Proklamasaun ba Independénsia

28 de Novembro de 2010, 11:01

Comité sentrál hili Xavier do Amaral hanesan prezidente Repúblika no Nicolau Lobato hanesan Primeiru Ministru. Membru governu sira seluk fó ba Mari Alkatiri hanesan Ministru Estadu nian ba Negósiu Polítiku no José Ramos-Horta, Ministru ba Negósiu Estranjeiru no Informasaun externu. Independénsia ne’e dura de’it ba semana ida.

Iha loron 11 fulan Novembru tinan 1975, Angola proklama nia independénsia ho hanoin ida de’it hanesan MPLA hafoin FRETELIN halo tuir ezemplu ne’e.

Tinan problemátiku hanesan 1975

Ami iha fulan Janeiru loron 20 fulan ida ne’e duni UDT ho FRETILIN kria koligasaun ida hodi haree ba prosesu autonomia nian (ho prazu tinan 5-10) atu hodi tanen Timór nia independénsia. Liu tiha fulan haat, Komisaun ba Deskolonizasaun ba Timór hahú halo diskusaun ho partidu Timór nian sira atu hodi halo lei ba deskolonizasaun Timór nian.

Partido no organizasaun sai barak tan iha Timór. Mosu mai União Democrática Timorense (UDT), ho hanoin ida ba autonomia ba eventu independénsia, maibé sei hamutuk lai ho komunidade luzíada; Associação Popular Democrática Timorense (APODETI), hakarak atu integra ba Indonézia; no Associação Social Democrática de Timór (ASDT), hafoin Frente Revolucionáriu de Timór Leste Independente (FRETILIN), hanaran ho FRELIMO hosi Moçambique defensór sira ba independénsia nian. Mosu mós partidu kiik balun hanesan KOTA (Klibur Oan Timur Aswai), ho hanoin atu harii nasaun tuir ukun tradisionál Liurai sira nian no Partidu Tabalhista, ne’ebé ho hanoin ida hakarak mobiliza ema sira ne’ebé hanesan servisu na’in. Iha loron 17 fulan Jullu promulga tiha lei no 7/75, ne’ebé hili ba prosesu deskolonizasaun rai ida ne’e.

Tan ne’e UDT hakotu koligasaun ho FRETILIN iha fulan Maiu nia laran. Tuir, Ali Murtopo, Xefe ba Servisu informasaun Indonézia nian, ne’ebé maka fosala ba problema iha koligasaun, halo propaganda hasoru FRETILIN, no halo presaun ba UDT.

Rezultadu? Eleisaun iha tempu bailoron iha 1975 (Jullu), FRETILIN hetan 55% ba votu Lospalos nian. Iha fulan tuir mai, UDT, la aseita ho rezultadu sira hodi halai ho efende ne’ebé hakotu funu sivíl iha teritóriu (Agostu 1975).

Konsekuénsias? Populasaun estranjeiru sira iha Dili hahú husik hela teritóriu no Administrasaun Portugeza sira hodi sesan ba Atauro. Jornalista autralianu na’in lima maka hetan oho hosi tropa Indonézia sira iha Balibó.

Ameasa komunizmu nian

Sei iha hela manas Funu Vietname nian, Amerikanu sira koko buat hotu ba espansaun rejime komunista iha parte Oriente nian. Media hirak Indonézia nian, espalla notísia konabá FRETILIN no implementasaun ba rejime komunista iha Timór-Leste. Akuzasaun ne’e lamonu ba governu australianu, Indonézia no Amérika nia laran. Solusaun saida maka di’ak liu? Integrasaun Timór-Leste nian ba Indonézia. EUA sira sei laható kazu ne’e ba ONU hodi levanta problema, tuir prezidente Ford. Hakarak ne’e ikus mai konkretiza duni, hodi hatudu ho jeitu atu hamohu timoroan. 

http://noticias.sapo.tl/tetum/info/artigo/1109220.html

Report blames rig operator for Australian spill

By ROD McGUIRK,Associated Press - Wednesday, November 24

 

