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New Zealand, 13 March 2025.
The Chief of General Staff of FALINTIL-Timor-Leste Defence Force, Lieutenant General Falur Rate Laek, today visited the cultural activities of the New Zealand Naval Force as part of his participation in the high-level meeting between the Chiefs of General Staff of the South Pacific island that was held in New Zealand.
The purpose of this cultural activity visit is to learn about the culture of the Naval Forces, especially in New Zealand, as well as to better strengthen relations between leaders in the South Pacific to commit to pooling ideas and finding solutions to such events when natural disasters occur, especially in the South Pacific regions.
The Chiefs of General Staff of Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, PNG, including Timor-Leste, participated in the visit.
During the visit, Lieutenant General Falur Rate Laek, with a delegation from the TL composed of the Field Assistant of the CEMGFA Major José Pinto, the Lieutenant Nurse CEMGFA Ensign Celestino Amaral, the Sergeant-Major Alberto Moreira Freitas 'Jery', the Translator First Sergeant Armando Soares, and the Security CEMGFA Sergeant Oki.
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Dili, 13 March 2025
Chief of Staff of the FALINTIL-Defence Forces of Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) Brigadier General José da Costa Soares “TRIX”, participated in the launch of the National Campaign on ASEAN, held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste.
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Dili Metinaro, January 23, 2025.
FALINTIL-Defence Force of Timor-Leste, through the Chief of General Staff of the F-FDTL, Lieutenant General Domingos Raúl "FALUR RATE LAEK" and the structure received a thousand boots from the Australian Force. "Today we come here, we witness once again a historic moment to support what the Australian forces deliver to us, these boots really serve for the members of the F-FDTL to use and this support has great significance between the Timor-Leste Force and the Australian Force to further strengthen the relations between the two countries.
During the development of the Defence Force from Aileu to Metinaro until today, they have always accompanied our development of the Australian Force as a strategic partner for Timor-Leste, so we ask Australia to continue to support the F-FDTL so that we too do not forget the support of the Australian government, in addition, we do not forget other partner countries such as Japan, Portugal and Korea who during the strong support of the F-FDTL in training to develop the F-FDTL to become a professional force, concluded the CEMGFA.
On the other hand, the Australian Defence Attaché, Navy and War Captain, Matthew Richardson, said that it is a great honor for him to represent the Australian Government in the delivery of boots to the Armed Forces of Timor-Leste.
"Today we came to the Metinaro Training Centre to deliver the support that the Australian Armed Forces have given to the FFDTL, the boots that have supported this excellent quality that the men and women of the Australian Forces use for work and exercise.
Australia is committed to continuing to support Timor-Leste in any sector, especially so that the Timor-Leste Armed Forces can better develop, he said.
FALINTIL-FDTL
Hera, Dili, 06 January 2025.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Defense Forces of Timor-Leste, Lieutenant-General Domingos Raul "FALUR RATE LAEK", opening the Naval Cup, asked the youth to create peace and stability in society.
“Today the opening of the Naval Cup will prepare them to be young people who love football and some become strength so that we can create peace and stability in society because the game has victories and defeats because winning also winning also losing with victory because losing learn the next game can be a good tactic.
He also underlined that coming all here means giving our solidarity to our Naval Component for the great sadness that our Armed Forces especially the Naval Component face because today our presence is a gesture of solidarity to our father and brothers.
On the other hand, the Commander of the Naval Component Commodore Higino das Neves, affirmed that the Naval Cup was not instituted as in last year due to the many services.
“Today we return to hold the Naval Cup with the presence of His Excellency the Chief of General Staff of the F-FDTL will motivate us especially the young people because the objective of the Naval Cup is not to win or lose but its objective is to bring together young people from all over Timor to participate in this cup to get to know each other, create relationships friendly between employees and also share skills of experience that you must use in the field is not to fight each other and keep hatred and take revenge in the field, but to show your skills and experience to each other.
In the same place, the President of the Naval Cup Commission, Captain Lieutenant, Rosário Alves da Cruz, said that every year the Naval Cup is always held in the annual matrix to commemorate the existence of the Naval Component.
