Dear Editor, Food is more than fuel. In Palau, food is memory, identity, and medicine. When we choose taro, breadfruit, coconut, fresh fish, and island fruits, we are not only nourishing our bodies, we are feeding our culture, our elders, and our future. Reclaiming food as medicine means restoring the connection between what grows here […]
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Angaur State Government Statement
Date: February 16, 2026 The Office of the Governor of Angaur State reaffirms its commitment to transparency, accountability, and constitutional principles. Governor Steven R. Salii has respectfully raised concerns regarding several financial matters that require public clarity. These concerns are not intended to diminish the service of any individual, but to ensure that truth remains […]
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How Precious Life Is…
Dear Editor, Brothers and sisters, life is precious. None of us knows the hour or the day when our time will come to be with the Almighty. That truth should not fill us with fear, but with gratitude. It should remind us to live carefully, to live joyfully, and to live lovingly with one another. […]
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Palau in Motion
Dear Editor, Blue Zones Lessons for Palau: Food, Music, and Movement as Medicine Around the world, researchers have studied communities where people live longer, healthier lives. These places, Ikaria in Greece, Okinawa in Japan, Sardinia in Italy, Loma Linda in California, and Nicoya in Costa Rica, are known as the Blue Zones. Despite their differences, […]
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Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, The recent dismissal of the defamation lawsuit filed by Mr. Surangel Whipps Sr. against Island Times brings some closure to a year-long legal battle, but it does not end the deeper questions this case has raised. Beyond the courtroom, there is a larger issue of public trust, transparency, and accountability that still demands […]
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Times of Unrest
The world over has entered into a chaotic and uncertain period. Instability in geopolitics and increasing issues with climate change, human rights violations, wars such as Israeli strikes in Gaza and Russian strikes in Ukraine. In the United States, people are being hunted down and taken away to lock ups or deported, innocent people being […]