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Closed and Gone Fishin’?
5 August 2011
Well yesterday we announced the closure of the Peace Dividend Marketplace project in Timor-Leste. There are some interested donors, but time was against us, so closure was an...
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Serbisu Ligasaun ! Importante ka lae ?
1 August 2011
Ema barak sempre husu, lolos serbisu saida maka ami ninia ekipa halo durante ne’e iha Peace Dividend Trust/PDT? esplikasaun barak klarifika ona liu husi apresentasaun iha se...
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“Jeitu”produsaun foun lembransa/souvenir Timor-Leste.
28 June 2011
Hakarak sosa lembransa/souvenir furak husi Timor-Leste hanesan prezente ba familia sira, agora dadaun produsaun ba lemransa sira ne’e fasil atu hetan iha Dili laran. “Jeit...
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Komoro Calls You. House for Rent.
3 June 2011
So a chap asked me to help him out with renting his house. No problem!...
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Businesswomen appreciate text message on tender in Timor-Leste
15 May 2011
Businesswomen of Timor-Leste appreciate text message notification on tender from PDT. Carla Tilman, director of Arvec Construction company stated this through a conversation ...
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For Rent – Snazzy House with Pool.
9 May 2011
Well there cannot be that many houses in Timor-Leste with a pool. Certainly when I first saw the pool in the back of this house in 2008 I was quite surprised. ...
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Timorese Fruit, Veg, Fish to (not from!) Singapore, by Air Timor.
13 April 2011
A few days ago a representative of Air Timor to came our offices in Balide, Dili. He was interested in enlisting our support in finding local suppliers of fresh fruit vegetab...
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April Fool’s Day? PDT Future Status in Timor-Leste – Press Release
31 March 2011
No this is not an April Fool's Day joke....
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Tinan 3: SDT fasilita sosa iha railaran $10,6 miloens
25 March 2011
Servisu tinan 3, Sentru Distribuisaun Tender (SDT) fahe ona informasaun tender iha Timor-Leste ba fornesedor/komersiantes sira iha rai laran liu husi notifikasaun SMS, Email,...
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Local Language – Lian Lokal.
24 March 2011
I am going to take a dig at my colleagues in Ottawa, New York, Port-au-Prince, and Kabul here:...
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Corrupt Anthropology, or the Anthropology of Corruption?
15 March 2011
Some days ago an old and dear Timorese friend of mine came to the house for a Sunday sundowner. He has been abroad for a couple of years in Europe. He was bemoaning the poli...
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KOMPETISAUN FETO IHA AREA NEGOSIASAUN
11 March 2011
Shella.A.Corte-Real de Caldas mai hosi familia Ainaro no Manatuto nia emar ba dahuluk nia hahu nia kompanha kh negosio ho naran Hazel Brothers hahu iha tinan 2000 depois Dir...
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Marvelous Marble
9 March 2011
Years ago I saw the fabled Manatuto Marble deposits found in Ilimano, Laclo District....
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Introducing Peace Dividend Trust’s Nine District Aggregated Impact Assessment Study
7 March 2011
Peace Dividend Trust (PDT) is excited to present its latest micro matchmaking impact assessment study. Unlike the last two reports published (on Baucau and Lautem), this is an...
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PDT NO PREZIDENTE, IHA WARUNG RISKY
2 March 2011
Iha fatin ne’e Shr. Prezidente no Direitor PDT hasoru malu Warung Rizky hanesan warung simples liu iha area Aitarak Laran maibe kunhesidu tebe-tebes husi lideransa Timor...
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Kualidade Produtu, Kustu no Atendementu
23 February 2011
Hau, Simao de Jesus Belo nebe halao kna’ar iha PDT hanesan Asistenti Verifikasaun. Hau nia servisu loro-loron mak registu negisiu foun nebe interesante no halo manutensa...
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“LANAMONA” HATUTAN VIDA FETO RURAL
21 February 2011
Negosiu sei hamosu osan mais atu komesa negosiu ema persija osan. Se mak bele fo tulun ema atu komesa halao negosiu? ema barak uza sira nia osan/kapital rasik ema barak mos ha...
