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The Koror State is seeking a temporary restraining order and an injunctive relief to the scheme that will require deductions from state employees of at five percent to be paid in the health care plan. Named defendants in the suit are members of the committee, Vice President Kerai Mariur, Stevenson …

Francisco took her oath administered by Associate Justice Kathleen Salii at the Koror State Assembly Hall. The swearing in was graced by his friends, family and other members of KSL. On Wednesday, Francisco attended his first session along with the other members of the legislative body. Francisco w…

In May this year, MOH Minister Stevenson Kuartei announced his proposal to make the MOH a chew-free zone. Starting June 1, all nurses at the Belau National Hospital and Public health have stopped chewing betel nut within the MOH during working hours and within the MOH vicinity. On September 25, Kua…

A Supreme Court order issued a day before the deadline temporarily stopped the Bureau of Immigration from collecting $25 fee under the new alien registration scheme and running after foreigners who did not register yesterday. Although the six-page order did not stop the bureau from accepting volunt…

Named defendants are PRCS and Santy Asanuma , its board chairman. Chin in Civil Action No. 10-168 claimed that she has been employed as the Executive Director of the PRCS for over 14 years and that on Sept. 27 that plaintiff was advised by telephone by the board’s chairman Asanuma that her employme…

More than hundreds of alien workers trooped at the Civic Center, meeting the Sept. 30 deadline set by the Bureau of Immigration for alien registration. However the Immigration did not collect fees. They only issued the Immigration card. Asked if there will be extensions of registration for alien wo…

A couple of weeks ago, ROC also donated 902 lbs. and 800 lbs. of taro to the patients at Belau National Hospital and the Women’s Association of Palau. The taros are products of Taiwan Technical Mission Farm, a 10-hectare tourism garden in Aimeliik. “I hope that these will encourage people to substi…

“The meeting was held to become familiarize with the fire equipments of the two divisions, what ARFF’s equipments available to use for fire rescue as well as on how to join our forces during emergency response, especially at the airport.” BOA director Charles I. Obichang said in an interview. ARFF …

Earlier a continuing resolution was being mulled after the Senate and the House of Delegates again had differences over the budget. The House last week rejected the proposed changes made by President Johnson Toribiong in the OEK version of the financial package while the Senate voted to accept the …

The first hearing was dedicated to the Department of Interior and American Samoa Congressman Eni F.H. Faleomavaega is a member of the Subcommittee, according to the Compact Review Office here. Palau government has sent its Palau team to attend the hearing. Although the team is not scheduled to test…