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The Senate on Wednesday passed the budget proposing a budget of $58,241,987 . Del. Jonathan Isechal, chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means said that the House rejected the Senate version that a conference committee is necessary to reconcile the differences.The House version proposed a budg…

The search efforts this year,   according to Flip Colmer was in Ngatpang State, where three airmen, three frogmen were believed to have been executed. Colmer added that two Jesuit missionaries were believed to have been executed in that area too.He said it it believed that there are about 60 servic…

The manager of the Joanna Rose Beauty Salon in an interview yesterday said that the burglar broke the glass door to gain entry and took the cash register which contained $50 and $10 check. The manager said the burglar also stole three clippers, hair blower and flat iron.The manager said she was awa…

Patrol Division Acting Chief Peter Napoleon said that the vehicle, a Silver Mitsubishi was parked at the Mobil gas station in Topside when a group of young boys threw a rock. Napoleon said the incident was reported to the police on March 8 at 3:35 am.Napoleon said a security guard of the gas statio…

Francis Toribiong, pioneer diver and Micronesian Shark Foundation board member told Horizon during the opening of the 7th Annual Shark Week on Sunday that foreign divers came to Palau to see Sharks and it saddened him to know that the number of sharks in Palau is decreasing compared to the previous…

Yvonnovitch Termeteet also known as Evan Termeteet was summoned to appear on March 11 at 9:30 am. Temeteet was charged on Monday for stealing other people’s check and negotiating it for a gasoline worth $10.A police affidavit submitted in court stated that the owner of the check reported a larceny …

Patrol Division Acting Chief Peter Napoleon said the woman sustained minor scratches to her legs and other parts of the body. Napoleon said the driver of the car was cited for reckless driving.The incident was reported to the police on March 4 at 1:27 pm.The victim was riding a bicycle when struck …

Pacific island parties to the Ramsar Convention: Fiji, Republic of Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea and Samoa, will participate in training next week to help improve the management of their wetlands.The training addresses a need acknowledged under the Pacific Islands wetland initiative, an…

A power outage lasting seven hours Tuesday (March 10) affected some areas in Koror State specifically in T-Dock, some area in Ngerbeched, Medalii ,Malakal and Meyuns. Isechal said that at about 9:30 a.m., March 10 , a circuit breaker at the Malakal power plant got burned out. It took the PPUC crew …

Jeffrey B. Tirao was released from custody after he posted a bail on February 26. Tirao’s status conference is set for March 20.Tirao was charged with one count of aggravated assault for assaulting a Nepalese man with a machete on February 22.A police affidavit submitted in court stated that the vi…