Category: Features

Dear Editor, In Palau today, the ongoing power struggle between elected state leaders and traditional chiefs has become more than just a political inconvenience, it has become a costly distraction. Our courts are flooded with disputes about who holds what authority, while our communities continue to wait for basic infrastructure, economic opportunities, and essential services. […]

Dear Editor, In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus says, “No one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined.” This powerful teaching is not just spiritual, it’s deeply practical. It warns against trying to force new solutions into old systems. […]

Dear Editor, In these past few months, as Palau faced some power outages across our islands for various reason, many were quick to raise their voices in frustration. From social media rants to the heated complaints at the store or the office, it was clear, people were angry. No lights, no air conditioning, no Wi-Fi. […]

A Call for Leadership Rooted in the Constitution Dear Editor, “In exercising our inherent sovereignty, We the people of Palau proclaim and reaffirm our immemorial right to be supreme in these islands of Palau, our homeland…” These words, etched into the opening lines of Palau’s Constitution, are not poetry for display. They are our political […]

Why I Choose to Stand with the Oppressed Beyond the Headlines” Dear Editor, In recent months, as the war in Gaza has intensified and the death toll surpasses 60,000 lives, most of them women and children, the world watches in horror. The destruction is biblical in scale, but so is the silence of many nations. […]