CANBERRA, Australia – A Thai-owned oil rig operator could be banned from Australian waters after a government report on Wednesday blamed it and a lax regulator for Australia's worst ever oil spill that stained the coasts of Indonesia and East Timor last year. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson told Parliament he is investigating whether deficiencies in procedures at the Montara oil field that was operated by a unit of Thailand's PTT Exploration & Production Plc. reflected the company's "general performance as an operator."
The investigation, to be completed this year, will help determine what action should be taken against the company which could include cancellation of its oil and gas production rights, Ferguson said.

The Thai company's Australian unit, PTTEP Australasia, holds five production licenses in Australia's waters including Montara but is not currently producing oil or gas from any of them. The company would require new regulatory approval before it could resume production at Montara and has not yet make such an application.
PTTEP Australasia issued a statement Wednesday acknowledging the "deficiencies" identified by the report and said all managers and supervisors involved in the Montara drilling have been "removed from their positions."

It said it was implementing reforms that address the technical and governance problems identified in the report to "ensure the incident which occurred at Montara is never repeated." Ferguson said the company could yet be charged over failure to comply with regulations and for endangering the 69 workers at Montara.
Australia's burgeoning offshore oil and gas industry oil earned energy companies 35.6 billion Australian dollars ($35 billion) in oil and gas revenue last year.

The rig and wellhead platform in the Timor Sea began leaking in August last year. More than 400 barrels of oil a day stained the coasts of Indonesia and East Timor before mud pumped through a relief well shut off the deepwater spigot 11 weeks later. PTTEP paid $390 million for the clean up. Ferguson said the government planned to change the law to remove any doubt that companies responsible for any future leaks would be made to pay.Indonesians were still seeking compensation, Ferguson said.

Environmental group WWF Australia reported that thousands of dead fish and clumps of oil had been found drifting near Indonesia's coastline more than two months after the well began leaking. "PTTEP Australasia did not observe sensible oil field practice at the Montara field," Ferguson said. "Other findings include that the widespread and systematic shortcomings of PTTEP Australasia procedures were a direct cause of the loss of well control," he said.Ferguson said the field's regulator, the Northern Territory Department of Resource, was "not a diligent regulator and its minimalist approach to its regulatory responsibility gave it little chance of discovering these poor practices."

"Well control practices approved by the regulator would have been sufficient to prevent the loss of well control," he said. "However PTTEP Australasia did not adhere to these practices or its own well construction standards." Ferguson said the government planned to replace state regulators with a national regulator of the offshore energy industry by January, 2012. Ferguson said the industry did not have a "cowboy culture," with Montara the first major leak in Australian waters in 25 years during which more than 3,000 wells had been drilled.

Nov 3, 2010- Strait Times

Peacekeepers back from Timor Leste

SENIOR Staff Sergeant Low Voon Shiong had an emotional reunion with his wife and two children on Tuesday after a year-long tour of duty in Timor Leste.He was among 15 Singapore Police Force officers, who were part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force, to return.

Senior Staff Sgt Low, 37, said he was very happy to be back after a year without seeing his wife, his three-year-old son Dillon and his daughter Denese, two. He had been posted to a remote area where he had been 'lucky to get through sometimes' on the phone.

'My kids are still young. I missed them very much,' he added, following the reunion at the Airport Police Division headquarters in Changi. The peacekeeping force was the fourth contingent sent to Timor Leste to maintain law and order, and train and strengthen the police force there.The first was sent in 2006. Timor Leste seceded from Indonesia in 1999.

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_598675.html

HORTA HO XANANA, DISKUTE DISTINU UNMIT

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Timor Post - Sesta 26 Novembru 2010

Dili-Mandatu UNMIT (ONU) nian iha Timor Leste nebe mak besik remata iha 2012 sai preokupasaun ba intidade hotu iha nasaun ne’e, tanba ne’e Presidente da Republika halo enkontru ida ho Primeiru Ministru, Comando F-FDTL, UNPOL, PNTL no mos reprezetante especial Onu Amererah Haq avaliasaun servisu UNMIT durante ne’e.

