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In a session Wednesday, the HOD adopted the committee report endorsing the bill’s passage.  The piece of legislation will prescribe a new framework for foreign investment in Palau and to repeal the existing Foreign Investment Act.President Johnson Toribiong said there is a need to change the foreig…

Health Minister Stevenson Kuartei in an interview said that he aims to improve facility management, fiscal management, health information management, human resources management and planning and surveillance. Kuartei said that the ministry is eyeing a College of Health, requiring all administrative …

Patrol Division Chief Ismael Aguon said that they have taken in fifteen students and issued citations to them for truancy and malicious mischief. Aguon said 12 students were cited for truancy of for cutting classes while three for malicious mischief for vandalizing the government properties.The stu…

Senate bill 8-37 stated that the creation of the new ministry will no longer need a separate EQPB. The bill said that with the reorganization of the Executive Branch, the responsibilities of the new ministry includes the protection and management of the environment.“These responsibilities therefore…

Copeland indicated in a letter dated February 23 to Senate President Mlib Tmetuchl that “some of the Senators may have gotten careless with regards to their obligations under the Code of Ethics, and other Senators may not even be fully aware of what their obligations under the Code are.” Copeland a…

The HOD on Wednesday passed on first reading the proposed budget introduced by President Johnson Toribiong on Saturday. The budget proposal amounts to $60,287,987 but only appropriated $58,787,987.The country is now operating under a continuing resolution, Toribiong said to ensure the immediate nee…

According to Mingrang Kloulechad, Vice-President of the UOG Alumni Association of Palau, a special meeting with Dr. Underwood and members of the association – inclusive of all former UOG students who attended UOG for at least two consecutive semesters – has been scheduled for March 2 at 6:30 p.m. i…

The donation, according to Taiwan Ambassador to Palau, Maggie T. Tien, is part mutual effort between Palau and Taiwan to promote the health of the people by assuring that healthy local produce not only is abundant but also is accessible and affordable; and to further enhance the relationship betwee…

Jason Bodo Skebong was summoned to appear in court on February 24 at 1 pm to face his charges. The police affidavit submitted in court stated that the victim went to the Criminal Investigation Section with his parents on November 26 to report the incident to the police.The affidavit stated that on …

Minister of Justice John C. Gibbons in a public notice announcement yesterday stated that the rifle was last seen in early December of 2008 in the trunk of a government Lexus sedan that was assigned to and used by former President Tommy Remengesau at his home in Medalaii, Koror. Minister Gibbons st…