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Emprejariu Feto apresia sms kona ba tender iha Timor-Leste
16 February 2011
Emprejario Feto Timor-Leste agradese ba notifikasaun SMS informasaun tender husi PDT. Carla Tilman, diretora companha Arvec Construction hato’o lia hirak ne’e bainhira da...
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Timor-Leste First (Timor-Leste Mak Uluk)
11 February 2011
Meetings are painful at the best of times, but there was one in Dili last year that was a bit different that the rest. In April 2010 the G7+ countries* met in Dili, Timor-Lest...
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Premiu G20 sulin to’o mai Timor Leste ka lae ?
9 February 2011
Problema fundamental nebe’e infrenta husi impresariu ki’ik no mediu mak falta osamentu no aksesu ba kreditu. Falta osamentu akontese tanba maioria husi impresariu ki’ik ...
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Industria Inovativu, Solusaun ba Futuru
5 February 2011
Iha Timor Leste, prosessu estabelese ou hari’i Industria ho skala kiik (ema nain 5-19), hahu husi kapital to iha distritu komesa lao dadaun ona. Kapas liu mak Industria balu...
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Lautem Impact Assessment Study – Raising Cattle, Building Business
3 February 2011
Lautem boasts a lot of interesting things: Jaco Island, the epitome of a deserted tropical isle; Com, a picturesque little fledgling resort town by the sea; one of the first b...
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$100 bills pour from Dili ATMs?
27 January 2011
Three days ago a colleage tweeted "Interesting travel fact. Bank machines in Qatar dispense $100 bills. Only."...
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Se mak manan tender karau?
25 January 2011
Sorti bo’ot hau bele hetan informasaun husi sentru distribuisaun tender PDT nia nune’e hau mos bele tuir kompetisaun ba prosesu tender ne’e no konsege manan no supply ka...
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East and West Timor – Building Business across the Border
20 January 2011
Cross border trade between Timor-Leste and neighboring Indonesia has provided an opportunity to build bridges and markets yet, although good intentions exist on both side, rem...
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Explorasaun Mina no Gas
11 January 2011
Iha tinan hirak liu ba kotuk ema rai liur hatene Timor-Leste riku ba “Ai Kameli”, ikus dadaun ne’e “Mina no Gas” sai hanesan “Masin Midar” ba Timor Oan rasik no ...
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Dadur Nian (Prisoneiru) Sai “Badaen” Ba Nia An No Ema Seluk
16 December 2010
Iha loron 21 de July 2008, ami nain tolu ba iha prisaun Bekora hodi buka hatene ou kolekta informasaun kona ba rekisasaun ne’ebe mai husi Hotel Esplanada atu sosa kadeira ro...
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Malaysia Hakarak Investe Iha Timor-Leste
15 December 2010
Delegasaun empresariu Malaysia hamuik 65 ne’ebe chefia husi Chief of Ministry Malaysia hasoru malu ho empresariu nasional Timor-Leste iha salao sorumutu fatin Ministeriu Neg...
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On the road to nowhere? Infrastructure and other issues in Timor-Leste
9 December 2010
November is the month of the long weekend in Timor-Leste (I know it’s now December, but work with me on this one...). You can’t go a week without having at least a day off...
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Empresariu Fronteristas Hasoru Malu.
2 December 2010
Iha loron 30 Novembru 2010, Peace Dividend Trust (PDT) serwisu hamutuk ho Camara do Comercio Bobonaro no Governu Distrital Bobonaro hodi hala’o soru mutu ba dahuluk ne’ebe...
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The Timor-Leste Business Portal Top 50 (Third Quarter 2010)
15 November 2010
Well its a tale of oil and gas, bulk SMS, private security and a little construction firm in Ainaro....
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The Timor-Leste Business Portal Top 50 (2nd Quarter 2010)
23 October 2010
Data, oh data. Numbers used to make my head hurt. I failed Algebra in school, with flying colours. Numbers make my head hurt, largely because they cause me to want to pull ...
