Visitors arrivals for the month of August went up by 2,000 compared to July of this year, based on the report released by Palau Visitors Authority. Still arrival numbers for August this year are below the arrival numbers for the same time last year. The decline in total visitor arrivals compared to same time last […]
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Remengesau nominates Palau Ambassador to Vietnam
President Tommy Remengesau Jr. on August 22 nominated the current Honorary Consul to Vietnam to serve as Palau Ambassador. Honorary Consul Nguyen San Mien Nhuan is the second non-Palauan nominated to an ambassador, the first was Rabih Reaidy, nominated as Palau Ambassador to UAE. “HOG Nguyen’s long experience representing Palau in delivering on diplomatic priorities in […]
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Another lawmaker faces social media backlash
Comments made by Delegate Gibson Kanai during a session interpreted as denying Palauan social media forums rights to expression have sparked a deluge of criticism. Gibson, however, denied that his comments during the September 9 session were aimed at banning social media forums but instead help fund an agency to ensure that information about the […]
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Learning Palauan Education
Two years ago, I left Japan for the first time and started to live in Palau. I had never traveled abroad, so it was my very first time to be out of Japan. However, looking at people driving Japanese cars and listening to people speaking Japanese, I started to wonder if I was actually living […]
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$90.7-M budget approved, 3% expected growth cited
President Tommy Remengesau, Jr. signed into law the Fiscal Year 2019 Unified Budget authorizing $104 million but appropriating only $90.7 million for government operations. The budget bill was signed during a national leadership meeting at the Palasia Hotel yesterday, September 13. The $90.1 million budget is based on projected economic growth of 3% according to […]
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Polls Commission certifies Ngarchelong, Ngiwal elections Ngiwal run-off election set for September 17
The dust finally settles as Palau Election Commission certified results of the heated States elections this past month. After over a decade, Ngarchelong finally passed the baton of governorship from a seasoned politician Browny Salvador to a newcomer to politics, Richard Ngiratrang as the new Governor. Palau Election Commission certified that out of 1,160 registered […]