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Last-minute CBA again keeps Palau government running 

By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang NGERULMUD, Palau (Oct. 1, 2026)— “I believe we have to look carefully again at the budget process so that we don’t always hustle in the last hour to push for a continuing budget just so that the government will not shut down,” Sen. Secilil Eldebechel said as lawmakers approved another temporary […]

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Whipps signs $FY26 supplemental budget, cuts OEK funding increases, PPUC subsidies

By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau — President Surangel Whipps Jr. signed RPPL 12-7, the fiscal year 2026 supplemental budget, into law Friday, July 3, approving funding for the upcoming Belau Games, several government loan payments and additional money for essential government agencies, while trimming other requested funds. Whipps used his line-item reduction authority to […]

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