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Successful matchmaking in Bobonaro
29 September 2010
Julio L Mau, a buyer from Maliana, Bobonaro interested in purchasing a large quantity of rice contacted the Business matchmaking team from Peace Dividend Trust (PDT) in Timor...
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Made in Timor-Leste: manufacturing in Timor-Leste?
1 August 2011
Well many people have often bemoaned the fact that Timor-Leste cannot not manufacture anything. Pessimism never got anyone anywhere - and the Timorese and their business partn...
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Timor-Leste Air Warz Redux
22 July 2011
Well here at PDT we are turning into something of plane spotters. We have blogged a bit on the nascent airline business in Timor-Leste December 2010, and February 2011. The l...
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Timorese on Twitter
27 June 2011
Well facebook is officially a bit of a craze in Timor-Leste. Underneath the surface of things there is really a wave of social change in Timor-Leste. Not really surprising gi...
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Sometimes we make mistakes.
30 May 2011
In December 2008 we verified the Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) as they offer flight services around Timor-Leste with a variable set of prices depending on the nature of th...
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Billion Dollar Budget Equals Building Boom – But Where to Find a Job?
12 May 2011
Over the years that PDT has been running its verification services, a number of people and organizations have come to us asking for information on Timor-Leste businesses. Last...
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A rising Timorese entrepreneur, and new place to stay in Dili.
27 April 2011
A few days ago a leading Timorese business woman contacted me asking if I could promote her new property development - sure thing! The place is called Arvec Mansions and you c...
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The Jobs Directory is discontinued.
5 April 2011
A young lady from Liquica, Maria Freitas, completed her work at PDM Timor-Leste yesterday. She was responsible for the Jobs Directory - formerly the Serbisu Iha Timor-Leste bl...
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Mountains of Cash for the Mountains? Cattle by the numbers.
31 March 2011
I am no expert in cattle, but I am learning.
The Peace Dividend Marketplace project has done alot of work for cattle owners and dealers in Timor-Leste, and its an important...
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Thank you Ameerah
25 March 2011
I have for many years been trying to get more substantive engagement from UNMIT on the matter of local procurement. It has been met with a wide range of attitudes ranging fro...
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The Voices of District Matchmakers
23 March 2011
The district matchmakers, who are they? These men and women have been the movers and shakers of PDT in the districts, tracking down local suppliers to meet national and intern...
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“Atu Hetan Parseirus, Hau buka PDT no registu kompanha”
14 March 2011
Presidente Cooperativa Mutltisectoral Afloicai Furak (CMAF) Sr. Horacio Antonio Guterres hato’o lia hirak ne’e bainhira halo visita ba iha eskritoriu PDT, Balide tamba hat...
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Self-promotion, self-adulation or just telling a story?
10 March 2011
In 2010 we closed down quite a view of our business matchmaking activities in the districts and as a means of capturing the history of these activities we hired a local firm, ...
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Elle Quattro (L4) – Veteranus lao ba oin, buka tender.
8 March 2011
Liafuan ne’e hato’o husi senhor Andre da Costa Belo ho naran Kodiku Luta nian L4 nebe kuinesidu iha rai ida ne’e, nebe hakna’ar an hanesan emprejario no lidera Kompanh...
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Investementu kapital humanu ba infrastrutura
7 March 2011
Ekonomia nasaun nian sai forte bainhira iha kapital humanu no infrastrutura ne’ebe sufisiente. Kapital humanu katak; ema ne’ebe iha edukaaun, esperensia, kuinesementu no ...
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The Voice of an Exporter – Raflima’s Almerio Moniz
1 March 2011
Exports are of growing significance in Timor-Leste. The government, the development community, and businesses across the country all know this. It’s one way Timor-Leste is r...
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Emprejariu iha Zumalai: Seidauk manan Tender maibe Servisu PDT importante ba ami iha baze..!
22 February 2011
“Mesmu hau koko ona hato’o aplikasaun ba tender fornesementu sasan ba organizasaun international balun iha Dili no seidauk iha oportunidade manan, maibe notifikasaun ten...
