Tourism will continue to be one of the few economically viable sectors providing foreign exchange earnings, employment and income-earning opportunities for several Pacific islands countries, including Palau, according to the recently released Pacific Sustainable Development report. The report stated that the The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) estimates that tourism contributes more than 60 […]
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Ngerkesoaol youth plant 50 trees near Micronesia’s largest freshwater lake
Melekeok, Palau – Ten youth from Ngerkesoaol spent last Friday at Micronesia’s largest and most biologically diverse freshwater lake, Palau’s very own Lake – Ngardok Nature Reserve in Melekeok, Palau. Led by Melekeok state rangers and staff, youth toured the Protected Area for over an hour, a hike which included swamp and lowland forests, savanna, […]
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Palau, Taiwan sign visa waiver agreement
The Government of the Republic of Palau (ROP) and the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) signed a mutual waiver of visa requirements on September 26, 2018. Minister of State Honorable Faustina K. Rehuher-Marugg, signed the visa waiver agreement on behalf of the Republic of Palau while Taiwan Ambassador to Palau Wallace Chow also […]
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Former UN Ambassador dies at 75
Dr. Caleb Otto, a Palauan physician who served as a member of the Palau Senate, Minister of Health and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Palau to the United Nations passed away Sunday morning, he was 75. Several Palauan politicians, officials and individuals from here and outside of Palau took time to make statements describing […]
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Australian Federal Police supports diving training of 12 Palauan cops
Twelve police officers from all divisions of the Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) are undergoing a diving training through the support of the Australian Federal Police. Public Safety Director Aloysius Alonz told Island Times yesterday that the Australian government had funded the diving training and certification of the officers including the provision of all diving […]
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Filipino community leader dies in Melekeok car crash
A leader of The Filipino Community in Palau (TFCP)died after a car he was riding along with four individuals went off road and crashed along Melekeok road at around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26. TFCP Vice President Domingo Bergonio, 60, was a known name in the Filipino Community in Palau as he had worked […]