As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen national disaster response capacity, the Civil Protection Authority (CPA) and the ...

DILI, Timor-Leste - Timorese military and civilian personnel joined Pacific Partnership 2019 (PP19) for a mass evacuation in a natural disaster (MEND) workshop in Dili, April 25. First responders ...

On April 4, Tropical Cyclone Seroja hit Timor-Leste, devastating the island nation and resulting in the worst floods in 48 years. According to the United Nations, the natural disaster took 45 ...

During his time in Timor-Leste, the CNGB participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Response warehouse and an aircraft hangar in Baucau—both byproducts of U.S ...

TIMOR-LESTE has sought the assistance of the Philippines in enhancing its disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) capabilities. The appeal was expressed by Marciano Octavio Garcia Da Silva ...

Timor Leste is the 7th most disaster-prone country in the world, with frequent droughts, high winds, landslides, and increasingly variable rainfall. Through savings and loan groups, improved ...

There appeared to be a moment of clarity in 2023 when the government of Timor-Leste recognised that it was facing a looming financial disaster and started to make preparations — however belated — to ...

Australia could well be looking at a foreign policy disaster as Timor-Leste appears to be on the brink of becoming a failed state. And a stubborn and entrenched set of elites seems impervious to ...

SINGAPORE: Timor-Leste may have received a consolation prize ... human trafficking and on counterterrorism to agreements on disaster management and emergency response. One example is the ASEAN ...

TIMOR-LESTE has sought the assistance of the Philippines in enhancing its disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) capabilities. The appeal was expressed by Marciano Octavio Garcia Da Silva, ...