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The check was turned over by Taiwan Ambassador to Palau Maggie Tien to officials of the local government headed by President Johnson Toribiong. Tien said the assistance is a special one-time grant to help Palau with its urgent needs in terms of public safety, transportation with outlying states and…

Palau President Johnson Toribiong disclosed that 79 individual depositors already have received their reimbursements since the government started giving out the refund on December 1. Of the 79, 58 were Palauans, 11 Filipinos, 5 Americans, 2 Africans, 2 Bangladeshis, 2 Africans and 1 Taiwanese. Tori…

Earlier, Senator Surangel Whipps, Jr. called for the conduct of an oversight or public hearing on the case in light of the “questionable” dismissal from the case of several individuals close to Pres. Toribiong. Citing insufficiency of evidence, the AGO early this month dropped all charges against S…

An official at the Palau Supreme Court told the Marianas Variety that Chief Justice John Clifford Wallace of the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and former Stanford Law Dean Kathleen Sullivan will be arriving in Palau this week to speak at a Continuing Legal education (CLE) Semin…

Spearheaded and organized by the Ministry of State and Office of the President, preparations are underway for the summit. Palau President Johnson Toribiong will be leading the dignitaries who will be attending the three-day gathering. The MCES this year will be held at the Ngarachmayong Cultural Ce…

This was confirmed by Koror State Governor Yusitaka Adachi in an interview Thursday. Adachi said the delegation is composed of sixteen people. In the delegation are seven people from the executive branch headed by the governor and six state legislators led by Koror State Legislature Speaker Eyos Ru…

Palau has been without a full-fledged Public Auditor for the last 10 years. In an interview, the President disclosed that he has already instructed Finance Minister Kerai Mariur to submit names of candidate for that post. “Because it is a Constitutional position that has a very important function, …

Palau has been without a full-fledged Public Auditor for the last 10 years. In an interview, the President disclosed that he has already instructed Finance Minister Kerai Mariur to submit names of candidate for that post. “Because it is a Constitutional position that has a very important function, …

This was confirmed by the president himself during an interview Friday. Toribiong said he will attend the conference together with National Environmental Planner Sebastian Marino. “We will follow-up our request for funds to help us address the big problem of climate change,” he stressed. Rich natio…

Recently, Senator Hokkons Baules introduced a bill in the Senate, which if enacted into law, would effectively bar the entry of any asylum seekers to this country. In an interview, Sen. Joel Toribiong said that he does not agree with the rationale that the country should drive away people seeking r…