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PCC President Patrick Tellei said that the proposition of Yuji Namekawa, Chairman of the South Sea Community Association, of $12,000 for the first year of scholarship and $24,000 thereafter is a large amount for PCC. Tellei in his letter to Namekawa in turn proposed that the scholarship to be set a…

Chief Justice Arthur Ngiraklsong set the trial for October 20 at 9 am at the Melekeok courtroom. The defendant who was represented by Chief Public Defender Garth Backe appeared for arraignment on Monday and entered a plea of not guilty to the charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon a…

Alexandra Foster will fill the post left vacant by former Associate Justice Larry Miller. The ceremony will start at 11 a.m. at Courtroom 202 at Palau judiciary in Ngerulmud.President Remengesau appointed Foster as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Foster is from Washington D.C. and was recom…

The activity was part of the Table Top exercises which aims to overview the Palau’s National Emergency Office for disaster management and the communication within the incident command system. Stephanie Boyer, JTF-HD support team, said that the goal of the exercises is to see where is Palau at now, …

A meeting was held for three days at the Koror State Assembly Hall to bring together 20 agencies from government and non- government and the people who work everyday for the environment and conservation in Palau, together. The workshop started on Monday and ended on Wednesday.Faces and context of e…

The final count for the candidates for senators is down to 43, with the Commission disqualifying one of the candidates. For the candidates for the House of Delegates, it was now down to 43with four candidates disqualified from running and one candidate withdrawing his petition.The commission disqua…

THE House of Delegates (HOD) adopted its version of the supplemental bill. Both Houses have met earlier to tackle the proposed supplemental budget specifically the contentious rider that will allow lawmakers to carry over salary entitlement for those who has not used up 50 sessions days.The Senate …

The president during his weekly press conference when asked about whether he will continue with his plans in the Senate. The president told reporters earlier that he is ready to step down from politics but his supporters were the one who filed the nominating petition for him.He told reporters, howe…

Acting Chief of the Patrol Division Peter Napoleon said that the store was burglarized on Sunday. Napoleon said the suspect went to the front door of the store and forcibly opened it.The suspect went inside and stole assorted items.The owner has yet to identify what items had been stolen, Napoleon …

Alonzo Kyota, NEMO Director in an interview last week said that they always do rescue operation exercises or emergency drill exercises to familiarize the responders to any emergency situation. “I think we’re ready. We do have a national response mechanism in place and its reflected in the 1999 Nati…