Pacific Islands have witnessed rapid and drastic changes since last century in field of educational planning, i.e. moving away from hierarchical to more decentralize and learner focused; from power over supervision to power to empower; impact of globalization and planning for unknowable future, so educational planning has become the need of hour. Educational plans for […]
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UN Global Goals – Taiwan can help
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted at the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, set bold goals to shift the world onto a sustainable, resilient path. Here was also pledged the formation of a revitalized Global Partnership for Sustainable Development including all countries, all stakeholders and all people, such that […]
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Time For Palau To Bring Back Capital Punishment
Race-hate killer and child rapist Amador Osima`s cunning recent escape from prison highlights that sometimes incarceration just isn’t enough to protect society. When it comes to the threat posed by unrepentant, hate-driven murderers and sadistic perverts, only the reinstitution of the death penalty can keep the public safe. In the late 1960s, amid a post-modernist […]
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Analysis: What does China Really Want From Palau?
Moves by communist authorities in mainland China to strictly enforce rules prohibiting tour groups from holidaying in Palau have understandably caused a lot of head-scratching here in Koror. It is easy to conclude that the pressure coming from Beijing is all just a strong-armed gambit designed to force Palau to open up diplomatic relations with […]