By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau – Tmetbab Clan, represented by Rimuu Dominica Ngoriakl, has filed suit in the Palau Supreme Court seeking to force Palau Public Utilities Corporation to vacate a water-tank site in Ngerkesoaol Hamlet, Koror State, after a lease on the property allegedly expired last year. In a verified complaint filed May 11, […]
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Whipps rejects $60M Malakal Port appraisal as ‘bogus,’ stalling negotiations
Dispute over $15M valuation raises tensions between national government and Koror State By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau (April 2, 2026) — “The $60 million appraisal is bogus,” President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. said, as negotiations between the national government and the Koror State Government over the proposed purchase of Malakal Port stalled over sharply differing […]
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Angaur State Protests Disturbance of WWII Mass Grave, Seeks Formal Apology
By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau (Feb. 19, 2026) — Current Governor of Angaur State Steven R. Salii is calling on Minister of State Gustav Aitaro to issue a formal apology after representatives of the national government and visiting Japanese officials reportedly entered customary land in Angaur and disturbed a World War II mass grave without […]