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Gail Rengiil, head of Koror State Finance Department, said more than 200 passengers coming to Palau were given leis and pins by the Koror youths. Rengiil said the first 50 passengers were given flower leis, and the succeeding passengers received pins. This was the first time that the Koror State Go…

Countries participating in the World Expo 2010 were assigned a National Day each in which officials of the organizing committee and the host country honor the country’s participation and contribution to the World Expo. On Saturday, Palau’s National Day started at 9:00 in the morning. Dancers and pe…

Palau, through Palau Visitor’s Authority (PVA), Belau Tourism Association (BTA) and Palau Chamber of Commerce (PCOC) or the ‘Tri-Org’ has signed up for the WorldHost, a series of hospitality training programs delivered worldwide to upgrade customer service standards in the tourism and hospitality i…

During its last session, the Palau Senate appointed lawyer Ryan Zinchefsky as the Senate Legislative Counsel for the Eight Olbiil Era Kelulau. The Senate formalized his appointment with a resolution which was unanimously passed on Tuesday. The resolution was introduced by Senate Floor Leader Raynol…

Robert Kyoshi Ngual, 25, Palauan, has sustained injuries on his left cheek after he was assaulted by an unidentified suspect while he was inside a bar. According to police report, at around 2:09 a.m. on Oct. 23, while the victim was at the SLC @PC Bar in Medalaii, Koror, an unknown suspect approach…

During the launch on Tuesday of AliiHost, a customer service training program that Palau has recently signed up for, Toribiong shared that representatives of Delta Airlines are now preparing the terminal building to accommodate the services. “They promise to bring in another 25,000 visitors to Pala…

EQPB Executive officer Portia Franz said the project is expected to start construction before end of the year. The hazmat will be built to house marine oil spill equipments, marine oil spill laboratory field use, EQPB boat, and to house confiscated restricted pesticide. Franz added that the buildin…

Senate Bill 8-157, otherwise known as the Motor Vehicle Insurance Act of 2010, which was introduced by Senator Hokkons Baules, passed on first reading on Tuesday. “The bill once it becomes a law will make it mandatory for motor vehicle owners to insure their vehicles,” Baules said. Currently, owner…

Proctor comes to the Judiciary from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he served for three years as a law clerk to Chief Judge Charles Clevert, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. He graduated cum laude from Marquette University Law School in 2007. During law school, he s…

All high school graduates,high school seniors that are not scheduled for high school testing or those with a GED and have 15 or more semester hours at Palau Community College; Active Duty Applicants ages 17-41; Citizen of the United States, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau or have an I-551 (pe…