About The Author of this Website
Hi, my name is Alarico De Sena (Eric). I am the person who designs, manages and maintains this website. I run this website from my home in Perth - Western Australia. I used to live in Melbourne then for personal reasons I decided to move to Western Australia in December 2005.
I work in library and information services and in my spare time, I run an online home-based business in health and wellness nutrition. I have been doing this for nearly four years and I really enjoy it. So my interest in designing my own website started from there. Then I decided to do a certificate in multimedia and website design at TAFE so that I can design and develop my own website.
This website was originally launched in May 2008 with the name: Ramelau Music Magazine - a website project for TAFE. Then I thought about creating an online information service on East Timor so I changed the name to Ramelau Information Services. That is how this website was born.
About Mount Ramelau/Foho Ramelau
This website is named after Mount Ramelau, the highest mountain in East Timor at 2963 metres. The mountain is located approximately 80km south of the capital Dili and in the district of Ainaro. Foho Ramelau/Mount Ramelau was used as a political anthem of the Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (FRETILIN) in 1975. At that time I was only 14 years old and I could hear Fretilin supporters sing Foho Ramelau when they visited districts and villages. I did a search on Google and found the original song on Geocities website:
Original Tetun Words
Lyrics: Borja da Costa. Adopted: 1975.
Eh! Foho Ramelau, Foho Ramelau!
Sá bé as liu ó tutun, Sá bé bein liu ó lolon eh!
Tan sá timur oan hakruuk bei-beik?
Tan sá timur oan atan bei-beik?
Tan sá timur ulun sudur uai-uain?
Tan sá timur oan atan uai-uain?
Hadér rai-hun mutin ona la!
Hadér loro foun sa'e ona la!
Loke matan loro foun too iha ó knuak
Loke matan loro foun iha ita rain
Hadér kaer rasik kuda talin eh!
Hadér ukun rasik ita rain eh!
Mission Statement.
The mission of Ramelau Information Services is to create, preserve and disseminate a wide range of information on East Timor in digital format.
Objective
The primary objective of Ramelau Information Services is to provide a comprehensive range of articles, current news and developments, and other services to the public, academic, scientific and professional communities and other organisations to enhance their knowledge and understanding about East Timor.
Ramelau Information Services is the first online information service on East Timor that provides access to an online collection of newspaper articles, theses and dissertations, news archives, bibliography, book reviews, and business directory in all aspects of East Timor - its geography, society and culture, and government. The information is gathered from various government and non-government organisations.
Target
To be a specialist and professional in information services: providing the customer with the highest level of service possible.
Contribution to this Website
We are looking for individuals and organisations to contribute their expertise and knowledge to this site. The people we are looking for are:
- Individuals
We encourage anyone and in particular academics to contribute their research reports, conference papers, dissertations and theses to Ramelau Information Services. The file should be submitted in:
- Word document or PDF format.
- Maximum 1000 words.
- You should include your full name, address, contact numbers and email address.
- If you like you could send us your passport size photo to display along with your article.
- The document must be written in English or Tetum because English is an international language and we are developing Tetum to be an instructional and written language.
- Organisations
We are also looking for government agencies, organisations and educational institutions that publish related materials to East Timor. Discover the benefits of indexing your publications on Ramelau Information Services.
To submit your materials please email us here