka 20,000. Ida-idak mai ho ninia versão. Balun husu atu CNE declara lolos cadeira ida nia folin hira, atu ema bele hakmatek! Se lae, aban bainrua bele mosu manipulação. CNE labele hatan, basa seidauk mosu eleição. Ninia razão simples deit, katak, baibain ita iha tiha sasan ruma mak ita fahe ... wainhira liman sei mamuk ita labele fahe buat ida. Nune’e mos atu fahe sasan ruma, ita iha sasukat.

Hare hikas iha Lei eleitoral para o Parlamento Nacional (LEPN), pergunta iha leten la relevante. Maibe buat ne’ebe ita bele husu: “Ema nain hira mak hetan cadeira?” no “Oinsa mak hetan cadeira ne’e?” Resposta ba ida uluk – ema nain 65 mak hetan cadeira. Ba ida seluk: hare (a) barreira eleitoral no (b) método de Hondt. Ida ne’e mak sai hanesan sasukat, ka, “critérios de eleições” atu oinsa mak partido/ candidato sira hetan cadeira no manan eleição. Ita tenki dehan mos, katak, partido ne’ebe lakon eleição mak sira ne’ebe la hetan cadeira ida.

Di Bibirmu, Bibirku Bersujud

Cerpen Haz Algebra

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Cahaya pagi menerobos celah-celah jendela, membentuk garis-garis lurus yang bergabung menjadi lembar-lembar sinar membentang, membagi ruangan kamar menjadi dua, seperti pintu dimensi menuju alam gaib. Cahaya itu bermuara tepat di atas sebuah wajah lalu berhamburan saat mengenai pipi cembung bening. Sebagian meresap bersembunyi di balik rambut-rambut halus yang membuat seksi bagian atas bibirnya yang tipis. Sebagian lagi menyambar lonceng pagi di pelupuk matanya.

Perempuan jauh. Sandarkan mimpi di tembok pagi. Seperti sehabis semalam. Matanya meremang. Mangucak-ngucak. Lalu merentangkan tangannya dengan gemulai. Memperlihatkan lekukan setengah badan yang didominasi dada yang montok.

Série “esclarecimento eleitoral” (1) ÓRGÃOS DA ADMINISTRAÇÃO ELEITORAL

Série “esclarecimento eleitoral” (1)

ÓRGÃOS DA ADMINISTRAÇÃO ELEITORAL

Martinho G. da Silva Gusmão

(fonte)

Besik daudaun ona eleição, ema hotu sei hateke lisuk Comissão Nacional de Eleições (CNE) no Secretariado Técnico da Administração Eleitoral (STAE). Tuir Lei-Inang artigo 65 no. 6 dehan “A supervisão do recenceamento e dos actos eleitorais cabe a um órgão independente, cujas competências, composição, organização e funcionamento são fixados por lei”. Husi ne’e mak PN halo lei nº. 5/ 2008 no alteração nº 6/ 2011 kona Órgãos da Administração Eleitoral (LOAE). Husi constituição ita hare kedas knaar boot 2 ne’ebe CNE halo mak “supervisão” ba “recenseamento” no ba “actos eleitorais”. LOAE hatur hikas CNE ninia competência (a–k) hodi esplica liu tan kona ba “actos eleitorais”.

Atu hatene didiak CNE ninia competência, ita bele compara eleição ne’e hanesan “jogo” ida (i.e., football karik) iha campo democracia nia laran. Equipa sira ne’ebe atu joga mak partido político. Atu manan ka atu lakon, ne’e partido político mak tama campo laran atu joga contra malu. Atu joga diak no hakarak manan, sira tenki halo treinamento maka’as, halo estratégia programática no esquemática hodi joga didiak. Atu joga foer ka joga mos, ne’e partido mak halo iha campo laran. Atu hetan cartão mean ka kinur, ne’e partido mak sukat ninia jogo. Atu hatama gol ka tebe sai ba liur deit mos, partido mak iha ain no matan atu hare baliza. Dirigente partido sira mak hanesan equipa “treinador”, hamutuk ho equipa “massage” nian. Wainhira dirigente la iha imaginação política atu manan ho elegância, sei mosu joga foer no lakon.