“Prezidente Horta bolu ami hamutuk ho UNMIT hodi koalia planu serviso no tranzisaun UNMIT nian to’o 2012,”dehan PM Xanana ba jornalista sira hafoin remata ankontru altu nivel konselhu deguransa iha Palacio Presidente Aitarak laran (25/11) horisehik.

Xefi Governu ne’e hateten, sorumutu ne’e, sira diskute no avalia serviso UNMIT hala’o hafoin krizi 2006, liliu area polisia ninian, nomos area seluk, hanesan ONU ninian, komisaun ONU nebe trata asuntu labarik UNICEF, programa ONU ba dezenvolvimento UNDP no commisaun ONU nebe trata refujiadu, UNHCR ne’ebe durante ne’e la’o ona.

“Agora atu haree situasaun atual nusa? hanesan 2006 ka lae? situasaun 2011 ho 2012 oinsa? Ne’e mak opiniaun hanesan sira (ONU) atu hela bebeik iha Timor ne’e ka atu ba (remata missaun) ou atu redus (hamenus numeru)? Ne’e duni, altu nivel hare katak opiniaun ida ne’ebe la’o no ema barak rona no kaer mak dehan to’o 2012, sira nia misaun sei remata,”afirma Xanana.

Hatutan Xanana, polisia nasional mak sei responsabliza seguransa rai laran depois de ONU remata ninia misaun.

Depois de krizi 2006 nebe area seguransa tomak iha ONU nia liman, PNTL rasik asumi hikas ona knar iha distritu 10 halo ona and over hela distiru 3 Suai, Bobonaro, ho Dili, mak seidauk entrega responsablidade.

“Ita mos kompriende ita nian polisia sei nafatin iha apoia ida hanesan iha area seluk, tanba ida ne’e mak atu formula didiak depois hand over hotu UNpol nia area mak ida ne’ebe, depois de entreg ita nia papel saida mak ita atu halo.”dehan Xanana.

PM dehan atu kaer rasik responsablidade seguransa PNTL esforsu aprezenta objetivu estratejiku iha nia planu ba to’o 2030 ninian.

Maibe atu aproveita prezensa UNpol nian ne’ebe hela tinan rua PNTL aprezenta estrateziku lima, hanesan legislasaun, lei organiku, fo formasaun ba PNTL atu forma iha area espesialidade ruma, administrasaun liliu ba komando hodi kapasita PNTL, depois iha area operasaun atu aumenta liu tan ambiente kultura displina iha PNTL nia laran rasik, ikus liu kooperasaun PNTL diak liu tan ba oin.

Tanba prezensa UNMIT nian ba to’o 2012 iha inkontru alto nivel ne’e marka mos prezensa membru governu lubuk ida hanesan Ministeriu ESTATAL hodi diskute mos deskute apoiu sa mak Timor Leste presija husi UNMIT antes no depois iha elisaun 2012, nomos koalia mos kestaun justisa nian i febereiru 2011 konselho seguransa sei koalia klean konaba misaun UNMIT hodi prepara formula ida hodi prezidente da Republika lori ba aprezenta iha Nova Iorke.(manuel da silva)

LERE: ESPIRITU PATRIOTIZMU NO NASIONALIZMU, " TL HETAN UKUN AN "

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Timor Post - Sesta 26 Novembru 2010

Dili-Komandante Falintil Forsa Defeza Timor Leste Brigadeiru Lere Anan Timur informa, ho esperitu patriotizmu no nasionalizmu Timor oan hotu iha tempu rejistensia mak nasaun Timor Leste hetan ukun an.

Brigadeiru Lere iha Otel Timor, Kuarta (24/11) hato’o lia hirak ne’e bainhora partisipa iha lansamentu Uniaun Nasional de pequenas Emprezas (UNAPE) iha Otel Timor, Brigadeiru iha nia deskursu hateten, lia fuan patriotizmu no nasionalizmu la’os simles teoria, hanoin no mehi deit maibe patriotizmu no nasionalizmu ne’e realidade ida.