"The Naval Cup became a symbol of the relationship between the Armed Forces and the community, mainly strengthening the talents of our young people to create peace in the community.
I wish the 17 clubs that have talent and determination to compete in this Naval Cup that the sporting spirit prevails in every game through dedication and respect and discipline for the Naval Cup, he concluded.
The opening began with the first game of FC Abafu against FC Fatusa with a score of 3-1.
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Headquarters, January 6, 2025.
The National Flag Raising Ceremony of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (RDTL) was held for the first time in January 2025 at the Fatuhada Headquarters in Dili.
After the national flag raising ceremony, the Chief of the General Staff of FALINTIL-FDTL, Lieutenant General Domingos Raúl “FALUR RATE LAEK” as Inspector of the ceremony said, I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year.
“You celebrate the new year by saying goodbye to the old year with your family and friends that we make a good reflection in each family and institution, so that in this new year we can improve better”.
He also stressed that after the new year, we immediately received a major problem, especially flooding in the Naval Component of the F-FDTL that we also express our solidarity with the Naval Component.
Our motto is to modernize and professionalize. With this strength we can do this, so we do the work to improve first in the present to continue a safe future, if we think first about the future we will make mistakes in the present.
Here I want to say just two words like Tranquility and Serenity, Tranquility because our spirit of patriotism and nationalism rises, serenity because we are Christians as believers.
“At the meeting of the Superior Council for Defense and Security, our high authorities of Timor-Leste congratulated and appreciated us, especially the security operations during important visits, especially in 2024”, concluded the Lieutenant General.
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The National Flag Raising Ceremony of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (RDTL) was held for the first time in January 2025 at the Fatuhada Headquarters in Dili.
After the national flag raising ceremony, the Chief of the General Staff of FALINTIL-FDTL, Lieutenant General Domingos Raúl “FALUR RATE LAEK” as Inspector of the ceremony said, I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year.
“You celebrate the new year by saying goodbye to the old year with your family and friends that we make a good reflection in each family and institution, so that in this new year we can improve better”.
He also stressed that after the new year, we immediately received a major problem, especially flooding in the Naval Component of the F-FDTL that we also express our solidarity with the Naval Component.
Our motto is to modernize and professionalize. With this strength we can do this, so we do the work to improve first in the present to continue a safe future, if we think first about the future we will make mistakes in the present.
Here I want to say just two words like Tranquility and Serenity, Tranquility because our spirit of patriotism and nationalism rises, serenity because we are Christians as believers.
“At the meeting of the Superior Council for Defense and Security, our high authorities of Timor-Leste congratulated and appreciated us, especially the security operations during important visits, especially in 2024”, concluded the Lieutenant General.
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Hera, January 2, 2025
The Commander of the Naval Component of the F-FDTL, Commodore Higino das Neves, said that the rain that occurred yesterday on Wednesday (01/01/2025) in Hera resulted in damage to 90 percent of the military infrastructure of the Naval Component.
He said, the dam that the company made is small in size so it cannot block the small river in the Hera area so when the high intensity mountain rain could not block the intensity of the river then and the river must flow to the Naval Component base to damage the military facilities in the Hera Naval base.
The Commander of the Naval Component of the F-FDTL, Commodore Higino das Neves, said that the rain that occurred yesterday on Wednesday (01/01/2025) in Hera resulted in damage to 90 percent of the military infrastructure of the Naval Component.
He said, the dam that the company made is small in size so it cannot block the small river in the Hera area so when the high intensity mountain rain could not block the intensity of the river then and the river must flow to the Naval Component base to damage the military facilities in the Hera Naval base.
Yesterday afternoon it started to rain a little suddenly three rivers in Hera meet the dam that the company made for the Naval Component is very short so the three rivers meet then drill the dam and the water enters the Naval base destroyed the infrastructure of the naval military base here. The facilities that were damaged all consist of two cars, but some are still fine, the military motorcycles are almost completely damaged and water from the weapons got in, all of them were damaged, the barracks are not being used because the water got in, including computers as well,” said the Commander of the Naval Component, Commodore Higino das Neves. He said that since last night until today the Naval Component has not been working because all the materials were washed away. This morning we cleaned up, since last night we have not had any drinks because water got in and since last night we have not had any drinking water. There is no water to offer to the Naval Component, he added. Neves said that the Baucau Land Force also came down to help, to clean up the garbage, including the FALINTIL Unit, the Military Police Unit, the Headquarters, the Metinaro Training Center, the Engineering Force, including the Fire Department, the Institute for the Management of Infrastructure Development Support Equipment (IGEADI) and the Ministry of Works. Publish, to help normalize the river so that if it rains the river cannot enter the Naval Component.