6 reasons to visit East Timor – CNN Go

Atauro

Yes, really. The country also known as Timor-Leste  is not a popular destination ­ but it should be. Here’s why.

Diving, whale-watching, trekking, biking, great scenery, stunning mountain driving, and beautiful white-sand beaches. East Timor is one of the world’s unsung tourism destinations. Tourist numbers are low compared with other places in the region, perhaps put off by the country’s politically-unsettled and impoverished image, which contributes to a dearth of flights into the country, which in turn drives prices up and inhibits visitor numbers, which in turn keeps flight prices high, which in turn … you get the idea.

But slowly, visitors are recognizing the appeal of the place. National Tourism director José Quintas says visitors increased from 37,000 in 2008 to 85,000 in 2010.

So if you want to try something new yet still enjoy the conventional sun, sea and sand with an adventurous twist, Asia’s “newest nation” is well worth a look.

1. Spectacular diving

“Oh Timor shits all over Thailand for diving,” says Greg Duncan, dive instructor and boat skipper at Dive Timor Lorosae. He should know, after previously working for two years on Ko Tao, a diving hub in southern Thailand.

“A lot of places in the region ­ off Australia, Malaysia ­ are over-dived,” he says. “Not here.”

WikiLeaks: Ramos Horta Incar Kursi Sekjen PBB

Bocoran kawat diplomatik Kedutaan Besar Amerika Serikat (AS) oleh WikiLeaks menyebutkan, Presiden Timor Leste Jose Ramos Horta tidak menyukai kebiasaan minum dari Perdana Menteri Xanana Gusmao. Bocoran itu juga menyebutkan Horta mengincar kursi Sekretaris Jenderal Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa (Sekjen PBB).

Berdasarkan bocoran kawat diplomatik tersebut, seorang diplomat AS merasa bahwa Ramos Horta merasa tinggi hati setelah mendapatkan Nobel Perdamaian 1996. Menurut diplomat itu, ambisi global dari Horta membuatnya berada dalam kondisi canggung di antara sekutunya di Timor Leste.

"Keinginannya untuk diperhatikan dan dianggap serius oleh dunia internasional, membuat dirinya kerap mengeluarkan pernyataan keras mengenai suatu isu. Kadang, ulahnya ini kerap bertentangan dengan kepentingan Timor Leste," ucap diplomat AS itu lewat bocoran kawat diplomatik Wikileaks seperti dikutip AFP, Kamis (22/9/2011).

Indonesia Siap Ekspor Senjata ke Timor Leste

VIVAnews - Pemerintah Republik Indonesia dan Republik Timor Leste bersepakat menandatangani kerjasama di beberapa bidang. Ada lima kerjasama yang disepakati kedua negara. Salah satunya bidang pertahanan. 

Kerjasama itu ditandatangani setelah pertemuan Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dan Perdana Menteri Timor Leste, Xanana Gusmao, di Istana Merdeka, Jakarta, Selasa 22 Maret 2011. 

Salah satu nota kesepahaman itu adalah Indonesia menyambut baik keinginan Timor Leste membeli senjata. "Pemerintah Indonesia bersedia memberikan kredit ekspor," kata Staf Khusus Presiden Bidang Hubungan Internasional, Teuku Faizasyah.

Golkar Puji Pembangunan di Timor Leste

VIVAnews - Ketua Umum DPP Partai Golkar, Aburizal Bakrie, memuji proses pembangunan di Timor Leste. Menurut dia, negeri Timor Lorosa'e itu, setelah merdeka dari Indonesia pada 20 Mei 2002, mampu melaksanakan pembangunan: membangun perasaan dan ikatan kebangsaan, mengembangkan masyarak multilingual, mengembangkan birokrasi sipil, reorganisasi militer dan sipil, serta mengejar pembangunan dan pertumbuhan ekonomi.

