By: L.N. Reklai January 5, 2017 (Koror, Palau) A successful local attorney Oldiais Ngiraikelau, will be sworn –in on Monday, January 6, 2017, as an Associate Justice to serve on the Trial Division of Palau Supreme Court. [restrict] Mr. Ngiraikelau was highly recommended out of the 51 applicants, by Judicial Nominating Commission to President Tommy […]
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More Laughs
I dialled a number and got the following recording, ‘I am not available right now, but thank you for caring enough to call. I am making some changes in my life. Please leave a message after the beep. If I do not return your call, you are one of the changes.’ [restrict[ My wife and I […]
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The Treasure
For the past few weeks, we talked about “self-esteem” using stories because our lives are stories. I would like to conclude the series with a tale (cheldecheduch el chelid) that changed my worldview. [restrict] In every culture, stories are told from generation to the next to bequeath wisdom to their children. For example, we have […]
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Important Phone Fixed phone
Having just moved into his new office in Whitehall, pompous, newly promoted Lieutenant Commander Rodney Grant [Royal Navy] was sitting at his desk when Leading Seaman Jones knocked on his door. Particularly aware of his new position, the commander quickly picked up the phone, told the seaman to enter, then said into the phone, ‘Yes, […]
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More than 150 inmates escape in Philippine jail raid
Suspected Muslim rebels staged the Philippines’ biggest jailbreak Wednesday when they stormed a dilapidated jail in the violence-plagued south of the country, freeing 158 inmates and killing a guard, authorities said. [restrict] The attack added to a long history of daring jailbreaks in the southern Philippines, home to a decades-old Muslim separatist insurgency as well […]
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Five Indian states go to polls in test for Modi
Five Indian states representing more than 160 million voters will go to the polls in the next two months, officials said Wednesday, a key test for the prime minister after his shock currency move. They include India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh, where Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is hoping to claw […]