Regional

Emiwo Mad and Noel Ngiramab filed their bid on Thursday and Friday, a week before the deadline set by the Election Commission on Monday. The special election will be held on Oct. 11 to fill in the seat vacated by legislator Webster “Tero” Franz. Representing Ngermetengel hamlet and served as vice s…

Golbuu was one of the speakers invited by the MOH to speak in front of different community members to shed light on the topic of climate change and its health impacts. Golbuu’s talk focused on the three main climate impacts: increase in water temperature, acidification and sea level rise. According…

Senate Bill 8-150 earlier introduced by Sen. Regis Akitaya does not seek to increase the import tax but rather change the measure system from ounce to liter. The bill proposes that the new system to be followed, when it is approved that it will be $1.01 per liter for beers and $10.14 per liter for …

Palau, through the recommendation of Akatsuki Takahashi of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Apia Office, was the only country from the Pacific that was chosen to participate in this year’s Disaster Risk Management training program. Alexander said Takahas…

According to police report at around 3:03 p.m. on Monday last week, PR officer Ervin Rengechel called the police and reported that the tent was missing. Based on the police investigation, Derek Olgeriil, adult male Palauan, borrowed the tent owned by the Civic Center in Ngerbeched hamlet, through h…

In the OEK version of the proposed Fiscal Year 2011 budget passed on third and final last week, that a provision in the financial package stated that out of the $115,000 funding, $100,000 will be set aside for the Ngardmau Free Trade Zone. “Of this amount, $100,000 shall be earmarked for the purpos…

The Niigata generators were due to arrive in May but because of weight capacity problems and other issues with the shipping company, the arrival has been delayed for at least five months. The Harada Trading Corporation is the Japanese company shipping the new generators. The auxiliary equipment how…

Sen. Regis Akitaya this week proposed Senate Bill No. 8-150 which will raise the minimum wage from $2.50 to $3.25 an hour. The proposal however will only apply to Palauan citizens, foreign workers are not subjected to the minimum wage. “The Republic’s minimum wage has remained stagnant since its es…

The clean up was conducted yesterday with Palau joining at least 100 countries. Dive volunteers from all over Micronesia flew to Palau to spearhead the cleanup day to scour underwater sites for trash. The clean up started yesterday in the morning at Ngemelis Island with about 60 participating from …

Kesina K. Tadao a freshman from Palau Community College taking up Office Management was selected by the Palau National Scholarship Board to receive the $1,000 scholarship grant from Kayangel State. According to Kayangel Governor Edwin Chiokai, their scholarship program has been going on for three y…