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“Akuntabilidade Laos Deit Atu Fa’an kios”
21 February 2011
“Ema la iskola ba akuntabilidade mos bele fa’an kios!”. Lia fuan ida ne’e mak hau rona husi vizinho no kolega sira iha tinan 1997 bainhira hau ramata hau nia iskolah i...
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Matan Hanesan Faktores Importante iha Vida Moris
16 February 2011
Hanesan ita hotu hatene katak matan nudar faktores importante tebes iha ema nia moris hodi bele hare buat hot-hotu no bele halao actividade ecomomia loron-loron nian iha vida ...
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Adeus Oecusse, Adeus Bobonaro!
11 February 2011
Serbisu Ligasaun/Matchmaking service, mak programa serbisu ida husi PDM-TL ho objektivu atu ajuda sosa nain sira fasil hasoru fornesedor sira iha areas rurais, sosa nain sira ...
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Sosa na’in PNUD kliente primeiru ba SDT
7 February 2011
Sentru Distribuisaun Tender-SDT, Peace Dividend Trust (PDT) dejamina ona 280 resin rekejitus tender husi agensia Programa Nasoens Unidas ba Dejenvolvimentu-PNUD/UNDP nian ba ...
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Blast business information!
4 February 2011
Well we fired up something pretty cool over the past months. Blast/bulk SMS/EMAIL Tender Alerts in a manner far far more powerful than ever before....
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Emprejarius kontenti hetan notifikasaun tender liu SMS
31 January 2011
Emprejarius iha distritu kontenti no apresia ba servisu sentru distribuisan tender-PDT nian nebe fo informasaun / nofifakasaun tender liu husi SMS gratuitu durante ne’e. Apr...
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Bele lee lian Tetun? Imi tenke koko to’ok…
28 January 2011
Can you read Tetun? You must try…
The world is full of bloggers and most of us are pretty boring. But there are very few Timorese bloggers, especially on things other th...
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Hakat Husi Hiban Ida Ba Hiban Seluk
27 January 2011
Iha ai knanoik ida dehan nune’e “ Wainhira iha fiar metin ba nia an, nia sei hakat ba iha hiban seluk iha loron oin mai, wainhira fira namlele, atu hakat ba hiban ida mos ...
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Manatuto dreaming.
20 January 2011
Just a couple of days ago I was talking of Timor-Leste being a land of possibilities. Well its also a land of “land disputes”. In January 2010 CJITL reported on ...
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Fila mai Timor-Leste.
19 January 2011
Well on 15 January I returned to Timor-Leste to live, once again. I have been a frequent visitor for the past 2 years, with short interludes in Liberia, Sudan, Haiti and Afg...
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Manatuto salt: bitter but sweet.
11 January 2011
Ever bite into a chunk of salt? Bitter as hell yes? However, when I was browsing the Ministry of Tourism, Commerce and Industry (MTCI) facebook page this morning I saw salt ...
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Timor-Leste Twitter file: The Presidency just signed up.
15 December 2010
Well its a sure sign of the times. The Presidency of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is on Twitter. No its not a personal twitter of President Ramos-Horta. Its more ...
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Sosa Nain no Fa’an Nain ‘PROJEITU KITAN” Hetan Malu iha Hotel Timor
14 December 2010
Iha loron 15 de Setembru 2010, tuku 9 dader to’o tuku 5 lokraik iha Hotel Timor, ENI (kompania mina no gas ne’ebe manan tender iha rai laran) hetan dalan husi Autoridade N...
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Crappy Drainage: Redux on Dirty Dili
7 December 2010
Well I got far more comments in the Dirty Dili posting than I would have imagined. More than a few people made very sensible comments. One anonymous friend suggested I was ...
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Enkontru entre negosio nain sira iha fronteira-Batugade.
26 November 2010
Iha semana rua nia laran ne’e eqipa ligasaun ou Matchmaking organisa eventu ba enkontru boot entre faan nain iha rai laran hosi distritu Bobonaro no distritu Oecussi ho sos...
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Timorese Confidence
7 November 2010
Speaking frankly, there is alot that is messed up in Timor-Leste, (here is a good source) and there is much that gives cause for a positive attitude. There is in some ways a b...