"Upaya mendorong kemajuan suatu bangsa bukanlah persoalan yang mudah. Dalam waktu yang cukup singkat, kurang lebih satu dekade, Timor Leste telah membuktikan bahwa semua itu mungkin untuk dilakukan," kata Aburizal dalam pidato singkat di Kongres Ke-3 Partai Fretilin di Ibukota Dili, Timor Leste, Kamis, 8 September 2011.

"Dan, yang cukup membanggakan, Timor Leste melakukan (pembangunan) itu dalam sistem pemerintahan yang relatif demokratis dan upaya yang semakin lama semakin mandiri," kata Aburizal dalam forum yang dihadiri dua petinggi utama Partai Fretilin, Ketua Umum Francisco Guteres Lu-Olo dan Sekretaris Jenderal Marie Alkatiri.

XANANA GUSMAO: ON THE OCCASION OF THE 66TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRIME MINISTER 

AND MINISTER OF DEFENCE AND SECURITY KAY RALA XANANA GUSMÃO

ON THE OCCASION OF 

THE 66TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

New York, 23 SEPTEMBER 2011 2

Your Excellency President of the General Assembly

Your Excellency the Secretary-General

Excellencies

Ladies and Gentlemen

It is a great pleasure for me to be back at the United Nations Headquarters. Last February, I had the honour of taking part in the Security Council meeting, where I took the opportunity to thank the permanent members and all other nations that have been part of the Council for the generosity and care that have always been present in the resolutions on Timor-Leste.

Today, on behalf of the people of Timor-Leste, I want to take this opportunity to thank all members of this forum for the support they have given to Timor-Leste in the promotion of peace and security and in the building of our national institutions.

I am pleased to inform the General Assembly that we have come a long way as a people and as a state replacing intolerance with constructive dialogue, and the right to protest with the duty to protest responsibly.

We have taken firm steps away from the difficult circumstances of the past and we have renewed the confidence of the Timorese people in the institutions of the State. As such, we have already endorsed the Joint Transitional Plan for the withdrawal of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste by the end of 2012.

Kesaksian Andy F. Noya.

"Renungan indah tentang jalan Tuhan yg tak pernah kita duga...dan selalu indah pada waktunya," -Andy F. Noya.

Malam itu saya gelisah. Tidak bisa tidur. Pikiran saya bekerja ekstra keras. Dari mana saya bisa mendapatkan uang sebanyak itu? Sampai jam tiga dini hari otak saya tetap tidak mampu memecahkan masalah yang saya hadapi. Tadi sore saya mendapat kabar dari rumah sakit tempat kakak saya berobat. Menurut dokter, jalan terbaik untuk menghambat penyebaran kanker payudara yang menyerang kakak saya adalah dengan memotong kedua payudaranya. Untuk itu, selain dibutuhkan persetujuan saya, juga dibutuhkan sejumlah biaya untuk proses operasi tersebut.

TIRAI PANGGUNG YANG TIDAK PERNAH TERTUTUP

Sampai sekarang, saya masih ingat bagaimana saya berkenalan dengan Chang Yi Hsiung.

Pada suatu hari, saya menyetir mobil melewati Kwang Fu Road, Sin Chu, tiba2 melihat seorang nenek yang usianya sangat tinggi jatuh dijalanan dan tidak bisa berdiri kembali. Saya hentikan mobil untukmenolongnya, kebetulan juga ada seorang pemuda yang mengendarai sepeda motor ikut berhenti membantu saya. Kami berdua ber-sama2 mengangkat nenek tsb. kedalam mobil saya, saya minta pemuda itu ikut bantu menjagai nenek tsb. dan tanpa ragu2 ia mengatakan ya. Pemuda tsb. adalah Chang Yi Hsiung.