Lere esplika liu tan, realidade que tenki mudansa iha Timor oan ida-idak nia laran, nia fuan, tamba tuir komandante ne’e hateten patriotizmu no nasionalizmu ne’e laos sosa mak hetan.

“Realidade ne’ebe kuda iha Timor oan ida-idak nia fuan laran. Tamba pariotizmu no nasionalizmu ita la sosa,”tenik Lere.

Lere Reafirma, maibe patriotizmu ne’e ita tenki konkista nune’e bele dezenvolve nasaun ida ne’e atu povu hotu bele moris diak liu tan iha futuru.

Lere realsa, maske politika nain sira propaganda buat barak, bele haksesuk malu no sai manas iha konsellu Ministru ma’eba maibe Timor oan kuandu hamtutuk ita la hakfodak.

Iha parte seluk kuandu ema riku ida sosa tiha ema balun nia fuan no nia esperito nasionalizmu Timor bele nakfera.

“Pruzemplu hau komodante forsa armada nian, se dehan bah au ho halo ida ne’e, hau fo millaun ida ba o,” no hau aseita ba nian, ne’e katak fa’an hau nia nasionalizmu no nasaun bele nakfera”Lere hateten.

Brigadeiru Lere esklarese katak, iha tempu okupasaun Indonezia, Timor oan barak mak fa’an sira nia fuan no nasionalizmu ba rupiah no supermi maibe balun dehan “Mate Ka Moris Ukun Rasik An”.

Lere hateten, ho esperito nasionalizmu no patriotizmu ida ne’e mak Falintil ho povu tomak fo an ba mate hodi hetan ukun an ida ne'e.
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TIMOR-LESTE: Preparing for the worst

TIMOR-LESTE: Preparing for the worst

 

 

11 Nov 2010 00:43:00 GMT

Source: IRIN

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DILI, 11 November 2010 (IRIN) - Hardly a tremor was felt in Timor-Leste after the undersea 6.1 magnitude earthquake 85km north of the capital, Dili, on 16 October. The country, sited in one of the world's most volatile volcano and earthquake-prone areas, known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, has been spared any fallout from regional tremors, but experts worry about just how big a disaster such a small country can handle. The half-island nation of 1.1 million people split off from Indonesia in a bloody independence struggle in 1999 that resulted in the displacement of thousands. "We are ready for anything, from fire to floods," said Francisco do Rosario, director of the National Disaster Management Directorate (NDMD), which coordinates efforts to prepare for and clean up after disasters. He confidently cited emergency simulation exercises with the US, Australia and Japan earlier in 2010 and emergency plans drafted for droughts, floods and earthquakes. But these plans do not reflect the current disaster management structure, nor the decentralized approach taken by the government to dividing up disaster duties, say international experts, who spoke on condition of anonymity. 

 

Indeed, after a recent government workshop that evaluated the country's disaster risk management, recommendations were made to create a joint inter-ministerial and NGO partners' disaster response plan, and to hold regular inter-ministerial meetings in an effort to bolster government coordination. Leadership The country has a national disaster risk management inter-ministerial committee, a Secretary of State for Social Assistance and Natural Disasters and the Ministry of Social Solidarity, which houses NDMD. Until 2 September this year, the Office of the Vice Prime Minister had procurement rights for disaster clean-up, which were revoked after Mario Carrascal, the former deputy prime minister, was accused of corruption. 

 

At the end of September, the Prime Minister's office asked parliament to suspend the national humanitarian coordinator, the other Vice Prime Minister, Luis Guterres, on charges of abuse of authority. Challenges in "day-to-day coordination of disaster risk management activities" include poor coordination between various levels of government as well as among government ministries, according to a report submitted by NDMD to the Secretary of State for Social Assistance and Natural Disasters in late August. However, Rosario dismissed concerns of lack of leadership in disaster management, and said communities continued to work to minimize any fallout from disasters. Next steps Because of calls for improved needs assessments that provide more and better information before emergencies happen, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has been charting needs assessments worldwide since 2008 for the Assessment and Classification of Emergencies project. [http://ochaonline.un.org/ocha2008/html/focus_assessment_emergencies.htm ] .

