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The Speaker of Ngiwal State Legislature and candidate for the governor of the state, Francisco Melaitau, points out that the launching of land lease program is premature.  Further, the state’s public land authority has collected a $25 application fee from individuals for lots that have not been det…

A Land Court document provided to reporters listed at least 18 certificates of title to President Remengesau’s name. The document listed certificate of title #001-07, #004-01, #008-07, #035-08, #1039-02, #1067-04, #1091-05, #1121-05, #189-03, #374-01, #427-01, #439-01, #440-01, #487-08, #508-05, #5…

The six teachers received their certificates for completing the program on Friday during a brief ceremony at the Palau Community College’s Training Room.The Apprenticeship training started on June 16 and ended on Friday.The participants who are all high school and Elementary teachers underwent trai…

The first of the Salty Boys games, a masters’ game, against Ngchsar (Oldiais) was a battle of will.  Each member of the teams displayed their best effort, but the Older Salty willed a win – they heaved, dived, and even crawled.  Their extra effort paid off and they defeated Ngchesar in a very close…

Pamela Waisisang through her lawyer Ben Carter has entered a plea agreement on August 5 and pleaded guilty to the charge of embezzlement.In exchange of her guilty plea, Assistant Attorney General Michael Copeland agreed to dismiss the other charges filed against her.The plea agreement filed in cour…

Presidential Chief of Staff  Billy Kuartei said the President’s Office is still awaiting the report  which resulted from the review of the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) on Harley’s  performance, Harley’s contract will expire on August 14, Thursday this week.Remengesau last week told reporters tha…

Melusch-Dil, Skin Care and Beauty Shop in coordination with the Ngarchelong State provided free services to over 80 residents.Diana Libongco, the company’s Vice President for Operations and Marketing said that they are planning to bring their services to the states where most of the residents canno…

HOD introduced several amendments to the measure which was re-transmitted to the Senate over the weekend. The Senate is scheduled to hold a session today.The Senate last week approved the bill, and sent it to HOD for deliberations.The HOD version of the bill also contained the provision to authoriz…

Palau Horizon’s longest print reporter Bernadette H. Carreon, Island Times Joan Dairo and Tia Belau’s reporter Salome Villaflor received certificate of recognition for their continued support to the Embassy in disseminating information for the Overseas Filipino Workers in Palau.Ambassador Ramoncito…

President Remengesau said while he will look for Kuartei’s replacement, he will not immediately remove Kuartei from the position if it will jeopardize the ongoing Compact of Free Association negotiations.The president said Kuartei will stay on as negotiator in the upcoming round of talks slated in …