The defense attorney and former President of Palau Johnson Toribiong is set to fly to Philippines along with a Palauan journalist to try and extradite Mike Taman who was arrested at Manila airport and detained at custodial facility in Quezon City for alleged possession of methamphetamine. Toribiong said, “I am volunteering to go. I am […]
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Man allegedly threatened colleagues with machete
An incident occurred in mid-May at KB tours Ngermid where a foreign national was allegedly threatening people with a machete. The Ministry of Justice officials failed to provide further details and repeated the police blotter instead. The accused Aries B. Balajodia is a Filipino national who allegedly threatened the victims with a machete on the […]
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KSG animal shelter conditions
The Koror State Government animal shelter has gained criticism by former veterinary who worked with the animal shelter and very recently by a current resident of Palau. Tereza Hudcova who worked with the shelter wrote a letter last year in which alleged that animals were kept in poor conditions. “I was shocked how animals were […]
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Preliminary probe reveals woman detainee source of meth found in prison
Narcotics Enforcement Agency (NEA) Director Ismael Aguon said their preliminary investigation revealed that a woman who was incarcerated for alleged possession of illegal drug was the source of meth previously found in prison cell. In an interview, Aguon said that their preliminary report showed that Happy Fritz, who was arrested in April for alleged possession […]
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Palauan nabbed in Manila currently detained in PDEA facility
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said that the Palauan man who was previously arrested by Philippine operatives at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Manila for alleged possession of meth is currently detained inside its custodial facility in Quezon City. An information obtained by Island Times from PDEA’s Public Information Office – National […]
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Wife of former senator arrested, case under seal
The wife of a former senator Mlib Tmetuchl was arrested in an alleged methamphetamine related case on Wednesday this week but everything about the case remains “under seal” and cannot be seen by anyone other than the judges. Dixie Tmetuchl was arrested but according to the official sources the under seal tag to her case […]