Results of assessments by different agencies in Timor-Leste are being compiled. Cruz Vermelha de Timor-Leste, the Red Cross, conducted its most recent vulnerability assessment five years ago in all 13 districts, finding all to be flood-prone, said its disaster management coordinator, Luis Pedro Pinto. The Red Cross has trained more than 40 volunteers nationwide to conduct disaster assessments and with support from the International Office for Migration, is installing the country's first solar-powered early warning speaker system in Maliana in the southwestern Bobonaro district. "The country has been spared widespread death and destruction from natural disasters up to this point," said Pinto. "But we cannot be sure what will come. We have not been severely tested."

 

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TIMOR-LESTE: Road repairs a boon to villages

TIMOR-LESTE: Road repairs a boon to villages

 

22 Nov 2010 10:22:06 GMT

Source: IRIN

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DILI, 22 November 2010 (IRIN) - Timor-Leste's government is engaging rural communities to improve the country's road network, which is almost 60 percent unpaved, to create jobs and develop vital infrastructure. The TIM-Works Project, being implemented by the Secretariat of State for Vocational Training and Employment, with technical assistance from the International Labour Organization (ILO), is to improve 300km of rural roads, and provide routine maintenance on another 1,800km of roads. This will improve a sizeable chunk of the country's 6,000km road network and generate more than 1.2 million days of work for 26,000 beneficiaries, the ILO estimates. "The work on this road will make a big difference," Felismeno dos Santos, chief of Fahilebo village, where an estimated 1,500 people will be served by the development of the Labaloa-Fahilebo road, told IRIN. Three-quarters of Timor-Leste's 1.1 million citizens live in rural areas and engage in subsistence farming. As one of the poorest countries in Asia (ranked 120 out of 179 countries in the 2010 UN Human Development Index [ http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/ ]) and with an unemployment rate of about 25 percent, there is a growing need to inject income into rural communities. "The company came here and brought the work to us. I need to do this work so that I can support my family and my children. Here we normally farm for a living," said mother-of-eight Teodora de Sousa, 44, who is part of a group working on 2km of the Bucumera-Fahilebo road in Leorema village, Liquica District. The road (6.4km in total) serves about 1,600 people and the government has split the work between three local contractors, who in turn have recruited villagers. These roads will not only generate much-needed income but also reconnect villages with markets and health centres. "People in the village have many local products, like fruits and vegetables, so when we finish the road, they can use their cars to go the market [3km away] or access the local health centre," said Dos Santos. Fewer than a quarter of births in the district of Liquica (where both these villages are located) are attended by a health professional, and only 13 percent in a health facility, according to the government's latest demographic and health survey. Better roads mean better access to medical facilities. Fragile peace With 30 percent women and 50 percent youth participating in the project, the other hope is that the investment will help keep a fragile peace at what is a critical period for the half-island nation. Timor-Leste achieved formal independence from Indonesia in 2002, but spats of violence have dogged the young nation as recently as 2006 [ http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=84318 ], when high unemployment [ http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=85299 ] and widespread discontent [ http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=84659 ] contributed to fighting in capital Dili that forced 150,000 people to flee their homes. "Timor-Leste is entering a crucial period, one which will help determine whether it has overcome in a sustainable manner the political and institutional weaknesses which contributed to the events of 2006," said UN Secretary-General for Timor-Leste Ameerah Haq at the UN Security Council in New York on 19 October. The TIM-Works Project, which has a budget of US$10 million, began in October 2008 and will run until June next year. mc/cm/ds/mw© IRIN. All rights reserved. More humanitarian news and analysis: http://www.IRINnews.org