By: Summer Kennard “This scholarship helps relieve a lot of financial burden,” said PNCC scholarship recipient Selaine Moiwai Andreas — a sentiment shared by four Palau Community College students awarded this year’s Palau National Communications Corporation (PNCC) Scholarships, marking another step toward strengthening Palau’s growing communication and technology workforce. PNCC awarded scholarships to four full-time, […]
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Palau Budget Talks Resume After Month-long Stall; Vote Eyed Next Week
By: L.N. Reklai Ngerulmud, Palau (November 27, 2025) Conference committee negotiators from the House and Senate met for the first time in more than a month on November 26, after repeated postponements and cancellations due to lack of a House quorum. During the session, House Ways and Means Chairman Rechelulk announced that the House had […]
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Three Days, Eight States: Palau Celebrates Wave of New Roads, Schools and Facilities Built with Taiwan Support
By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau — From airport security upgrades to newly paved state roads and school access improvements, Palau capped 2025 with a series of ribbon-cutting ceremonies celebrating capital projects funded through the Republic of China (Taiwan) economic stimulus grant program. Between November 24 and 26, the national government and state leaders inaugurated projects […]
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Audit Confirms MOF Followed Funding Ban on KASP Loan Payments; Budget Lacked Required Debt Disclosure
By: L.N. Reklai Koror, Palau – (November 27, 2025) A government audit has determined that the Ministry of Finance and the Palau Public Utilities Corporation complied with legal requirements prohibiting the use of public funds for payments on the Asian Development Bank–funded Koror–Airai Sanitation Project (KASP). The report, released in response to a request by […]
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Overstaying Tourist Among Two Arrested in Palau Drug Crackdown; Meth Seized
By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau — Palau authorities have filed felony drug charges in two separate cases this fall, in an ongoing effort to curb illegal drug trafficking and possession across the nation. In the first case, Doulos Rirou Hideo was formally charged on October 6 with possession of a controlled substance after officers discovered […]
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Palau’s Beauty & the Beast Cycling Challenge Crowns International Champions in 50K and 100K Races
By: Summer Kennard KOROR, Palau — “Yesterday’s event had incredible energy,” Japan’s Miho Matsui said after topping the women’s 50-kilometer field at the 2025 Beauty & the Beast Cycling Challenge, setting the tone for a day marked by strong performances and international competition. Fifty cyclists from Palau, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Poland, […]