The court this week ruled that the 40 leases and land use rights issued by Chief Ngiribkal Robat Demei to residents of Bkulatiull were void but affirmed Robat Demei’s claim as chief Ngiribkal of Ngeribkal clan of Ngerbeched. Judgment on Ngeribkal clan titles and Bkulatiull land dispute was finally issued this week. The case has […]
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Court orders Ngeribkal to resolve dispute in 45 days
Resolve your dispute within 45 days or else it will be resolved for you by the court, is essentially the language in the court order issued on Civil Action No. 18-077 this April, a dispute regarding who rightfully should hold the titles of Ngeribkal clan and therefore over Tiull land within Ngerbeched hamlet of Koror […]
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Trial judge recuses herself after family ties with petitioner unfolds
Justice Kathleen M Salii (Source: Palau International Coral Reef Center-PICRC) Justice Kathleen M Salii recused herself from further proceedings in the disputed land case of Ngercheu Island located in the Peleliu State on Friday last week. The decision comes after a motion to disqualify trial judge was filed on Tuesday. The motion was filed by the […]
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Chief Ngiraked keeps his clan land intact
Airai State’s traditional men’s meeting house. The court on Monday, December 17, granted Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to Chief Ngiraked Yukiwo Dengokl of Airai State to keep a deceased non-clan ranking member of Tmeleu Clan of Ordomel, Airai State from being buried in a plot of land called Ngerkiu that is traditionally held by high […]