Yesterday, President Remengesau announced that Palau will charter United Airlines flight on May 21st to bring in stranded Palauan citizens in Guam. The flight is said to bring back Palauans, students and other citizens, that have travelled out of Palau and got stranded due to COVID-19 restrictions. Report also said that citizens of other countries […]
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Overtime and hazardous pay approved for frontline personnel retroactive to February 1st
An Executive Order approving and mandating Bureau of Public Service System (BPSS) to allow overtime and hazardous compensation for “exempt employees” and regular personnel responding to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Exempt employees are those personnel that are not permanent employees under the Public Service System. The Executive Order states that due to COVID-19 […]
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Quarantine regulations take effect
President Tommy E. Remengesau Jr. signed Palau’s newly adopted Regulations Governing Isolation & Quarantine of Contagious Diseases last Friday making it a crime to disobey quarantine or isolation orders from the Ministry of Health. The rules give authority to the Ministry of Health to order isolation and/ or quarantine of a person or animal that […]
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President Remengesau signing a law for the development of a comprehensive national policy on care for the aging.
During the leadership summit on March 19th, President Remengesau signed three bills into law and one of them was a development of a comprehensive national policy on care for the aging. As the elderly population continues to grow in Palau the implementation of this bill is to ensure that all the needs of the elderly […]
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President issue statement after confirmed COVID-19 cases are reported in Guam
President Tommy E. Remengesau Jr. issued a statement on Sunday, March 15 to assuage public fears after the news of 3 confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in Guam this weekend. In the statement, President assured Palauan citizens and residents that he understood and shared the same anxiety as they do with the “uncertainty about the […]
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Remengesau urges public not to spread misinformation, refers to MOH for official announcement
President Tommy Remengesau Jr. urged the public not to spread misleading information, especially on social media, amid conflicting statements from health officials and his office on how to handle the messaging on the coronavirus. “Our greatest enemy is not the virus itself, but the fear we create by perpetuating rumors and falsehoods,” Remengesau said in […]