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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 …

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…

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…

Senate Bill 8-6 SD1 stated that a state government ay enact laws that provide penalties for violations of state laws but the monetary penalty shall not exceed $500. The bill was introduced because current statute bars the states from imposing penalties on state law violations that exceed $100.The c…

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  …

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…