The new multipurpose basketball gymnasium was unveiled on December 22 at Echang, Meyuns after nearly a year of construction. The Basketball Court housing is equipped with a solar photo-voltaic lighting system and a newly built presentation stage for performances and other events. The $450,000 facility now serves the community with glass-backboards, a full court, side […]
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PNG seabed mining an environment experiment based on ‘false hope’, say critics
Nautilus deep-sea mining project “faces significant technological and financial uncertainties”. Image: Deep Sea Mining Campaign Nautilus Minerals has “pedalled false hope” for experimental seabed mining at the Papua New Guinea Petroleum and Mining Conference in Sydney, claims the Deep Sea Mining Campaign. [restrict] Non-government organisations and civil society in PNG have raised serious doubt about […]
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Surangel & Sons Company invests in Environmental Awareness at Palau Aquarium
On December 29, 2016, Senator Surangel Whipps Jr., Chief Executive Officer of Surangel & Sons Company, presented $10,000 to Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) to continue their support to the Center and to sponsor the largest tank at the Palau Aquarium. This is the second year in a row that Surangel & Sons Company […]
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Ngaraard Youth group established as a non-profit organization
Cutting it too close is probably the name of the game for many of Palau’s young men and women when Kerradel Youth Organization (KYO) struggled to establish their organization as a non-profit entity before the end of 2016 which is “Palau’s Year of the Youth” as the group’s Charter was signed by President Remengesau, Jr. […]
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Peleliu Youth Signage Project
Peleliu Youth Signage Project, a summer program for (17) Youths from the small community of Odesangel with age ranging from 13 – 32 years old, composing of six females and eleven males started work on their project in mid-June and now is completed. [restrict Thanks to their Project Team Leaders and served as their Instructors […]
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Maris Stella 7th Grade Students Wins 2nd Place in the SPREP Regional School Challenge
Palau Conservation Society, Koror, Palau- On November 15, 2016, SPREP (Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme) announced the winners of The Invasive School Challenge Contest. The school challenge is for elementary, high schools and colleges from all over the Pacific to join a competition that enabled students to describe, draw, take photos and demonstrate […]