Palau will receive a grant of $19.7 million under the US CARES ACT to help those who have lost their jobs or income to COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible citizens are Palau, FSM, RMI and United States citizens only. The funds go to assist those people that have lost their jobs or have their hours reduced due […]
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Cost of repatriating 143 to reach $1m
The estimated costs of bringing back home 143 Palauan students and stranded citizens and putting them through 2 levels of quarantine, in Guam and in Palau will cost approximately $1,018,839 dollars according to the report provided to Olbiil Era Kelulau by the Office of the President on May 22, 2020. In a letter to Senate […]
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US DOI awards $239,922 to eradicate feral cats from Ulong Island
Island Conservation organization will receive $239,922 from the $942,206 awarded by United States Department of Interior grant for eradication and control of invasive species, to help with eradication of feral cats in Ulong Island of the Koror State’s Rock Islands Southern Lagoon. In 2019, OIA awarded a grant to Island Conservation to support eradication of […]
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Interior Applauds DOE’s COVID-19 Support to Territories and Freely Associated StatesFederal COVID-19 Assistance for Education in Insular Areas Exceeds $172m, Palau to receive $762,497
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, Douglas W. Domenech today applauded the U.S. Department of Education for the financial support provided to the U.S. territories and freely associated states (FAS) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Over $172 million has been […]
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McIlroy delivers the winner as live golf returns to TV
Rory McIlroy delivered the money shot Sunday as live golf returned to television for a Skins game that revealed plenty of rust and raised more than $5 million for COVID-19 relief funds. McIlroy and Dustin Johnson, who had not won a skin since the sixth hole, had a chance to win the final six skins […]
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New Zealand plans spending spree to counter virus job losses
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government plans to borrow and spend vast amounts of money as it tries to keep unemployment below 10% in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Finance Minister Grant Robertson on Thursday unveiled a budget unlike any in the nation’s history. Debt would shoot up from just over 20% […]