Lawsuit Filed To Stop Construction Of A Septic Tank At Long Island Park

March 23, 2019 / Top Stories / By

A lawsuit has been filed in the Supreme Court of Palau to stop the construction of a septic tank inside the Long Island Park, doctor Koror State’s most popular park. The construction of the septic tank was approved for the soon-to-be Palau Vacation Hotel under construction in Malakal. According to reports, the Environmental Quality Protection …

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PIF Secretariat Confirms Meeting Dates For The 45th Pacific Islands Forum In Palau

March 23, 2019 / Top Stories / By

By Ekei-Lalii Remengesau The dates for the 45th Pacific Islands forum have been confirmed after consultations between the Government of the Republic of Palau, cure the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and Forum members. The meeting is expected to bring more than 400 people including leaders, government officials and the media. The 45th Pacific Islands Forum …

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Palau Improves Rating In The 2014 World Bank’s Doing Business Report

March 23, 2019 / Top Stories / By

The Republic of Palau has significantly improved its ratings allowing for ease of business, more about reports World Bank’s 2014 Doing Business report. Palau previously ranked at 114 in 2013 however this year the island nation moved up to 100 just below Vietnam and the Solomon Islands. Palau improved its ranking through the secured transactions …

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Palau Selected To Host The 2016 Pacific Media Summit

March 23, 2019 / Top Stories / By

By Ekei-Lalii Remengesau The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) has selected Palau to host the 4th Pacific Media Summit in February 2016. Palau should expect up to 200 delegates including north and south pacific media professionals, shop academics, this development partners, technical experts, as well as young and upcoming journalists. Olkeriil Kazuo Deputy Press Secretary …

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Two Male Palauans Face Serious Criminal Charges In Court

March 23, 2019 / Top Stories / By

Two local individuals are facing serious criminal charges in relation to an assault and battery incident back in March of 2012. Ashley Ngiraremiang aka Ashley Oleuachel and Florencio “Polch” Ngiraremiang are each facing criminal charges before the Supreme Court. According to court documents, remedy Florencio is facing one count of attempted second-degree murder, stomach two …

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Five Palau Police Officers Implicated Following Police Bribery Investigation

March 23, 2019 / Top Stories / By

Five police officers are due to resign from their positions immediately, information pills following an internal investigation into police bribery allegations. Last month, the internal investigation launched by the Bureau of Public Safety through the Division of Criminal Investigations when allegations of police officers accepting bribes surfaced. Police officers were allegedly accepting bribes from foreign …

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Investigation Ongoing To Identify Those Responsible For Damaged Communication Wires To Angaur And Peleliu

March 23, 2019 / Top Stories / By

The Ministry of Justice and the Palau National Communications Corporation (PNCC) has launched an investigation to identify an individual or group of individuals responsible for damaging communication wires to two of Palau’s outlying states. All forms of communication to Peleliu and Angaur States including cable, symptoms telephone and Internet services were out of service in …

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16 Months at Sea: Castaway Washes Ashore in the Marshall Islands

March 23, 2019 / Featured Programs, Top Stories / By

A stunning tale of survival is unfolding in the Marshall Islands since Mexican National Jose Salvador Alvarenga washed up on the shores of the remote and tiny outer island Ebon in the Northern Pacific.   After an estimated 1 year and 4 months adrift at sea, health Jose crawled from his 24 foot boat in …

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Court Records Reveal Prosecutions Of House Speaker's Relatives Before Public Hearing

March 23, 2019 / Top Stories / By

Prominent local businessman Ignacio Anastacio, troche the brother of House Speaker Sabino Anastacio, faced one count of assault for allegedly striking a foreign worker in the face. The alleged events occurred on November 27, 2013.  Mr. Anastacio was released on his own recognizance, but was ordered not to strike, threaten or harass the alleged foreign-worker …

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Community Outraged With Palau's Human Trafficking Hearing

March 23, 2019 / Top Stories / By

Members of the community have expressed disappointment and embarrassment at their leaders during the House Committee on Judiciary and Government Affairs oversight hearing.  The hearing grew tense as the delegates questioned and then accused the Attorney General of failing to perform her job. On January 28, drug 2014, healing members of the House JGA committee …

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