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Whipps only got a vote of 4-6 while Yano was unable to get the majority vote. Yano secured a vote of 8-4; he needed nine votes to get confirmation. Whipps after the Senate voting requested the president to withdraw his nomination.With this, President Johnson Toribiong immediately nominated business…

House Bill 8-12-1 was transmitted to the Senate after the House of Delegates passed the bill on final and third reading. The bill seeks to amend the present stature because it was   uncertain as to whether negligent damage and destruction are covered under the lawThe proposed changes in the bill st…

During the last administration, assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was made available to Palau to develop a medium term action plan to implement the National Development Master Plan “2020”, which was adopted by the Olbiil era Kelulau in 1996. Two forums were held last year to inform t…

The Embassy will also be closed on Tuesday, May 05, 2009 in observation of Senior Citizen’s Day.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.  Regular business hours will resume on Wednesday, May 06, 2009.

The State borrowing act of 2009 was introduced by HOD Floor Leader and Ngaraard State Delegate Gibson Kanai on February of this year. This legislation to allow each state to borrow money to finance programs and activities also empower the state legislatures to borrow money to settle public debts. A…

According to Delegate Madrangchar, the oversight hearing with EQPB was a result of concerns by the Governors’ Association regarding the sometimes arduous and costly requirements by EQPB regulations, which contribute delays of public infrastructure development projects by the various state governmen…

A total of fourteen (14) delegates and twenty four (24) staff of the House of Delegates were able to sign-in to take the flu vaccination shot. However, Minister of Health Dr. Stevenson Kuartei issued a directive to Immunization Program Coordinator Ingeang Rimirch on Thursday morning, advising that …

Health Minister Dr. Stevenson Kuartei and staff presented a detailed briefing of the current state of the hospital, including the many structural defects of the various hospital buildings as well as shortages of essential medicines, equipments and supplies. According to Minister Kuartei the Ministr…

Health Minister Dr. Stevenson Kuartei said that there is a need to secure personal protective equipment for border control and moving to Phase IV intensity as declared by the World Health Organization. The task force recommended immunization implementation and a travel alert in affected areas espec…

Four teams for the boy’s competition namely, EHS – Knights, EHS – Sharks, PHS – Waterfall, and MHS – Wahoo while the girl’s class composed of Bethania High School – team A and B and MHS – Wahoo came to participate on the 250 meter and 500 meter sprint Canoe race organized by Palau NOC Canoe Associa…