A typical sunset in Palau as seen in Meyuns Causeway. (Rhealyn C. Pojas) Not even the most vocal climate change skeptics can stop the tiny country of Palau from pursuing its goals in combating the effects of global warming. While others try to reduce climate change into nothing less than a myth, Palau strongly believes […]
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Fourth Estate thrives in US
The Fourth Estate (Free Press) in the United States of America is thriving in the middle of possibly the most challenging times for media in the US today. Having the honor of being selected by the US Department of State to participate in the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists, I joined 24 journalists from […]
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Untold story of Palauans’ first contact with European
Young Sonsorolese wearing traditional attire posed with a foreigner during the Olchotel Belau Fair 2018. (Photo by Rhealyn C. Pojas) The story of Palauans’ first contact with the Europeans is often begun with the re-telling of English Captain Henry Wilson’s accidental discovery of Palau in 1783 when the boat named Antelope that was under his […]
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Japanese investors in Palau donate $70,000 for classroom construction
A spirit of altruism took over a Japanese investor who happens to visit a public school in Palau for the first time. Noticing that some classrooms were already in bad conditions and knowing that a lot of kids will be needing them once the school resumes classes after the break, RAM Corporation President Shimizu Michinori […]
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Having a healthy lifestyle
I have been in Palau from October 2016 and my contract will finish on October 2018. I am working as a JICA volunteer at Koror State Gym, known as Sureor Fitness Gym in Meyuns. My purpose as a JICA volunteer is to help improve the healthy lifestyle of the Palauan people and train my co-workers […]
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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 […]