Latest CoronaVirus News & Updates from Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste Covid-19 Survey – July 2020
13d | The Asia FoundationThe Covid-19, or coronavirus, global pandemic has required huge responses from governments all over the world. Timor-Leste ...
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And Now, a Bright Spot: Timor-Leste Weathers a Pandemic
13d | ReliefWebOver the course of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge and devastating global impact. Deaths worldwide have surpassed one million, and in many places the rate of new infections is still rising, ...
Read moreECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN – TIMOR-LESTE
5d | Legal 500Leste has approved the Economic Recovery Plan aimed at tackling the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. The plan includes (i) short-term measures, to be implemented until the end of ...
Read moreCOVID-19: ICRC, KOICA sign agreement to support Indonesian prisons
13d | Icrc.orgThe COVID-19 pandemic has posed unique challenges in places of detention worldwide. Given the specific vulnerabilities of ...
Read moreGetting Students Back To School Safely During The COVID-19 Pandemic
11d | ForbesUNICEF and partners are working to keep students learning during the pandemic, offering guidance on how to reopen schools ...
Read moreCoronavirus response sees Australia, Vietnam and Taiwan boosted on Lowy Institute's Asia Power Index
9d | Australian Broadcasting Corporation on MSN.comThe US remains the most powerful country in Asia but its influence continues to wane, according to the Lowy Institute's Asia Power Index, which also suggests the pandemic has seen India falter in its ...
Read moreCovid-19 Raises New Hurdles for CSOs
13d | The Asia FoundationCivil society organizations in Southeast Asia have responded swiftly to the pandemic, in many cases more nimbly than ...
Read moreIs there no one in Australia who can pick a mango? Hundreds of foreign workers to be flown in to harvest fruit amid fears of a nationwide food shortage
12d | Daily MailUp to 400 people will quarantine in Howard Springs facility in Northern Territory before being flown to WA to help ease ...
Read moreWestern Australian to fly foreign fruit pickers in to help farmers during COVID-19
12d | Daily MailUp to 400 people will quarantine in Howard Springs facility in Northern Territory before being flown to WA to help ease ...
Read moreDigitize social aid to expedite COVID-19 relief, World Bank says
6d | The Jakarta PostThe pandemic and its economic consequences have prompted many countries to scale up their social assistance programs through ...
Read moreGetting Students Back To School Safely During The COVID-19 Pandemic
11d | ForbesUNICEF and partners are working to keep students learning during the pandemic, offering guidance on how to reopen schools ...
Read moreWestern Australian to fly foreign fruit pickers in to help farmers during COVID-19
12d | Daily MailUp to 400 people will quarantine in Howard Springs facility in Northern Territory before being flown to WA to help ease ...
Read moreCoronavirus response sees Australia, Vietnam and Taiwan boosted on Lowy Institute's Asia Power Index
9d | Australian Broadcasting Corporation on MSN.comThe US remains the most powerful country in Asia but its influence continues to wane, according to the Lowy Institute's Asia Power Index, which also suggests the pandemic has seen India falter in its ...
Read moreHundreds of foreign workers to be flown in to WA to harvest fruit
12d | Daily Mail on MSN.comUp to 400 people will quarantine in Howard Springs facility in Northern Territory before being flown to WA to help ease ...
Read moreThe case for Australia to step up in south-east Asia
5d | The Australian Financial ReviewCanberra can work with the middle powers of south-east Asia to collectively influence the regional order, even if none is ...
Read moreWhy Trump’s Anti-China Policy Falls on Deaf Ears in Southeast Asia
13d | The DiplomatNo Southeast Asian nation has been willing to support the Trump administration’s hostile and ideological position on China.
Read moreWA's hard border at breaking point as it chases overseas workers
13d | The Australian Financial ReviewWA Premier Mark McGowan is under pressure to relent on his hard border closure as the state turns to overseas workers to save ...
Read moreDefense Secretary Esper: U.S. Allies 'Now More Important Than Ever'
7d | CNSNews.comThe security of the United States depends on its alliances with other like-minded countries, Defense Secretary Mark Esper ...
Read moreSeasonal worker boost to offer some relief to WA growers, but is it too late for this year's harvest?
12d | Australian Broadcasting Corporation on MSN.comWestern Australia's horticultural industry will be able to access more foreign workers to relieve harvest labour shortages, including around 300 Vanuatu workers already in the Northern Territory.
Read moreJobs law, week 2: Critics slam President's response, unions seek legal avenues
11d | The Jakarta PostAs the furor over the omnibus law on job creation wraps up its second week, the World Bank has changed its tune, the ...
Read moreMigrant workers denounce ‘modern-day slavery’ in Korea
6d | Philippine Daily InquirerSEOUL — The Employment Permit System is supposed to be a win-win solution for South Korean employers struggling to find workers and Asian workers seeking higher-paying jobs overseas. The ...
Read moreSeasonal worker boost to offer some relief to WA growers, but is it too late for this year's harvest?
12d | Australian Broadcasting Corporation on MSN.comWestern Australia's horticultural industry will be able to access more foreign workers to relieve harvest labour shortages, including around 300 Vanuatu workers already in the Northern Territory.
Read moreCOVID-19 response plans a positive start, but lasting impacts need more focus
5d | Armed robbery in RevesbyCommenting on today's release of details of the Federal Government's COVID-19 Development Response Plans, Oxfam Australia ...
Read moreOne-off funding not enough for the aid budget
8d | Eureka StreetThis Budget is a missed opportunity. It was a chance for the government to do something radical, to make real and defined ...
Read moreVaccines should be made command global goods
12d | Khmer TimesWe are in the grip of a historic pandemic. The novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 threatening the whole of the human ...
Read moreThe sometimes United Nations
4d | globalpulsemagazine.comThe greatest strength of the UN — the accommodating of the fallen, current and rising superpowers in the one body — is also ...
Read moreCoronavirus response boosts Australia on Asia Power Index
9d | yourlifechoices.com.auAustralia, Vietnam and Taiwan have seen their power in Asia rise partly due to their handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Key points: The Lowy Institute's third annual Asia Power ...
Read moreCountries Where Hunger is a Problem, Ranked
13d | undispatch.comA new report ranks countries around the world on how much hunger and food security is a problem. The data find that several ...
Read moreNew Executive Board at PATA
13d | eTurboNewsHwa Wong has been formally endorsed as the Chair of the e Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Executive Board and ...
Read moreImperial and Twig join forces to contribute to UNICEF’s Learning Passport
5d | Armed robbery in RevesbyImperial and Twig today announced a new initiative to create science content for UNICEF's Learning Passport, a digital personalised learning ...
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