By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau (August 24, 2026)— Justice Minister Jennifer Olegeriil acknowledged that the case involving alleged theft from 19 Palau Housing Authority applicants faced an “unnecessary delay” before it was filed by the Office of the Attorney General last week. The case, assigned to an assistant attorney general, involves former PHA employee […]
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Palau Housing Authority Employee Charged Over Alleged $7,281.98 Theft From 19 Clients
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau (August 20, 2026) — A Palau Housing Authority (PHA) employee has been charged with four counts of theft in the second degree after investigators alleged she collected $7,281.98 from 19 PHA clients over a period of more than two years. Kukong Khalye Hilbert is accused of collecting unauthorized payments […]
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Palau Housing Authority Fraud: Ex-Loan Officer Scammed Retirees Out of Housing Funds — And Victims Still Have No Answers
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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Two more new homes turned-over, goal to reach 100 homes by June
Two more homeowners received keys to their new homes under the Housing Development Loan Program (HDLP), a $15 million housing soft loan project to address Palau’s housing crisis. Yesterday Chief Rdechor Isimang Bandarii and Alvina Dachelbai, each received keys to their new homes from Minister Baklai Temengil-Chilton of the National Housing Commission and Frida Delmau, […]
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Only $2.3 million out of $15m for housing released
Little over $2.3 million dollars’ worth of housing loans have been issued for 31 homes by both National Development Bank of Palau (NDBP) and Palau Housing Authority (PHA) reported Minister Baklai Temengil-Chilton, Chairman of the National Housing Commission(NHC), yesterday. Not all of the 31 homes acquired through this loan program were newly constructed homes. Six […]