Dili, 29 March 2025
The New Zealand and Australia Alumni Women’s Team in Timor-Leste defeated FALINTIL-Força de Defesa de Timor-Leste (3-4) after the opening of the 2025 Anzac Day Futsal Tournament held at the B.J. Habibie Futsal Ground, Bidau.
Twelve women’s clubs competed in this tournament, which will conclude on 26 April this year.
F-FDTL Media
Tolu March 28, 2025
FALINTIL-East Timor Defence Forces (F-FDTL), together with the NGO Permatil, planted trees in Tasi Tolu Lagoon, Dili-East Timor.
In an interview, Colonel Renilde Guteres Cortereal e Silva, current deputy Chief of Staff of FALINTIL-FDTL, said that the objective today is to plant trees to revitalize our lands because we ourselves are damaging our environment, and the effect of the road such as flooding, high temperature so they plant these trees, because we are all concerned that the ecosystem of our country remains good. The Deputy Chief of Staff of FALINTIL-FDTL said.
On this occasion, the Deputy Chief of Staff of FALINTIL-FDTL would like to appeal to all Timorese to refrain from arbitrarily cutting and burning trees, because we arbitrarily cut and burn trees, which causes heat and flooding in the rainy season in some places.
F-FDTL Media
March 28, 2025
The FALINTIL-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL), through the Service Support Unit, carried out a two-kilometer walking exercise today from Fatuahi to the Metinaro Service Base (UAS) Metinaro.
In an interview, the Commander of the Service Support Unit (UAS), Infantry Major Horácio dos Santos, said that an activity we carried out this morning, called the Forced March exercise, is something that our military personnel always carry out every year, in addition to participating in the planning matrix of our Service Support Unit every year. “The main objective of this walking exercise is that there are three aspects that we consider, first, we want to test the capacity of the military, we need the physical condition of the forces as well as their mentality, capacity and knowledge, this is what we do when the state assigns a mission to the Armed Forces through the command, another is to familiarize ourselves with the local communities but more importantly to familiarize ourselves with the terrain, how can our soldiers know these areas, another we do to reflect on FALINTIL Day, because this is our Service Support Unit to show the people of Timor-Leste that we are ready to carry out any mission in our country.
He added that the total number of soldiers who walked today was 105 to do this exercise. We have more troops than that, but since some of our members are doing security in the unit and some are fulfilling the mission, we are here today to do this exercise, he said. (UAS) Metinaro, however the exercise started in Fatuahi and ended at the Service Support Unit (UAS) Metinaro base with a distance of 21 kilometers.
F-FDTL Media
Government Palace, 27 March 2025
Chief of General Staff of FALINTIL-Defence Forces of Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) participates in the ceremony of the 25th anniversary of the Government Palace, 27 March 2025 Chief of General Staff of FALINTIL-Defence Forces of Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) for the 25th time.
The commemoration ceremony was held at the Government Palace in Dili.
Media F-FDTL
March 26, 2025
The Commander-in-Chief of the National Republican Guard (GNR), Lieutenant General Rui Alberto Ribeiro Veloso, and his delegation paid a courtesy visit to the FALINTIL-FDTL Command and met with the Chief of General Staff of the FALINTIL - Timor-Leste Defense Forces (F-FDTL), Lieutenant General Falur Rate Laek, to discuss productivity and cooperation and how to move forward to better strengthen cooperation ties with the FALINTIL-FDTL command in the future.
“Today we visited the F-FDTL Command to hold a more productive meeting to discuss many aspects, especially cooperation. We talked about the past, we talked about the future, but most importantly we talked about the future, about how to strengthen the ties of cooperation that exist between the F-FDTL Institution and the GNR,” said Lieutenant General of the National Republican Guard (GNR) Alberto Ribeiro Veloso.
He said that the courtesy to the FALINTIL Command - Timor-Leste Defence Forces (F-FDTL) is very important, because it must strengthen better cooperation with the GNR. At the same location, the Chief of the General Staff of the FALINTIL - Timor-Leste Defence Forces (F-FDTL), Lieutenant General Falur Rate Laek, reported on his visit to strengthen better cooperation with the Timor-Leste National Police (PNTL). "Their presence is crucial for our national stability, that's why they came and yesterday paid tribute to their people who died in the accident, and they also spoke today about the cooperation between the F-FDTL Command and they will support the IDN.
F-FDTL Media
Headquarters, 25 March 2025.
Defence Corps Programme (DCP) Leader Lieutenant Colonel Eric Betanin and his team meet with FALINTIL Chief of Staff Falur Rate Laek at F-FDTL Headquarters, Fatuhada, Dili.
The purpose of this meeting is to introduce the new members of the Defence Corps Programme to the FALINTIL Chief of Staff so that they can cooperate and work together between FALINTIL-FDTL and the Australian Armed Forces, especially in the area of Defence, which has already been agreed between the two countries.
F-FDTL Media.
