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The meeting, co-organized by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation and the Nippon Foundation, aims to develop a maritime perspective and promote international cooperation and partnership for the preservation and security of the Pacific seas. Palau was represented by President Johnson Toribiong; Federated S…

According to the police report, Hiroshi Aquino, Japanese national, together with his Palauan friend Ptuch Abraham went to the Izakaya B’s Best, a Japanese restaurant in Ngerbeched to have dinner. The two left their belongings inside the car but when they returned back they discovered that their stu…

Last week the Palau Senate and the House of Delegates both approved a measure that will send to voters the issue whether casinos will be allowed to operate in this island republic. The Senate voted 7-5 on November 3 to send the legislation to President Toribiong for his approval. The House of Deleg…

The research aims to highlight the current situation of child protection laws, systems and community issues in the country and to look at the legislations and regulations to see how they are aligned with the conventions on the rights of the child. According to Carl DeFaria, Regional Research Coordi…

The research project aims to provide the government and the different institutions in the country a set of recommendations to help ensure that children in Palau are protected from violence, abuse and exploitation. MOH and UNICEF plan to randomly survey some 2,000 respondents, both adults and childr…

In his letter addressed to the President, Delegate Jonathan Isechal said that considering the importance of the position and the need to insulate it from politics, it is in the best interest of the Republic that a full-fledged Public Auditor be appointed as soon as possible. Palau has been without …

The LB No. 6-09-3R states that the ORN finds that in order to produce future leaders in Airai State and the Republic of Palau, students from their state elementary school must have incentive to study hard. One of the ways that can be implemented right away to incite them is the incentive award prog…

Ngardmau State Governor Akiko Sugiyama in an interview Tuesday said the improvement of the area is their next major project after they complete the ongoing Botanical Garden and Cultural Center project in their place. “We cannot yet develop the area since our focus now is to finish the botanical gar…

This was statement of Palau President Johnson Toribiong as he defended himself and some members of his government from charges that they unnecessarily spent taxpayers’ dollars with their trips abroad. In an interview, Pres. Toribiong said it is “unfair” for some people to brand his government’s for…

Both DFS Palau and Bank of Guam donated $5,000 each to PCS during separate occasions. Both are Corporate Partners for Conservation (CPC) program of PCS. There are 17 companies in Palau that join PCS in its programs to protect areas from ridge to reef. Greg Gordon, General Manager of DFS presented t…