First case under new stricter drug penalty laws Office of the Attorney General charged Kazuma Takada this week on eight different criminal charges including Trafficking a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Firearm, Possession of Ammunition, Terroristic Threatening in the First Degree and Abuse of Family or Household Members among others. This […]
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Temporary supply office burned to the ground
Early Monday morning, fire decimated the structure of the former Office of Youth Affairs connected to the back of Palau National Gymnasium. The building was being used as a temporary Supply Office of the Ministry of Finance. According to Supply staff, shortly upon arriving at the office at around 7:35am, she smelled smoke and was […]
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President signs $97.022 million FY 2020 Unified Budget Act
Item vetoed $25K from each state block grant, allowed public entities subsidies President Tommy E. Remengesau Jr. signed the FY 2020 Unified Budget into law on Wednesday, a mere 8 working days before the end of the fiscal year. There was no fear of shut down as President agreed with law makers on many of […]
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Over $32.5 million collected for funerals in 5 years, Number of deaths less than 1% of population since 1954
Palauans have collected a total of $32.5 million dollars over a 5 year period to pay for funeral customs according to data collected by Oukerdeu Dr. Patrick Tellei, President of Palau Community College. Dr. Tellei who has been collecting data on the amount of money, toluk (turtle shell money) and Palauan money collected at every […]
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OEK sends $97-M budget to President, $4.7-M increase over President’s proposed budget
With 2 ½ weeks left of FY 2019 fiscal year, President Remengesau Jr. announced on Wednesday that he had just received the FY 2020 Unified Budget from Olbiil era Kelulau. In his statement to the press, Remengesau expressed that it will take them couple of days to review the budget before taking further action, noting […]
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KASP inches closer to completion
The long awaited completion of the Koror-Airai Sanitation Project (KASP) maybe closer with resolution of a dispute that have delayed the project, according to PPUC Chairman Greg Decherong. Decherong said the dispute arose when Progetti, a contractor for the ICB2 Package of the Koror-Airai Sanitation Project (KASP), failed to pay its subcontractor Surangel & Sons […]