AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoHaze Emergency: Timor-Leste closed schools nationwide for three days from October 15 as smoke from Indonesia’s El Niño-fuelled wildfires spread across the region. Officials urged families to keep children indoors and avoid unnecessary outdoor activity; the fires have also driven a sharp rise in respiratory illness in Indonesia. Economic Development: Estrella Resources upgraded 274 million tonnes of limestone at its Werumata project to the higher-confidence indicated category, bringing the estimated total resource to 533 million tonnes. A scoping study is nearing completion, though commercial plans remain subject to further assessment. Rights: Timor-Leste is one of ASEAN’s three countries to have abolished the death penalty in law, according to a new Amnesty International briefing. The group says regional momentum toward abolition is growing, while Myanmar, Singapore and Vietnam continue to carry out executions.
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