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By: L.N. Reklai Sewer Network Overhaul project to improve, rehabilitate and expand the sewer system in Koror has been awarded to contractors and is slated to begin on January 2017. According to PPUC press release, PPUC awarded the construction contracts to two companies, Progetti Plant, SRL and Pacific Engineering Projects, Ltd, both international companies, this […]

The women of Melekeok State came out in droves on Tuesday, October 11, for the community launch of the recently awarded USAID grant project entitled Reviving Traditional Croplands to Improve Community Climate Resilience.  Palau Conservation Society along with one of its state partners, Melekeok State Government held the launch at Bailechesau, Melekeok State Office.  The […]

 By Francis Talasasa , Reporter The Republic of Palau Government and the Japanese Government has committed further into their friendship, in a signing of a grant agreement of around US6.6 million dollars toward a clamshell farming project this week at the Bureau of Marine Resources complex. The project building will host several resource departments that […]

Demonstration Center Facility Signed On October 12, Japanese Ambassador Kazuhiro Tajiri and Minister of State of the Republic of Palau Mr. Billy G. Kuartei signed and exchanged notes to formalize the Japanese Government’s grant of six hundred and sixty-nine million Japanese Yen (or approximately US$6.6 million) for the “Project for Renovation of Palau Mariculture Demonstration […]

By Francis Talasasa, Reporter A 3 days long workshop on Local Governance Strengthening was successfully held, facilitated by UNDP at Palasia Hotel this week. The workshop pulled gaps closer and brought a better understanding of the roles and concepts of local governance system and decentralization. [restrict] Thirty-eight participants attended the workshop, a mixture of governors, legislators, […]

By Francis Talasasa , Reporter Regional Program Advisor to the UNDP Patrick Duong said the United Nations Development Program is extremely important in the context of the country of Palau because it is about strengthening the capacities of the local state so that they are more accountable to the people at the local level. [restrict] He […]