With the bidding process for the construction of a larger recycling center in Koror underway, the Koror State Recycling Center is set to upscale its glass recycling operation. Koror State Government Solid Waste Management Office (SWMO) Manager Selby P. Etibek said in an interview with Island Times that a larger Glass Craft Center will be […]
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Palau Central Hotel’s new look
Palau Central Hotel celebrates grand opening with hundreds of people. The hotel, a wonderful boutique style hotel provides a unique oasis in midst of Koror. “It’s taken lots of work over past three years and we have finally reached this point” Jeff Barabe, Palau Central Hotel partner. (Text by Leilani Reklai an Photo by Rhealyn […]
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Due to weak tourism, ADB cuts Palau economic growth forecast
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) revised its economic growth for Palau for 2018 to 3 percent to 1 percent due to a slow down in Palau’s recovery in tourism adding that 2019 economic performance is also projected lower “due to uncertainties surrounding tourism.” The third quarter of Fiscal Year 2018 has posted a 9.8 percent […]
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Court permits DHL heir to undergo addiction treatment off-island
DHL heir Larry Imeong Hillbroom Jr.’s was permitted by Associate Justice Lourdes Materne to leave Palau to undertake drug addiction treatment instead of serving jail term for violation of his probation. Materne , ruling from the bench on Tuesday, considered Hillbroom’s wealth as a factor to her decision to allow him to seek treatment for […]
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JIRCAS presents results of studies focusing on agricultural development, environment conservation
The Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), together with government agencies, has conducted a one-day program to present the data they had obtained from the studies they have conducted in Palau in the last two years that will help balance agricultural development and environment conservation in the country. JIRCAS Tropical Agriculture Research Front […]
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Another Filipino fishing company to buy Palau’s fishing days
Another Filipino firm is keen on purchasing Palau’s fishing days under its vessel-day scheme (VDS) Palau Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Tourism Umiich Sengebau confirmed last week. Trans Pacific Corporation is the second company from the Philippines interested in buying Palau’s fishing days and also fishing in the island nation’s waters, Sengebau stated. Sengebau […]