He explained that the dam that the company built was supposed to reach the sea but the company was unable to do so and he left the dam that came to the Naval Component short so that until the rainy season the river runs destroyed thus causing the floods that the Naval Compound is suffering today.
"This was the fourth flood, but this is the worst. And it will take a week for this place to return to normal," he said.
At the same location, the Chief of Staff of the F-FDTL, Brigadier General José da Costa Soares "TRIX" stated that the military infrastructure and military installations of the Hera Naval Component - 90% of all assets - were destroyed due to the heavy rains yesterday afternoon, at 2 pm.
In addition, the Vice Chief of Staff of the F-FDTL, Major General Calisto Santos Coliati, stressed that all weapons and equipment, military clothing and barracks were completely damaged.
"The infrastructure of the Hera naval base was destroyed, including weapons. This requires urgent intervention by Public Works because the naval base belongs to the country, not to an individual, it is not a private company that provides the country's infrastructure. I believe that in situations like this, the political power in the area of infrastructure must be alert and provide urgent support because at this moment we do not know whether it is a hot day but in the mountains it is dark if the river goes down again," he said. He did not criticize, but this is just an appeal for the country's political power to pay attention to this situation because the infrastructure at the Hera Naval Base is bought with bones and blood. "In twenty years, our State, our Government has lost a lot of money, now for all of us who are servants of the State, servants of the Nation, each one of us must pay attention to our role to look at issues like this. We are now in the phase of building the State. We are not demanding, we are not angry, all our weapons and clothes ended up in the sea," he said. The Head of the IGEADI Dili Brigade, António Sarmento, said: ̈ IGEADI always provides support to those affected by floods, both in Dili and in the municipalities.
̈ Our Naval Component provided two pieces of heavy equipment to normalize the river, but tomorrow we will support two more Bludosers to address the sedimentation that is here.
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He explained that the dam that the company built was supposed to reach the sea but the company was unable to do so and he left the dam that came to the Naval Component short so that until the rainy season the river runs destroyed thus causing the floods that the Naval Compound is suffering today.
"This was the fourth flood, but this is the worst. And it will take a week for this place to return to normal," he said.
At the same location, the Chief of Staff of the F-FDTL, Brigadier General José da Costa Soares "TRIX" stated that the military infrastructure and military installations of the Hera Naval Component - 90% of all assets - were destroyed due to the heavy rains yesterday afternoon, at 2 pm.
In addition, the Vice Chief of Staff of the F-FDTL, Major General Calisto Santos Coliati, stressed that all weapons and equipment, military clothing and barracks were completely damaged.
"The infrastructure of the Hera naval base was destroyed, including weapons. This requires urgent intervention by Public Works because the naval base belongs to the country, not to an individual, it is not a private company that provides the country's infrastructure. I believe that in situations like this, the political power in the area of infrastructure must be alert and provide urgent support because at this moment we do not know whether it is a hot day but in the mountains it is dark if the river goes down again," he said. He did not criticize, but this is just an appeal for the country's political power to pay attention to this situation because the infrastructure at the Hera Naval Base is bought with bones and blood. "In twenty years, our State, our Government has lost a lot of money, now for all of us who are servants of the State, servants of the Nation, each one of us must pay attention to our role to look at issues like this. We are now in the phase of building the State. We are not demanding, we are not angry, all our weapons and clothes ended up in the sea," he said. The Head of the IGEADI Dili Brigade, António Sarmento, said: ̈ IGEADI always provides support to those affected by floods, both in Dili and in the municipalities.
̈ Our Naval Component provided two pieces of heavy equipment to normalize the river, but tomorrow we will support two more Bludosers to address the sedimentation that is here.
Media F-FDTL
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