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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Governu TL Ameasadu Selu Milloens $320 ba Kompanhia Lighthouse Corporation

DILI – Governu Timor – Leste oras ne’e ameasadu hela hodi selu osan hamutuk milloes $320 ba kompanhia internasional Australia, Lighthouse Corporation Pty Ltd no Lighthouse Corporation Ltd IBC  bainhira lakon iha Tribunal.
  
Bazeia ba informasaun offisial ne’ebe Timor Post asesu husi https://icsid.worldbank.org/en/Pages/cases/casedetail.aspx?CaseNo=ARB%2f15%2f2, https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=392978817528236&id=283877131771739 katak kompanhia ne’e rezistu ona kazu kontra governu Timor – Leste iha International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) desde loron 14 Janeiru 2015 ho numeru rezistu ICSID Case No. ARB/15/2.

Lighthouse Corporation Pty. Ltd. hari iha tinan 1998. Kompanhia ne’e nia lina bisnis inklui oferese mina no gas lokaliza iha L 17 500 Collins St Melbourne, 3000, Australia.

Informasaun ofisial ida husi Palasiu Prezidente katak, kompanhia ne’e sei hato’o assuntu ne’e ba Prezidente Republika, Taur Matan Ruak segunda ohin.

Parte ne’ebe halo reklama mak Johnson Winter & Slattery husi Sydney, Australia no parte ne’ebe responsabiliza mak Primeiru Ministru RDTL ho nia Sekretariu Estadu ba assuntu Eletrisidade nian. Estatutu ba kazu ne’e sei pendente hela.

Lighthouse Corporation Pty Ltd and Lighthouse Corporation Ltd, IBC v. Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/2).
Proceeding
Procedural Details
Subject of Dispute
Fuel Supply Agreement
Economic Sector
Electric Power & Other Energy
Instrument(s) Invoked
Contract, Investment Law Timor – Leste (2005)
Applicable Rules
ICSID Convention - Arbitration Rules
Claimant(s) Nationality(ies)
Lighthouse Corporation Ltd, IBC (Seychelles),Lighthouse Corporation Pty Ltd (Australian)
Respondent(s):

Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Date Registered:

January 14, 2015

Date of Constitution of Tribunal:

August 7, 2015
Composition of Tribunal
President
Gabrielle KAUFMANN-KOHLER (Swiss) - Appointed by Co-Arbitrators
Arbitrators:

Stephen JAGUSCH (New Zealand) - Appointed by the Claimant(s)
Campbell Alan McLACHLAN (New Zealand) - Appointed by the Respondent(s)
Party Representatives
Claimant(s):

Johnson Winter & Slattery, Sydney, Australia
Chester Brown, Sydney, Australia
John H. Karkar QC, Melbourne, Australia
Respondent(s):

DLA Piper, Brisbane, Australia
Jonathan Kay Hoyle, Sydney, Australia
Shane Doyle QC, Brisbane, Australia

Language(s) of Proceeding:

English
Status of Proceeding:

Pending (the Respondent files a reply on jurisdiction on December 16, 2016)
   
Entretantu, iha tinan 2014, governu desidi kompanhia SAKOM Energia Lda mak supply kombustivel ba sentral eletrika Hera no Betano. Nain ba empreza SAKOM ne’e mak Abilio de Araujo.


Hafoin manan projetu ne’e, iha loron 2 Abril 2014, Abilio Araujo aluga ro’o MT Royal Natura lori kombustivel husi Singapura halo deskaregamente iha sentral eletrika Hera – Dili. Durasaun ba kontratu ne’e fulan sia (9) de’it. Hahu iha loron 1 Abril 2014 no remata iha 31 Dezembru 2014. (oki)
A version of this article appears in print on January 23, 2017, on page 19 of the Timor Post edition with the headline:  Governu TL Ameasadu Selu Milloens $320 ba Kompanhia Lighthouse Corporation  

Monday, January 23, 2017

Woman March in Dili Not Against Trump Administration

Susan Marx


DILI – The global movement in over 60 countries around the world is to protest or against Donal Trump administration, but except the woman march in Dili is how show their solidarity around the world, with freedom, with the right of all people from all background, from all religions, races, sexual orientation, immigrants.

