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BPS Director Norvert H. Yano said they still locating the suspect along with his companions after they fled away after the accident. According to the police report, the white color Suzuki Escudo Jeep with unknown plate number hit the electric pole in Ngerdersar Aimeliik . The jeep was believed to h…

According to police report, at around 7:15 am on Sept. 18, Andry Hiromi, security guard of HES called the police and reported the burglary incident that happened at the school. Police officer Ubedei immediately responded and conducted investigation. Initial police probe shows that the suspects brok…

Agriculture teacher Villiany Thomas said the students planted the lemons themselves. “And instead of selling them to vendors, the class decided to donate the lemons to the hospital,” Thomas said. The students personally handed the lemons over to the hospital staff on Wednesday. Thomas added that th…

In 2009, Palau was made the world’s first national shark sanctuary after President Toribiong made the pronouncement at the opening of the U.N. General Assembly session in 2009. According to a statement from the UN, Palau and Honduras are two countries that have stopped shark fishing in their waters…

On Monday afternoon, President Toribiong did not sign the OEK version of the budget but instead returned the bill to the lawmakers saying that Congress “erroneously appropriated $20 million and not $18 million,” from the Compact funding. In his referral letter to the Congress leaders, the president…

Sen. Regis Akitaya in his Senate Bill 8-150 if approved will mean that a can of beer could cost at least $2. The bill proposes an import tax of $1.01 per liter for beers and $10.14 per liter for liquors. The current import tax for beers is $0. 03 per liter and $10.14 per liter a tax of $2.37 per li…

ROC Ambassador Maggie Tien personally handed over the 43 sacks of taros to Ministry of Justice Johnny Gibbons, Bureau of Public Safety Director Norvert H. Yano and DOC chief Julio Ringang. The taros were products of Taiwan Technical Mission Farm, a 10-hectare tourism garden in Aimeliik State. Tien …

According to Victor Remengasau, Navigation Officer of Remeliik, they apprehended the boat on September 17 at 6:00 p.m. in the southwest of Koror and northwest of Puloanna. The light fishing boat, which is part of a group for purse seine fleet, is from General Santos City, Philippines. The informati…

Afghanistan: Afghan Wireless Communications Co. (AWCC); American Samoa: Blue Sky Communications; Australia: Telstra (plus Hutchison 3G); Canada: Globalive (Wind); Indonesia: PT Natrindo Telepon Selular (Lippo Telecom) (plus Bakrie Telecom); Japan: KDDI (au & Tu-Ka networks) and NTT DoCoMo (FOMA…

The research on the different watersheds in Palau is part of PICRC’s Ecosystem Based Management (EBM) program. After the study was finalized, they submitted it to the Journal of Marine Biology in June for peer review. This month, PICRC was informed that its paper was accepted for publication. PICRC…