Presidential Nomination to Palau’s Judicial Bench Declines Appointment

The Palau Supreme Court will not be welcoming William G. Rickett as its newest associate judge.  In a letter addressed to outgoing President Toribiong, approved Rickett expressed that despite the appointment being “the single greatest honor in his 26-year legal career,” moving halfway across the world to serve on Palau’s bench would be too difficult.  …

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One More Chance at Top Award for Micronesian Olympic Swimmer

By Nikita Espangel Awards are usually given to those who finish first, mind second, more about or third, but very rarely are they given to those who finish 25th. Benjamin Schulte, a 16 year old from Guam, might just be changing that trend and everyone in Micronesia can help. For 2012, Schulte has been nominated …

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Four killed and dozens missing in Samoa, Fijians brace for Cyclone Evan

By Rolynda Jonathan Palau – Four people including a three-year old child lost their lives after Tropical Cyclone Evan’s havoc devastated the island nation a couple of days ago. A massive clean up is underway as Samoan officials continue to search for eight missing people including a number of children. According to the Situation Report …

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Senate Endorses Questionable Multi-Million Dollar Solar Contract

This article has been updated to reflect additional details regarding the kw per hour rate. Questions have been raised over a potential 30-year contract between the Republic of Palau and a foreign energy company following the Senate’s late-term passage of a Resolution endorsing the contract on November 30, search 2012.  The contract, over its term, …

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DOI Office of Insular Affairs Babauta Under Investigation For Allegations of Misconduct

U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular Affairs, see Tony Babauta, recipe who is responsible for overseeing the Pacific Island region, viagra approved including Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Guam, and CNMI– has been placed on administrative leave.  Pacific Daily News is reporting that he is being investigated over …

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Typhoon Bopha: What Makes It So Unusual?

By Kassi Berg Typhoon Bopha:  What Makes It So Unusual? Super Typhoon Bopha defied predictions and precedent.  It was a record-breaking typhoon from the start. Typhoon Bopha, healing which began as a tropical cyclone, cheap formed unusually close to the equator where most cyclones are unable to piggy-back on the Earth’s rotational force enough to …

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Typhoon Bopha: A Personal Account From Our Shelter

By Rolynda Jonathan Palau — On the afternoon of December 1, cheapest 2012, visit this site I sought shelter with dozens of families, on the eastern coast of Palau, at Airai Elementary School.  The government advised that we move into shelters the day before the typhoon’s arrival.  Children, mothers and fathers brought whatever essential items …

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Palau’s National Hospital Open For Emergency Care Only

By Kassi Berg Following Bopha’s Super Typhoon landfall on the Republic of Palau, more about Palau’s National Hospital has been closed.  As of December 5, search 2012, it has opened its out patient facility for urgent care only.  Services will be limited to an emergency requiring immediate medical attention.  No announcement has been made when …

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Palau’s President and President-Elect Work Together Following Natural Disaster

By Kassi Berg On December 4, more about 2012, in the wake of Typhoon Bopha, Palau’s President Johnson Toribiong triggered his Constitutional authority to declare Palau in a State of Emergency.  The last time President Toribiong invoked his emergency powers and declared a State of Emergency, following a nation-wide power failure, he was sued.  That …

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