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prohibitions of the following species: Adult and Juvenile Napoleon Wrasse (Maml and Ngimr), Adult and Juvenile Humphead Parrotfish (Kemedukl and Berdebed), Rabbitfish (Meyas) and Lobsters (Cheraprukl). As such, the Division of Fish and Wildlife Protection would like to remind the public that accord…

Envoy Veng Sereyvuth was sent to Cambodia to Palau to seek the country’s support on its bid for a seat in the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO. Sereyvuth met with President Johnson Toribiong first and then with Minister Pierantozzi to present Cambodia’s request. The two discussed formulation of d…

Lt. Peter Napoleon said that the school principal called police at 10:20 am and reported that five students were caught smoking cigarettes. Napoleon said the students were brought to the police station and their respective parents were summoned for a dialogue. After the dialogue with the parents, a…

House Bill No. 8-57-4 setting limit on the number of non-citizen workers permitted to enter and work in Palau. The measure also imposes an initial fee for every foreign worker hired which should be paid by the employer. The amount is set at $150. After the initial payment , the employer is required…

The seminar is organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Higher Commissioner for Human Rights . It aims to strengthen a legislature’s role in the reporting process and primarily targets lawmakers in over 20 countries including Palau. The CEDAW is the most comprehensive international legal …

The man was transported to the hospital by an ambulance for treatment. Police responded to the scene and picked up a person for questioning. Palau Horizon gathered that an assault and battery incident was reported to the police  

Katsuaki Suzuki, Japan Airlines, Executive Officer & Deputy General Manager Passenger Sales & Marketing Division in a letter to the President’s Office said , the new green fee will confuse the Japanese tourists who are price sensitive nowadays. Suzuki asked in the letter whether the green f…

Election Officer Avery Midas in a phone interview yesterday said that the printing of 4,650 ballots were delayed for sometime because they have to address first some issues concerning the petition filed against former speaker Timothy Tero Uehara who is running as Legislature in Ngerbeched. Midas sa…

Compact Chief Representative Joshua Koshiba in a letter to Alcy Frelick, Director, Office of Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands Affairs and head of the U.S. advisory group, dated Oct. 22, said that that the offer of $156 million in direct assistance is “nothing more than an arbitrary deter…

Bright Kim, owner of Kim’s restaurant, was charged with unlawful termination of an employee, excessive recovery of work permit and medical fees from an employee, failure to permit non-resident worker one day off per work and unlawful recovery of Foreign Investment Board non-resident worker fee from…