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Responds to Toribiong as campaign manager of SP  By: L.N. Reklai (Koror, Palau)  “Respectfully, Palau Election Commission disagrees with your interpretation of 23 PNC Section 1401,” stated Vice Chairman Elliot Udui of the Palau Election Commission, in response to Senator Joel Toribiong’s demand to remove names from Voters Registry that registered to vote outside of […]

By: L.N. Reklai September 7, 2016 (Koror) Republic of Palau’s 2015 Audit Report is out, according to Minister of Finance Elbuchel Sadang. “This audit shows that in FY 2015, we had a surplus of $12 million dollars.  In 2014, we had $11.5 million surplus,” stated Minister Sadang. restrict] “Furthermore, the audit showed that no funds […]

By: L.N. Reklai (Koror, Palau) Court sentenced Clifton Kloulubak to 25 years imprisonment for the shooting death of Kenneth Koshiba on September 6, 2016. Accepting a guilty plea for Second Degree Murder, the Court reduced the sentence from mandatory life to 25 years imprisonment with credit for time served of 14 days. [restrict] Clifton Kloulubak […]

By Francis Talasasa Disgruntled legislators of Peleliu state have expressed their discomfort over a letter signed by a party also from Peleliu called the Peleliu State Leadership group and various business owners regarding their support to Visa Free legislation. [restrict] In a letter signed by 6 legislators, they challenged a number of points regarding the […]

 By Francis Talasasa A recent employment survey released by the ministry of finance recently, show that unemployment rate in Palau has greatly improved, dropping to 1.7% in 2015 from 4.2% in 2005. Report also shows that unemployment records for males have dropped from 3.7% in 2005 to 1.8% in 2015 or in other words, number […]