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Abandoned car damaged by fire

Patrol Division Chief Ismael Aguon said that police received a report of vehicle run off the roadway on July 19 at 11:50 pm at the Compact Road. Aguon said police report indicated a single car that run off the roadway incident.The police report indicated that the driver fled the area and abandoned …
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Youth ambassadors assist Airai State beautification project

The students from Taiwan and Palau High School students helped the state government pot hibiscus plants for the nursery. Jack Masters, Airai State coordinator of Health and Sanitation and Beautification Program and Agriculture said that the project is part of the beautification program in the Compa…
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Members of Palau-Yamagata Friendship Association visit Palau

The group headed by Assemblyman Sawatari Kazuo of the Yamagata Prefectural Assembly arrived Palau Sunday night and left Wednesday night. The group is from Yamagata, Japan, which happened to be the hometown of Governor Yoshitaka Adachi’s grandfather.There are 13 of them who came to Koror and they me…
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Toribiong calls for transition to renewable energy

Toribiong in his speech before the Micronesian President’s Summit in Majuro this week that climate change fight cannot be won by the Pacific island nations alone but it should also be a fight of other nations. “But  the  fight  against  the  adverse  consequences  of  the  climate  change  cannot  …
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Senate OK’s national and state gov’t power bills

The bill will now go back to the House of Delegates and if the delegates agree to the changes the measure will be transmitted to the president for signature. The grant was supposed to subsidize fuel increases for residents in Palau, but PPUC said that said that after the subsidy there remains an am…
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PIPCA gives $15K to CHC Governing Board, board receives training

According to Augusta Rengiil, the interim executive director of the CHC, the money will be used for “quality assurance” activities of the CHC Governing Board. “Quality assurance activities includes training of personnel who staff the community health centers,” Rengiil said. “The money could also be…
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Motorist prevails in his appeal

Chief Justice Arthur Ngiraklsong, Associate Justice Kathleen Salii and Associate Justice Alexandra F. Foster in their opinion order dated July 7 reversed the July 23, 2008 order issued by Associate Justice Lourdes F. Materne to respondent Roderick Blanco. The Justices agreed with Blanco’s argument …
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Palau attends anti-money laundering meeting in Brisbane

Nelson Werner, Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and Brendlynn Isida Yousefzadelh m Assistant Director represented Palau in meeting which is a gathering of over 340 delegates from around the Asia Pacific region and 12 international and regional organizations.  The meeting is set ann…
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Joe’s Corner burglars arrested

The suspects were arrested by personnel of Criminal Investigation Section for burglary, grand larceny and malicious mischief charges. Lt. Aloysius Alonz said that the investigation has been completed and the case will be forwarded to the Attorney General’s Office for proper disposition.The burglary…
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