PPUC sued for failure to provide clean water By: L.N. Reklai January 2, 2016 (Koror, Palau) Forty-six (46) Notice of Violations (NOV) were issued by Environmental Quality Protection Board against persons and companies that violated EQPB regulations. “Notice of Violations serve to inform the respondent that they have violated a particular part of the EQPB […]
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Another joint leadership set today
With seventeen days still left before the inauguration no budget has been appropriated in the scheduled Inauguration festivities on Jan. 19, but the Executive Branch called for a leadership meeting today and is expected to discuss the impasse with members of the Senate. Senator Uduch Senior in an interview confirmed a leadership meeting is set […]
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Foreigners among victims of Istanbul attack
Istanbul (AFP) – Foreigners including many nationals of Arab countries were among the dead in the New Year shooting rampage at an Istanbul nightclub, officials said on Sunday. A total of 39 people were killed in the assault at the exclusive Reina club on the shores of the Bosphorus and 65 injured, officials said. [restrict] […]
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More than 1,000 migrants storm border at Spain’s Ceuta
Madrid (AFP) – More than 1,000 migrants tried to jump a high double fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Sunday in a violent assault that saw one officer lose an eye, local authorities said. A group of 1,100 people from sub-Saharan Africa trying to reach Europe stormed the border fence just […]
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White House condemns ‘horrific’ Istanbul attack
Washington (AFP) – The White House condemned the “savagery” of at least one gunman in Istanbul who killed at least 35 people and wounded 40 others as they celebrated the New Year, calling the attack “horrific.” The gunman reportedly dressed as Santa Claus shot dead a policeman and a civilian at the entrance to the […]
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Pranksters change iconic Hollywood sign to ‘Hollyweed’
Washington (AFP) – The famed Hollywood sign high in the hills over Los Angeles got a little higher on Sunday, when someone altered two of its letters to make it read “Hollyweed.” Police said unidentified thrill-seekers had climbed up and arranged tarps over the two letter “O’s” to make them look like “E’s,” CBS affiliate […]