Regional

Edwin Mario sued PEC and Santos Borja in his official capacity as the Chairman of the PEC and Celestine Tatuwo Yangilmau, Sonsorol’s elected Delegate. Mario filed his complaint for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief at the Supreme Court on Janaury 14, a day before Yangilmau took his oath of…

EQPB held a meeting on December 18 and January 8 and took action of the following applications. Twelve Residential permits were approved by the Board during the meeting.These permits allow earthmoving activities and include but are not limited to home construction, septic system, connecting to the …

The car collision was reported to the police at 8:05 p.m. on Friday in Ngerbechedesau while the single car crash incident was reported at 11:07 p.m. in Medalaii. Patrol Division Chief Ismael Aguon said that in the car collision incident, the vehicle number one was traveling at a high speed when it …

According to the Fiscal Year 2008 financial report by the Ministry of Health, the local revenue projection for that year is $39,925,551 and that actual collection to date is $37,991,331 or 95 percent of the projected amount. The same report stated that the water utility revenues indicated only 71 p…

The bill which was passed on final and third reading by the Senate but the former members of the HOD failed to deliberate on the measure. The current minimum wage law does not allow most nonresident workers to receive minimum wage, the measure redefines who is eligible to receive the minimum wage. …

According to members of the NSA, they had previously met with BWA steering committee earlier in 2008 to learn more about the alliance, its goals and objectives, and the potential support it accords to member states. “We had met with members of BWA in mid-2008,” said Abraham Osima, a member of NSA. …

EQPB said this Open Burning Authorization shall be available in the immediate vicinity of the fire and shall be presented to any inspecting officer of the EQPB of the Bureau of Public Safety. EQPB said for a period of three straight days, one may be permitted to conduct open burning for the sole pu…

On January 15, Mori met his old friend and colleague former Palau President Kuniwo Nakamura at the Palau Royal Resort (PRR).  Mori was in Palau as the Special Envoy of the Government of Japan and the head of the Japan government delegation to attend the inauguration ceremonies of the 8th Palau Cons…

Twelve (12) Residential Permits were approved.  These residential permits allow earthmoving activities and include, but are not limited to, home construction, septic system, connecting to the public sewer system, retaining walls, filling/excavation and access roads to residences. • PEA-028-09, Jona…

Dan Roland, APAFS  Executive Director said that he said that the first country conference will be held in February in conjunction with the Palau Community College which will be on investment. APAFS will also continue its annual student competition and this year instead of giving them a roundtrip ai…