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Acting Bureau of Public Safety Patrol Division Chief Peter Napoleon said that the suspect, a Palauan male was driving his vehicle and was following another vehicle driven by a Bangladeshi national.Napoleon said that while the suspect’s vehicle was approaching the Ngermid road, he run off the road a…

Remengesau’s supporters filed a nominating petition on his behalf to run for the Senate.The president told reporters that he is still retaining the choice to withdraw his petition before the ballots are printed.“My public life speaks for itself, I have nothing to hide,” the president.He was reactin…

Acting Bureau of Public Safety Patrol Division Chief Peter Napoleon said that the victim parked his car at the parking lot Li apartment on Topside and went to the residence of his father.When the victim went back later he discovered that his bag containing a wallet and a check amounting to $85 was …

Attorneys David F. Shadel and Richard G. Brungard both agreed for a stipulation of an order dismissing Shadel’s claims against Horizon for attorney’s fee in the amount of $701.25.Shadel is representing WCTC while Brungard is representing Island Horizon Corp, and the employee.The stipulation for the…

Today will be mostly cloudy with Northeast Wind of five to ten knots and combined seas of three feet.Saturday through Monday will have East wind five to ten knot and combined seas of three feet.The weekend through Monday will have partly cloudy with isolated showers.Yesterday, the country had varia…

The vessel is part of the South Pacific Commission (SPC) Pacific Tuna Tagging Programme.  The vessel will operate in Palau’s waters until September 2.While in Palau, researchers on board the vessel, along with personnel from the Bureau of Marine resources, will conduct a tuna tagging exercise that …

The members unanimously re-elected and seated Harrington Olebuu as the Speaker, elected Francisca Skiwo as Vice-speaker, and Ricky Ngiraked as the Floor Leader.Skiwo served as the Floor Leader in the state’s 12th legislature and Elmis Ruluked was the Vice Speaker.  Except for Olebuu, the members re…

Harley’s contract is supposed to expire yesterday, the contract extension came a day before the contract ended.Harley will continue his work as investigator into the collapse of the Pacific Savings Bank.“I thank him for understanding our policy,” Remengesau said.The president said Harley has accept…

Commission chairman Santos Borja said that next week it will be known whether the board has disqualified any candidate.Borja when asked on the Commission’s decision on the nominating petitions of the four delegates who had supposedly served more than three terms, said that the matter has been forwa…

A General election was held on Tuesday for Ngiwal State and Gov. Arurang got total votes of 259, leading by 102 votes over opponent Cisco Melaitau who got a total vote of 157.Arurang got 169 at the Central and 90 at the Proper while Melaitau got 97 at the Central and 60 at the Proper.A total of 420…