Donald John Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States on Friday, ushering in a new and more unpredictable era in which he vowed to shatter the established order and restore American greatness.

Dili "Women's March" event starts on Saturday 21 January in Cristo Rei with the participation of many women from around the world. They are Timorese, Mexican, Australian, New Zealander, Canadian, South African.

One of US citizen who works in Dili Susan Marx said, the event it may started related to event in the United States around in the operation.

“Our event and our march here in Dili is not suppose to be all American politics,” Susan told Timor Post in the Cristo Rei, Saturday (21/01).  

“And so today we are marching not against the Trump administration in necessarily  or against any person rather we are marching to show solidarity around the world, with freedom, with the right of all people from all background, from all religions, races, sexual orientation, immigrants,” she said.

“We are not marching against Trump administration. Not at all,”.

She added, the march in Washington D.C specifically, definitely has a march stronger linked to the Trump administration. “But for us here we basically used as a platform the global movement to be able to show our solidarity as all people living in Timor – Leste expected,”.

Regarding to what kind of Trump strategic foreign policy, Susan stated that a lot of people are not yet sure about how he will implementing his foreign policies. “So I think it’s remain to be seen because a lot of things are been set during the campaign, but no body knows whether in the end that going to be policies that implemented,”.

“I think it will depend on overall what his policies towards Asia. I think it’s depend on what his policies are towards China,”.

“One of his prioritize is his foreign relation. So interm of Timor – Leste, I think it’s remain to be seen exactly what is the impact might be, but hopefully there is no… we can hope that there is no cut some American foreign assistance here,”.

The expectation of Trump and the constitution the human right Susan think the important thing that have to remember is that the institution from the United  States are very strong, the constitution is very clear. “I would hope that any president in any elected and any appointed officially will do his or her atmosphere to up hold the right of all Americans. And that is really my hope that in the end of the system that will protect all the people,”.  

US Ambassador Karen Clark Stanton. Photo Ann Tuner. 

 Meanwhile, the US Ambassador Karen Clark Stanton was sworn in as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste on December 17, 2014 and presented her credentials to President Taur Matan Ruak on January 16, 2015.


Related to her diplomatic mission here in Timor – Leste, Stanton is still awaiting a decision from president Donald Trump.

I will stay until the president nominate a replacement. I expect that sometime this year. But I do not know yet well,” Stanton told Timor Post in Timor Plaza, Saturday (21/01).   

Stanton said, in the United States right position is part of foreign policy will consistance. She would not expect there is no a lot of change. Probably change a little bit but generally she speaking from one administration to the other. The United States will always thrive foreign policy to every government.

“I think the policies will continue in Timor – Leste and has
The policies US here is so independent,”.

The New York Times report that from the West Front of the Capitol, overlooking a crowd of hundreds of thousands as rain began to fall, Mr. Trump presented a dark vision of a nation afflicted by division and dislocation, exploited and forgotten by a group of Washington elites and diminished around the world. His arrival, he promised, would finally turn it around.

“This American carnage stops right here and stops right now,” he declared in a forceful 16-minute Inaugural Address.

“The time for empty talk is over,” he added later. “Now arrives the hour for action. Do not allow anyone to tell you it cannot be done.”
He said the inauguration represented not just the peaceful transfer of power from one party to another. “We are transferring power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you the people,” he said.
“For too long,” he added, “a small group in our nation’s capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost. Washington flourished, but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered, but the jobs left and the factories closed. The establishment protected itself but not the citizens of our country. Their victories have not been your victories. Their triumphs have not been your triumphs.”
He vowed to reverse that trend and make America first. “The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.” (oki)
 A version of this article appears in print on January 23, 2017, on page 19 of the Timor Post edition with the headline: Woman March in Dili Not Against Trump Administration.  

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