Success is a journey not destination. In that journey you’ll be walking out of a storm, walk into a storm or walk through a storm. They come to teach you something or remind you that you’re not alone in the storm. And you must avoid trees, poles and don’t run in the rainstorm. It’s wiser […]
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Where Is Our President?
Dear Editor, In every village across Palau, people are whispering the same question: Where is our President? While our families struggle with rising prices, stagnant wages, and a growing crisis of drug abuse, the highest office in the land seems absent, physically and morally. Once again, he is off island, speaking on the global stage, […]
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Leadership at Home
Why Our Focus Must Be on Palau Dear Editor, It has become increasingly difficult to ignore the pattern: our President spends nearly three weeks every month outside of Palau attending global meetings, a question arises that every Palauan is asking: are there domestic issues that are being left unattended in his absence? Leadership is not […]
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The Courage to Speak: Self-Censorship and the Cost of Silence in Palau
Dear Editor, In Palau today, there is a quiet, pervasive fear, a fear that keeps voices muted and truths unspoken. People are thinking twice, three times, before they speak. Not because they lack insight or perspective, but because the cost of speaking the truth has become too high. Self-censorship has taken root, and it is […]
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Disrespectful Children
I used to feel sad when I don’t receive a text or a phone call from my adult children. I remind myself that they belong to God. This is an old poem by Kahlil that delivered me from being a forever child/mother to becoming a peer. Growing up with a forever mother and I treated […]
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Five Practices to Build a Stronger Palau
A Call for Leadership and Policy Action Dear Editor, If we want Palau to have a future worthy of our ancestors’ sacrifices and our children’s dreams, we must shape that future deliberately. Too often, we drift letting outside forces define our priorities, values, and opportunities. But the truth is simple: nations that thrive do so […]