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Assessing the Impact: Baucau Micro Matchmaking Report Coming Soon
22 October 2010
The Peace Dividend Marketplace Timor-Leste (PDM-TL) project has been up and running for the past three years, and we’ve got some great figures to support the value of our wo...
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Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
1 August 2011
Well what can I say? "Imitation is the highest form of flattery." Some years ago we painted many of the Tiga Rodas of Dili with this below logo....
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CCI-TL: Good Things Grow in Timor-Leste
29 June 2011
When it comes to business in Timor-Leste I would ask that you remember just five letters. C,C, I, T and L - they are important. Up at the top of Timor-Leste - in Ainaro, good ...
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“Joint venture” posibel ou lae ?
21 June 2011
Saida mak "Joint venture" ?
"Joint venture" ka parseria mak kooperasaun/serbisu hamutuk entre komponente rua atu kria negosio hamutuk iha tempu ne’ebe sira determina, iha s...
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Latest Lonely Planet Timor-Leste is out.
30 May 2011
Well the 3rd edition of the Lonely Planet Timor-Leste hits bookstores on 5 July 2011,...
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What Happened After the Meeting in Batugade
10 May 2011
This article is an English translation from the original article; Saida Mak Akontese Depois de Enkontru Iha Batugade on March 09, 2011. In late November 2010 Peace Dividend Tr...
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Independente and Getting Things Done
13 April 2011
So we have a new newspaper in town. The "Independente". I was reading it today and noticed an interesting ad - guys who can fix you up with just about anything - documentati...
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Large European NGO Buyer – no not StuffMalaiLike
1 April 2011
Last night I was accused by a close friend of blogging close to the wind of "polemical nonsense". He is right and wrong. Polemical perhaps, nonsense, no. Five days ago, as I...
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Viqueque and Cova Lima. Three years of Job Creation.
31 March 2011
Six weeks ago my colleague Brigida Soares wrote about the closure of our Bobonaro and Oecusse operations.
News from the east and south is less than good. Today is the final...
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PDT ho nia Historia iha Journal Lokal.
25 March 2011
Journal sai hanesan media informasaun nebe’e mak haklekar iha sosiadade nia le’et. Ema barak hatene katak journal mak media informasaun nebe’e efesiente liu hanesan tele...
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The Changing Face of Timor-Leste: Manleuana.
16 March 2011
Well driving around Timor-Leste these days one sees building, building, and more building. On a bimble out to Baucau this past weekend, I saw alot of ordinary people building...
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Jobs, numbers, and fans/critics.
11 March 2011
Some time ago we started posting job vacancies again.
Got alot of emails, SMS and blog comments thanking us for starting it up. Thanks should go to Maria Freitas who posts ...
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Saida Mak Akontese Depois de Enkontru Iha Batugade
9 March 2011
Iha loron ikus fulan Novembro 2010, Peace Dividend Trust (PDT), realisa ona enkontru entre sosa nain husi Atambua, Indonesia no fa’an nain Timor-Leste husi distritu Bobonar...
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Jobs for the Boys (and Girls) – A new enterprise.
7 March 2011
There is alot of talk about "jobs for the boys" in Timor-Leste these days...
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Antusiasmu Estudante iha Festa Feira Karreira
4 March 2011
Iha loron 25-26 Februari 2010 liuba SEFOPE (Sec. de Estadu da Formasaun Professional e Emprego) no ILO, realiza festa Feira Karreira iha Salao GMT Dili. Objetivu Feira ida ne...
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SEITOR PRIVADO NUDAR DALAN BA DEZENVOLVEMENTO
28 February 2011
Termu dezenvolvemento tuir istoria nudar termu “comum” ne’ebe sosiedade sira assosia ho progressu. Dezenvolvemento iha konotasaun positive tamba relasiona ho esforsu ka ...
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2012 Elections: Getting Dosh to the Districts.
21 February 2011
The matter of whether or not money/development is reaching the mountains is going to be issue number one from now until national elections schedule in 2012.
There is alot ...
