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The participants are employees from State and National government, Judiciary and Legislature and private sectors. The workshop was held on June 3 and 4 at the conference room of Palau Conservation Society.The workshop discussed about  Recordkeeping for Good Governance Toolkit, the Role of the Natio…

The film festival will go on until June 7 to be held at the Palau Community College Cafeteria. The film festival consists of showing of films featuring eight country members of the European Union and is being hosted by the Embassy of the Czech Republic.The current presidency of the EU is held by th…

Fang Chih-Lung, also known as Fang Chi Rong, was charged with 14 counts of criminal acts — possession of steel leaders, fishing for shark, mutilation of shark, possession of shark, fishing for turtle, possession of turtle, fishing in Palau’s territorial sea, failure to report fishing activiti…

Earlier the United States and Palau   held its first meeting of the formal review of the financial provision of the two countries  under the compact. In the first meeting, no specific recommendations have been made yet from both parties, in the meeting the two technical groups agreed to a timetable…

Senate Bill 8-69 will establish rules that   specify the minimum acceptable level of safety for constructed objects such as buildings.  The main purpose of the building codes is to protect public health, safety and general welfare as they relate to the construction and occupancy of buildings and st…

Vice President and Finance Minister  Kerai Mariur, in an interview, projects a local revenue shortfall of almost $5 million in addition to the end of the financial assistance provisions of the Compact of Free of Association with the U.S. in October. Under these provisions, Palau  receives at least …

Patrol Division Chief Ismael Aguon identified the arrested persons as Duffy Tulensru, 31; Lloit Ikeda, 33; Ulai Yaoch, 26; Kimberly Waslo, 27 and Jun Wu, 46. The suspects were apprehended after police officers responded to incidents of assault and battery, disturbing the peace, drunk and disorderly…

The award was handed to Janet Meltel during her graduation day on May 18 where she graduated with the highest honor. Meltel received $150 scholarship award for high school. She will be an incoming freshmen high school student in August.It’s the first time that Ngirameong hand over a Merii award to …

Sgt. Michael Rafael said that an employee of the Koror State called police on May 29 and reported that a laptop was missing from the said office. The employee reported that she discovered the laptop missing from the cabinet.Sgt. Rafael said the employee noticed it missing on May 21 but reported it …

Senate Bill No. 8-67 aims to stop the depletion of the country’s marine resources except highly migratory fish caught pursuant to the foreign fishing agreements. “The Olbiil Era Kelulau finds that the living resources that inhabit Palau’s reefs, territorial sea and internal waters are quickly being…