Dear Editor, Elections are not a game of shortcuts. They are the sacred pathway by which people choose who will set the course for their future. In a community as small and intimate as ours, leadership is not a headline stunt or a strategic dodge; it is a public covenant. Candidates must follow the rules […]
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Aid cuts shutdown or suspend one in three women’s anti-violence programmes
NEW YORK (UN NEWS CENTRE) — Funding cuts are dismantling the frontline organisations working to end violence against women and girls, the UN’s gender equality agency warned on Monday. A new UN Women report, At Risk and Underfunded, based on a global survey of 428 women’s rights and civil society groups, finds that one in […]
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China’s economic slowdown has become its diplomatic weapon in the Pacific
For Australia and the US, the Pacific is no longer a comfortable backyard — it’s a battleground of credibility. By Bang Xiao CANBERRA (ABC PACIFIC) — China’s rise in the Pacific isn’t just about aid or diplomacy — it’s about survival and power. As domestic demand slows and Western tariffs squeeze exports, Beijing has been […]
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Protecting the Village
Why Palau’s Traditional Law Must Endure By J. Ngoriakl “Are we wrong?” This was a question I kept asking myself during a dark time of my life. It was October 2022, and while I was getting myself situated to work in the private sector as a contractor consultant for an international organization, I received the […]
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A Letter to the President
Deportees Are Not Refugees Dear Editor, Mr. President, you spoke at a news conference before the nation and told us the deportees are not criminals. That their only crime was being in the United States illegally. But if that is true, if they are not criminals, then why doesn’t the United States send them home? […]
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Refugees or Deportees? Palau Must Put Its People First
Dear Editor, When President Whipps announced the creation of a Refugee Working Group, many Palauans paused in confusion. The United States proposal, as it turns out, does not speak of refugees—it speaks of deportees. That single word changes everything. Refugees flee war and persecution; deportees are people ordered to leave another country because they violated […]