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Chief Justice Arthur Ngiraklsong, Associate Justice Lourdes F. Materne and Associate Justice Alexandra F. Foster in an opinion order dated November 3 affirmed the trial court’s denial of former PPUC employee Kyoko April’s free expression claim. However the Justices reversed the trial court’s ruling…

HMAS Bundaberg which is under the command of lady Captain Lt. Commander Anita Sellick arrived on Monday morning at 10 am and was welcomed by Maritime Surveillance Adviser Lt. Commander Kimbal Dunsmore, Australia Ambassador Susan Cox and Bureau of Public Safety Director Norvert Yano. There were 26 c…

Representatives from Koror State Planning Commission, Koror State Governor’s Office, Koror State Legislature, Public Lands Authority, Palau Housing Authority, Chamber of Commerce and United Nations attended the workshops on Thursday and Friday. The workshops tackled about planning initiatives, plan…

The Palau Election Commission is now all set for the incoming Koror State 9th General Election which will be held today. The total registered voters for Koror is 5, 238. Koror is the capital of Palau and about 64 percent of the population of the country lives in the state. The Commission has printe…

Mcquinn Ngiratmab Moded appeared last week for initial appearance and waived his rights. Moded was charged with assault and battery, assault, disturbing the peace and trespassing. He was released from custody after he posted $1,000 surety bond and $500 cash. He was ordered to stay away from the vic…

The president said earlier that the Bangladeshi nationals can help the former Guantanamo Bay detainees integrate in Palau. However, Toribiong announced his plans of sending home at least half of the Bangladeshi population in Palau because half of them have overstayed. According to the Division of L…

The Senate earlier passed the controversial measure which permit controlled gaming to attract high –end tourists to the country. The measure allows controlled gaming in the Republic of Palau as a means to diversify the Republic’s tourism base and to attract investment and new revenues for Palau Sin…

The visitors headed by Kiyoko Yamazaki arrived on October 30 and left Palau on November 3. The group while in Palau, visited Ngaremlengui Elementary School on November 2 and did art project with the students particularly with the 5th, 6th and 7th graders. The purpose of the good will visit is to pr…

Casmir Remengesau was the last witness that the defense counsel Oldiais Ngiraikelau presented during the three-day trial for Remengesau’s violation of code of ethics charges. Casmir Remengesau took all the blame for the erroneous documents and said in court that it was his fault why he forgot to li…

Two days after the six men were secretly flown from the US naval base in Cuba, one of the six former prisoners expressed gratitude to the Palau government. “Our overall feeling about Palau is their generous support is quite good. I am very appreciative of the support by the Palauan government,” sai…