Navigation Officer Gravenson of the HMS Spey, part of the Royal British Navy, encouraged female members of Timor-Leste’s Defence Forces F-FDTL Navy to aim to become commanders, navigation officers, and boat operators.

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The Executive Director of the National Hospital Guido Valadares (HNGV), in Dili, Doctor Alito Soares said after 20 years, and despite some progress, the hospital still faces major challenges, including with its current infrastructure, limited human resources, lack of diagnostic services and treatment available for patients.

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The Secretary General of the Timor-Leste Youth Council (CNJTL), Mateus Lemos Soares said the government must invest in empowerment programs for young people in Timor-Leste, because some 75% of the population is under the age of 35, to increase their knowledge and skills, so they can innovate and find solutions for national challenges including unemployment and malnutrition.

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A vendor from the administrative post of Letefoho, in the municipality of Ermera, Carlito Fernandes, said in his municipality there aren’t opportunities for vendors like him to sell their produce, leaving them no other option than to try their luck s in the capital Dili. Nevertheless, once in the capital, municipal vendors are not given space inside the local markets driving them to try to make a sale on the streets even though they are aware they are breaking local laws.

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Timor-Leste’s new Prime Minister, Jose Alexandre Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, has instructure the Ministry of Education Youth and Sports to complete creating CAFE (Education Training and Learning Centres) schools across the nation.

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The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAP) of Timor-Leste, Pedro dos Reis, said a report analysing acute food security during the year of 2022, shows that 300,000 Timorese or 22% of the total population face acute food insecurity.

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