Kami lalu mengatarkan nenek ini ke rumah sakit yg terdekat. Dalam perjalanan, dari kaca spion, terlihat oleh saya wajah Chang sinar yg sangat lembut, dengan sangat hati2 ia memegang nenek itu agar dapat menyandarkan dirinya dipundaknya, sementara tangan nenek juga dipegangnya se-olah2 untuk menenangkannya. Walau tidak sepatah katapun keluar dari mulutnya Chang, tetapi dari tingkah laku ketahuan bahwa dia sedang menenangkan dan menghibur hati nenek itu.

Apakah dia tulang rusukku ?

Sebuah senja yang sempurna, sepotong donat, Dan lagu cinta yang lembut. Adakah yang lebih indah dari itu, bagi sepasang manusia yang memadu kasih? Raka Dan Dara duduk di punggung senja itu, berpotong percakapan lewat, beratus tawa timpas, lalu Dara pun memulai meminta kepastian. Ya, tentang cinta.

Dara : "Siapa yang paling kamu cintai di dunia ini?"

Raka : "Kamu dong.."

Dara : "Menurut kamu, aku ini siapa?"

Raka : (Berpikir sejenak, lalu menatap Dara dengan pasti) "Kamu tulang rusukku! Ada tertulis, Tuhan melihat bahwa Adam kesepian. Saat Adam tidur, Tuhan mengambil rusuk dari Adam Dan menciptakan Hawa. Semua pria mencari tulang rusuknya yang hilang Dan saat menemukan wanita untuknya, tidak lagi merasakan sakit di hati."

Realmadrid Foundation to open academies in Timor-Leste

An agreement was signed to boost basic education for children in the cities of Dili, Miliana and Baucau

Realmadrid.com / Translation by Michael J. O'Donnell

(foto: Elisa Estrada, Real Madrid)

The Realmadrid Foundation received a delegation from Timor-Leste at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium to sign a collaboration agreement to provide basic education for 300 children aged between 6 and 13 years in the Asian country during the 2011/12 season in the cities of Dili, Baucau and Miliana.

The act was presided over by Realmadrid Foundation Vice President Enrique Sanchez and the Timor-Leste delegation: Miguel Manetelu (Secretary of State, Youth and Sport), Filipus Pereira (Chief of the Cabinet of the Secretary of State), Jose Luis de Padua Oliveira (Director General of the Secretary of State's Office) and Antonio Gil Lobit (Legal Advisor to the Secretary of State's Office).

Masa Depan Status Mata Uang Negara Timor-Leste

A. Latar Belakang

Pada tahun 1990-an dimana pergerakan strategi rakyat Timor-Leste untuk mencapai kemerdekaan dan menjadi negara independent, telah memikirkan secara teratur akan pembentukan struktur pemerintahan serta sistem yang akan dianut. Keadaan ini sangat terasa dalam batin secara utuh akan terelesiasinya tempo kemerdekaan adalah hanya masalah waktu yang tidak lama lagi. Dan akhirnya semua kenyataan akan mimpi sebagai negara independent terujud dengan teratur dan sistematis pada tanggal 4 September 1999 (tanggal dimana Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa melalui UNAMET mengumumkan hasil referendum untuk masa depan rakyat Timor-Leste).

Proses pengisian awal hari-hari kemerdekaan sudah tentu bukanlah suatu proses yang mudah dalam menata kembali aktivitas politik, ekonomi dan social. Negara-negara pendonor dalam mengakses bantuannya baik melalui pemerintah maupun Non government organization (NGO) bergerak menelusuri daerah-daerah yang dianggap berada pada kelas ekonomi sangat miskin, sedang, dan kurang miskin untuk mendapat bantuan selayaknya.

Tetun classes in Melbourne

The last Tetun course for the year in Melbourne will start on Monday October 3rd (7-8.30 pm) and will run on monday nights for 10 weeks. Level 1 and Level 2 classes will run. Course cost is $250 and includes 10 x 1.5 hr classes, course book, CD and tetun-english wordfinder. 

The course is also available by distance. 

