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President Johnson Toribiong in an interview told reporters that the public funeral to honor the 26-year old Palauan Army Sergeant will be held at the Palau National Gym. Obakrairur’s remains will  arrive in Palau early morning of Tuesday, the funeral is scheduled at 8 a.m. that day too.Obakrairur, …

Steven Skilang was summoned to appear at 1:30 p.m. on June 16 to face his charges. He was charged on May 19 for entering the PPR and stole a customer’s money.The incident was reported to the police on January 24 at 7:53 pm by PPR’s Security Administrator.The affidavit of probable cause submitted in…

The Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects or GGP aims to provide financial assistance to NGOs, local government authorities, hospitals, primary schools, and other nonprofit associations to implement development projects that have a direct impact on the well-being of grass-roots c…

The man, Hector Tatingal, was caught fishing in Tmecherur, an area of the Northern Reefs within Ngarchelong’s territorial waters. According to the officers, Tatingal violated the traditional moratorium that bans nonresidents of the state from fishing in Ngarchelong’s waters without permission from …

In Presidential Proclamation No. 09-03, the president directed that all flags regularly flown  within the jurisdiction of Palau and flown at the country’s embassies and consulates in other countries will be hoisted at half mast on Tuesday. Obakrairur is survived by his father Demei Obakrairur and f…

The outgoing Air Force Civic Action 09-05 worked on renovating the playground equipment which already rusty and dilapidated. Master Sgt. Christopher Earnest said Palau Rotary Club who sponsored the building of the playground was approached by the team to offer their assistance to repair the equipme…

Lt. Aloysius Alonz said that an autopsy report was performed on June 4 to determine the cause of deaths of Terence Manglicmot, 22, a contract worker from Philippines and Keiko San Nicholas, 45, Palauan. Both of Manglicmot and San Nicholas were pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.Alonz said…

Lt. Aloysius Alonz of the Criminal Investigation Section said that the inmate is currently incarcerated for grand larceny offense last year and was doing his community service at the Minister of Justice office when he committed a new offense. Alonz said an employee of the MOJ lost an expensive cell…

The vessels FB LB Viva- 1, FB LB Viva- 2, FB LB Viva- 3, FB Gene-5, FB LB Noviro and FB KingVer came from General Santos City and arrived in Palau Port on June 2. Palau Horizon gathered that there are about 35 crews on board the six vessels.The vessels are now under investigation after Palauan auth…

The Senate has formed a special committee in lieu of the questions whether Senators’ introduction of certain bills in Congress violate the conflict of interest provisions. The resolution calls for the establishment of an internal oversight body to investigate possible ethics violations and discipli…