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Social Dili, and eyeglasses for $1,200?
17 February 2011
So its an increasingly social world in Dili. Parties abound, consumption is booming, I even see Timorese youth toting laptops by the beach with USB modems cruising the intern...
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The Voice of a Covalima Businessman: Marcelino Soares Pinto
14 February 2011
We here at Peace Dividend Trust often talk about connecting “buyers to suppliers” through our business matchmaking program. To get a better idea of what some of these “s...
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Timorese Eggs.
10 February 2011
Well ... we all know about Timorese coffee. Its big business by Timorese standards. However, I am a bit tired about hearing about coffee. What else do Timorese grow and sell?...
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Batavia, Merpati, Batavia, Merpati?
7 February 2011
You should fly Batavia sometimes. Its good for the country....
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Sosa Iha Rai Laran – makes it to Lisbon
4 February 2011
So there is a dude named Fidelis, no not the one named Fidel in Cuba, but the one that is currently in Lisbon Portugal....
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Kultura Hamate Kapital?
31 January 2011
Kultura iha relasaun metin ho sosidade. Kultura hanesan aktividade nebe’e halao iha komunidade nia let husi jerasaun ba jerasaun. Timor Leste iha kultura hanesan: uma lulik...
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Beaco, ponte-kais dahuluk nebe’e iha prosesu nia laran ba Supply base.
28 January 2011
Ponti kais ba supply base dahuluk hari iha Timor Leste?
Timor Leste mak nasaun ida nebe’e hare husi geografika hanesan ilha ki’ik iha parte leste. Ho rai nebe’e mak...
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Hungry for work? I have something you want.
26 January 2011
Well in mid-December 2010 I blogged about our re-launch of the online jobs directory which went from this version to this version....
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3 dolar lorloron hatutan liman ain komunidades iha base ka la’e?
20 January 2011
Hanoin to’ok, karik dalan iha ita nia suco no aldeia nebe liga ho kapital distritu nian ho kondisaun at tebes tamba udan boot no rai monu. Saida mak ita nia komundades sira...
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SDV Supports Buy Local Build Timor-Leste.
12 January 2011
So when was the last time that you heard of a business sponsoring the advertising of other business? Including potential competitors? I would wager not very often....
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Merry Christmas Merpati, and a Happy New Year Batavia!
27 December 2010
Plane ticket prices must be the only price that is dropping in Dili, but they are, indeed they are.
Well we have all heard about a new airline coming to the Dili-Bali route...
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Serbisu Iha Timor-Leste / Jobs in Timor-Leste
15 December 2010
Remember this site?
It was the Peace Dividend Marketplace project's jobs blog. It used to get about 10,000 visits a month, now that is alot in little old Timor-Leste. When ...
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Atu Suporta Feto iha Area Negosio, Misaun UN Hala’o Workshop.
13 December 2010
Saida mak agensia Grupo Serwisu Hamutuk iha Area Gender UN nian bele halo ho durasaun tempu nebe badak, hodi tulun inan feton sira iha area negosio iha Timor Leste?
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Dirty Dili.
3 December 2010
I was in Dili a few days ago for one of my frequent trips. Thankfully I will be going back full time again in January - but on this occasion I got terribly dirty and very depr...
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Presenting the Baucau Micro Matchmaking Report
18 November 2010
We are excited to announce that the aforementioned Baucau Micro Matchmaking Report is here and ready for you to read. Many thanks to our IT guru, Anna Wilson, in NYC for putti...
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Arsenault Family Foundation Issues $50,000 Challenge Grant to Support Peace Dividend Trust’s Economic Recovery Work in Timor-Leste
26 October 2010
The Peace Dividend Trust (PDT) is pleased to announce that the Arsenault Family Foundation (AFF) has approved a 1:1 matching grant of $50,000 to support PDT’s Peace Dividend...
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PDT is throwing a Party!
11 October 2010
Are you interested yet? Here's what you need to do:
1. RSVP on this website.
2. Show up at Haven (244 E. 51st St., between 2nd & 3rd Ave.) on October 13th at 6pm.
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