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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Recipe for Daily Health — A Palauan Guide
Dear Editor, Recipe for Daily Health — A Palauan Guide Health grows from simple, repeated habits. Here is a Palauan‑focused recipe for daily wellbeing practical, cultural, and rooted in island life. Walk and smile. Take a 10–30 minute walk each day. Walk to the mangrove, along the lagoon, or around the village. Smile at neighbors. […]
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A Most Modest Proposal for Palau’s Leaders
Dear Editor, Ranting Satire is good way to say hello… A Most Modest Proposal for Palau’s Leaders It is a truth universally acknowledged that a nation of 20,000 souls, blessed with pristine waters, fertile taro patches, and a strategic location so valuable that superpowers salivate over it, must surely be incapable of training its own […]
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Deportees, Sovereignty, and the Return of Accountability
The Silent Majority by Dudalm Kelulau alkahalic6801@gmail.com Dear Editor, The Palau U.S. memorandum to accept up to 75 deportees for $7.5 million has exposed a fracture in our nation’s decision making. What began as a policy announcement quickly became a national crisis of trust: online forums filled with anger and fear, leadership meetings held without […]
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Sisterhoods, Relationships, and Friendships ♡
Proverbs 27:17: “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” (Often applied to sisterhood) Ruth 1:16: “Where you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God Women are created for connection. We flourish through relationships, grow through shared experiences, and […]
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“Economic Growth for Whom? Palauans Still Struggling”
Dear editor, We must ask the hard question: Does this so-called “economic growth” actually trickle down to our people? Millions are being negotiated with the U.S., yet Palauans are still struggling. Food is expensive. PPUC is costly. Housing is unaffordable. Small businesses are closing. Drug abuse continues. Prisoners are dying. People with disabilities are still […]