DILI, 26 june 2022 (TATOLI) – The President of the Republic Jose Ramos Horta encouraged Timor-Leste News Agency or TATOLI to continue providing reliable and curated information to the public.
The Head of State congratulated TATOLI on its sixth anniversary to take place on wednesday (27/07).
“I would like to congratulate TATOLI on its sixth anniversary. I would also like to encourage TATOLI’s journalists to strive for the truth and provide reliable information to the public,” President Horta made comments at the Ministry of Finance, in Dili.
Timor-Leste News Agency or TATOLI always strives to provide fair, accurate, and reliable information to national, regional, and international audiences.
TATOLI is a national news agency delivering news across the country and the world in four different languages; Tetum, Portuguese, English, and Indonesian.
TATOLI was established following the decision of the Council of Ministers (CoM) on february 3, 2016, which was published in the Official Gazette of the President of the Republic on march 16, 2016.
It was officially launched by former Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araújo, on june 27, 2016.
On march 7, 2017, the Council of Ministers approved the creation of TATOLI – Timor-Leste News Agency (in Portuguese: “TATOLI – Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste, IP”). The decision came following the creation of a news portal, then called ANTIL, in march of 2016. The main objective of TATOLI is to be the source of official information, with the production of information for national, regional, and international audiences. With a multichannel, multimedia, multiplatform and multitasking character, the News Agency may evolve and serve as a center for the production of cinema and State documentation, as a public opinion institute, as a forum for public information, as a center for the management of archives and State documentation, and as a center for communication applied training and research
Journalist: Hortencio Sanchez
Editor: Florencio Miranda Ximenes/ Nelia Borges
Translation: Filomeno Martins
