Letters and packages scheduled to be shipped out of the post office today will not be able to leave Palau, reported Post Master Timothy Sinsak, in a phone interview with Island Times yesterday. Failure of the SWYB equipment, which prints destination barcodes on the mail or packages, prevents the mail from being shipped out on […]
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Palau Trust Fund at $281.6 million
Expected to last beyond 2044 if managed well Palau Compact Trust Fund has grown to $281.6 million from the initial investment of $70 million revealed COFA Board members at Wednesday weekly press conference. The Board also revealed the $10 million surplus from government revenues that was budgeted to be invested has not been invested into […]
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KSG Legislature, speaker sued
9 legislators, Koror state voter challenge constitutionality ‘Rules of Procedures’ The 11th Koror State Legislature and its Speaker Alan Marbou in his official capacity as a Speaker have been sued by nine of its current members and one Koror State voter, challenging the constitutionality of the 11th KSG Legislature’s Rules of Procedures. The suit filed […]
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Foreign workers’ salaries no longer credited against taxes
An error in a law meant to help small business adjust to increase in minimum wage law and 2.5% health insurance contribution, has had an opposite effect than what is originally intended. RPPL 9-18 sought to help businesses by allowing them to deduct up to $5,000 of non-citizen salary and wage from their gross revenues […]
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Man sentenced for human trafficking released from custody
Palau Appellate Court cancelled Mr. Zakir Khair convictions and sentence after his appeal on June 14th and an order was issued for his release from Koror jail where he has been incarcerated since July 2018. In addition, in the accompanying notes in its decision, Palau Appellate Court admonished the Office of Attorney General and the […]
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PPUC Board member contests allegation of theft
Mr. Telchalb Merep, a Board member of Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC) contests the police report that alleges that he had stolen three empty oil drums from PPUC plant in Malakal. According to police blotter report of June 18, a person had walked into police central office to report that Mr. Telchalb, had ordered a […]