Majuro, Marshall Islands 29 October 2016: How do you manage a multi-billion dollar fishery in nine distinct fishing zones with multiple nations fishing? Five years ago, it was mostly done with a hand calculator and pencil, and by transmitting data by email or fax. Today, the fishery that is generating US$400 million a year to […]
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Angaur State to host October 28th Palauan Night Market
The Palau Visitors Authority is pleased to announce that Angaur State will be hosting the October 28th Palauan Night Market at Ernguul Central Park, from 5pm – 9pm. [restrict] Known locally as Edeaur, this outer island of beauty and history is located southwest of Peleliu outside Palau’s fringe reef. Someone of the most spectacular blowholes […]
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IP&E Scholarship Recipients at PICRC
During a meeting earlier this month, October 17, 2016, to thank long time friend and supporter of Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC), Delegate Frank Kyota, it was discovered that researchers Lukes Isechal and Evelyn Otto were recipients of the IP&E scholarship when they graduated high school to pursue their college education. restrict] Lukes Isechal was […]
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PPUC Public Announcement
ROAD WORKS FOR JAPAN’S AID GRANT – WATER SUPPLY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT This is a PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT by the Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC) for road works on the Koror main and secondary roads. Road works will continue to excavate test pits to locate water lines. Road works will be on: [restrict] Dates: October. 30 – […]
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UN Day marks the founding of the United Nations in 1945 and is celebrated globally on the 24 October each year
By Osnat Lubrani the UN Resident Representative On the occasion of UN Day, Osnat Lubrani, Resident Coordinator for the UN in the Pacific, reflects on the role the UN can play as a partner for Pacific, connecting more closely with countries and communities towards fair and sustainable development in the region. [restrict] Over recent months […]
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PICRC researcher, Evelyn Otto, studies impact of sewer outflow on corals for her master’s degree research
Evelyn Otto, a Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) researcher, has just finished the first phase of her research project and is headed back to University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa to continue her master’s program. [restrict] For the past 8 weeks, Evelyn has been conducting field research in Palau. She chose the Malakal outflow […]