By: L.N. Reklai July 20, 2016 (Koror) Judicial Nominating Commission received 50 applications for the 3 vacancies advertised in February 2016 for Associate Justices of Palau Supreme Court. Of the 50 applicants, 41 were off-island applicants and 9 were on-island applicants. Of the 41 off-island applicants, 36 were from the US, 2 were from CNMI, […]
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VP Bells declares bid for Presidency
By: L.N. Reklai July 21, 2016 (Koror) Holder of the second highest office in the nation, Vice President and Minister of Justice Antonio Bells, declared his bid to the highest office, the Office of President, in a radio interview with Alfonso Diaz of WWFM Radio yesterday. [restrict] Only weeks before the filing deadline, VP Bells […]
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Policy governing environmental and social projects issued
By: L.N. Reklai July 17, 2016 (Koror) President Remengesau Jr. issued a policy for environmental and social programs in Palau through an Executive Order 390. With increasing number of environmental and social programs coming into Palau, Palau government finds that it needs to express an environmental and social policy to ensure that it endorse programs […]
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More women to run for OEK in 2016 national election
By: L.N. Reklai July 21, 2016 (Koror) To date, 6 women have publicly expressed their intentions to run for national congress this coming general election in November. Three are rumored to run but have not publicly expressed their intentions. With August 3 deadline for filing approaching, more are expected to file their candidacy. [restrict] Former […]
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Pacific public service commissioners to meet in Palau
The Ministry of Finance is proud to announce that Palau will host the 13th Pacific Public Service Commissioners’ Conference (PPSCC) from August 2 to 4, 2016. This annual conference is organized by Bureau of Public Service System of the Ministry of Finance in collaboration with the Pacific Island Centre for Public Administration (PICPA) of the […]
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Tour guide accused of selling turtles says not true
Says Wechat account was hacked By: L.N. Reklai Jiahong “Ray” Liu strongly denied the report that came out on the July 19th issue of IT that he was selling baby turtles online to Chinese customers. “This is not true. I’ve been in Palau for a long time, and I went to school here. Someone hacked […]