Reports suggest Gastao Salsinha is sort-of, almost in custody.\u00a0 Given he has promised to hand himself in about 57 times, I am not giving this “just about, almost, anytime soon” stuff much credence until he is seen in Dili having tea and biscuits with the PM.<\/p>\n
Ermera is still in a curfew condition and I guess that will not be lifted until Senor Salsinha is back here in Dili – plus a few of his mates.\u00a0 Ermera is one of the main centres of the coffee industry and the harvest is due to start in a matter of weeks.\u00a0 It will be a good thing to get all of this curfew stuff out of the way before then or people will get mighty cheesed off.\u00a0 I understand that once coffee processing gets underway, its a 24 hour operation – hard to do with a curfew in place.<\/p>\n
It has now not rained in Dili for a week and the weather pattern is pretty much dry season stuff now.\u00a0 The air is not so humid and the dust levels are starting to get noticeable again.\u00a0 Take a good long look at the lush green vegetation right now before it slowly slips away for 6 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Reports suggest Gastao Salsinha is sort-of, almost in custody.\u00a0 Given he has promised to hand himself in about 57 times, I am not giving this “just about, almost, anytime soon” stuff much credence until he is seen in Dili having … Continue reading