By Bernadette Carreon KOROR, 06 NOVEMBER 2025 (PACIFIC ISLAND TIMES) —While ramping up its crackdown on undocumented aliens, unwanted foreigners and asylum seekers, Washington has lined up countries it hopes will accept the deportees. Palau is on the U.S list of potential takers. The Trump administration proposes to send up to 75 deportees to Palau, […]
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PPUC CEO: ‘We’ll Comply Fully with Court Orders Before Deadline’
By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau — Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC) CEO Frank Kyota said the corporation “will be in full compliance before November 25, 2025,” following a Supreme Court ruling that found PPUC’s billing practices violated national utility laws. The Supreme Court of Palau’s Trial Division issued its judgment on October 22, siding with […]
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Pacific Media Masterclass Opens in Palau, Focuses on Disaster and Climate Communication”
(Koror, Palau – Island Times) “This masterclass is not just a training—it’s a strategic investment in regional resilience,” said Australian Ambassador to Palau Toby Sharpe at the opening of the Pacific Media Masterclass in Koror on Monday, setting the tone for a week focused on learning, teamwork, and improving how Pacific journalists report on climate […]
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Mixed Reactions Continue Three Years Into Palau’s Year-Round School Calendar
By: Summer Kennard KOROR, Palau — “The short breaks help us rest, but they also make the quarters feel rushed,” said a 15-year-old student, summing up the divided views among students, teachers, and parents three years after Palau’s public schools adopted a year-round academic calendar. When the Ministry of Education introduced the new calendar in […]
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Senate Presses President Whipps to Appoint New Public Auditor
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau — The Senate is urging President Surangel Whipps Jr. to fulfill his constitutional duty to appoint a new Public Auditor, emphasizing that the position has remained vacant since 2019. In an Oct. 14 letter to President Whipps, Senate President Hokkons Baules wrote, “I am writing to you today on […]
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Palau Moves to Ensure Transparency in Undesirable Alien List Process
By: L.N. Reklai Koror, Palau — President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. has issued Executive Order No. 497, establishing a formal review and recommendation process to govern the inclusion and removal of individuals from Palau’s Undesirable Aliens List — a move aimed at ensuring greater transparency and fairness in a system that has recently come under […]