By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang NGERULMUD, Palau — A former Palau Housing Authority employee is accused of allegedly defrauding more than a dozen low-income and elderly housing applicants — most of them retirees — out of thousands of dollars in cash, using a scheme investigators say continued for more than a year before she was caught. […]
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Koror Jail Inmate Faces New Meth Charges While Serving Drug Sentence
Repeat offender could face decades in prison under Palau’s tougher drug laws By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau — A female inmate serving time at the Koror Jail for possession of methamphetamine, commonly known as “ice,” has been charged again after authorities allegedly found methamphetamine in her possession while incarcerated. According to court documents filed by […]
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Attorney General: Global Crisis, Not Local Gouging, Behind Fuel Hike
By L.N. Reklai KOROR — Attorney General Ernestine K. Rengiil says Palau’s sharp rise in gasoline prices is being driven mainly by the war in Iran and turmoil in global oil markets, and warns that any attempt to prosecute fuel suppliers for price gouging would face significant legal obstacles. Attorney General Ernestine Rengiil In an […]