Due to the overwhelming success of our trial intensive Tetun weekend this year, it will become a yearly event, held on the labor day weekend (10-12 March 2012). Cost for the intensive weekend is $500, and includes 3 nights accomodation (fri, sat and sunday night), all food, 15 hours of tetun classes, private tutorials throughout the weekend, course book, CD, and tetun-english wordfinder. Level 1 and level 2 are available. The course will again be held in Seymour (around 1 hr from Melbourne).

for more information or to enrol for any of the courses, email Katrina Langford at timorlink@hotmail.com

Obrigada, 

Katrina

Ó terus, ó tanis, lasoi mata-ween

Hakerek husi : XISTO VIANA  - Porto

Ó terus ba funu!

Ó terus ba kiak!

Ó terus ba hamlaha!

Ó terus ba hamrook!

Ó terus ba moras!

Ó terus ba fatin!

Ó terus ba matenek!

Ó terus ba justisa?

Ó terus ninin-laek!?

Ó taka-liman?

Ó harohan?

Ó taka ibun!

Ó perdua!?

Ó ulun terus-na’in!

Ó fuan terus-na’in!

Ó isin terus-na’in!

Ó klamar terus-na’in!

Ó isin tomak terus-na’in!

Ó na’i sai ukun-na’in

Ó sai na’in ba terus, no terus-na’in

Ó hun ba terus no terus nia hun

Ó terus, ó tanis, lasoi mata-ween

Ó loron sei iha, lahatene sá loron?

Ó hamriik no hakat, no hakat liubá!

Ó haboot ó fuan, isin no klamar

Ó husu ba Na’i Leten Aas bá

Ó neon sei nakloke, simu naroman

Ó ibun sei katak lakohi terus tan…!!!

Taur Matan Ruak: First Candidate For 2012 Presidential Elections In Timor Leste? – Analysis

by Paulo Gorjao

On September 2nd, the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Timor Leste, Major-General Taur Matan Ruak, resigned, claiming that after 36 years in FALINTIL and the F-FDTL, this was the right time “to go back to civilian life”.1 On August 20th, the Timorese government had officially disbanded the Armed Forces for the Liberation of Timor Leste (FALINTIL), who fought against the Indonesian occupation for more than two decades.2 In a way, the demobilization of the FALINTIL marks the end of a cycle and, as such, the resignation of Matan Ruak fits well in this process.

Yet, while ending his military career, the decision of Matan Ruak could also mark the beginning of his active participation in political life. His presidential ambitions were an open secret in Timor Leste, with abundant rumors last June and July that he would resign in the coming months in order to launch a campaign. When asked if he intended to run in the upcoming presidential elections Matan Ruak did not deny it, while answering cautiously that it was “too early to talk about that”.3

Address by Xanana Gusmao to Pacific Islands Forum

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR-LESTE

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRIME MINISTER 

KAY RALA XANANA GUSMÃO TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM 2011

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

7 SEPTEMBER 2011

Your Excellencies

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a great pleasure to be here with you, celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Pacific Islands Forum.

While Timor-Leste always ensures we have high level representation at the Pacific Islands Forum, this is my first opportunity to address this Forum and it is a great honour.

I would like to thank the host nation, New Zealand, and its Prime Minister, John Key.

When Prime Minister Key invited me to attend this Forum I was very pleased to accept as this is also an opportunity to watch the Rugby World Cup!

Ditemukan Kotak Tua Terkait Misteri Penyaliban Yesus

Otoritas Barang Antik Israel berhasil menyita kotak tua berusia 2000 tahun dengan ukiran pesan di permukaannya. Peristiwa itu terjadi 3 tahun lalu. Namun kotak tua itu ternyata berharga, sebab ditengarai terkait dengan cerita mengenai kematian Yesus.

"Di luar semua keraguan, pesan yang terukir di atas kotak tua itu otentik," kata Yuven Goren, arkeolog dari Tel Aviv University yang memimpin upaya otentifikasi kotak tua berbahan batu gamping dan berhiaskan ukiran bunga roset itu.

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.