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On September 17, President Johnson Toribiong proclaimed September as National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in Palau with the theme “Join the Voices for Recovery: Now More Than Ever.” According to Alex Ngiraingas, Addiction Treatments Supervisor from Community Guidance Center, a program…

Toribiong finally inked the measure which underwent several revisions and could be a new source of revenue for the country. The new law did away with the egregious portions of the original bill that are best left for the regulatory process. Under the new law the vessels will fly the Palauan flag an…

Aderiano Noah and Dwight Ngirchemat got 23 votes each. Election officer III Festus Ringang said they already certified the election result of Ngarcelong State on Sept. 14 excluding the result in Ngiriil hamlet. He said the special election will be held next week to choose between the candidates to …

Ngiramekettii, in an interview said the swearing in was held at the Kelulul A. Kiuluul (KAK) office administered by Land Court Senior Judge Quay Polloi. “The reason for taking their oath it’s because even though they are traditional chiefs and not elected officials they’re representing traditional …

In the recent conference committee, members of the Olbiil Era Kelulau has deleted the proposed revenue generating measure saying that “ we agreed to keep the language out with the understanding that the conferees will introduce and adopt reasonable tax measures within the first quarter of Fiscal Ye…

WorldHost is a series of hospitality training programs delivered worldwide to upgrade customer service standards in the tourism and hospitality industries. It was developed by Tourism British Columbia in 1985 to improve the quality of service in Tourism in preparation for the World Expo 1986 in Van…

The amendment was introduced by Sen. Hokkons Baules and was supported by his colleagues as the measure was passed on second reading. The proposed measure calls for a referendum which will allow the public to decided whether they approve of a casino gaming in Palau and the establishment of a gaming …

CAT officer-in-charge Robert Thompson, ENS, NMCBII, said the team has started work on the remote island of Angaur by pushing over the states’ trash storage area, widening a few roads and by performing maintenance on some of the numerous World War II memorials. Civic Action team’s Hospital Corpsmen …

This was explained by Mariur over the statement of Del. Swenny Ongidobel who is eyeing to file a lawsuit to void the registration collection scheme. Ongidobel said that rather than wait for the Senate to act on the resolution, the possibility of filing a lawsuit is being considered. Accordingly, so…

Del. Secilil Elbedechel said that the budget gap has been settled and both houses are now preparing to come out with a committee report ready for budget deliberation by the members of the Olbiil Era Kelulalu. Sen. Mark Rudimch said that the House and Senate Committee on Ways and Means have agreed t…